The Washington times., 1927-07-25
ROMPING AROUND THE RADIO DIALS.
RADIO RECORDS
ALL BROKEN

ALL BRUkEN
Fair reception through a rather
thick atmosphere was the tuning
experience over the week end.
Saturday evening provided clear
programs with considerable volume
reached with sharp tuning. Sum
day the ether seemed to be i'm.
perviOus to signals except when
dials were adjusted 10 a hair line.
Some noise and fading were found
both evenings, the noise being
greater Saturday.
Although the introduction Of the
installment plan system of adver-
Using programs Saturday evening
by the esteemed Buick Motor Com
pany in celebration of it's twenty
fourth anniversary as an infant in
dustry of these United States might
be regarded as the greatest novelty
of the weekend LOUD speaker prod
ucts--the address of Judge Joseph
r. Rutherford to the International
Bible Students Association conven-
ton at Toronto yesterday afternoon
was the real reco:d maker.
1t created records in several ways
the first being in the length and
breadth Of the broadcast, some SO
radio stations having engaged IN
projecting the fiery words of the
judge throughout the North Amer.
mo
wave broadcasters, KDKA and
WGY, sent the address to South
America, Europe, Asia, Africa and
the islands Of the seas. In addition
to all this 1t was the first program
in Canada ever broad
cast by chain o. United States
stations.
Perhaps more important than any
thing else connected with the broad.
cast. however. is the fact that it il
the first time in our knowledge
that a corporation of the ultra con-
type Of the National
Broadcasting Company has ever
adapted the sane policy of aiding
and abetting a fiery radical speaker
to have his full say. Judge Ruth.
erford overlooked very little in his
denunciation of modern
finance. politics, craftsmanship and
religion.
BAND AND
SOPRANO CLASH
In the triangular Buick program
only two angles of which were
tunable from the East because
conditions made the
Pacific Coast program unobtainable
quantity rather than quality
seemed to predominant. Anna Case,
prima donna of the Metropolitan
Opera Company. and Arthur Pryor's
Band. the features of the first pro-
gram. both did their utmost and
justified their separate regulations
but there wasn't any team work
between them and when the band
played accomplishments for Miss
Case 1t gave about as sorry an exhi-
bition as we've heard-almost COM
pletely wrecking the distinguished
sopranos efforts to put anything
into her music save the notes.
Most OF the individual numbers of
the Roxy program. which was the
second OF the automotive endeavors,
were excellent-even though Roxy
went back in musical history thirty
years instead Of twenty-four. as was
the idea of the celebration. How
ever, both programs were great do
ings and we all felicitate Mr.. and
Mrs. Buick on their anniversary
and hope they'll live long and pros
per-So we can get more enter
tainment from them on the air.
PIANI 81. TROMBONIST
VS.. PHILHARMONIC
The Philharmonic most i'm
portant endeavor. from our listen
ing post. was the Bach number,
which was next to last on the
schedule. We came into range of
the loud speaker from our own
AT Home" effort while this was
going On, and during the re-
mainder of the program listened to
TWO concerts, at once from two re-
ceiving sets, because we wanted to
hear William Moore. pianist, and
L. q. Phillips, trombonist, perform
at WMAL. The Moore-Phillips ac-
tivity was a novelty, as we do not
often near hymns with such a COM
bination.
Coming down to brass tacks-the
real program of the weekend was
that Of John Corigliano. violinist,
during the Atwater Renting last
night. Corigliano has been one of
our favorite violinists since we
heard his first concert. Skilled in
the use of his instrument and with
an understanding of the romance
he pictures with his bow, his per-
Torrance last evening was salts
flying to both the critical musician
and the plain human being whose
heart strings but wait to vibrate in
tune with the worlds great music
when a master plays it. Corigllano
proved himself to be a master with.
out question.
The Rex Beach recounting of ad.
venture in search Of local color for
the famous authors stories was also
full of thrills-perhaps the best of
the series that is being broadcast
by writer's, for ordinarily authors
should be read and not heard!