Evening star., 1927-09-06
TWO RADIO EVENTS
ABSORB INTEREST
Worlds Fair in New York and
Dempsey-Tunney Fight
!, Top Features.

Radio interest just now is focused
primarily upon the two major events
in the broadcasting realm that F"ve
particular National significance. First
and foremost, there is the Radio
Worlds Fair in Madison Square Gar
den, New York, the week of Septem-
Der ~ that very likely will be the
biggest thing of its kind ever under
taken by the Nations budding young
industry. Then there is the Dempsey
Tunney prize fight, which is a Chicago
affair, but arrangements for the ma
tiOn wide broadcasting of which all
are being made out of New York.
While the fair is in the nature of an
auspiciOus exhibition that means most
to the radio trade and TO the amateur
and professional scientific sharks"
the National phase has a distinct ap-
peal To every listener.in in the coun-
try. Without doubt, the finest ag
glomeration of talent ever assembled
before the same microphone in one
evening will broadcast from the radio
industries banquet at the fiotel Astor
the night of September 21 This Is
one Of the topline features of fair
week.
World May Listen In.
Every far corner of the United
States and of the North American
continent, as well as some foreign
countries, for all that, will be able to
listen in on this program. according
10 the plans being made. SiXty-siX
stations, including the red, blue and
orange networks of the National
Broadcasting Co. and the new 16-sta.
tion chain of the Columbia Broadcast
ing System. will be hooked up to
broadcast this event.
Details Of the program have not
been announced, but its sponsors, who
are the leaders in the art and indus
try of radio, say it will surpass any
thing yet offered. Those who recall
the previous banquet broadcasts,
which had talent of the highest order,
including Metropolitan Opera stars,
Win Rogers, leading musical comedy
and ether artists and vast arrays of
orchestras, are thus given much TO
anticipate this year. The 66-station
hook-up will be a record, and the
chances are this number will be aug.
mented by the addition of more sta
tions willing to pay the wire tolls, for
s the program is offered to all of them,
regardless of competition or affiliation,
If they will simply pay the phone re-
lay costs.
Prize Fight to Be Feature.
That the Dempsey -Tunney fight
likewise will be offered an audience
even more vast than that of the recent
Dempsey-Sharkey fight is assured by
an announcement that comes from
the Columbia Broadcasting System,
(which is TO be inaugurated from sta
. ition WOR as key" September IS.
? Maj. J. Andrew White will describe
the fight for this hook k-up, and pre-
sumably Graham McNamee and
for the three chains of the National
-Broadcasting Co. though no definite
announcement has been made.
The salon orchestra and pipe orches-
ira will again be featured in the
Eveready hour, the outstanding at
traction scheduled tonight by WRC.
Nat Shilkret, director of the orches-
ira. believes that interesting results
are obtained by the piano and organ,
and for this reason at various times
throughout the hour selections by this
combination will be emphasized. The
closing moments, however, will be de-
voted TO dance music.
The Calvacade, Four Bards and the
Mayfiower Orchestra also have promi-
nent places on WRCs schedule. For
the second consecutive week Robert
Burleigh- -Tesseman will be the indi-
vidual star of the Calvacade program,
continuing with his inimitable presen-
tation of well known Kipling poems.
Ogden L. Mills, Undersecretary of
the Treasury will face WRC's micro
phone at $50 o'clock to broadcast
1% Message from the Treasury De
partn1ent." Another talk will be
given by Lawrence Rogers on Fact
or-Fiction. .
WMAL will be on the air for more
than four hours tonight with pro-
gram of varied features Vocal and
instrumental solos, a concert by the
Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Club
and readings make up the program,
which will come to a climax with the
weekly presentation Of the Movie
Club.
Wee Willie" Robyn of the Capitol
Theater in New York. and Spitalny's
Orchestra headline the Movie Clubs
attractions, although there will be a
number of other features, as usual
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