The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-23
To FILL
AIR PROGRAMS

In glancing through the Wednes-
day evening loud speaker menus Of
the continental broadcasting stations
one striking fact seems to be that
more ana more the program makers
are following the line Of least re-
sistance and using nothing but
music. And furthermore they are
taking their music In job lots and
letting It loose on the air In a
sort OF run o. the mill way without
any relation OF one bit to another
and no attempt to construct pro.
gram for an evening. There seems
to be Just one standard idea that
there must be dance music In the
late hours.
The listeners Of WRC will be q
bit more fortunate than their broth
ers who depend on WEAF and WIZ
for their entertainment and evening
relaxation because WRC has sched-
uled two rather interesting talks.
About one Of which-th0 return Of
Frederick William Vile to the air
with his review Of the political sit.
uation In Washington-the an.
nouncements are tentative.
But about the other, talk on the
light house service by Deputy United
States Lighthouse Commissioner
John s. Conway, there Is no doubt
either as to the fact that he will
talk at o'clock or the fact that
his talk win be interesting. The
lighthouse service Is always a sub
ject that stirs the imagination, and
Deputy Commissioner Conway's talk
Is to dwell very largely on the rO-
nance Of the service.
ONE MORE STATION
BROADCASTS BAND
The program at WRC this eve
ming opens with the United States
Army Band at z o'clock. These
band concerts are divided into two
parts. The first half hour goes
to Washington listeners only and
the last half hour IL re-broadcast
by five other radio stations. The
fifth outside station, KSD, St.
Louis, Is to be added this evening.
In the second section of the
program the opening number, "The
102d Regiment Connecticut N. G..
March" Is second in popularity
with radio listeners only to "The
Stars and Stripes Forever" Capt.
William Stannard, the band direc.
tor, tells me. In the second sec
ton OF the concert also there will
be Latin-American number Mar
tita" by Domingo Santos Of Ell
Salvador. One Of the features Of
this number viii be q charming
flute duet.
The saxophonists, who come to
the nicrophone at $50 will play
'Rio Rita" the fox trot which
takes its name from the new show
Flo Ziegfeld has Just produced in
New York with such great success
and about which Harold Phillips
went completely crazy when he
heard the first production in Bal
timore recently.
The tooth paste aggregation will
be followed in loud speakers by the
University Of Maryland Glee Club,
under the direction Of DIR. Homer
House. Then come the Smith
Brothers and the light opera, ia
Perichole," by Offenbach, which
has a Latin-American angle in that
the scene is laid in Peru.
There viii be q short program
by the Harmonica Club OF Phila.
delphia from WIP during the chill.
dren's hour, beginning at Z o'clock
and at S:16 a George Washington
party hangover will be staged by
WRVA at Richmond, Va. Erva
Giles, soprano, Lolita Cabrera
Gainsborg and Keith Mcleod,
pianists, will be heard in joint re-
cital at WIZ at $3.50, and the same
station will present Lambert
Murphy, tenor, as soloist with the
Maxwell hour at o'clock. An
Arabian Nights entertainment at
WGN at 9:45 and Ford and Glenn
at WLW at 10:40 should make In
terestinR tuning