The Washington times., 1927-01-14
DIALLERS REAP.
. DIX HARVEST

All one needed was the radio
habit and the most ordinary kind
Of receiving set to be equipped to
time almost any section of the
continent and some of the islands
OF the seas last night. Boston, Los
Angeles, Ottawa, Atlanta and
Havana responded quickly and
with good programs to dial twisted
commands. There was noise and
some of the stations faded a bit.
The multiplicity OF breakfasts
caused the most troublesome in
reference.
Starting with the first radio con.
cert of the season of the United
States Navy Band, with the Cleve-
land Symphony Orchestra as 4 mid
die evening high light and Retnold
Werrenrath singing himself hoarse
in Los Angeles in the late hours,
the loud speaker deliveries last night
were varied, covered all sorts of
distances and gave dial twisters big
rewards for their tuning.
on the three big features of the
evening the concert of the Cleve-
land Symphony Orchestra from
WTAM was the real headliner of
the evening broadcast.
This orchestra. under the direc.
ton OF Nicolai Sokoloff, provided in
the Stravinski Fire Bird suite
one of the most exquisite bits of
orchestral music that has been
heard on the wave lengths in some
months. The combination of a most
modern director with the music of
a fellow countryman, who is rated
as an ultra-modern composer, gave
a broadcast result worth much more
trouble to tune than radiotics found
necessary under the excellent con-
ditfon Of the atmosphere last night
NAVY BANDS
SEASON DEBUT
The programs of both WRC and
WMAL last night were short and
unusually musical. The brevity Of
the WRC delivery was almost
startling. Beginning at Z o'clock,
with a dinner concert from the
Carlton Hotel, the most important
feature presented during the eve
ming was the debut for the 1927
season of the United States Navy
Band Orchestra, under the direction
Of Lieut.. Charles Benter.
The orchestra provided listeners
with about as varied a program as
has been given for some weeks.
The expectations of listeners were
not realized to the full because
some of the hour allotted to the
broadcast was consumed In playing
encores for the audience that was
present in the Marine Band Audi.
forum where the concert was
given.
The result was that some of us
missed at least two of the num-
bers we were expecting to hear.
In fairness to radio listeners broad.
casting orchestras would seem to
show wisdom in declining to plav
encores until they had kept all
their program promises to listeners
at the loud speakers.
Esther Cutchin, pianist, star Of
the Kilt hour, provided an excellent
exhibition of piano playing skill
and made something of a hit at
the outset of her program with her
brief and interesting announcement
of the basis of the Brahms rhap.
sody which was her first number.
At WMAL the most interesting
feature Of the program was the
singing Of James A. Barr, a young
tenor who has a voice of excellent
quality that seems to be a bit
in the microphoHe by the method
of its production.
DISTANT TUNES
COMES CLEARLY
Last night was lavish in it's re-
wards to explorers along the wave
lengths. A new station in Cleve-
land, WAY, provided an inter-
esting program all evening and
WOAI, San Antonio. made a notable
contribution to the continental me-
lange with an excellent production
of "Cavaleria Rusticana." The new
WIZ program, 1.-THE Radiatrons, ="
gave an excellent account of them
selves as we heard them from
KDKA and KYW at various times
during the hour they were on the
air.
Radiotics who remained at the
dials late enough TO try for the
Werrenrath concert in Los Angeles
were rewarded by rather good recep-
ton for so distant u station, al
though there seemed to be consider
able noise on the wave lengths and
some interference and fading War
renrath followed the policy he
adopted in his Atwater Kent concert
in the East by announcing his own
songs and seemed to be quite as
much at home at XII as he was at
WEAF last month.