The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-10
AVERAGE NIGHT
ON THE AIR

98AAAAfAh AN#A~N
exact and precise tuning turned
up programs, they were accom-.
panied BY noise, likely to fade
and were weak anyhow. There
may have been two or three other
things wrong with them also! m
one gathers from this that dial
twisting Wasn't altogether Q joy
last evening ones gatherer Is
hitting on Gil six. Dial twisting
was not q pleasant exercise! The
late evening hours were better
than the earlier periods but still
there was much 70 be desired.
Havana and Minneapolis both
came into receivers BY cOaxing
and most Chicago stations were
heard.
A thought thai comes TO one
after listening to the college 9lee
clubs that have been current on
the wave lengths recently Is that,
with one conspicuous exception
most Of the soloists must be SO
rated because they have achieved
high marks In Greek or chemistry
or economics. In other words,
we're wondering IL the college
authorities require scholastic stand,
lng Of q certain standard for solo
singing Ia the EIee clubs as they
do for baseball or football players.
One doesn't expect to hear
Carusossor CALI Curccis among the
undergraduates who appear In con.
cert before their friends ana fellow
students ana other interested well
wisherE. But 60 long as radio
listeners can hear Virginia Rae and
Richard Crooks and such dlstinc-
tive Organizations az the Jewellers
and the Criterion quartets or their
equivalents almost any hour why
should their time be taken up with
the amateurs and involuntary com.
parsons that accentuate the anna
teurishness?
Reports this morning are that
several washington listeners heard
gibbons attempts to hypnotic by
radio from WBZ in the early part
Of last evening, but no reports save
newspaper dispatches, have come in
from those who heard the final
statements that were promised.
The atmosphere seemed to be
rather cluttered up around the
WBZ point on the dials at the time
the results were to be made known.
According to news dispatches two
OF the subjects. who were known
to DR.. Fitzgibbons. responded to
the tests favorably. But the un.
known subject, chosen by the
broadcaster, was not affected.
BAND PLAYS
DIXIE FANTASY
The chief feature or the United
States Army Band program, which
opened the WRC musical proceed
ings last evening was the playing
OF the Lake arrangement Of Dixie
in which the composer seeks. t.
present the familiar tune In halt
a dozen musical moods. The band
delivered this number unusually
well. There 10 q similar arrange
ment Of Yankee Doodle" by tht
same composer, which the band
might try during some Of its con
certs.
The new program introduced las
evening by the Perfect Diamond
Entertainers from WRC, developed
into contralto and soprano solo
and duet. or two-each number
being we'll received. The ''whitC
diamond" has an excellent soprano
voice and used It well and tn,
"bIue diamond exhibited an un
usually deep, rich contralto. We'r,
hoping they will be heard agar
during the course Of these shor-
programs whcih are promised ever.
Wednesday evening.
OF the regular program features
perhaps that which received the
most attention, and favorable com
ment, was the l5-minute exercises
Of the National Cavaliers-the new
radio name of the well known
Criterion Quartet. The feature
came from WEAF as q sort OF
program shock absorber used Il
I'LL in vacant spaces left by he
subsidized or regular features. The
yeast powder, toothpaste and cough
drop subsidies delivered as usual.
In the interval between $3.50 and
10 o'clock a most excellent bit of
choral singing was heard from the
George Washington University Giles
Club in the several numbers that
were presented. At 1890 Cesare So.
dero and his assistants provided
their wei planned and executed
condensation Of Patience" by Gil
bert and Sullivan, which they hav,
presented several times before ant
which closed the WRC evening.