Evening star., 1927-03-23
FLORENCE POSTON
WINS RADIO PRIZE
Selects Six of Seven Sta
tions-WMAL win Link
With WRNY.

Miss Florence Poston, S02 Maryland
avenue northeast. who has figured
prominently in The Stars radio iden-
tifcation contest ever since its in
ception. winning a number of the
prizes, again last week carried off the
honor, according to a final tabulation
today of the returns for the eleventh
contest week.
Six of the seven stations listed dur
ing the week were identified by Miss
Posto on. She will receive a check for
SO. offered weekly as the prize for
the winner.
The stations picked up during the
week, follow:
Monday. March 14-WLS, Chicago.
Tuesday. March 15--WSM, Nash
vile, Tenn.
Wednesday, March 16-WOO, Phila-
delphia.
Cinnati
Friday, March 1S-WsB, Atlanta,
Ga.
Saturday, March 19-wJz, New
York
sunday, March 2O--WMBF, Miami
Beach, Fla.
Missed on WLW.
The only station which Miss Poston
failed to identify was WLW, which
was picked up Thursday night. She
listed WSM.
Two Of the contestants named five
stations correctly. They We're Ran
-dolph Buckley, Clifton station. Va,
and Mrs. +. II. Hart, 1901 Euclid
street. winner of the contest during
the tenth week.
Those who identified three stations
were NJ D. Rathgeber, 1912 New
Hampshire avenue; Mrs. l.. B. Ohm
stead, station II, route 9. Washing
ton, and Mrs. w. ". Taylor, Herndon,
Va.
F. N. Wells. Lanham, Nd, identi-
fed two stations.
The Washington Radio Forum sta
ton, WMAL. for the first time in its
career will be linked with an out-of-
town station for a joint broadcast.
Preparations were completed today
for a hook-up between WMAL and
WRNY in New York for broadcaSting
Friday night the program incidental
to the annual dinner of the National
Housekeeping Conference at the May
flower Hotel.
The Washington station will broad
cast the entire dinner program.
WRNY, however. will not join in the
broadcast until o'clock.
Senator Moses of New Hampshire
will be the toastma ster. The princi-
pal speakers will be Secretary of Ag-
riculture Jardine, Senator Borah of
Idaho, Mabel w. Willebrandt, Assist
ant Attorney General. and William f.
Gigelor, magazine editor.
Again last night radio reception con-
ditions were fair. Signals of the out
of-town stations, although difficult to
tune at times, came through with good
volume and clarity. There also were
rumblings of static and some fading,
but the former were not severe
enough to interfere with reception.
WBAP, at Fort Worth, was heard
Tor the first time in a week. Other
stations picked up included WSM.
Nashville; WBT, Charlotte, n. c.;
WWNC, Asheyille, N. c.; WBAL, Bal
timore; WOR, Newark; WIP, Phila-
delphia, and WBZ, Sprinfield.
An elaborate array of sponsored at
fractions, interspersed with a concert
by the Army Band and the comic
opera Nell Gwynne." to be sung by
the National Light Opera Co., will be
broadcast tonight by WRC. The ma
5ority Of these features will come from
New York Among them are the
weekly programs Of the Davis Saxo-
phone Octet. the Smith Brothers, the
Ipana Troubadours. the National Cav
alters and a Balkite ''cycle of ro-
nance"
Frederic William Vile will open
WRC's program at GAS O'Clock with,
a resume of the political situation in
Washington. The Army Band con-
cert viii follow. A subsequent attrac-
IL Il
grams by the Perfect Diamond Enter
tainers.