The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-10
MAR PROGRAMS.
|NBR0ADCAST

The harpies of the air kept up
q rather steady din during the
broadcast hours last night ana
even high power distributors were
baffIed in their efforts to deliver
loud speaker programs. There
were times when there was q let
up In the noise. But the middle
evening when most everything Of
importance was on the air. was
the worst period Of the night.
Poor brOadcasting from OriGinat-
ing stations was also responsible
for some Of the trouble expert.
enced in tuning. Altogether, not
good night to make logging
records.
A spirit Of charity and good will
the like Of that at least ten dis
tinguished speakers told the Amer
lean Legion last night to take with
them to Paris-inVokes the state.
ment that one of the reasons the
evenings unusually fine assortment
of radio programs did not register
well in loud speakers was due to
the difficulty of broadcasting from
poor points Of vantage to place the
microphones. This, we believe, at
fected the reports that came
through the air from the legion
banquet on board the "Leviathan,"
the beauty contest in Atlantic City
and the concert of Latin-American
music from the Pan-American
Building
The PAn.American concert, from
a musical standpoint, was the most
important feature of the evening"
unless we except or add as an i'm
'portant item, the return Of the
Anglo.Persia from their vacation.
But the Pan-American effort, as a
means Of making radio listeners
acquainted with the music Of the
Americans, was almost a total loss
through the ineffective way it was
broadcast by NAA.
The value of none Of the music
registered very we'll in two re.
ceiving sets we tried on it, and no
opinion formed Of what we did get
would be worth while. The naval
experts who have broadcast these
concerts have usually given great
atisfaction-save in the concerts
IN the esplanade. There appears to
be something wrong with the plac-
ing Of the microphones and the
music rumbles and blasts so no
amount of manipulation of the
dials Of the receiver. or the am.
pllfiers of the sender seems to
help it.
The Anglo-Persians came back
% loud speakers with all their old
vim and Vigor-and Louis Katz.
man welding the baton 50 that
they expressed all Of II to the
tuning customers. We're ali pleased
to have them back and hope all
their concerts will be as full of
pep and character as the one last
evening. Fine musical intellisence
was exhibited also in the program
OF CadmAn music presented during
the Musical Miniature Hour when
the orchestra and singers provided
listeners with a number of lovely
things the great American com.
poser has turned out, in addition
to "Sky Blue Water" and "The
Waters Of the Minnetonka," by
which he is mostly represented on
the wave length.
Norman BrOkenshire told his At.
lantic City audience that he was
having a very easy time with the
beauty contestants this year-but his
radio audience. depending upon the
noisy. fading output of WPG, has
lost the reverse. 1t was rather diff
cult to follow the long ceremonies
incident tn the GROWING Of Miss
America, 1S27"-but quite a lot Of
us did our best and were rewarded
by being right on the spot when
Miss Illinois" received the eighth
vote that made her queen Of the
party. Those Of us who are Illinois.
ians sang the state hymn and tuned
something easier on the ear drums.