The Washington times., 1927-02-01
MUCH MUSIC mi
AIR LANES


Dial twisting Was merry WhiFf
last evening IN all sections Of tho
country, programs taking their
cue from the turning dials and
fading in and out as though they
were on Inerry-g0-rOunds. All
sorts Of fading were encountered
during the course Of the evening.
Reception was fair, most sections
Of the country being represented
in the stations tuned; the middle
West giving the greatest response.
There was little noise, but exact
adjustments were necessary to
get good volume.
With almost every sort Of music
bobbing about the wave lengths dur
ing the course Of last evening from
various sections Of the continent,
it was q most capricious dial
twister who failed to find something
to please him, somewhere within
easy tuning distance. Yet there Is
rather curious complaint that
might be made regarding the pro.
grams--a complaint that Is forInu-
lating in the minds Of many radio
listeners these days-that there is
too much music!
When one considers that less than
seven years ago the photograph,
with all the trouble OF cranldng 1t /
or q visit to a concert hall with all
the trouble Of dressing up and GO
ing out for it, were necessary. in
order that even passably good music
might be heard in limited concerts,
and that today one may ret almost
anything one desires by q simple
twist Of a small knob, such q com.
PLANT seems a bit captioHs.
Yet that is the trouble with radio
programs-if one seeks to find &
trouble, as one usually does with
something he gets for nothing,
There were few programs on the
air last evening that were not en-.
tirely musical-none that did not
have musical basis.
EATERSONIAN CHIEF
BECOMES VOLUNTEER
From WRC the choristers started
early in the evening with an inn.
promptu contribution from the
Emersonian director, Eugene, Mar
tlnet, of Baltimore, while the first
contributor Of the evening, j. p. s.
Kinsella. entertainment was over.
coming a delay in his schedule.
Among other things Mr.. Martinez
tn rather better style than he has
been singing for some weeks past.
The Kinsella contribution was typi.
cally Kinsella-a group Of simple
songs presented with intelligence
in q deep. rich and remarkably
flexible bass voice. The Emerson
hour, which followed, was dis.
tinguished by exceptionally good
work by the orchestra under the
direction of Nation Boyee, and by
the contribution of q group Of well
beloved comic Scotch songs Of
Harry Lauder vintage, by DR.. Roy
P. May.
The root beer subsidy from
WEAF rooted about in Mexico. uns
til it uuearthed quite q bit Of
tllnefu1 music ana then the merry
chain grocers provided a rather
elaborate program Of orchestral
numbers as prelude to Cesare
Sodero's presentation of Gounod's
Romeo and Juliet, !" with the usual
Sodero flourish ana finish.
There was nothing especially dis
tinctive about the opera save lie
linslxa's singing Of the waltz song
which was accomplished in ex.
ceptionally good style. The Swanee
syncopators brought the evening
Of WRC to a close With an hour
Of dance music.
In the distant places of tuning the
Birmingham Jubilee Singers from
WSB, Atlanta. probably gave the
most elaborate program OF the eve.
ming in their presentation OF more
than an hour Of negro music. and
specialties. In the light opera hour
Of WIZ, as we received it from
KDKA, Gladys Rice and Frank
Mum, with an excellent orchestra,
conducted the listener on a tour Of
the musical comedy hits now play.
Ing in New York, with unusually
good introductions blythe announcer.
The Hadley program of the auto
mobile subsidy from WIZ was badly
marred by poor broadcasting and
excessive fading