The Washington times., 1927-03-09
NEW FEATURES
FROM WRC

/ Striving desperately TO break out
Of the average midweek program
class there will be at least several
features on the WRC broadcast this
evening which might commend them.
selves to careful attention from lis,
teners-and frank comment thereon
to the station or the individual en-.
tertainers from listeners "a about the
only way either have chance Of
breaking these dead level averages.
The first OF these ID the weekly
dissection of the political situation In
Washington by Frederick William
Vile which Is taking the place Of
dinner music at 6:45 these days.
There are very few radio listeners
who win not be keen to tune in on
Vile this evening with the idea Of
learning S1st how he win spread his
striking piquant vocabulary over the
conditions that existed at the expira,
ton Of the Sixty.ninth Congress.
These talks OF the Washington news.
PAPER writer are being rebroadcast
by WEAF and several Of its chain
Of stations.
The second feature Of the evening
to be watched and commented on %,
Oe course, the United States Array
E6nd concert-the weekly effort Of
Captain Stannard and his men to
srread band music fairly well over
the map Of the United States. In
this endeavor the bandsmen have the
very hearty cooperation Of stations
WEAF. WTAMs WSAI, WCAE.
WAR and KSD.
NEW PROGRAM
NOVEL IDEA
An effort to provide a new type
of program and advertise the Jew.
elry business at one and the same
time-and be exceedingly brief about
the combination-is to be made at
8 o'clock this evening. when the
Perfect Diamond Entertainers make
thir debut at WRC. The entertain.
ers win endeayor to entertain Just
Is minutes. Two singers will sup
ply the program this evening. But
the sponsors have announced their
intention OF using everything from
tile musical saw to symphony
orchestra in subsequent programs
combining themselves to one kind Of
amusement each evening.
The fourth thing that might
excite interest win be the perform.
ance Of Patience" by Cesars
Sodero's light opera troupe at
WEAF for WRC listeners. This
will be the third or fourth time
this opera has been heard from
WEAF-and 1t bears repetition. It
il the Gilbert and Sullivan effort
to satirize the constant battle
between the artistic fundamntalists
and modernists and Is worth tuning
because It has some very lovely
music. To be CHRONOLOGICAL correct
we should have said that the fourth
feature OF the evening viii be the
George Washington University Glee
Club. which comes to the micro.
phone at $40. between .oothpaste
and cough drops. This would give
the opera fifth position on the bill.
There is q sixth feature, how.
ever, that must not be forgotten
the appearance Of Richard Crooks,
tenor, as soloist for the third time
with the Maxwell hour from WIZ
at 8 o'clock. Please don't forget
that Crooks IL one Of the artists
who couldn't be broadcast by WIZ
a few weeks ago when an effort
was made to present Beethoven's
ninth symphony by the Philhar-
monte Orchestra. This ID his sec.
ond radio concert since the eve
ming he was not permitted to sing
for radio because Of his concert
managers idiocyncracies and the
indisposition of the National Broad
casting Company to pay the price.
Those radiotics who care TO be.
gin the study OF Spanish win find
new class forming at WPCH,
New York, at 7:45 this evening. At
o'clock there viii be a concert
by the Remington Band from WGY
and at 9:45 one Of those interest
ing Arabian Nights entertainments
&c.. VxTrSAy