Evening star., 1927-03-19
IMPROVED RADIO
!. SYSTEM FORESEEN
Manufacturers Optimistic
Over Outcome of Federal
Board Supervision.

Radio manufacturers and deaiers
are optimistic regarding the abiilty OF
the new Federal Radio COMMISSION 10
clear the ether and re-estabIlsn oi
casting by licensing only suinciehl' ue
,sirahle broadca sters to furnish good
nrograms in every locality. lnclden-
tally. they attribute the present III
crease in the sale of receivers chle.iy
to the enactment of the reneuial laulo
legislation, but also give creolt ~ M
proved programs and the trenu "
r,a ard edi,cational features of interest
to children.
The general belief of dealers
throughout the country. accordlnE 10
a survey made in February by Nauio
Retailing, is that the sale OF Fauio
receivers and equipment is signtiy
hetter than it was last year anu liht
It will increase gradually. Some pre-
dict the disappearance of Summe,
sales slump during the former duli
season when static and station inter
ference prevented good receptlon
They look for the elimination OF TINS
seasonal slump if fewer and better
stations broadcast
Increased Sales i'm December.
December. this survey reveals.
showed 90 per cent increase In sales
compared with those of Decemoer'
1925, and January the gain was about
the same. although the safes leh on
8 per cent from those in December.
In February sales increased over last
years by 25 per cent, in spite OF
drop from the January sales.
A sort of croSS-Section of the present
condition of the radio market is SHOWN
by brief abstracts of reports as folio"s;
Los Angeles, good; Denver, very good,
but to improve; New York, better than
last year; Pittsburgh, poor; Portland
Greg, 10 per cent better; chicago,
holding up well; San Antonio, quiet
Toronto, good; New Orleans, gaining;
San Francisco, improving; Detroit,
sales off, due chaos, expect improve
ment; Minneapolis. fair; Cleveland.
outlook encouraging: Boston. spotty.
but sets are being used longer each
night; st. Louis, improvement antici-
pated, and Atlanta. now unSatisfac-
tory, but Summer interest anticipated
with improved conditions and exten-
sion of chain broadcasting into South.
A piano lecture recital on Bee
thoven's Fifth SYMPHONY" by Walter
Damrosch. conductor of the New York
Symphony Orchestra, one of WRCs
outstanding attractions tonight. will
mark the opening of the national cele-
bration of the Beethoven centennial.
Mr.. Damrosch will explain the mean
ing of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony"
and play it's important themes at the
piano while talking. Assisting him
with the program will be the Musical
Art Quartet. using four rare Stradi. |
varius instruments presented to them |
by Felix Warburg, the noted banker. |
Members of this quartet are Sascha |
Jacobsen, first violinist; Bernard Ocko, |
second violinist; Louis Kaufman, viola, |
and Maria Romaert Rosnaoff, cellist |
The quartet will play two movements |
from the great quartets of Beethoven |
and will assist Mr.. Damrosch in his |
presentation.
A one-act play, 'The Drums of |
Oude," will open WRC's program. A
Bible talk by Representative John c. |
Box of Texas, under the auspices of
the Y. M. c. A.. will follow the play.
At 745 o'clock George Buehler. bari
tone, will be heard in a short recital.
Other features include the WEAF
Musical Comedy Troupe: Our Gov
ernment," by David Lawrence, and
the LIE Perroquet de Paris Orchestra. |
VIII p. Kennedy, political writer for |
The Star, will return to the micro.
phone of WMAL tonight for another |
OF MS series or talks on the National
Capital The remainder Of this sta |
tons attractions will be musical.
Starting at 8 o'clock WMAL will |
broadcast the closing program from |
the Chamber of Commerce Industrial |
Exposition at the Washing ton Audi |
torium. Afterward it has scheduled |
q joint recital by Lillian Ruth Latham.
soprano; Rose F. Guaraldi, contralto. |
and Romeo Guaraldi, baritone, and
program by the Nordica Banjo Club.
Dialing activities again last night
were retarded by static blasts, not
quite as severe, however, as on
Thursday night. Although the loud
speaker spluttered and emitted frying
noises almost continuously through
out&sthe evening, the volume of the
signals in mcst cases was sufficient
to penetrate these noises.
Among the stations heard most
distinctly were WPG, Atlantic CITY:
WBAL, Baltimore; WRVA. Rich
mond, Va; WSMB, New Orleans.
WJAZ, Jacksonville; WSM. Nash
vile, and WAAM, Newark.
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