Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-27
BRITISH CONSIDER
RADIO EXCHANGES
American Programs Sought
by Fans of Many For
eign Nations.

British BroadCasting Co. officials
are reported to be considering Sc
fiouSlY an exchange of radio programs
with the United States. Confidently,
the Department of State is in receipt
of advices from the American consul
general at sydney. Australia +. NJ.
LaWton. telling of the success of the
piCkups of foreign programs trans
mittod with high power on short
waves and rebroadcast over the
Antipodes.
All OF this leads to speculation as 10
the possibilities of regular exchanges
of radio programs between the nations
of the world, especially the English
speaking peoples. The British seem
SO intent on an exchange plan that
their director and chief engineer eX-
pect to come to this country this
Autumn to confer with National
BroadCasting Co. and Radio Corpora
ton of America officials. Australians
and New Zealanders have shown such
q decided prediction for American
programs, such as the narration OF the
recent Dempsey-Sharlley fight. that
their continuation is being sought.
The British plan as reported Is
vague. but il seems to contemplate
the use of the transatlantic radlo-
telephone for the transmission of pro-
stations in the United States receive
programs from key" stations by
telephone wires and rebrnadcast them
on their own wave lengths. The pro-
grams to Australia have always been
sent on high frequencies, such sta
tions as WGY'S experimental trans
mitter al Schenectady, 2NAF, ana
certain others, notably on the Paclhc
Coast, regularly hroadcaSting their
y y n n
short waves. From stations west OF
the Mississippi, in fact, it has been
reported that there has been some
success in reception across the vast
reaches OF the Pacific on waves right
in the American program band.
Consul General Lawton says in his
report that Sydney stations have very
successfully relayed programs from
England, Holland, France and Ger
many, as we'll as from the United
States. Australian amateurs, he
states. have long been successful on
direct reception and two-way COM
munication with stations throughout
the world. and it is claimed they were
the first to demonstrate the fact that
impulses can be carried far around
the earth even though they must
penetrate adverse daylight conditions.
Then the broadcasters took the prob
lem up. and found they could receive
and rebroadcast the short-wave pro-
grams previously heard only by the
amateurs.
In sydney they are agitating the
establishment of a high powered short
wave station in order to talk back"
to America and Europe. Beam
wireless is already in operation be-
tween Australia and London for COM
mercial MESA ges, but the value of de-
veloping international programs in
broadcasting as a medium for better
understanding between nations is a
favorite topic in the press and clubs
of Sydney.
Will Rogers. one of Americas most
famous huinorists, and his company of
movie stars, who are in Washington
on location III connection with the
making of a screen version of Charles
Hoyt's comedy. "A Texas Steer"
will face the microphone of WRC to-
night in the Washington Auditorium,
where the National Press Club will
give them a reception. WIZ and a
number of other stations on the blue"
network of the National Broadcasting
Co. will join WRC in the broadcast.
The Rogers" program will open
with a selection by the Meyer Davis
Orchestra. The humorist will act as
the master of ceremonies and intro
duce the most important members of
his company, who include Louise Fa-
zenda, Sam Hardy, George Marion,
Douglas Fairbanks, jr., and Ann Rork.
Another outstanding feature sched-
uled tonight by WRC is the conclud-
ing concert of the New York Philhar-
monte Orchestra's Summer series. An
elaborate and varied program has been
arranged for the finals by Willem Van
Hoogstraten, conductor.
WRC also will introduce new fea-
ture, the Maloff Oriental Quintet,
which will be heard at $50 o'clock
Subsequent attractions include the
weekly Bible talk and programs by
the Hofbrau and Palais dor Or
cheStraS.
WMAL has scheduled a three hour
program tonight which is predomi-
nantly musical. The chief attraction
will be concert by the Columbia
Hawaiian Guitar and Ukulele Club.
Others include recitals by Ruby Davis
Haley, soprano; Ambrose Durkin, bari
tone, and James Beckert, jr., cellist.
Several talks will intersperse the
musical numbers. One will be given
by Dorsey W. Hyde, jr., secretary of
the Washington Chamber of Com
merce. John Poole. president Of the
Federal-American Bank, will give the