Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-22
WIZ TO BROADCAST
: RELIGION OVER NET.
Judge J. r. Rutherford wiz
Take Advantage of Ayes
fA* worth Offer.

Religion takes turn ut network
broadcastinS Sunday in Il way thai
has already stirred sentiment in
metropolitan New York radio ana
church circles. The successor ot the
late Pastor Russell. Judge j. +.
rutherford, operator Of two radio
stations of his own. has taken up
Merlin Hail Aylesworth. president "f
the National BroadcaStinT Company.
on the latter's snap offer of an hours
time recently made at a hearing here
before the Federal Radio Commission.
The head of tho "RusSelliteS," of
the Peoples Pulpit Association and
the International Bible Students As
ISOLATION may have been denied his
application for a new and better wave
length for station WEBER. Rossvilic
Y. Y.--by decision of the Federal
Radio Commission from which he has
taken appeal TO the courts-but he
has succeeded in getting the time
over WEAF and associated stations
that is ordinarily allotted the re-
liSious services of the Greater New
York Federation of Churches. with
whose conventional religion he has
long been at loGgerheads.
Pioneer Canadian Hook-Up.
Not only that, but the National
Eroadcastinc Company will relay the
message Judge Rutherford has de-
Scribed as mon political and mon
sectarian" from Toronto. where he is
to address Bible students conven-
tion-one of the first hook-ups from
Canada in radio history.
Ii came about during the hearing
on Station WBBR's challenge of the
660-kilocycle frequently being used by
station WIZ. which is one of the key
stations of tie National BroadcastinS
Company's chains. Judge Ruther-
ford insisted that WBBR, which he
said broadcast non-reESious Bible
talks and sacred music, had better
right TO that frequency than sta
ton which he said broadcasts chiefly
Jazz MIR. Aylesworth retorted that
religion was part of WIS regular
Sunday programs, and produced DIR.
Frank c. Goodman. radio and re-
ligious work secretary of the New
York Federation, as a supporting
witness.
This group Of clergymen has long
been at odds with the Russell cult.
which Judge Rutherford said has
non-religiouS message no church
could offer but could not get it out
unless it had better wave length
for WBBR. A lawyer himself, Judge
Rutherford challenged Mr.. Ayles-
worth to permit him the use of the
National Broadcasting Company net
work for an hour July "a. Mr.. Ayles-
worth with some heat said he could
have it.
Now the Greater New York Fedora
ton of Churches wants it made plain
that it is in no way connected with
the Rutherford address which will
occupy it's usual hour. DR.. Goodman
explaining that on account of the
"unwarranted attack by Judge Ruth
erford before the Federal Radio Com
mission on all organized churches and
their clergymen, priests and rabbis"
it is constrained to issue statement
to the effect. Judge Rutherford says
he regards it as the gracious Provl- |
dence of Jehovah" that he has dis |
placed orthodox religion for the Sun
day hour. His next step in the radio |
field will be to fight the Radio Com
missions denial of a frequency change
for WBBR, which carries his mes.
sages regularly.
Victor Herbert will be honored to-
night during the Weekly period WRC
devotes to musical miniatures" A
program made up exclusively of the
tuneful compositions of the diStin-
COiltpOSCI VIII i1Ct PioS SN ~
the National Orchestra under the
direction of Harold Sanford, and there
will be vocal numbers by Frances
Sebel, soprano, and. George O'Brien,
tenor. =,
Another outstanding attraction will
be a concert by the Cities Service
Orchestra. assisted by the Cavaliers, |
which will be broadcast beginning at
7:SO o'clock. Viola and cornet solos |
will be featured.
The attractions of local origin are
the Lord Calvert Hour of Music and |
the W.. e. & A Quartet. WIZ and
WEAF in New York will provide the
others, which include two popular |
orchestras. the Pennsylvania Grill
and the Greenwich Village Inn.
Station WTMJ, Milwaukee. will be
come a member of both the red"
and the blue networks of the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. between
August Is and September IS, accord |
ing to an announcement today at the
headquarters of the company.
The addition of WTMJ will marx
the company's first permanent tie'up |
with a WISCONSIN radio station, al |
though the Milwaukee broadcaster
has Participated in many of the Ma
tion.wide broadcasts.
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