Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-13
VARIED OFFERINGS
LISTED ON RADIO
Maran and Mack, Walter
DamrosCh, Grand Opera
and Foot Ball Scheduled.
BY MARTIN CODEL.

Some noteworthy offerings have been
booked by the radio networks for the
ensuing weeks. They represent the
first of the l923-29 radio seasons stellar
national programs They include pre-
ponderance of musical entertainment,
both classical and jazz, and many hours
on the air devoted to religion politics,
foot ball and special events scheduled
for chain broadcasting because of their
widespread interest
First of the outstanding entertain
ment offerings will be the extended pro-
gram of Moran and Mack, the Two
Black Crows" whose Sunday evening
broadcasts, beginning october IA, will
lest for an hour instead of a half hour
These blackface stars have attained
such tremendous popularity that the
Columbia Broadcasting System has
added eight stations west of the Rockies
for the regular weekly offering, which
begins at 9 O'Clock, Eastern standard
time, every Sunday night
Walter DamroschS series of musical
education hours, while designed pri-
narily for grade school children at the
start and for high school and college
students later, will interest many adults
as well. They begin Friday, october
R6, at IL am, Eastern standard time,
over large network of the National
Broadcasting Co. They will be heard
weekly a. ,,t the same hour until
May 10.
Operas on Air.
Broadcasting of at least one act of
each opera in the Chicago Opera Co. S
repertoire has been scheduled on the
National Broadcasting Co.'S system each
Wednesday evening from 10 to II
O'Clock, Central standard time, Begin
ming October 81 and lasting through
January 81. Important revivalS of IA
nous operas, as well as selections from
the standard repertoire, will be in
cluded in the series of Chicago Opera
broadcasts.
DR.. S. Parkes Cadman's services. as
radio pastor for the Federal Council
Of Churches of Christ in America, begin
this Sunday. He will go on the air
over the National Broadcasting Co.'S
system from 4 to $50 o'clock, Eastern
standard time, every Sunday afternoon.
Gospel broadcaSting over the Columbia
system also will be a regular Sunday
feature hereafter, beginning at $50
O'Clock, Eastern standard time, and
with Rev. Donald Grey Farmhouse of
the Tenth Presbyterian Church of
Philadelphia as pastor.
The Hoover and Smith campaign
broadcasts invariably command ma
tional radio hook-upS. Gov. Smiths
speech at Louisville is scheduled on both
great networks from to pm, East
ern standard time, tonight. His speech
at Sedalia, Mo-, Tuesday, october Is,
is similarly booked.
Herbert Hoover will be heard next
Rom Boston from to 9 pm. Octo-
bar Is.
Foot Ball Games.
Foot ball games seem to be events
which individual broadeasting stations
like to cover themselves because of
high. local interest in particular games.
Some of the leading games, however,
are. going on the air over networks.
The National BroadcaSting Co. has de-
tailed Graham MacNamee and Philips
Carlin to cover 16 intercollegiate games
during the eight saturdays beginning
foday for the red" and blue" net
works. $3.50
An international hook-up of at least
so stations will broadcast the cere-
monies incident to the presentation of
q medal from the United States Gov
eminent to Thomas A. Edison, the in
wentor. This event will take place
Saturday evening, October 90, on the
eve Of the forty ninth anniversary of
the invention of the incandescent lamp
by Edison. President Coolidge and
Secretary Mellon viii take part in this
years program.
The annual Navy day" will be cele-
brated on October 81 with broadcasting
all over the United States and radio
relays for the fleets, the naval stations
end the merchant marine to pick up.
Parents, teachers and pupils are be-
ing urged to tune-in on the nation wide
radio program that will be broadcast
Friday evening, November 9, as part of
American Education week. The Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. will furnish the
national network as a courtesy to the
National Education Association. The
program will include addresses by lead
ing educators.
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