Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-11
RADIO PROGRAMS
WILL RECALL WAR
New Call Letters, Wave
Bands and Features Greet
Listeners Today.

New call letters new wave channels
and new features will greet Washington
radio listeners when they begin dialing
today to locate the local stations.
Each of the four stations will be found
on new wave band, and two of them
will have new call letters-WRHF,
which is to be identified hereafter as
VOL, and WIFI, which has been as
signed the call of WJSV. Aside from
these changes WMAL becomes formally
associated with the Columbia Broad
casting system and will broadcast Its
first Sunday program in conjunction
with the stations in that network.
Soprano to Be Featured. -
The Atwater Kent hour and virtually
all of WRC'S other main attractions VIII
have a patriotic atmosphere in view Of
the anniversary of Arrnintice day. Maria
Kurenko, Russian coloratura soprano,
will be the featured artist OF the At
water Kent program. She will be as
sisted by a male quartet and an orcheS-
ira under the direction OF Josef FASTER
mack, former conductor OF the Metro
politan Opera House. -
WRCs special attraction, however,
will be the broadcast of the ArmiStlce
day program of the American Legion at
the Washington Auditorium, where
President Coolidge; Gen. John j. Per-
shing and Paul v. McNutt, national
commander of the legion, are scheduled
to speak Because of this anniversary
program. the Atwater Kent hour has
been shifted from Its regular period and
will come an hour later than usual.
The ACQUISITION hour also will be
broadcast an hour later than usual on
account of a change in arrangements
in New York. The guest artist Will be
josephine Sable, popular Soubrette' In
the variety halls 80 years ago. she
popularized Hot Time in the Old Town
Tonight" and made It the marching
song of the American troops that fought
in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip
pines.
War Songs on Program
A program of war songs will be
played by the Peerless ReproducerS,
who start WRC'S entertainment at 1880
o'clock. The Stetson Parade at 8
o'clock will depict the riotouS joy OF
Paris on the first ArmiStice day, while
the weekly song recital OF Reinald
Werrenrath, baritone, during the Old
Co. program at o'clock, will be de-
voted to songs of the World War.
Three of the Columbia systems prin-
cipal attractions are on WMAL's sched-
ule-the Symphonic hour, the Cathe-
dral hour and Come to the Fair" The
major portion of the symphonic hour
will be presented by the United SYM
phony Orchestra A choir, orchestra
and numerous soloists will take part
in the Cathedral hour broadcast,
Armistice day will be its general
theme. The Come to the Fair pro-.
gram will be made up of lifting melo-
dies in which symphony orchestra
and a group of soloiSts will be featured.
Trio to Give Program.
Aside from its regular Sunday at
fractions, VOL, formerly WRHF, VIII
Introduce a new Meditation hour, to
be provided by the concert trio OF the
Carolinians Orchestra. The trio is COM
posed of Ralph Garren, pianist and al.
rector; Harry Cherkassky, violinist, and
Vance Caskey, celliSt.
WIFI, with its new call WJSV, VIII
feature an Armistice day program.
There also will be varied vocal and IN
strumental attractions and talk by
DR.. John o. Knott.