The Washington times., 1928-01-31
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The Sunny South made itself
specially conspicuous among the
brOadcasters last evening while q
bit Of noise and hesitaney i'm re-
spending to tuners held back Mid
II West programs. Interference was
| notable from all causes, but fading
was not quite as marked as usual.
The WRC broadcast showed little,
II any, Improvement over the hit
or miss character that has dis.
tinguished IL lately.
Because most people heard Presi-
dent Coolidge and Director of the
Budget Herbert Lord last evening,
when they occupied loud speakers
for more than an hour and half
telling about the budget-there is
plenty of room for Contributors to-
day. And they seem to need 1t.
Wed again remind those contem-
plating taking the well known pen
in hand, to write as briefly as pos
sible.
Top o the column is given the
following the additional In.
formation that when our CORES
pondent telephoned his objection to
our criticism of the Washington In
dependent Boys Band being used
as radio attraction be also asked
us to stop his paper and stated he
intended to ask his friends to do
the same. We add it because he
evidently left it out of the commun-
ication through oversight
Gardner Mack,
The Washington Times.
Dear Sir:
In taking exceptions to your
criticism of the program broad.
cast last Wednesday, over station
WMAL by the Washington Boys
Independent Band permit me to
state, first: That any organization
that could develop q sOlOist that
would please yOu Is, without
question, worth while. You stated
that you enjoyed listening to the
Boy Bandmaster, Clinton j.
Brown, jr.t
Second, there was no taking in
their program, everything was
lust as represented, which is GO
ing The Times and Herald ore
better, as you are probably aware
that not SO long ago the sO-calied
Times-Heraid NcwsbOys Band
went on the air and represented
itself as being composed of news
boys, when as q matter Of fact
only one boy in the outfit was :
neWsbOy.
ance. over WCAP, was sponsored
Hn The Washineton Post. whose
representative attended q re-
hearsaI of the Boys Band before
they were engaged.
Fourth. this Boys Band has
heen compIimented on its ability
by Capt. William III. Santelmann
and many others, prominent In
the musical world. 1t triumphed
in a contest over one of Wash
ington's largest fraternal bands,
composed of adults.
Won stated to me that you had
been associated with various Boys
Bands. but I am willing to bet
a dollar to a dOughnut hole that
Won did not serve them without
nav as Mr.. KidweIl and Major
Brown are doing In this OrgantZa-
ton.
III you mean your criticism to
be Just and are using your Ell
forts to give us good radio pro-
grams, you will easily find plenty
to smack at that are thousand
times worse than the program of
the Boys Band.
There Is just as much room
for amateurs on the radio as there
is i'm any other field. If the SER
vices of all amateurs were dis
pensed with what would you do
for a living?
Your statement about the Boys
Band being taken as representing
the National Capital Is hard to
answer, as it is almost incOnceiv:
able that a newspaper man could
be so lacking i'm intelligence as to
think that Iisteners-in cOnstrue
everything that is broadcast from
Washington as pertaining to the
Municipal or Federal Government.
You may as well say that If some
Iady brOadc8stS q reciDe Tor
cake, the folks in the States will
think it came from the First Lady
of the Land.
Now, Just a few words more as
to why we broadcast at all.
believe that can hest be answered
by asking you why print paper
like the Times when we can get
the Post and Star and even the
Very respectfully,
HARRY LEERs
1927 A st. S. f.
The following correspondent
pays his compliments to local
brOadcasts rather sharply:
Gardner Mack:
what's the matter with the
local programs?
Insipid, undressing. poorly
planned, shOddily announced and
reeIxing lin some inStances) with
nauseating advertising puffs. is
lt not time local studio managers