Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-04
BRITISH TO HEAR
PREM|ER'S TALKS
Activities of MacDonaId's
American Visit to Be Broad
cast Over Short Waves.
BY MARTIN CODEL.

Ramsay MacDonalds public utter
ances during his American visit are 10
be carried back to Great Britain by
radios international short waves.
simultaneously with their broadcasts
to the American and Canadian radio
audiences, the national networks pro-
pose to have their Short-wave stations
transmit the speeches of the British
prime minister across the ocean so that
his words may be heard in England and
elsewhere.
Radio reception conditions favoring,
the network of the British Broadcasting
Co. was to rebroadcaSt the accounts OF
the arrival of Premier Macdonald in
New York today and his reception In
Washington. In fact, the program was
to be made available to English-Speak-
ing people the world over, for the relay
waves frequently carry to Australia ana
South Africa, as we'll as to the British
Isles and Continental Europe.
Just as the American audience heard
an English announcer describe the re-
cent Schneider Cup races, the British
audience was to get from American an
nouncers an idea of the reception being
accorded their premier on his arrival on
these shores and later in Washington.
To Broadcast Speech.
The only formal speech by Premier
Macdonald scheduled for broadcasting
thus far is his address before the Coun-
Gil on Foreign Relations in New YORK
City Friday evening, october IL. This
is being made the occasion for an inter-
national relay broadcast, as well as
Coast-to-coast hook-up OF all stations
of the National Broadcasting Co.'S net
work.
Latest of the international relays to
this country, accomplished with high
degree of success. was the one last Sat
urday night, when the Columbia Broad
casting system brought over the voice
of Maurice Chevalier, the French actor,
from Paris. This was done through the
transatlantic telephone, the chain utll-
izing that medium of transmission be-
cause there is no short-wave station IN
France capable of relaying for pickup
in this country. Columbia relays to
foreign countries, but has chosen to use
the usual telephone circuit available Tor
long distance calls to Europe for It's re-
lays from abroad.
Relay broadcasting is only one phase
of the competitive efforts of the chains
to attract the interest of the radio audi
ence. Both have ambitious plans for
the world series and the foot ball
season.
All the world series games and all the
major gridiron contests will be covered
by their star announcers. Graham NC
Nance leads the National Broadcastlng
Co.'S forces and Ted Husing heads the
announcerial staff of Columbia. Husing
begins the season this Saturday by re-
porting the Nebraska-Southern Meth
odist game from Lincoln, Nebr.
Symphony Orchestra Concert.
A new radio event of interest to music
lovers is the concert by the Philadel-
phia Symphony Orchestra, under the
direction of Leopold StokowSki, which
will be conducted over the National
Broadcasting Co.'S network next Sun
day afternoon. A new pickup tech
nioue has been evolved for this concert
which is the first by the orchestra and
conductor, who until this Autumn have
consistently refused to go on the air.
The new broadcasting method In
wolves the use of single condenser
microphone, hung overhead in the CEN
ter of the auditorium of the Philadel-
phia Academy of Music, IN lieu OF the
usual battery of mikes" The thought
Is to have the microphone pick up the
symphonic waves and the tone values
exactly as the ear of a person in the
auditorium would hear them. The mi
crophone is to be focused for the SOUND
pickup as a camera would be focused
for group perspective.
The truest reproduction that the
acouStical science can furnish is be-
iieved to be in view for the Philadelphia
symphony concert, the first of series
of three to be heard the first Sundays
in october, November and December.
Columbia yesterday announced the
addition of Henry A. Bellows of Mime
apolis, former member of the Federal