The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-07
BROADCAS TERS
IN SESSION
TODAY

Fair to gOOd-With fading as the
- chief annoyance In all sections
weekend broadcast programs came
to receiving sets. The North
seemed to have the most vO'ume
and clarity. although the frigid at
mOsphere seemed to make every.
thing sharp-as long rs Il would
atay tuned. Code disturbed q bit
here and there-and very much In
spots.
Broadca sters from all sections OF
the country are meeting in Wash
ington today for the purpose Of
considering what action, II any, viii
be taken by them regarding pend
ing radio legislation. The visitors
include the committees on legisia-
ton and copyright arrangements
of the National Association OF
Broadcasters and in addition to
President William Hedges, OF
Chicago and WMAQ have brought
to Washington former Radio Com.
missioner H. A. Bellows, OF Min
neapolis. chairman of the legisla-
tive committee of the men behind
the mike and many others. They
meet at the Washington Hotel
and will confer with Congressional
committees.
Which is rather a newsy way Of
beginning the COLUMN today, con-
sidering the fact that we were. so
placed. in a loud speaker way. that
Baltimore was more easily tuned
than Washington over the week
end. However that might be 1t
rather definitely developed the fact
that most Of our radio programs
are nation. wide in their circulation
and that what we might regard as
local output we find to be just
as local in Chicago or San Fran"
cisco or Boston or Jacksonville as
it is in Washington and Baltimore.
COLUMBIA SYSTEM
ALMOST DOUBLED
Thus the most important thing
we heard on the air last evening
was Major J. Andrew Whites an
nouncement of the expansion of
the Columbia system from Is broad
casting stations to A with the pre-
sentation of the new Majestic pro-
gram in which Eddie Cantor and
Ruth EttinE figured rather con
spicuously and entertainingly. Most
Of the new Columbia customers are
in the South and Southwest.
George Barrere's little symphony
orchestra, but especially George
Barrier himself, appeared to us to
have the edge on most of the week
end programs-as the combination
came to us in the early Sunday
evening hours from WRC and the
NBC system. Photograph users
and concert goers do not need to be
told that Barrere Is an exceptional
director and that his little symphony
is an organization to be listened to
with interest-but what these old
friends of the artist do not know
is that he is quite an entertaining
announcer, with a charm and wit
few of the regular union mike pro-
tectors display. Barrere announced
his own program and did fine
job of it. +
Florence Austral. Australian So
prano. gave a good account of her
self during the Atwater Kent ex-
ercises, SO far as We could get her
performance because we were par
ticularly interested In, and being
served with, Senator Arthur Van
derberg of Michigan and Brig. Gen.
Benjamin Foulois, Of the Army Air
Service, and the remainder Of the
Golfers entertainment from WBAL
General Foulois' description of the
first cross.country flight of an air
plane in America. during which
he was a passenger with Orville
Wright, contracted with the record
making performance Of the Question
Mark