Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-01
Behind the MicrOphone
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

stations will join the network to-
day, three months in advance of
the date originally set for the
link-up. These stations are KLZ.
Denver: KDYL, Salt Lake City;
XVI, Seattle; KOIN, Portland;
KFPY, Spokane; KFRC, San Fran
cisco, and XIII, Los Angeles.
X X X
John S. Garlic, formerly of Sta
ton WOR in Newark, N. j., has
been appointed head of the newly
created radio department of the
Paramount-FamouS Players-Las-
ky Corporation, it was announced
yesterday. This department is the
outgroWth of the recent purchase
of a half interest in the Columbia
BroadcaSting System by Para
mount. Extensive plans for the
company's radio activities are now
being formulated and will be han
died by this new department.
Mr.. Garlic has been at Station
WOR for the past year, handling
program and production work, and
phases OF radio broadcasting. He
has been guest announcer for the
Columbia BroadcaSting System on
several occasions and has written
number of programs for pres
entation over the air.
Headquarters for the new radio
DEPARTMENT will be in the Para
mount Building in New York.
y X
In order to stimulate program
artistry and to focus public atten-
ton upon the radio stations,
broadcasting chains and artists
presenting worthwhile broadcasts,
the Freed Eisemann Radio Cor
poration announces that it is Gre
ating the Joseph D. r. Freed
Foundation.
Six different annual awards will
be made for broadcasting excel
lence. The first will be made to
the broadcaSting station which
presents the outstanding program
of each year, the broadcast year
being figured from September l of
one year to August 81 of the fol-
lowing year.
The second will be made to the
outstanding individual radio
broadcaSter each year. This
award will be open to all singers,
orators, actors, conductors of or
chestras; in fact, to artists pre-
Senting any type of program on
| the air.
The third will be made to the
individual creating the outstand-
ipg program on the air. This
award will be restricted to pro-
gram directors, men or women
who are wholly responsible for
the creation of broadcast pro-
grams.
The fourth award will be made
to the radio station which, during
each year, makes the greatest
technical advance in handling
programs. This does not neces-
, Sarily mean that the award will
be made to the radio station or
chain which develops or perfectS
new engineering device, but may
be made to the station or chain
which improves methods of han
, ding programs.
The fifth award will be made to
the radio station which through
it's programs shall best represent
the educational value and power
of broadcasting in raising the
American standard of morals.
taste and manners. The scope Of
this award is very wide. recogniz-
ing as it does radio broadcasting
as a public service institution. j.:
is conceived in order that recog-
milton of the achievements OF ra-
dio stations during an entire year
might he taken into account in
stead of any one isolated broad
cast.
The sixth award is to be made
to the advertising agencv or cor
noro ton presenting the finest adj
vertiSing programs on the air each
wear. This award recognizes the
fact that commercial or advertis-
ing programs make I'M the bulk Of
the rodio entertainment furnished
by the big stations. and that
something should be done to slim
ulate artistry in this particular
hrar"h If radio.