The Washington times., 1929-01-22
'AMOS AND ANDY.
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The South cOyly retired into It's
atmosphere last evening and In
sisted ON dial twisters using all
| their wiles to get It out and then
get faint, shy brOadcasts - bat
otherwise the evening was one Of
the best for reception from all
other sections for many weeks. The
| Mid West and Far West and North
all came to receivers with good
volume, clear brOadeasts and prac-
tically no noise. Code and fading
were with us, Of course.
Amos m Andy came to Wash.
ington through VOL last evening.
were heard by listeners, and, we
hope, conquered. Like most con-
tinued stories into which one dips
at about the middle, 1t Is difficult
for the listener at first to make
much sense from a single install.
ment. We have endeavored to in.
form them, in this column and by
broadcast. The type OF broadcast liz
new to this section OF the country,
save a. 1t has been heard by those
who tune Midwest stations. We
| hope listeners persist in tuning 1t.
/
group OF radio addicts who did not
become enthusiastic over these two
boys, who In real life as Charlie
| Correll and Freeman Gosden, Of
WMAQ, Chicago, and as such are
known Tar and wide as two Of the
best purveyors OF popular music
and the bess interpreters of modern
ballads we have in radio.
/ .uala ~ go "a
be made intensely entertaining and
| nformative-and how they should
never be permitted TO 20 on the
air. appeared in the National Broad
casting output of WRC last eve
ming. The latter type is repre-
scented by a group of artists of the
Metropolitan Opera COMPARATIVELY
really are artists, although their
work last night was anything but
thatA-who appeared to think they
had gone stunning when they pro-
duced a General Motors program.
Half the music they sang as though
1t didn't make any difference how
they sang 1t and half Of it they
sang as though they never heard 1t
before and were trying It out. 1t
was one of the most Disappointing
performances General Motors has
ever staged before q microph0ne.
On the other hand, the Empire
Builders sketch of the Great North
ern Railway broadcast was one of
the finest things we've heard--in
its conception. production and gen.
eral value. The story Of the meet
ing Of James J. Fiji and Duncan
Smith---buiIders OF the Great North
ern and Canadian Pacific railroads
in the days Of their struggling
start as creators Of vast empire,
was most dramatically told.
An announcer informed the radio
aundienee that the National Grand
Onera Company was producing
ssErnani. and moe Carmen. As was
stated In the evening papers" We
apnend the following. received from
the National Broadcast Company:
''NBC News Statement
Mon, Jan. 81. 1923
'"The National Grand Opera Com
pany win produce tabloid version
OF Bizet's opera Carmen as their
weekly offering over the NBC Sys-
| tenn on Monday night, January 21,
lat IL o'clock, Eastern Standard
Time Go o'clock. Central STANDARD
Timel. The radio opera will be
staged under the baton of Cesare
Sodero. The cast will include the
following soloists:
Carmen. -. Marguerite D'Alvarez
Don jose. ......, Julian Oliver
Micaela. ..-....,. Marjorie Horton
Zuniga. ............... Kino Ruisi
! Escam;llo. Theodore Webb
Carmen was first produced in
| Paris in 1875. etc.
| Hereafter this department Of The
washington Times viii not announce
| the name of any grand opera the
| National Broadcasting Company
states 1t win produce. The company
has too often showed Its absolute
disregard of program integrity and
has, when II has not entirely
ignored substitution, invariably
given the impression the newspapers
and not its own staff were re-
sponsible for the erroneous state.
ment.