The Washington times., 1930-12-08
Romping
Around
Radio
Dial

National Broadcasting Company.
The series, inaugurated this
month, continues to September,
1891.
Seven concerts a week, every
day but Saturday and Sunday,
with two concerts on Tuesdays
and Fridays, will be broadcast.
More than $50 musicians conSt1-
tute the membership Of the three
hands.
three times q week. the Marine
hand twice, and the Navy Band
twice. In all, the concerts VIII
consume four and three-quarter
hours Of time each week over
NB.C. networks. IL,
Although the bands have been
heard frequently over the air, the
broadcasting schedule Is the most
extensive in the history OF tne
three bands. The schedule fol'
lows:
n M. wEAF network; Tuesdays,
Marine Band, 10 to IL q. M,
WEAF network, and Navy Bano,
8 to $3.50 p. m, WIZ network:
Wednesdays, Army Band. 3 TO 9:SO
a M. WIZ network; Thursdays,
Army Band, 4:30 to S p. m, WIZ
network. and Fridays, Army Band,
Q to 9:3O a. M, WEAF network,
and Navy Band, 3:15 to 4 p. m,
EyrAT P1ntwOrk
Under the plans, the bands VIII
play from their respective head
quarters, the Marine Band from
the Marine Barracks, the navy
Band from the Navy Yard, ana
the Army Band from the Wash
ington Barracks.
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, ST.,
viii be the guest Of honor at
a radio afternoon tea which Will
be broadcast over an N. B. G.
network Tuesday at 5 p. m.
Mrs. Vanderbilt will discuss
''Fashions in Furniture ana
Dress" A program Of tea music
will be presented by Leo REFS
man and his orchestra.
The New York Philharmonic
Symphony Society concerts, under
Arturo Toscanini, will be resumed
Sunday, December IA, from TO
5 D, M, Eastern standard time,
as Columbai-WABC network
feature. Olin Downes, music
critic of the New York Times,
will comment on the program
during the intermission. The pro-
gram follows:
overture, "The Secrets of Su-
zanne" ....... Wof-FerrarO
Pastorale Symphony. (Beethoven)
Marosszeker Tame -. (Kodaly)
Passacaglia 80. (Bach-RespighO
The words of Mrs. Herbert
Hoover at the launching Of the
largest American-built passenger
steamer at Newport News, Va,
Tuesday morning will be carried
to the nation through an exten-
Sive National Broadcasting Com
pany network.
The launching of the 31,000-ton
Dollar Line steamer, which will
bear the name President Hoover,
will take place at 11:40 O'Clock,
on the ways, of the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Drydock Com
pany. This will be preceded by
a 10-minute description Of pre-
launching happenings and the
program will be continued until
IL o'clock noon.
State and Government officials
and executives of the Dollar Line
are also expected to face the
microphone during the program.
Station WIZ, New York, will be
linked to the NB.C. network
carrying the program. James
Wellington will be the announcer.
Shipbuilders say the 631-foot
8. S. President Hoover is the
largest passenger vessel ever built
in this country. 1t has a paSSen-
ger capacity of 1850 and will
carry crew of 800.
Highlights on today's radio
programs are:
8P. M.
WMAL-Marion McAfee, So
prano; Theo Karle. tenor, and
Kenyon Congdon, baritone, will
be featured with Columbia
Symphony Orchestra, conducted
by Claude Macarthur, during the
Voice Of Columbia broadcast.
$3.50 P. NJ.
WRC-Works by MendelSsohn,
Massenet and Schubert will be
combined with numbers of lighter
character during the program by
the A. & p. Gypsies.
SP. M.
WMAL-A medley of songs by
George M. Cohan will bring to
a close the Mardi Gras celebra-
ton program to be broadcast.
Freddie Rich and his RoustabcutS
will be aided in the presenta oion
by Helen Nugent, contralto; Ben
Alley, tenor; the Columbia Girls
Trio and the Round Towners
Quartet. =.
$3.50 P. NJ.
WMAL-Lucian Schmidt, Gel.
list, will conduct the Evening in
Paris Orchestra when it is heard
over the Columbia network with
Taylor Buckley, baritone, and
Pierre Brugnon, tenor.
WRC-Musical difference will
be paid to the Gay Nineties dur
ing tonight's General Motors pro-
gram. Frank Black, boss, accom-
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