The Washington times., 1930-12-01
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mark to their imposing list. They
believe they probably hold the
record for having broadcast pro-
grams from more different places
in the country than any other
radio performers.
Although most of their perma-
nent connections have been in
Chicago since they first crashed
the gate of radio fame, Amos N
Andy have broadcast from prac-
tically every important city in
the United States. This is be-
cause their broadcastS have gone
on almost without interruption
for the past five years, in spite
of extended vaudeville tours, Spe'
cial personal appearances and
their recent sojourn on the West
Coast during the making OF their
movie, Check and Double Check" ="
Whenever Amos n Andy leave
Chicago, from which city their
programs are fed to national
network from the Chicago N.B.C.
studios, they take a broadcastlng
station with them. In other
w1rds, special wires are run to
the city in which they appear
which carry their nightly dia-
logues to the N.B.C. Chicago head.
quarters and SO out to- the sta,
tions through which their public
hears the performance. Some
times the studio" where Amos n
Andy work is merely a hotel
room into which wire has been
run and a microphone placed.
Other times they broadcast from
the dreSsing-roOm of the theater
in which they are appearing, or
in some other easily accessible
place. Or, if time permits and
= there is a station associated with
N.B.C. in the city in which they
are stopping, the two radio celeb
rites are received as hOnored
guests by the station and their
skit is presented from one Of the
studios.
Amos n Andy estimate that
they have broadcast from at least
$50 cities throughout the couu-
try, which is in itself one Of the
most surprising records in radio
How Sherlock Holmes, master
detective, and his inSerarable
companion, DR.. Watson, solve %he
mystery of The Stock Brokers
Clerk" will be revealed in the
episode of THE Adventures of
Sherlock Holmes" to De broadcast
over WRC tonight at 10 O'Clock,
The story concerns 4 man who
Is connected with a famous bond
house but who had never made
an appearance at the offices. He
is lured from this job by criminal
interests who send an imperson-
ator to take his place so that they
can rob the bond house.
John P. Medbury, long a IA
vorite with fun loving dial twist
erS, has been engaged as per
Gnanent Master of Ceremonies"
for California Melodies. This fea-
ture, now in its eighth L,Onth, is
broadcast from XIII, Los Angeles,
over the nationwide Columbia
network every Wednesday at II so
p. M, Eastern standard time.
On December Medbury will
present Lupe Velez and John
Boles as guest stars.
Medbury's early training began
In California. In addition to
writing for newspaper Syndicates
and magazines, his gags have
found their way to the vaudeville
stage, Broadway revues and mo-
tion pictures.
For 10 years he has been writ
ing comedy acts for such Vaude-
vile headliners as Willie and
Eugene Howard, now heard over
Columbia with the A. S. Beck
Brevities; Savoy and Brennan
(now Brennan and RogerS),
Yorke and King, Phil Baker and
others.
Radios oldest newspaper fea-
ture, Bill Schudt's Going to
Press" which is heard WedneS-
days at 6 p. m, Eastern standard
time, over the Columbia Broad
casting network, will celebrate
its second anniversary and 104th
conse utive broadcast next
Wednesday. December 3.
The speaker will be Prof.
Charles Phillips Cooper. of the
Columbia University School of
Journalism, who has served as
managing editor for the New
York Evening Sun and as night
city editor for the New York
Times following an adventurous
career in the newspaper business.
Prof. Cooper's topic is Jour
nalism as an Honored Profes-
sion"
Throughout it's two years on
the air, Going to Press" has
featured many of the countrys
leading journalists.
United States naval authorities
have authorized a special radio
broadcast from submarine
maneuvering in Long Island
Sound, about five miles off New
London, Conn, to be presented
by the National BroadcaSting
Company on Sunday afternoon,
December 7.
The announcement was made
on receipt of a letter from Capt.
Wilson Brown. commander Of the
United States submarine base at
New London.
The formal permission of the
naval authorities was received
after two and a half years of
discussion with naval officials