Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-12
r WIEN the Naval Con-
\ | ference convenes Janu-

wv airy 81 radio listeners
throughout the entire
United States will be able to hear
accurate accounts Of the hap
peningS direct from London
through the medium of short
wave transmissions.
Both the National and Column
bia broadcasting systems have
sent the aces OF their respective
broadcasting STATS to the scene
of the conference to give daily
resumes which are to be picked
up and rebroadcast over extensive
networks in this country. Fred
eric William Vile, veteran po-
litical radio analyst, will be the
Columbia mouthpiece at the con-
ference. William Hard, promi-
nent Washington newspaper cor
respondent and broadcaster, will
represent the National Broad
casting Co.
Vile and Hard are the first
American representatives ever
sent abroad for the expressed
purpose of reporting a conference
for q radio audience. Engineers
have been working for weeks or
the short-wave apparatus fol
their epochal broadcasts.
Merlin H. Aylesworth, president
of the National Broadcasting Co.
expressed the belief that the
broadcasts will mark another
epoch in international relations
Years of study and experimental
ton are beginning to bear fruit.
he said. "It is a great stride for
ward when conferences between
the representatives Of nation:
may be supplemented by in
formation about the conferences
given to the peoples Of the ma
| lions over radio. 1t brings into
relief the prediction that inter.
national exchange of radio Il
destined to be one of the mos
potent forces in establishing
world understanding and amity
between nations"
Fifteen thousand persons, mu'
sicianS, singers, actors, speaker
and others not subject to q gen
eral classification, were given au
ditions last year by the Nationa
Broadcasting Co. And of thiI
number, less than 1000 wer'
heard on the air. Approximate!
100 passed the rnicrophone tests
however, and turned to radio TO
regular livelihood.
A check up on the records o.
those who took the audition
showed that persons with mu
steal ambitions we're most numer
GUS. The majority of them wer'
singers, and half of them wer,
sopranos. TenorS came Secont
and baritones third. Contralto
and bassos we're comparativel.
scarce.
Pianists were in the Inajorit,
among the instrumentalists. Vic
linists, though second, were IA
behind. It is noteworthy tina
but few saxophonists applied 10
additions.
Approximately 5000 of tn
$4,000 who were given addition
were actors, and more than g
per cent of them were profes
, SIGNALS, many of them with man
/ years Of experience on the stag
and whose names are well know
on Broadway. Character voice
were the most numerous, though
many Of the applicants claimet
the ability to play leading roles
Elaborate plans are being mad
by WRC for new and better pro
grams in 1890, according to Franl
M. Russell, vice president OF tn
National Broadcasting Co.
1.-THE achievements of 1929 wer,
noteworthy" said Mr.. Russell
"but I am confident the presen
years activities will surpass them
obtained by the National Broad
casting Co. in the three years !
has been building programs
This experience, leading to TIT
discovery of new ways to enter
, tain the radio public, will be uti
lized to the fullest extent in 1890
"Only a few years back 'Rox.
and His Gang was virtually thu
, only outstanding radio program
, on the air. Today the picture l
. different. Roxy's programs still
remain one of the best features
but these programs must compar
! with more than a score Of othe
. features which have won tire
. mendous popularity.
} an looking back over the &C
complishments in 1929, a r1umbe
of new programs have been de
veloped on our networks, 'Amo
N Andy Sunday at Seth Park
: er's,' Floyd Gibbons in The Head
line Hunter Harbor Light:
, william Hard in Back OF tn
,, News in Washington Merl
Thorpe in The New Bushes
World and others. These pro
, grams have been acclaimed ia
and wide.
, ut is, Of course, impossible t
predict the trend of program
!, during this year. I am sure, how
: ever, that 1890 will bring to tn
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