Evening star., 1930-12-07

TINE most important radio
event in Washington this
week will be VOLS sixth
birthday anniversary cele-
bration.
Peggy Clarke, who looks after
the welfare of VOL, in addition to
broadcasting hints to housewives
and the latest developments in
the culinary art, is arranging a
gala program which will keep the
station on the air continuously
from 7:30 o'clock in the morning
until IL midnight. Many novel
attractions are promised.
The outstanding feature, how
ever, will be the return of Bobby
Howard, the first voice that ever
spoke over VOLS microphone
back in it's infant days when it
was known as Station WRHF.
Howard, who got married and left
Washington about a year ago to
become the director of music at
the ShadySide Academy in Pitts
burgh, is coming back for the sole
purpose of extending his greetings
to the station, and renewing his
acquaintance with his former un-
seen audience.
VOL, when Howard directed its
destines, was just a wheezy, So
watt bro a d aSter, struggling
against the strong competition of
the more powerful stations, but he
stuck with it for nearly five years,
and saw it grow and develop into
real factor in Washington's
broadcaSting service. And with
the stations struggle against
strong odds, Howard struggled
also. Aside from his duties as an
nouncer, he served as the program
manager, engineer, studio host,
and all of the other jobs con-
nected with broadcaSting sta
ton. In his moments of leisure
and they were few-he studied
music. The fact that he was ap-
pointed director of music at the
ShadySide Academy is mute evi-
dence of his success Of the result
Of his efforts.
RADIO is contributing broadcast
facilities that ordinarily would
cost a user 100000 for the benefit
of the unemployed.
At the same time it will bring
to a coast to coast audience, a
three-hour description of the
Army-Navy foot ball game, to be
played in New York, Saturday,
December 13, to raise money for
the men and women who are out
of work.
The entire National and Colum-
bia set-upS have been turned over
to the Salvation Army Citizens
Committee for that afternoon.
during which Grover Whalen is
to make a radio appeal for finan-
cial aid.
But broadcasting alone is not
the only contributor. The radio
industry itself is represented
through the Philco company.
which Is to act as sponsor of the
broadcast. Besides $50, 900 in cash.
this firm has donated 1,5OO radio
sets to be sold by the Salvation
Army.
Nearly $50 stations, about
equally divided between the two
chains, are expected to be con-
nected together for the broadcast.
The description will start about
12:15~ pm, and include a word
picture Of the pre-game ceremo-
nies.
The country's outstanding an
nouncers will be at the micro
phone. Graham McNamee and
Bill Mundy are to alternate for
the National Broadcasting Com
pany, and Ted Husing will be
heard over the Columbia network.
The broadcast will mark the
first time that both chains have
turned their facilities over to a
single sponsor for any particular
program.
r ECORDED programs are caus-
ing some warm arguments
these days.
There's one in particular that
has for its theme a travelogue Sc
ries in which the listener hears
the music recorded overseas as
well as the voices of prominent
persons, including q number of
European rulers.
Tuning into the middle of one