The Washington times., 1930-02-17
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When the reception from
1.-The United States to Holland
was found to be "in Dutch"
syeSterday, NB.C. Cancelled the
overseas broadcast. When such
mishaps occur N.B.C. has a wait
ing orchestra to pinch hit.
Sometimes these emergency en-
stertainers go all day without
playing a tune. But they are
there If the worst happens.
All the Warner Brother
Equity neighborhood theaters
in Philadelphia now advertise
ss"AmoS n Andy" as a program
med act via the radio from Z
to 7:15 p. m. Pretty soft and
pretty economical.
Dennis King, who sang for
the Paramount hour Saturday
night, once acted on our F
: Street at $50 a week. Now he
gets $1,000 a week from the
movies. He sails on the Ma.
5estic, Wednesday, to put on
ziegfeld's Three Musketeers"
at the Drury Lane Theater in
London.
The Federal Radio Commits
sion banquet tonight at Ward
man Park will hear some swell
radio talent. N.B.C. is sending
.Reinald Werrenrath down,
Little Jack Little will Groom,
KDKA contributes a male quar-
atet and WMAL will tune in
Leslie Farony, an English come
dian, from London.
The woods are full of comedy
acts eager to do an Amos m
Andy act for Columbia and a
good many of them find their
way to the Columbia Broad
casting Company headquarters.
Most Of them are reported ter
: rible and one author able to
write good continuity is search
ing desperately for a team Of
blackface comedians capable
of putting his stuff across to
the air audience. Out of it all
may come amos n Andy" OPP
position.
You could call it, an all
American program from the
Capitol on Saturday for all of
the speakers who will honor
the memory Of George Wash
ington, beginning with Senator
Simeon D. Fess, trace their
ancestry back to Revolutionary
forbears.
Baby Rose Marie, 5-year-old
radio artist, whose work on the
air has attracted widespread at
,tention, has been added to the
group OF entertainers under con.
tract to the artists service of the
National Broadcasting Company.
Her first appearance on the big
network will be Tuesday night,
February Is, in the R-K-O hour.
In the aftermath Of the bye
election in Massachusetts,, which
sent Democrat from the Calvin
Coolidge district for the first
time in the history of congress
S1onal balloting in the baliiwick
long represented by Senator Gil
.lette, the radio played a very i'm
portant figure. A speech by Sen.
ator David I. Walsh, picked up
and carried by the chains over
the Bay State, is credited with
turning the tide against the G..
Q. P. It was delivered the Sat
nrday before the election.
M. w. Aylesworth, president
OF N.B.C., considers the radio
column Of the New York Ameri.
can, conducted by Louis Reid,
the best in the country.
On Wednesday afternoon
some Of the prominent cartoon
lists Of the country will address
the mike. Robert, Milt Gross,
WinSor Mckay, Maurice Ket-
ten, H. T. Webster, T. E. Pow
ers, Cliff Sterrett, Russ West
over, Gene Byrnes, and Bud
Fisher are among the comic
pen puShers on the Newspaper
Advertising program. Which
reminds that Believe It or
Not" Ripley is scheduled to
make personal appearances at
our own Earle theater begin
ming, Friday midnight.