The Washington times., 1931-03-25
NEWS-GOSSIP
OF RADIO.
WORLD
By BROADCASTER


sold down the river what be-
comes of the scribe? Phil I.
Stong, erstwhile radio editor OF
the late New York World answers
that. He is in town preparing
Washington for the coming OF
Ted Lewis, who will be heard at
Loew's Palace beginning Satur'
day. but by the air audience in
a nationwide hook-up Saturday
night at 7:30 p. m. The program
will originate from WRC.
Editor-tub thumper Stong was
best known for his mythical
radio station HO-HUM and for
his Association Against the Dis
semination of Applesauce on the
Air. Two worthy objects which
deserved to live.
Baseball fans will be pleased to
know that WRC has completed
arrangements for broadcastlng
the opening game Of the season
at the Georgia Avenue ball park.
John Hay (Jock) Whitney,
owner of Easter Hero and Sir
Lindsay, the horses which he Will
enter in the Grand National
Steeplechase, will speak over an
N.B,C, network to the Amerl-
can audience from the Adelphl
Hotel in Liverpool, England, to-
morrow evening, March 26.
Whitney, as we'll as Lord Derby.
noted English sportsman, and
Glen Mccarthy, N. C. turf au-
thority, will tell enthusiasts in
the United States of the history
and setting of the famous race,
which will be run the next day
at Aintree. The track, which is
generally considered the most
difficult and dangerous steeple-
chase course in the world, is
seven miles from Liverpool. A
word picture of the race is also
scheduled for NIB. c. listeners.
One of the Whitney thorough
breds may become the first Amer
ican owned and bred horse in
history to win the Grand Ma
tional.
The brief pre-race comments by
Whitney, Lord Derby and NC
Carthy will be heard in New
York from 800 until 6:15 o'clock.
Peggy Hopkins Joyce, the many
times married stage beauty, will
be guest star of the RKO Thea
ter of the Air when that program
is broadcast over a nationwide
NB.C. network direct from "Club
Leviathan," aboard the giant
liner Leviathan Friday night from
1890 to II o'clock.
The noted actress has signed
for a limited tour in RKO thea
ters, and this occasion will sig
nalize her vaudeville debut. Other
guest stars, besides Miss Joyce, in
the broadcast are Willard Robin
son, j. Harold Murray, star of the
stage production Of "Rio Rita, "
and many other stars of radio and
the stage and screen. There will
be many prominent guests present
during the broadcast.
The grooming voice of Gene
Austin, popular recording artist,
will be heard over NBC networks
twice weekly beginning April 4.
Each Saturday evening at TOO
o'clock, the Southern singer will
bring his sentimental melodies to
listeners over an NBC-WEAF net,
work. He will be heard by the
NBC-WJz network audience each
Tuesday night at 10:45 p. m,
Eastern Standard Time.
Innovations in this weeks pro.
gram with Nine. Aida will mark
the height of the centennial cele.
bration. They will be heard over
the National Broadcasting Com
pany'S chains.
Tonight over WRC and asSo
ciated stations at 7:30 p. m. Aida
will be accompanied by a quartet
of voice. All the songs she will
sing were popular over 100 years
ago.
'''The Meaning of Calvary" is
to be discussed by the Right Rev
erend James E. Freeman, Bishop
of Washington, in a series Of
seven meditations or addresses
during a three-hour service to be