Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08
Behind the Microphone
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

| the manufacturing process used.
In it records are electrically tran
scribed with the aid of micro
phone and radio amplifier.
An order Of the Radio Com
mission requires an announce
ment of how the program was re-
produced when it is presented by
means other than studio enter
tainerS.
Numerous arguments have been
put forward, both for and against
the use of this type of radio pro-
gram, including the statement
that it permits the smaller station
to broadcast features not other
wise obtainable.
Another argument has been the
elimination of the time element
in broadcaSting, in that the rec
ord or electrical transcription
could be put on at the period best
suited to local transmission. How
ever that may be, the listener,
not Directing so StrenuouSly at
not hearing time entertainers be-
fore the microphone, seems to be
most concerned about electrical
transcription, for it puzzles him
considerably.
Then, too, there have been cases
where the listener who thought
he had been hearing a foreign re-
broadcast, learned later that such
wasn't the case at all. Not so long
ago a radio editor was asked to
give an adequate and immediate
explanation why a "rebroadcaSt"
from Stockholm had not received
more widespread attention. This
particular program, 1t developed,
was one Of those electrical tran
scriptions made in part in Stock
holm.
GA NIGHT with Seth Parker and
Homer Rodeheaver" at Con-
Stitution Hall, February 16, for the
benefit of the Central Union Mis-
sion, it seems, is developing into
q family party.
Mrs. Phillips H. Lord, who is the
wife of Seth Parker" and Mrs.
Ruth Thomas, sister OF Homer
Rodeheaver, are to appear also on
the program. Mrs. Lord is "Liz-
zie'' in those Sunday evening
gatherings" on the radio and Mrs.
Thomas, who halls from Roanoke,
Va, has been singing with her
brother on both sides of the At
lantic for number of years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lord will sing
some of the most popular of the
HYMNS on their Sunday radio pro-
grams, such as "You Go to Your
Church and I'll Go to Mine"
which Lord wrote himself; and
then "Seth Parker" will doff his
rustic Yankee caricature and ap-
pear as he is in real life. an alert
28-year-old man, who has built up
the biggest religious following in
America without his audience
realizing at first that they were
listening in" on a religious pro-
gram, so subtle is his art.
Mr.. Rodeheaver, with voice and
trombone, has led more terrible
voices in what is supposed to be
unison, than any other fellow in
the world, according to Will
Rogers. His sister is the poSseSSor
of q finely trained soprano voice
and when the two Of them get
started together they'll probably
have the whole audience at Con-
Stitution Hall singing with them
before the night is over.
It isn't usual that a big hall In
Washington is sold out" more
than two weeks in advance Of a
performance, but that's just what
has happened in this case. Mrs.
John S. Bennett is chairman of
the Committee of the Women's
Guild Of the Central Union Mis-
sion and she could have packed"
a hall twice the size with all the
followers of "Seth Parker" and
Homer Rodeheaver who weren't
in on the FIRST come, first served"
policy.