Evening star., 1933-09-29
STATION FULF|LLS
'. Ed WYNN'S DREAM
Radio Comic Calls Hook-up
| of II Stations New Deal
I for Listeners.
CLOWNS dream has come true.


n Ed Wynns Amalgamated Broad
~ casting System Is on the air.
II \ He calls 1t the new DEAL 1or
radio listeners.
With the inaugural this week OF the
new network, over q hook-up OF II sta
ltions along the Eastern Seaboard. the
famous comedian saw the fulnllment
Of the plan he conceived soon after ne
took the air as the Fire Chief couple
lof years ago.
The Eastern network, Wynn says. is
only the start. Within year he hopes
Ito have upward of 100 stations aligned
lin his network. He wants minimum
Fof sales talk and a maximum OF enter
ltainment for listeners. He wants 10
proyide work for literally thousands OF
Ibis comrades of the show business.
many of whom have been walking the
tstreets.
Far Away at Opening.
When the network opened with its
gala four-hour program, the famous
comedian, turned radio executive was
lin HOLLYWOOD. 5000 miles away. Be
side him, listening to the inaugural
over a special wire, was Lee De Forest,
tthe father of broadcasting, the man
who invented the vacuum tube. Dr.
De Forest has been caustc critic OF
TOO much commercialism in broadcast
ling. He is supporting the Wynn ven
ture beause he agrees there should be
q minimum of emphasis on commercial
ssponsorship.
All things considered, the opening
,Amalgamated programs were not un-
Nike those over stations and networks
Fenerally. There was nothing really
sensational to distinguish the network
as the new DEAL for listeners except
kthat commercial programs were lack
ling. Those commercial programs must
kbe procured. of course, to insure the
success of the venture. Networks are
kexpensive Even before Amalgamated
ventured on the air, Mr.. Wynn claimed
he had invested more than s2S0'O0o IN
the venture And that was for only
etegional hook-up.
Good Wishes Received.
Make Haste Slowly" is the advice
given to Amalgamated by experienced
broadcasters. Even the competitive
networks wish it success. At least they
fsent messages to that effect to Mr..
wynn. The feeling is that there is
room for third chain, properly op-
Grated and providing service to low
power local stations OF the character
faligned with the first segment OF the
n
fington, D. c., to New England.
.TIVE DAYS of broadcasts in connection
EI with the annual convention OF the
American Legion in Chicago will
open on N. B. c. Sunday afternoon at
3 with a reception and band concert
* X x
kA1 B. c. has lined up its announc-
klNs ing staff for the world series.
Graham McNamee, of course,
twill be at the microphone, but ne VIII
Nconfine his broadcasts to descriptive
Hmatter, not actual play. Hal Totten and
from Manning will describe the activity
k.on the diamond.
.NOUNG America will troop to school
! i and college loudspeakers october
6 to hear Walter Damrosch begin
his sixth consecutive season of the
IN. B. C. Music Appreciation Hour.
lWorks Of Grieg, David and Mendelssohn
hare featured on the initial broadcast.
* **
k(OL. LOUIS McHENRY HOWE'S
~ Sunday night series on N. B. G..
h have been extended Indefinitely.
kThe starting time, however, has been
Ahifted from 10 to 1890.
THIRTEEN new programs will ap-
IL pear on the N. B. c. networks
next week These include the
kTroubadours with Helen Hayes and
Eohn Beal, Grand Hotel" series OF
dramatic sketches with a cigarette
Esponsored program with Jack Pearl In
This familiar role as Baron Munchausen.