The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-01

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on the air three football games
that are Of national interest.
Today over an NBC-WRC coast
to-coast network the radio audi
ence will hear the Sugar Bowl
football game at New Orleans
when Texas Christian plays Louis
lana State, beginning at 2:15
p. M, and over an NBC-WMAI
coast-to-coast network we have
the Orange Bowl football game at
Miami, where Catholic University
plays Mississippi University from
2:15 to 5 p. m. over station also
WMAL, the Rose Bowl football
battle Of the undefeated and I'm.
tied Mustangs Of Southern Meth.
odist and the Stanford Indians
will be broadcast over another
coast-to-coast network from PaSa-
dena. This will be the tenth sue
cessive broadcast Of q Rose Bowl
contest over NBC.
The Rose parade, the feature Of
the annual festival Of roses at
Pasadena, will be described before
the game over this sta ton,
WMAL, from ! to 1880 p. m. today.
The country'S newest radio sta
ton WIND, at Frederick, Md,
goes on the air with its inaugural
program Of civic and State lead
ers included as principal speakers
today at 2 p. m, and WJSV, Co
lumbia'S Washington outlet, will
salute this station at 2:3O p. m.
It Is expected that VIDAL Of NBC
in Baltimore, and independent
WSVA Of HarriSonburg, Va, will
join in the salute. The days
broadcast will close with the Fred
erick stations response.
WIND has been planned with
great elaboration. Field strength
measurements were begun as early
as May and June Of '35 to deter
mine the most suitable location
for the tranSmitter. The transmit
ter site was finally established
about two and a half miles south
west of Frederick On the Fesga
farm. A total Of 13 acres was
leased.
From the engineering stand
point WIND will be a completely
modern unit. The transmitter
tower itself is the newest Of its
kind in the country, and besides
its radio usage, is also a link in
the chain of Department of Com
merce air beacons for planes on
the Washington Cleveland Chi
cago run.
The studio Setup was con-
structed in the lower lobby Of the
Francis Scott Key Hotel. Walls
are all constructed on the "float-
ing" principle. Decorations are
in q modern trend. with bright
colorS predominating.
This station is owned and
operated by the Monocacy Broad.
casting Company, a Maryland
corporation taking its name from
the historic Monocacy River
which flows near Frederick, and
which gave its name to the de-
cisive battle of the Civil War
which saved the Capital City of
Washington from capture by the
Southern armies.
Broadcast hours have been an
nounced as beginning at $3.50 a. m.
and carrying through to sunset.
Elsie Janis, singer, actress,
dancer, movie star, imperSonator
and writer, and who during the
World War went to France to en-
terrain the soldiers, where she &C
uuired the title of Sweetheart Of
the A. E. F." will be the guest Of
John Charles Thomas on his New
Year night program over Station
WN6AL at 10 p. m. Frank Tours
and his orchestra will provide
the musical portion Of the pro-
gram.
The Kansas City Philharmonic
Orchestra, which boasts the
largest regular audience attend
ance of any similar organization
in the United States, presents a
special New Year Day program
over WJSV at 3 p. m.
The broadcast will be directed
by Karl Kruger and will be COM
posed Of numbers which have
been most favorably received by
Kansas City audiences during pre-
vious concerts. Selections include
the Prelude to Humperdinck's
''Hansel and Gretel," the Mozart
'NEinuet," and others.