The Indianapolis times., 1936-01-09
THE RADIO WAVES
It's Strange DiIemma-Song Writer'S Can't
Play Own Tunes Due TO Ban

"XXTHATS yours is yours, and
Wv what's mine is yours" IRON
ically summarizes the dilemma
which confronts many of radios
foremost entertainers since Warner
Brothers seeded from the Ameri-
can Society Of Composers. Authors
and Publishers, and deprived the
air lanes Of nearly half Of the
current music hits.
Twelve years ago when Paul
Whiteman presented his first
memorable jazz concert at Car
negie Hall, George Gershwin in
troduced his first long piece,
Rhapsody in Blue"
Through the years its increase
In popularity was synonymous
with the rise of Gershwin and
Whiteman's orchestra.
Now. by an ENHANCEMENT Of
royalty arrangements. neither the
man who wrote it nor the King
of Jazz who made it famous and
used it for theme song can play
1T over the radio. 1t belongs 10
Warner Brothers.
Radio listeners must accustom
themselves to recognize White
mans orchestra by his new theme,
"Margot," composed by one of his
band members and named IN
honor of Whiteman's daughter
George Olsen has abandoned his,
with a Song in My Heart and
to avoid future trouble has writ
ten Sandal"
The popular Ray Noble wrote
and used THE Very Thought of
You" for his theme. That and an
other Of his favorites, Goodnight,
Sweetheart, are no longer his Per-
haps the two orchestras hardest
hit in the East are Richard Him
ber's and Abe Lyman's. Red
Nichols torrid trumpets wailing
to the four winds will be accom-
panied by a new song for a back
ground.
These are only a few of the hits
taken from the broadcasts. War
ner-c0ntrolled music is said TO
constitute 90 per cent of the cur
rent songs, and unless entertain
ers choose to pay royalty to War
ner's in addition to that already
demanded by the music society,
radio will lose many of its best
loved songs.
CIXTY minutes of radio con-
~ tinuity that is chock full of
versatility and balanced enter
tainment is ready for another of
Bing Crosby's Music Hall pro-
grams tonight at 9 on the NBC-
WEAF chain. Mischa Levitzki,
world renowned concert pianist;
Joe Venuti, acknowledged as
radios hottest fiddler; Rupert
Hughes, famous American novel;
ist; the Radio Rogues and the
Park Sisters comprise the guest
list which will augment the regu-
lar company.
Doubling as singing star and
master of ceremonies, Bing also
will present his regular cast of
Bob Burns. the Arkansas comedi-
an; Jimmy Dorseys orchestra and
Kay Weber, vocalist.
Mixing merriment and melody,
Harv and Esther will appear at
on CHS with Teddy Bergman,
comedian, receiving support from
Victor Arden's orchestra.
Songs of the Harp, featuring
two artists we'll known in concert,
will be presented tonight for the
first time over the NBC-WJZ net
work at Tbs. The new series will
feature Mildred Dilling, Marion
(Ind9 musician, and George
Rasely and will be heard here
after each Wednesday at 6.45,
II ILL VI NC pIOLy VI Vic
i tant part a postage stamp
played in the lives of two men
will be related by the Old Ranger
on the Death Valley Days tonight
at over NBC-WJz.
Mary Steele joins Roy Shields
Encore Music program to sing
my Silent Love" and Its
Dangerous to Love Like This" to-
night at $3.50 on NBC-WJZ.
Nine O'Clock again brings the
lively melodies and sparkling
comedy of Horace Heidt's Briga-
diers over CHS, featuring Alvino
Rey, Jerry Bovine and Alice King.
The popularity of Guy Lom-
bardo's Royal Canadians is in
creasing to such an extent that
two additional CHS programs
have been scheduled. In addition
to the Lombardo Road program
heard on Mondays, a sustaining
Thursday night program will be
inaugurated at 10 starting tonight.
One week from tomorrow Lom-
bardo will inaugurate another
coast-to-coast program to be
heard every Friday night at 1880.
The Minneapolis Symphony Or
chestra which will appear at Eng
lish's Jan. % on the Martens con-