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ORIENTAL LEADERS
10 MOM
Chinese and Japanese View
points to Be Presented in
fieneva Program.
DR. W. W Yen and Yosuki Mat
fuoka, leaders, respectively, ol
the Chinese and Japanest
delegations at the League ol
_ Nations meeting in Geneva
Will discuss both sides of the curreni
Sino-Japane^e situation in a broadcast
today-over WJSV and affiliated Colum
bia stations.
Dr. Yen will «peak at 12:30 and Mat
er ska at 1:15. Both broadcasts will
o;:gihate in the League of Nations sta
tion In Geneva.
The- regular weekly concert of the
N:v~York Philharmonic Symphony Or
chestra, from 3 to 5 o'clock, will be
directed by Iseay Dobrowen, Russian
guest conductor, who succeeds Toscanini
for four weeks. The program include.·
Glinjui'» colorful overture to the opera
"Rusjland and Ludmllla'' and Tichai·
krwsky's famous "Symphony No. 5 In
X Minor."
Will Interview Novelist.
Thomae L. 8tlx will interview Martha
Ortecso, famous novelist, in the program
from 6 to 6:15. This will b? the fourth
In the series called "America's Grub
Btreet .Speaks."
Roger Pryor, son of the famous band
leader, will be featured in the "Roses
and Drums" dramatic sketch from 5 to
5:30,,, This episode will hark back to
the clipper ship days, when American
vesiels were making and breaking rec
ords in China tea trade.
WJSV will broadcast at 10:30 the an
nual, memorial services of the Order of
Elks, symbolizing in song and music its
f traditjpnal 11 o'clock toast to departed
members. George M. Cohan, the noted
actor and playwright, will preside. Β
A. RcJfe and his drchestra and Clar
ence Whitehill, Metropolitan Opera
•tar. will take part in the program.
Old-time song hits will be featured
In the Parade of Melodies program from
9:30 to 10. The selections include "I'm
Forever Blowing Bubbles'' and "Mighty
Lak' a Rose "
Eddie Cantor will sing several hew
aong hits in his program with Rubinoff
and his orchestra tonight over WRC
and other Ν. B. C. stations.
Rubinoff t· Play.
t Cantor's selections Include "I'm Sure
ef everything but You" and "Baby."
RublnOfT will play as his violin solos
"Estrëllita" and "How Deep Is the
Ocean?"
The Dream Drama program at 5:30
will be based or a Christmas shopping
trip.. It will depict the trials and
tribulations of a father in a toy shop.
The remainder of WRC s program is
made up of the usual N. B. C. attrac
tions,., These include the dramatic
sketch "Moonshine and Honeysuckle,"
• concert by Wayne King's Orchestra
and "the National Catholic Radio Hour.
Rosa Pollio Jarman, contralto, will be
the gilCst soloist with Harold Veo's Sym
phony Orchestra during its concert to
nlghfover WMAL. This station's other
musical features include a concert by
the Çoban Maequeraders and a recital
by EDI Carbauh. baritone.
Rev. Peter Quinn, Marist missionary,
will te the guaet apeaker during the
Washington Catholic Radio Hour over
WOU. This station also win broadcast
the service of the Church of Epiphany
and It* usual musical features.
'J.': BroadoMt Λιϋ JUliea.
Though passed unaiumouily by the
House, the 8enate of the Alabama Leg
I islatuje ha· kiUtd the proposed bill to
requin all State-owned or State-sup
ported colleges and universities to allow
theirToot ball games to be broadcast.
~ Brtnly Honor Urged.
France's medical profession is prepar
ing tO" honor M. Brsnly, who is called
the "father of wirelee»" for his inven
tion of the coherer. M. Branly, a physi
cian;- has already received the honor,
rare te the case of a living man, of hav
ing ar street in Cannes named for him
Efforts are being made to have the
Grand· Cross of the Legion of Honor
conferred upon him in celebration of
the jubilee of his invention.
Major Radio Feature»
CLASSICAL.
New York Philharmonic Symphony
Orchestra, WJSV, 3:00; Barbara
Maurel. WJSV. 7:15: Utile Sym
phony Orchestra. WMAL, 8:30.
VARIETY
Capitol Theater Family. WRC, 11:30a;
Vee Lawnhurst, WRC. 4:15; Rubi
nofl's Orchestra, with Eddie Cantor,
WRC, 8:00; Parade of Melodies,
WJSV, 9:30; Jack Benny and Ted
WèVrns' Orchestra, WJSV, 10.00;
Theater Review, WMAL, 11:30.
DRAMA
K-7 spy drama. WRC. 1:00: Roses and
Drums. WJSV, 5:00; Dream Dramas,
WRC, 5:30
SPEECHES.
Dr. W. W. Yen. WJSV, 12 SO; Yoauki
Matsuoka. WJSV, 1:15; Elwood
Street, WRC, 5:00; Dr. Julius Klein,
WJSV, 7:00; David Lawrence, WRC,
•:Q0.
HIGH LIGHTS ELSEWHEKK.
10 30a—Fiddlers Three—WJZ, WBAL,
WLW and WBZ.
1100a—Morning musical·—WJZ. WBZ,
WBAL, WLW and WHAM.
12:08—Mexican Marimba Band—WJZ,
WBAL, WHAM and WLW.
1:00—Roxv and his gang—WJZ,
" WBAL. KDKA, WBZ and
WHAM.
S 10—The Foamew; Charlie Agnew'i
Orchestra—WJZ, WBAL. WHAM
and WBZ.
1:00—"Our American Music"; Thomas
Belviso's Orchestra — WJZ,
WBAL. WGAR, WRVA and
WWNC.
J:30—Manhattan Merry Go Round;
Gene Rodemieh'i Orchestra and
soloists — VfJZ, WBAL, WLW,
- - WMAQ and WJR
4:10—Address by Preadent Wilhelm
Miklas of Austria—WJZ, WBZ,
KDKA and WHAM.
1:00—National Vespers. Dr. Harry
Emerson Fosdick—WJZ, WBAL,
• WLW and WSM.
6:00— Paul Whiteman's Rhythmic
Concert—WJZ, WBAL. WBZ,
KDKA, WLW and WHAM
7:00—Eva Jessye Choir—WJZ, WBAL,
WGAR and WREN.
7:30—' Great Moments in History";
~ ' dramatic sketch—WJZ, WBAL
KDKA and WLW.
• :00—Russian Gaieties; Balalaika Or
- chestra—WJZ, WBAL, KDKA
• WLW. WJR and WHAM.
9:00—Melodies, Mixed Quartet, Ralph
Klrbery and Orchestra — WJZ
WBZ, WBZ A. WHAM, WJR
KDKA and KYW.
• 30—Walter WlncheU—WJZ. WBZ
• WBAL, KDKA and WHAM.
• :45—Lifetime Review; Spitalny's Or·
chestra and male quartet—WJZ
WBZ. WBZA. WHAM. WJR
KDKA and KYW.
10:11—Old Singing Master, program o:
old songs—WJZ, WBAL, WBZ
WHAM and KDKA.
10 :#0—Testimonial Dinner in honor ο
Morris Ε Rothenberg—WJZ
WBAL. WHAM, WGAR, WLV
and KOIL.
11:00—Sam Herman, xylophonlst—WJZ
WBAL, WMAQ, KDKA an<
WHAM
11:00—William Stoess and his Flylni
Dutchmen — WJZ. WQAB
WLW, KOIL and W8B.
Rise to Radio Stardom Rapid for New Artiste
TWO SINGEES BOOKED FOR REGULAR NETWORK BROADCASTS AFTER RADIO DEBUT.
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ever WJSV and other Columbia stations.
THIRD CRUSADED
IS MEN OFF 1
Shuler Joins Brinkley and
Baker in Silence as Court
Denies His Appeal.
The third of the coterie of radio
crusaders, whose broadcasting stations
were ordered silenced by the Federal
Radio Commission and who then not
only appealed to the courts for rein
statement, but sought election to polit
ical offices, has lost his court as well as
his political fight.
Though he raised the issue of free
dom of speech by radio, Rev. Robert
P. Shuler, pastor of Trinity Methodist
Church South and owner of KGEF.
Los Angeles, this week lost his appeal
to the Court of Appeals of the District
of Columbia from the commission's de
cision last year that silenced his sta
tion. He and his station thus go the
way of Dr. John R Brinkley and Nor
nmn T. Baker, whoee stations were
aimilarlv silenced by the commission,
which wm upheld by the same court.
"Net In Public Interest."
Completely sustaining the commission,
the court held it was right in dropping
KGEF from the radio rolls because
"the evidence abundantly sustains the
conclusion of the commission that the
continuance of the broadcasting pro
grams of the appellant is not in the
public interest." Shuler was charged
with using his radio station to villify
and abuse public officials and institu
tions and private citizens and attempt
ing to "incite religious prejudice."
Unless he carries the case to the
United 8tate« Supreme Court on the
freedom of speech issue, as his coun
sel, Louis O. Caldwell, has indicated
he probably will, and secures a re
versal. Shuler's station must remain off
the air permanently. The court's de
cision very clearly calls him to task for
his broadcast utterances on cases pend
ing trial in Los Angeles, which twice
caused his conviction for contempt of
court, and generally deprecates his
charges of improper conduct and im
moral acts against judges and citizens.
The court's opinion also decries his
slighting references to Jews »nd Ro
man Catholics.
Frequency Right Denied.
That Shuler has no property right in
the wave length he used also is affirmed
by the court, which held he was not
deprived of any property right in view
of the merely "permissive" right given
him by the Government to use a radio
channel.
Shuler In the November elections ran
as an Independent prohibition candi
date for the United States Senate, but
was defeated by William G. McAdoo.
Dr. John R. Brinkley, the Kansas
medico-broadcaster, whose station li
cense also was revoked by the Radio
Commission last year on the grounds
that his medical broadcasts were inim
ical to the public health, was a candi
date for Governor of Kansas last
month, but also was defeated. The
same court also upheld the commis
sion in ordering Brinkley's station off
the air. whereupon Brinklev built the
high-powered XER in Mexico.
The third of the depœed broadcast
ers who ran lor office after the com
mission had silenced his station, also
because of medical broadcasts, was
Norman T. Baker, owner οί Κ TNT,
Muscatine, Iowa. He was unsuccessful
In seeking the governorship of Iowa.
His station was silenced because he was
charged with using it as a personal
mouthpiece to attack individuals, espe
cially the medical profession, and be
cause of its cancer cure advertising.
EDUCATIONAL GROUP
URGES FEDERAL PROBE
Investigation of Whole Subject of
Broadcasting- Is Urged of
Congressmen.
Apparently objecting to the conclu
sions of the Federal Radio Commission
in its report on American broadcasting
in response to the Couiens-DiH resolu
tion. which favored the present system,
the National Committee on Education
bv Radio, consisting of representatives
of nine educational associations, has
passed a resolution urging Congress to
conduct a general investigation of "the
whole subject of radio broadcasting" by
a committee of Congress created for
that purpose.
This organization is demanding that
15 per cent of the available wave
lengths be made available to educa
tional institutions under State auspices
and has been conducting a vigorous
fight against commercial radio. One of
the bases given for its resolution is the
fact that Canada this year has ordered
a reorganization of radio under govern
mental auspices.
American broadcasters have been con
, slstently at odds with the committee,
which is headed by Joy Elmer Morgan
of the National Education Association.
They contend that to grant its demands
for a share of the channels would mean
the elimination of an equivalent number
of existing privately owned stations,
without even then making available
enough radio waves to enable all educa
p tlonal Institutions to operate their own
stations. Moreover, they claim, moat ol
r the 50 or more radio stations now
owned and operated by educational In
stitutions sell time to support them
i selves and are conducted like any othei
commercial station.
Automobiles hi Palestine now tote!
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Today on the Radio
All program* scheduled for Eastern Standard Time and are subject to
change without notice.)
ipiCV *85.4 Meter·.
"J*3' 1.480 Kilocycle·.
8:00a—Michaux'* Radio Revival.
9:00a—Columbia Junior Bugle.
10:00a—Columbia Church of the Air.
10:30a—The Comlnsky Trio.
11:00a—Rhoda Arnold and Charles
Carllle.
12:00m—Salt Lake City Tabernacle
Choir and Organ.
12:30—Address by Dr. W. W. Yen,
leader of the Chinese delegation
at the League of Nations.
12:45—Cathedral Hour.
1:15—Address by Yosuki Matsuoka.
leader of the Japanese delega
tion at the League of Nations.
1:30—Columbia Church of the Air.
2:00—Smiling Ed McConnell.
2:15—Michaux's Radio Revival.
2:45—The Hoosier Editor.
3:00—New York Philharmonic Sym
phony Orchestra.
5:00—Roses and Drums. _
5:30—Ballad Hour.
6:00—Thomas L. Stix interviews Mar- '
tha Ostenso. novelist.
6:30—William Hall, baritone.
7:00—"The World's Business," by Dr.
Julius Klein.
7:15—Barbara Maurel, contralto.
7:30—Memories In Melody.
7:45—"Your Child," by Angelo Patrl.
8:00—Helen Board, soprano, and male
chorus.
8:30—Roxy Theater Ensemble.
9:00—Bath Club Revue.
9:30—Parade of Melodies.
10:00—Jack Benny, comedian, and Ted
Weems' Orchestra.
10:30—Elks' Memorial Service.
11:00—The Gauchos. ^
11:30—The Globe Trotter.
11:45—Eddie Duchln's Orchestra.
12:00—Ben Pollack's Orchestra.
12:30a—Bernie Cummins' Orchestra.
13:45 to 1:00a—Hal Kemp's Orchestra.
Early Program Tomorrow.
7:00a—Michaux's Radio Revival.
8:00a—Salon Musicale.
8.30a—Rhythm Kings.
8:45a—Njws dispatches.
9:00a—Rets and Dunn
9:15a—Gypsy Music Makers.
9:30a—Tony Wons.
9:45a—The Merrymakers.
10:00a—Artells Dickson.
10 : fta—Melody Parade.
10:30a—Fred Berrens' Orchestra.
10:45a—Vocal Art Trio.
11:00a—"Along the Corridors of Con
gress," by Frederic William
Wile.
11:30a— Academy of Medicine program.
11:45a—Ben Alley, tenor.
12:00m—Buddy Harrod's Orchestra.
12:30—Concert miniatures.
1:00—George Hall's Orchestra.
1:30—Atlantic City Musicale.
3:00—National Student Federation
program.
2:15—"The Well Tempered Clavichord,"
by Sylvia Sapira.
2:30—American School of the Air.
3:00—Elizabeth Barthell.
3:15—Columbia Salon Orchestra.
3:30—Sam Praeer Dianlst. and Helen
Nugent, contralto.
3:45—The Etftn Boys.
4 :00—Prank Westphal's Orchestra.
4:30—Columbia Artist Recital.
I 5:00—Tamara DimitriefT. pianist.
5:15—"Today and Yesterday."
5:30—Skippy.
1PM il 4*5.9 Meters.
Y¥ .tl.Al, 6J0
9 00a—Musical Varieties.
9:15a—Robert Allison, baritone.
9:30a—The Christehsen Players.
9:45»—Selected Readings by Dee
Shannon.
10:00a—"Starting the Week Right." by
Rev. Frederick Brown Harris.
10:15a—The Leef Brothers.
10:30a—Watch Tower Service.
10:45a—Studio Program.
11:00a—Services from National City
Christian Church.
12:00m—Norman Brokenshire'i Ha
waiiens.
12:15—Band Box Review.
12:30—Colonial Club Orchestra.
12:45—Ben Bernie's Orchestra.
1:00—National Dance Marathon.
1:15—Harold Veo's Orchestra.
1:45—Children's Program.
2:30—Choral Hour, with the Choir of
Calvary M. E. Church.
3 :00—Drama. "The Sign ot the Cross."
3:30—Old Hymn Book Hour.
4 :00—Thomas Costagginl, tenor.
4:15—Sunshine Charley.
4:30—Studio program.
4:45—Grace Oroves, soprano.
5.00—National Dance Marathon.
5:15—Mary R. Williams, soprano.
5:30—Pete Maclas' Orchestra.
6:00—Robert Ruckman, organist.
6:30—Earl Carbauh, baritone.
6:45—The Modernists.
7:00—The Cuban Masqueradera.
7:30—Norman Frauenheim, pianist.
8:00—Harmonious Quartet.
8:15—Character sketches by Marjorle
Webster.
8:30—Little tiymphony Orchestra.
9:30—Robert Ruckman, organist.
10:00—News Flashes.
10:15—Dance Marathon.
10:30—Boernsteln's Orchestra.
11:00—Meyer Davis' Orchestra.
11:30—Theater Program.
12:00—Weather Report.
Early Program Tomorrow.
8:00a—Reveille.
8:15a—Morning Devotions.
8:30a—Johnny Salb, organist.
8:45a—Broadway Echoes.
9:00a—High Spots.
W:J0a—Ellen H. Wheatley, pianist.
9:45a—Musical Varieties.
10:00a—National Troubadour·.
10:15a—Elsie J. Reilley, soprano.
10:30a—Mirth Quakers.
10:45a—Home Chats by Alice Stewart.
11:00a— Cuban Maaqueraders.
11:30a—Phil O'Brien and Jimmy Bar.t
meyer.
11:45a—Josephine Noel, pianist.
12:00m—Robert Ruckman, organist.
13:10—Boernsteln's Orchestra.
1:00—Lee CoMn's Orchestra.
1:45—Monologues by Mary Ruff.
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" nlj 950 Kilocycle·.
8:00a—Melody Hour.
9:OOa—Children's Hour.
10:00a—Musical Art Quartet.
10:30a—Impressions of Italy.
11:00a—Russian Symphonic Choir.
11:30a—Maj. Bowes' Capitol "Family."
12:30—Five-Minute program.
12:35—Poditary Society program.
12:40—Five-Minute program.
12:45—Organ Recital.
1:00—K-7 Secret Service drama.
1:30—Rainbow Isle.
>1:45—Pop Concert.
2:00—By the Fireside.
2:15—National Jubilee Singers.
2:30—Moonshine and Honeysuckle.
3:00—Wayne King's Orchestra.
3 :30—Hour of Worship.
4:00—Jane Froman.
4:15—Elizabeth May and Vee Lawn
hurst.
4:30—Eunice's Peanut Party
4:45—National Brass Quintet.
5:00—"A Little Journey to the Home
of Great Service." by Elwood
Street, director of the Commu
nity Chest.
5:15—Melodic Jewel».
5:30—Dream Dramas.
5:45—"Bringing 'Em Back Alive," by
Frank Buck.
6:00—National Catholic Hour.
8:30—"Our American Schools;"
music and addresses.
7:00—Weather forecast.
7:01—"Air-o-Torials," by Alan Kauf
man.
7:18—Comedy Sketch, with Raymond
Knight.
7:30—Quartet Hour with Ruby Kay.
7:45—Concert Ensemble and the Dairy
Maid.
8 00—RubinolT and his orchestra, and
Eddie Cantor, comedian.
8:00—"Our Government," by David
Lawrence.
9:15—Album of Familiar Music.
9:45—Ohman and Arden, piano duo.
10:00—Balkan Melodies.
10:15—Last-Minute News.
10:17—L'Heure Exquise»
10:45—Sunday at Seth Parker's.
11:15—Donald Novis and orchestra.
11:30 to 12:00—6ilver Slipper Orchestra.
Early Program Tomorrow.
6:45a—Tower Health Exercises.
8:00a—Gene and Glenn.
8:15a—Morning Varieties.
8:30a—Cheerio.
9:00a—Three Mustachloe.
9:15a—"Current Events," by Anne
Hard.
9:30a—Jack and Jill.
9:45a—Meditation.
10:00a—Flying Fingers.
10:15a—Breen and De Rose.
10:30a—United States Navy Band.
11:00a—Melody Three.
11:15a—Radio Household Institute.
11:30a—Sonata Recital.
12:00m—Johnny Marvin, tenor.
12:ι»—on wings οι Bong.
12:30—Correct Time
12:31—National Farm and Home Hour.
1:30—Emerson Gill's Orchestra.
2:00—The Revolving Stage.
3:00—United States Marine Band.
4:00—Radio Guild, presenting
"The School for Scandal."
5:00—Whispering Banjos.
5:15—Aunt Sue and Polly.
5:30—The Plying Family.
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9:55a—Police Bulletins.
10:00a—Light Concert Gems.
10:30a—Old-fashioned Gospel Taber
nacle.
10:45a—Organ Reveries.
11:00a—Services of the Church ol
Epiphany.
12:15—Popular Song Composers.
12:30—In Funnyland with Uncle Jerry.
1:00—Rhythm Symphony.
1:15—"Stamp Romances," by Albert
F. Kunze.
1:30—Rodney Hart's Vikings.
2:00—Operatic Arias.
2:30—Bonanno Brothers.
3:00—"Shadows and Dusk," by Alar
Moore.
3:30—Golden String Ensemble.
4:00—Sermon by Father Coughliri
from the Shrine of the LlttU
Flower.
5:00 to 6:00—Washington Catholic
Radio Hour.
Early Program Tomorrow.
7:002l·— Musical Clock.
8:00a—Birthdays.
8.05a—Musical Clock. .
9:55a—Police Bulletins.
10:00a—Maurice Gansky Recordings.
10:15a—Recordings of Jesse Crawford.
10:30a—Mother's program.
11:00a—The Music of Nat Shllkret.
11:30a—Songs We Love.
11:45a—Tango Argentina.
11:59a—Weather Report.
12:00m—Luncheon Concert.
12:30 to 1:00—Songs of the Time·.
3:00—Variety Hour.
3:55—The Book Man.
4:00—Children's program.
5:00—Paul Gable, organist.
5:30—Something for Every On·.
Tickets Sold in Palace.
Once the palace of the powerful Ho
henstein-Thun family, a building in
Prague, Czechoslovakia, where kings,
emperors, princes and Popes were guests,
has been leased by a local steamship
company. After royalty left, the pal
ace became a hotel. Lord Nelson stop
ped there during one of his European
trips.
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Anniversary
Lucille pierce ferouson,
pianist-composer, who will begin
her second year of broadcasting
today over WRC. She is fea
tured on the program with the
National Jubilee Singers.
GALA ANNIVERSARY
PROGRAM IS PLANNED
Lucille Pierce Ferguson and Jubilee
Singers Complete Two Years
in Washington.
Lucille Pierce Ferguson, concert pian
ist and composer, and the National
Jubilee Singers will present a gala an
niversary program over WRC at 3:16
this afternoon. Today's broadcast malrks
the beginning of their second year on
the air in Washington.
In celebration of the event they will
repeat their program whfch was pre
sented one year ago today. Mias Fer
guson will play "Scherzo," a composi
tion of her own, and "Novellette," by
MacDowell. The Singers will present
"Good News," "Scandalize My Name"
and "Little David." Lee Butler will
speak on the program.
During the past year Miss Ferguson
has played 52 compositions of her own,
besides arranging for the piano many
of the old folk tunes ot different
nations.
Miss Ferguson is not only featured
artist on the program, but she is also
director and arranger for the Jubilee
Singers. During the past year she has
made 156 special arrangements for the
Singers, including many Southern num
bers which she arranged for the first
time in quartet form. A collection of
these special arrangements will soon be
published in book form.
FRANCE WILL NOT END
CENSORSHIP OF RADIO
Still considering reorganizing the
broadcasting system of France along
lines of the plan submitted by the late
Gen. Ferrie, the French cabinet is not,
however, planning to eliminate radio
censorship. The need of a broadcasting
ι censor has been recognized in France
since the early days of radio to protect
I the "young and susceptible" from racy
amusement in certain French plays,
musical comedies, etc. The censor usu
ally reads scripts before they are en
acted, but also has the right to switch
off the microphone at his discretion.
France's radio system is partially gov
ernment operated and partially in the
hands of private enterprisers, the latter
operating their stations somewhat along
American lines. At present the gov
{ernment is considering imposing a so
' called wireless tax of about $2.50 a year
on tube sets and about 75 cents a year
on crystal sets. The only tax now is a
nominal one of one franc, which is less
than 5 cents a yeaif
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BY THE RADIO EDITOR.
How ean Eddie Cantor, Ed
Wynn, Jack Pearl,
^k»iiBenny* Burn·
fn „ . and et al., continue
to grind out the grist of "gags"
and nonsense that has made them
so popular with the radio audi
! ence ?
t a slmP,1e answer to this
oft-heard auestion. it is fur
nished by the radio fan period
ihPiV ^ °U u®' wh,ch reveals
time ' writer." for th· flnt
i Jhat these comedians use
IrnT Ï1 t° fashion their
broadcast material casta no re
flection on them. It would be a
Sîrîî «!,f1^?0MibUlty ,0Γ them tO
turn oat the amount of jokes and
funny repartee that radio "con
" »Ok they naturally tSm
profession and
'velihopd It is to write the stuff
that brings the chuckles.
a ? no laughing matter this
Joke business," Raûio Guide talis
us· It Is nerve-wracking and
βνβη for the pro
fessionals. Who are these men?
D ®°wberg, who does the
TZ Tr> *ren acr'P^ de^n
of the ghosting corps. He i* an
ex-Hollywood director and gag
« iri, r ,who Ured of the life of the
film colony and turned his talents
FrfrtuH?' fD*vld. freeman writes
<?™dle cantors stuff. Ed Wvnn's
"Fire Chief" sillies are turned out
by Ed Prebbles. but are not heard
^Lth°ut. considerable editing by
'the Perfect Fool," who is no mean
wortT ta- STt"· ™'"n
ux«u PJ Jack Benny, Billy
Pearl's tall fibs
as Baron Munchausen," and Eu
doM jay
moUoήK5
t° .tbe fact that writing for the
radio Is strenuous in the extreme
ky o^P^iaon with writing for
stage and screen. The rruJivn <·
ki*1 V 80 much more copy
must be turned out, for their
principals go before the micro
fhr«e Γ06, twicf and sometimes
tir»? ι» weekly—and repetl
radio a misdemeanor in
Occasionally, a radio principal
SLW his own stuff· but such
cases are exceptional. Fred Allen
for example, writes his own gaits'
There are so few others that they
cannot be called to mind
d° *»<"<>
In their daily routine if thpv
be/'nf Uhh 3 ^ίη?· a certain num
latin/.h«urs 15 alloted to 'circu
frienH« m.en must meet their
friends and mix around, for here
If ι!8* 1 ,he mosfc fertile sources
U A chance remark, a
bit of repartee, a rare new ioire
thaternnPLan °.ff"xColor anecdote
™ J=an be sent to the laundry
and cleaned up for the air . ^
whi^€iu are raw material froni
llhMp'Sdu??85'" bUlItU hl!
Some of the ghosts devote
ST-W studying old humor
ous books and material written
years ago with a view S dustin?
Polishing and modernizing what
they find. This source, however
must be handled with care for the
ghoet is responsible if the gag fall!
flat. And, unlike vaudeville a
li
SÎL5? u*ce *tudy it, improve or
dress it up once the microphone
has taken it.
i„^otlî?r I**50" r*dio is rush
ing the tired gag ghosts to their
consumes mate
rial with a bottomless appetite. A
vaudeville routine could be writ
ten, tested and used from coast
to coast for several years, some
times for a lifetime with slight
revisions. But one good coast-to
cc*8t chain will put a good gag
high on the shelf for many moons
and "e*t week new material Is
needed.
"Another worry of the funny
"I®*1 », 'unny men is the matter
of collecting for their brain-chil
dren. Thefts and piracy are not
uncommon, and many court
eneued· Then often,
the headliner gets careless or
goes broke, and then what about
the poor gag ghost?"
* » * *
Τ ISTENERS throughout the
country are getting their radio
program more clearly this Fall
and Winter than ever before as
1 of the, rederal R,d"
Commission regulation requiring
?i „br?ud,CMtlng stations to main
ÎÛÎi £ respective frequencies
SSÏt CyC 0ί ωδ1βη
♦»»ThD Si**" 13 omcially made by
the Radio Commission after ob
SSZSm of several months of
operation under the new antl
7tlun^°bhUne rule'· formerly
stations were permitted to devi
m r£?slgned channels as
much as 500 cycles. New regu
lations require Installation of an
^??v,ved/r*quency monitor to as
M-cyd.'Si0" *° ""
.Λ°η!? reception "is appar
ent to listeners by th· absence
in ^b1· or squeals
reception of stations on
duplicated channels." the enm
mission «Uted before the^E
actment of th· 00-cycle rule
a reading within an ar£
8. or 10 miles from a 350-watt
tiïÎahipm?.y+have recelv*d objec
tionable heterodyne or squeals
from other stations on that chan
mol * ky the new frequency
maintenance this heterodyne or
squeal is entirely eliminated, per
mitting the stations to service
that area 12 to 15 miles away very
satisfactorily, whereas the pre
vious service area was unsatisfac
Î7 or, mat€riaUy impaired."
in^e«f naU °lthe 615 broadcast
ing stations have installed ap
proved monitors by now desoite
extensions allowed by the com
mission, and the delinquent sta
the most part those
which have applications for re
in *ourt!Waitlng hearings or cases
* * m *
'pHE depression appears to have
cn,,rQe^°U^ged rather than dis
J growth of "ham"
ra<"o stations. The last report
ÂZ 7?r€U· dlrec^ s®
radio division, Department of
Commerce, which last July was
transferred to the Federal Radio
Commission, reveals that the
? amateur transmitting
tht increased from 22,729 in
/L year 1931 to 30.374 dur
f>w?e year ended June 30, 1932.
amateurs has
operated its stations in an or
? manner and wlth little of
ficial supervision and very few
violations of the law or régula
tien», the report uyi. Juat mad·
public, the report revente «h»i the
uie of radio m an aid to air navi
gation h tu become universal. Αι
of June 30 last, there were 121
aeronautical ground stations and
350 alreraft radio stations.
The radio division, whose func
tions are now conducted by the
division of field operations of the
Radio Commission under Mr Ter
rell. made 14,477 Inspections of
radio apparatus on ships and
3,339 inspections of radio stations
on land, mcludin^alrcraft, broad
casting and amateur.
CANADIANS PREFER
AMERICAN STATIONS
Only Slight Progress Made in na
tionalization Program of
Dominion.
BY ROBERT MACK.
Only slight progress has been
by Canada In lta program for "nation
alisation" of Its broadcasting through
transfer of station ownership from pri
vate to public hands, according to re
ports received here from the Dominion.
The great mass of Canadian citizens
itlll tune in American stations and the
four Canadian stations whleh broadcast
American network programs.
The Ottawa Parliament adopted the
nationalization project last May and
created a broadcasting commission to
place it in effect. It did not, however,
appropriate funds for building the pro
posed new stations or for the arrange
ment of programs designed to b« so at
tractive that they would win over the
home audience from the station· en
American soil.
According to observer·, it will take
five to ten years to make the Canadian
nationalisation scheme effective. Row
much money will be required has never
been estimated. Some Idea of the
amount can be gleaned, however, from
the broadcasting bill of this country,
which for program presentation and
station maintenance alone, exclusive of
investment in stations, amount· to
about $75,000,000 & year.
In the United States ths bin is paid
by commercial radio sponsors. In most
European nation· the government-op
era ted systems prohibit oommerclal
broadcasting, but defray maintenance
costs by taxes on radio receiving sets,
which range from about $2 to $25 per
year.
The Canadian project calls for a com
bination of the two method· of financ
ing. It now collects an annual license
fee of $2 per set from about 600,000 Ht
owners yielding revenue of 11,200,000.
It Is also proposed over the government
system to permit a limited number of
commercially sponsored program· In
which the advertising would be severely
restricted.
<CoP7rlsht. 1*92. by the Consolidât·* Press).
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