Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 236, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 February 1925 — Page 20

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URING the past week we have been searching the ether in an effort to And a station who broadcasts fast moving popular programs of the better type. Our search has been rewarded and we are going to let you in on the secret. WTAS, Elgin, to our way of thinking, comes nearer to broadcasting this kind of a program than any other station we know of. The program that is to be presented by the Victor people tonight should prove very interesting. Emilio De Gorggonsa, a famous concert baritone who will be heard on this program, recently sang for President and Mrs. Coolidge at the White House. Renee Chemet is a distinAguished French violinist© who will play over the radio for the first time the famous Guadagnini violin of the late Maude Powell, most famous of women violinists. With these two artists will appear the Victor Salon Orchestra under the conductorsbip of Nathaniel Shilkret. ■" Last Sunday night „S. L. Rothafel, known to the radio audience as “Roxy,” changed his style of announcing after being asked by tiie American Telephone and Telegraph Company to be more formal in his announcements before the microphone bf WEAF. Thousands of letters and telegrams were received by “Roxy” and; WEAF asking that “Roxy” be himself. J. A. Holman, manager of„ WEAF, said: “We have always wtmted •Roxy’ to be more dignified; nqf sUff and unnatural, but a little less breezy. We feel that radio audiences prefer more dignified announcing, and we told ‘Roxy' about it. There is nothing at ail new about our request to him to modify his style somewhat, but; last Sunday night he became perhaps a little too formal. We want ‘Roxy’, to be himself.” 1 “Roxy” says he will do everything possible to cooperate with the office's nf WEAF and will trv tobe In accord with their rules when he corfJl-3 on the air oh Sunday nights. Despite the fact that springlike weather has prevailed during the past week, radio reception could not have been much better. The past Week has been, beyond a doubt, the best week we have had In the past few months, insofar as reception Is concerned. It has been very easy to tune in . distant stations with plenty of volume to spare, and there has been very little Interference from so-called “static,” which generally makes Its appearance during this kind of weather. Thursday and Saturday evenings were the two outstanding on this very unusual week. A great deal of this wonderful reception can be laid to the superpower station, whose signals are cutting through the ether like a bullet. It is the writer’s opinion that the coming warm ! weather should hold no fear for the radio fan, with the "advent of super-stations we are going to be able to enjoy radio the year round. In the radio music memory contest that is being conducted, by the Brunswick Company through several of the large stations, worldfamous artists sing and play before the microphone in programs totally unannounced, neither the names of the artists nor the selections being disclosed to the listening public. Radio listeners must guess the names of the artists and what numbers are given. Awards totalling $5,000 are made each month to the persons guessing the largest number of selections correctly. A brief essay on the subject announced is required of the contestants. Never before have such famous artists participated in such an Important step In the movement to increase the appreciation of good music in America. Many requests, have come to this depart- • meat during the past week from fans wanting to know what artist sang or played such and such a number on the program that was broadcast last Tuesday evening. We are just as much up a tree, as one would say, as you are, concerning the artists and the selections rendered, as we have no way of finding Out who these artists are, and your guess would be just as good as ours. _____ There are so many organ recitals coming through the ether that one

evening last week we were able to tune in eight organ programs In the short space of one hour. Not that we dislike organ music. Far be it from such. There is nothing more beautiful over radio than an organ, but why give us all of it on one night? Among the orchestras that are providing music for the patrons of hotel ballrooms and we listeners who are not patrons, mention should be made of Gene Goldkette and his aggregation, who provide dance music for both patron and radio fan through State WWJ every' Thursday evening. What has become of KTW? During the past several weeks wo have been unable to get any results from this old stand-by. The signals have been so weak that lt Is almost impossible to tune them in. !• • If we did not know that VthiS was 1925 we might, when listening, to KFNF at. Shenandoah, lowa, easily imagine ourselves carried back.abou} fifty . years into. the eighties. For .novelty and old-fashioned music KFNF is several jumps ahead of any other station in tiie country. The best thing about KFNF is that they themselves are unaware of their delightful backwardness. When a radio .fan tunes In these fine evenings that has prevailed during the past week he really- travels’ he is borne on the air to almost every section of the country. We are actually becoming acquainted with the voices of our country, thanks to radio. / , Grand Opera on Air The first of a series of grand operas has taken the air, through station WGBS, at New York. This was. “Cavaliera Rusticaha.” An entire operatic cast, chorus and orchestra, took part and will continue in those to follows

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SUPER-STATION P FOR WINDY CITY WHT to Be in the Wrigiey Building. By Timet Svecial CHICAGO, Feb. 12.—A new radio super-station, ope of the largest and most elaborately equipped in the world, will go op the air from Chicago shortly to broadcast coast-to-coast and International programs, it was, announced today by the Radiophone Broadcasting Corporation, which has.been formed by several prominent Chicagoans to operate the station,. The station, to be known as “WHT, In the Wrigiey Building,” will possess 5,000 watts power, and, inclusive of equipment, will cost more than $200,000, according to George E. Carlson, general manager, Carlson is a former Commissioner of electricity, of the city , of Chicago. Work on the studios, to occupy 6,000 square feet of floor space on the first floor of the Wrigiey Bldg, has been started .and negotiations have been completed for erecting the towers apd,power plant neat Deerfjelft, about; twenty-eight miles from* Chicago On, the- Waukegan roa4. l j , \ ; The studios wilFbe in Spanish de4 sign, -apd %■ considerable precaution will be taken to avoid voice rebound In them!. The studio equipment will include a $37,000 specially built radio pipe organ. ’ The wave length and opening date iff the statiop will be announced in a few days. ’Feb. 22 proposed as the opening, but this date was discarded- owing to a delay in the completion of the apparatus. Ten In Mexico Mexico now has ten broadcasting stations, four of which are of the high power size. It is .estimated there are about - 20,000 receivers in Mexico City and 12,000 in the rest of the-country.

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HIGH FREQUENCY TESTS PLANNED Navy Departments t<T Cooperate With Relay League, By Timet Soetial WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—Elaborate preparations are being made by the Navy Department in cooperation with the American Radio Relay League for high frequency transmission tests during the coming summer months. Traffic Manager F. H. Schnell of the Radio Relay League will accompany the fleet to Australia during its maneuvers. Lieutenant Schnell will take with him three high frequency transmitter one or which will work on 20 meters, another on. 40 .meters and the other on 50 metqrs.. y *•). ! , Amateurs throughout the qountry will be invited to listen for Schnell‘s signals. In turn, Schnell will listen for the: signals of the Bellevue Laboratory which transmits 30, 40, 70 and 88 meters. • It" is hoped through the tests to find out just what actually can be done in the way of distance transmission on high frequencies. If the signals which are customarily loud from a station are suddenly found to be quite weak, the difficulty rfiay be caused by one or litore of the following: