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CTUDIO The first of a series of Pan-Ameri-can programs, to be broadcast by station WRC at Washington this fall and winter, will be presented Oct. 1, under auspices of the PanAmerican Union. The speakers for the first of these performances will be General Janies G. Harbord, President of the Radio Corporation of America, and Dr. Leo S. Rowe. Director-General of the Pan-American Union. An elaborate musical program has been arranged to inaugurate the new series of Latin-American nights, which will be featured by music by the United States Army Band, directed by Capt. William J. Stannard; a double saxophone sextette of the Army Band, and a group of Washington's most prominent vocal and instrumental soloists. The soloists include Grace Washburn, coloratura soprano; Helen Corbin Heinl, pianist; Fred East, baritone, and Henri Sokoloff and Jose de Huarte, violinists. All of the music to be played in connection with the program will be by La tin-American composers, provided for this event by Franklin Adams, Counselor of the Pan-Ameri-can Union. The entertainment will be broadcast Jointly with WRC by Station WJZ, Lew York, direct from the court yard of the Pan-American building in Washington. After proving of value to Pacific Coti.st radio listeners in entertainment and education, KGO is now rapidly taking its place as conserver and creator of good health. Every morning of the week, excepting Sunday, Hugh Barrett Dobbs, an expert in training for health, broadcasts three classes of fifteen minutes each. First, at 7:15, the “early risers’' receive instruction; second follows the “pep class’’ for advanced students In physical culture; and third, the "lazy bones” class consisting of all those who can afford to get up so late. Sixty thousand people are known to be taking exercises broadcast by Dobbs, over ten per cent of them following printed charts. Immediately after the physical exercises each morning, “Cheerio,” a prominent San Francisco business man, appearing before the KGO microphone anonymously, delivers a mess ige of good cheer to the sic!, the invalids and the shut-ins. The final series of baseball games, to be played by the Washington world champions away from home, will he broadcast play by play by WRC Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, 2 and 3. These games will be played with the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, Boston, and the play by play descriptions will be announced from the studio of the Washington Times by William M. Sweets. Since the opening of the baseball season in the spring, WRC has broadcast similar accounts of all of the games of the Washington team on its road trips. Eight singers and Vinton La Ferrera and his concert orchestra will present “The Chimes of Normandy,” the comic opera by Robert Planquette, over KGO, Saturday night, Oct. 3, from the San Francisco studio. Among the organists who will appear on WRCs noon programs during the Wv'ek beginning Sept. 21 are Gert-ude Smallwood, Chanotte Klein, Malt< n Boyce, George F. Ross and Adolf Trovsky. There recitals Are regular daily features of the radio entertainment provided by WRC and are played on the organ at the First Congregational Church, Washington. Elaborate plans for a special program In celebration of WTAM’s second anniversary are now being made, according to L. W. Zimmerman, program director of the Willard station. have not yet been completed, but we are endeavoring to make the second anniversary program. which falls on Saturday, Sept. representative of the best programs WTAM has put on In the past as well as a promise for the future,” says Zimmerman. The program will start at 7 p. m. and continue until 3 in the morning, eight hours of continuous broadcast's. Barrie’s comedy, “Dear Bratus,” is Scheduled at KGO for Thursday evening, Oct. 1. Wilda Wilson Church will direct eleven players in the east. Special music between acts has been composed by Arthur S. Grbett, and will be played by the Ai.on Trio. Excerpts 'from more than half a dozen operas and oratorios, includ-

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Meet the “Lullaby Boys” of WLS, the Sears-Roebuck station, Chicago. They are.“Fiig Ford” Rush and, “Little Glenn” Rowell, whose songs and bedtime stories during “Lullaby Hour” have endeared them to the hearts of many thousands of kiddies and their parent throughout Every night, except Sunday, they lull the children of America to sleep with their musical ditties and chatty talks. Then they have the mythical “Woodshed Theater,” where they

ing “Tannhauser,” “Martha,” “Mig non.” ”Traviata,” “Romeo and Juliet” aid “Elijah,” in addition to a variety of miscellaneous classical numbers by Cadman, Scott, German, Sachs and others, will be heard Friday evening, Sept. 25, over KOA, General Electric broadcasting station at Denver. This presentation is arranged by the Wilcox studios of Denver under direction of John C. Wilcox. Artists taking part are representative of some of the West’s leading talent. Vocal solos and duets will be featured. Announcement that Station WOK has been authorized by the Government to increase its power to 6,000 watts was made in Chicago this week. This station, which Is located at Homewood, 111., a suburb of Chicago, was opened in July and was granted a Class B license three weeks ago. It s said to be the largest battery operated station in the world. Three other stations authorized to increase their power are WHO, Des Moines, to 6,000 watts; WEAF, owned by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company of New York, to 4,500 watts, and WGY to 3,000 watts. "Intimate Strangers,” a three-act comedy, by the KOA players, is the headliner attraction for radio listeners over the Rocky Mountain broadcasting station of the General Electric Company at Denver, Wednesday evening, Sept. 23. Iris Ruth Pavey, dramatic director, will portray the role of leading woman, and Will A. Morgan, another favorite in the radio realm, will be heard as leading man. Music between acts will be by the KOA orcestra, under direction of Lewis Chemoff. The ether curtain goes up at 8:10 p. m. WSAI will broadcast all home football games of the University of Cincinnati beginning Sept. 26, and continuing through Thanksgiving day. The two outstanding games will be the first on the schedule. Both will be played at the James Gamble Nlppert Memorial Stadium at night. The entire stadium will be lighted with powerful lights especially constructed under the personal supervision of Prof. A. M. Wilson, head of the Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Commerce. Special eradiant fluid is placed on the football making It appear silverwhite color at night when the rays from the arc lights are on it. Eugene Mlttendorf, Manager of WKRC, will be before the microphone during the games. Mittendorf announced the games last year when he was special sports announcer for WSAI. Many listenersin followed the game play by play and even charted them as “Mitt” announced. The first game, which will be played at night, will be September 26, when the Cincinnati team clashes with Transylvania; the following Saturday night Hanover will play at Cincinnati. The remaining games will be staged in the afternoon. Following are the home games to be broadcast: Oct. 10, Georgetown; Oct. 17, Otterbein; Oct. 24. Denni-

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at times put on juvenile plays in which the players are children all under 10 years of age. But the older WLS listeners also gave a place In their hearts for the programs of Ford and Glenn, and Glenn's own Comhuskers’ Orchestra, of which Glenn is the leader and pianist. Saturday night the "Lullaby Boys” have a special feature for the entertainment for the children. They take them on trips through the air to all sorts of places. These trips have an educational as well as an entertainment value.

son; Oct. 31, Dayton; Nov. 114, Ohio, and Nov. 26, Miami. Station WRNY has inaugurated anew system in testing out bands and orchestras for regular bookings and stations. Mr. Willets, the chief engineer of the station, has designed a special equipment whereby the audition is given with the orchestra or band playing in the absence of the musical director. By means of a special apparatus, the entire audition of the band or orchestra is taken down on a special phonograph record which may be heard by the musical director on his return from an outside call. The various bamls and orchestras appearing at the station are taken down on records and the records are filed, and when an orchestra Is desired by a musical director, all he has to do is to go to his record file: : nd he can not only get the information on the orchestra in question, but also he can actually hear them play, although they may be scattered to the four quarters of the city. George Osborn’s Nicollet Hotel Orchestra, well known to radio listeners thioughout the Northwest by its broadcasts from the Gold Medal Station, is on a concert tour. In addition to playing in Twin City theaters, the orchestra billed engagements in Milwaukee, Indianapolis, and several other cities. The orchestra is bilk'd everywhere as one of the leading WCOO attractions and is drawing large audiences. Semi-classical and popular ''numbers will be the offering over KOA, Rocky Mountain broadcasting station of the General Electric Company at .Denver, Wednesday evening Sept. 30. Edward Wolters, popular baritone, will be heard In two groups of solos. Introduced by the "Kashmiri Song,” followed by J. C. R. (Julian C. Riley) and Frankie Nast, in violin solos and duets. Other attractions comprise readings by Mrs. W. C. Mount; piano solos, Esta Pike, and instrumental selections, including "The Turkish March, from the Ruins of Athens,” by Beethoven, and Sibelius' “Berceuse,” by the KOA orchestra, Friday evening, Oct. 2, marks the thirteenth appearance of Tom McNamara, football coach, before the microphones of KOA, General Electric broadcasting station at Denver. His discussions for football beginners and veterans alike are scheduled every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8 p. m., mountain time. A two-hour studio program of baritone, contralto, cello, violin, piano and orchestra selections will be launched this evening, immediately following the football discussions. Included will be a KOA book chat and a talk, "Amateur Photography,” by Albert Haanstad of Denver. LEAD-IN WIRES If your- lead-in wire is brought through the upper part of the outside sash of the window the window can be raised and lowered without hindrance. A porcelain tube, through which has been run an eight-inch piece of No. 8 wire, should be used. Binding poets can be soldered at each end of the wire.

RADIO IS ALLY OF PHONOGRAPH, SAYS OFFICIAL Victor Company Announces Improvements in New Combined Machine. CAMDEN, N. J., Sept. 21.—An index to the attitude of the talking machine industry toward the radio, which has been the subject of much speculation for the last two years, is contained in the announcement of E. R. Fenimore Johnson, vice president of the Victor Talking Machine Company, that radio and talking machine combinations of unusual type are to be introduced at once. Within the last few weeks Johnson has announced the development of two new and distinctly different types of talking machines, both of which have succeeded in capturing and reproducing the entire range of musical sound with absolute clarity and fidelity. In his announcement of today he reveals that both of these revolutionary types of Instruments are to be launched, with and without built-in radio equipment. The new combination instruments are to consist of radio receiving sets ranging from five to eight tubes, of anew design just developed by the Radio Corporation of America, built into the same cabinets with the new mechanical orthophonic talking machine, and the electrical amplifying talking machine. In connection with the new type of radio equipment, which Johnson ivb permits of clearer and purer radio reception over longer distances, he also announces perfection of anew type of loud speaker embodying the cone parchment diaphragm developed by the General Electric Laboratories. “Radio and the talking machine are not in any sense competitors,” said Johnson ’’ln fact, the talkingmachine industry recognizes radio as a very valuable ally which is of material assistance in bringing about the nation's acquaintance with good music. The radio telephone was made possible by mar y of the same acoustical researches which created the talking machine. Now comes radio with full repayment of its debt by aiding in worldwide musical education, and at the same time uncovering principle* of sound amplification tvhich are ap-

INDIANA’S FIRST Annual RADIO EXPOSITION Cadle Tabernacle Septernber 21 to 26 Inclusive Six Nationally Known Radio Announcers appearing in persoD. You have heard them all many times on the air, now see and hear them in person, broadcasting from the large glass enclosed booth. MONDAY TUESDAY George D. Hay, Leo Fitzpatrick, “Solemn Old Judge,” of “Merry Old Chief,” WLS, Chicago. Kansas City Nighthawks WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Quin A. Ryan, Jerry Sullivan, From From WGN, Chicago. WQJ, Chi-Caw-Go FRIDAY—DOUBLE ATTRACTION Bill Hay Fred Smith of And From KFKX, Hastings, Neb. WLW, Cincinnati HEAR! Prominent Radio Artists and Musicians. SEE! All of the Latest Developments in Radio. Conducted by the Broadcast Listeners Association Admission 50c. Children, 5 to 12 Years, 25c.

plicable in turn to the talking machine,” Johnson stated emphatically that the talking machine industry will grow hand in hand with radio. He also expressed implicit f:iith in the future of the combined talking machine and radio receiving set. PLAN NEW STATION A large State broadcasting station near Zagreb, Jugoslavia, is planned, according to a report of the Department of Commerce from Consul Leslie A. Davis. It is reported that the apparatus already has been ordered from Germany on reparations account, and will be delivered and installed by the Jugoslavenski Siemens, the Zagreb representatives of the Siemens Schuckert Works. For the present the station is to be used solely for the State, but it is hoped that later it will be released for general use. There are now 145 wireless receiving sets in Zagreb, and it is believed that this number is increasing. BROADCAST WEATHER REPORT One hundred and forty-four broadcasting stations located In ninety towns and cities throughout the country now are broadcasting weather forecasts daily. The Weather Bureau believes that weather Information shortly will be supplied to fans in every State in the Union by radio. VISITS STATIONS Burnett C. Tuthill, manager a# the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, who is in charge of classical concerts from WKRC, Is on a tour of broadcasting stations throughout the country. “We want to combine all the best broadcast Ideas In our concerts," says Tuthill. TEST RADIO SCHOOL I rof. Edwin Guthrie of the psyche ogy department of the University of Washington has been testing the efficacy of radio lectures. He divides his classes Into two, one part listening to him direct, the other by radio, and he compares results." FOR DRESSMAKERS One feature that will attract women to station WKRC, of Cincinnati, is a course in dressmaking and designing. It Is Under the direction of Miss Dorothy Kachford. Cincinnati designer and artist. FOR DOG OWNERS Dog lovera should tune in on station WOR, of Newark, N. J., every Monday evening. Dr. George Watson Little, famous veterin; rian. delivers a series of talks on.dogs at this time.