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cast three times weekly concerts of the New York Philharmonic Society. The orchestra plays in the Lewisohn Stadium, New York.
Listeners to wwj, of Detroit, remember with much pleasure the concerts of Schmeman's Band which have been broadcast from Belle Isle park in that city. Alert program managers in many other cities promise bands of high grade.
And sporting events seem to get on the air more regularly during the warmer months, which is probably most simply explained by the fact that there is more activity of this sort at this time of year. The famous Indianapolis automobile races were broadcast from wgn at Chicago on Memorial Day with great success. College baseball games were on the air in many sections of the country in the weeks before academic doors closed for the summer holiday, wjz handled particularly well the job of reporting a recent game between Yale
GOVERNOR NELLIE TAYLOE ROSS Of Wyoming and Governor Clarence J. Morley of Colorado, before the microphone of koa, at Denver. Governor Ross shares national honors with Governor "Ma" Ferguson, of Texas as the first members of their sex to guide the political destinies of an American state
and Princeton to say nothing of the Yale Commencement exercises in June.
Station wjaz, of Chicago, is making plans to broadcast the classic Lake Michigan sailing yacht races between Chicago and Mackinac Island. A small short wave transmitter will be set up on a power boat which will follow the yachts as they speed up the lake.
It is unfortunate that one or more of the enterprising Eastern broadcasters do not arrange to broadcast more of the college crew races, wjz made a brave stab at it not long ago when they put a short wave transmitter aboard the yacht Elco in the Harlem with the capable Major J. Andrew White at the microphone and broadcast the Childs' Cup race between the eights of Columbia, Pennsylvania, and Syracuse. The Poughkeepsie races in June afforded a tremendously exciting event to listeners interested in sports. Major White at the traveling wjz microphone brought his listeners along with him by the color and imagination of his picturesque descriptions. r
In the main, out-ofdoor broadcasting is more successful than might be thought. Reverberations present in a large hall make the problem of properly broadcasting an orchestra or band most difficult. As Mr. Carl Dreher suggests this month in "As the Broadcaster Sees It" open air broadcasting is usually quiet and free from the unpleasant effects of sound, bouncing about where it should not go. And, barring the barking of disturbed and inquisitive dogs, and the squalling of tired children, the broadcaster who sets up microphone and speech amplifier in the open air is usually quite successful.
However, a few weeks ago, wjz was broadcasting the ceremonies incident to the unveil