Radio Broadcast (May-Oct 1925)

474 Radio Broadcast should be a divine service to humanity. It is a pleasant thing when enjoyed as a mere pastime. But with every mental uplift, there must be a consequent struggle, and in order to comprehend the divine beauty of music, one must be willing to make the sacrifice of laboring to understand. "One of the beautiful possibilities of radio, as I see it," continues Mr. Fritz Reiner, conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, "is to teach the fundamentals of music to the people. Americans have plenty of sentiment; they are not cold blooded. Their only drawback is that they do not know how to express themselves. Teach them the fundamentals of music and the genuis of the nation will assert itself. When the whole nation loves good music it will pay for good music and thus afford an incentive to its youth of talent and intelligence." Mr. Fred Smith, director of station wlw gathered these interesting ideas from Mr. Reiner, who is accepted as one of the outstanding symphony conductors now in America. wlw has done much in furnishing good music to its listeners. When the new long range station of wlw was opened, Mr. Reiner had charge of the dedication program, when he conducted a special concert with an orchestra of fifty picked men from the Cincinnati Orchestra, At other times, his Orchestra has been heard from wlw. Other stations are known for the good music on their programs. Station ksd of St. Louis has the record of broadcasting every symphony concert of the St. Louis Symphony during the past season. The Detroit News orchestra, a permanent part of the studio staff of station wwj, is composed of members of the talented Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Station weaf, of New York has broadcast regularly the concerts of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. The good music that Mr. Reiner hopes American listeners can hear is being sent out from various parts of the country, though it has to force its way through a blanket of jazz. It is the contention of many that enough good radio music is being played now so that the taste of American listeners is slowly being raised. More will be said of this later, however. Broadcasting, Canadian Style IT IS bad enough," someone remarked, with what was probably a vocal twinkle, "when one listens to a Floridan or a Californian sing the praises of his climate to a small group, but when they buy radio stations and, in a manner of speaking, tell the world about it, the situation becomes serious." Good residents of Florida and good residents Of California have bought broadcasting stations, but it must be recorded that they are reasonably restrained about the climatic merits of their communities. But now are the Canadians fallen from virtue, ckac, the excellent station of La Presse at Montreal, cannot withold the attractions of the Province from a listening world. On their program for the two weeks beginning May 30th, appeared the following legends. June 2: 8:30 p. m. Talk on Attractions of Province of Quebec June 6: 8:30 p. m. Road reports; talk on the attractions of the Province of Quebec June 9: 8:30 p. m. Talks on the attractions of the Province of Quebec. Road conditions reports June 13: 8:30 p. m. Studio program; talk on Quebec attraction. Sir Robert Falconer, President of the University of Toronto, has been giving a series of lectures before English Universities on the general subject of Canadian and American relations. One of the interesting points that he made was that Canada and the United States were closer in some respects than England and Canada. This is due, Sir Robert thinks, to the fact that Canadians read American magazines and hear American broadcast programs, both prepared for purely American consumption. A Rotary Club speech from some Middle West city is heard by a group of far-off ranchers in distant Canada. So, thinks Sir Robert, do American ideas penetrate Canada. But now the American leaven is working, and listeners on this side of the border are getting some of their own medicine. A new and amusing form of reciprocity! General Dawes as a Musician SINCE Charles G. Dawes, Chicago banker, attained world wide, and later national fame through his feats of statesmanship and politics, broadcast directors have discovered that this picturesque and extraordinary person is a composer of parts. Several of his compositions including his "Melody in A Major" have been heard by radio listeners. Which calls to mind the Washington experience of Mr. Heywood Broun, the genial columnist of the New York World who inquired of a politically in