Radio dial (May-Dec 1931)

RADIO DIAL. SATURDAY, MAY i WLW International Features * Include Talks in Ten Tongues TWENTY FOUR hours of . onl inuous broadi a from noon, May 2G to COUNTESS OLGA ALBANI Meet the Countess Oltfs blue-blooded S punish house. on the stage. She is now an exceptional! being featured in a series of recitals o\ of Medolago Albani, descend ent She has been in the movies and popular radio soprano, r the National Broad casting Company system, Sunday evenings, at 6:15 (Est.) The stations include: WE.tF, New York ; WCAE, Pittsburgh ; WRC, Washington; WGR, Buffalo; KSD, St. Louis ; WOC, Davenport ; and WHO. Des Moines. come when he accidentally sees the news while having the com pitmen! shovel under liis nose for the steenth time, />'. sure you know what station v«u are tuned to when you make up your mind to write. As ;i rule for letter writing, that sounds like advising von to know your own name before writing a check Bui it's a [act thai about halt the radio listeners have no ide i ol where their radio pro grams are coming from aboul half their listening time Suppose you turn on thi Station \\ I \M. Cleveland, to hear Rudy Vallee. After a while you leave the room When you come back, someone else has turned the dial to KDK \ and you come into the room just in time to hear the announ to send a handsome autographed the Declaration of Indedropping a fine to this station." V "u dash to your desk and write .1 letter to W IWM then and isk for your autographed cop) of the Decleration of fcdeAnd then you wait lor it. In the meantime, imagine the embarrassment of Station WTAM to read in your letter that you want a handsome auto graphed copy of the Declaration of Independence when they are giving away -beautifully illustrated pamphlets on bow to determine the vibration number of your pet poodle doe by counting the hairs in his right ear." If the girls who open station mail had to think only about the and entertainers on their stations, they'd have time the subject of why radio announcers all arc conceited. However, they have to spend their extra time scanning the published programs of all the other Stations in their vicinity so that they'll know how to forward the mail that should never have come l«> their desks in the first plact Two per cent of the articles or letters sent out by radio stations in response lo requests come back on account of wrong addresses, the result pi illegible signatures. i'i in il< d letters often cannot be read bj the time the} reach thi n di -tmation. The most legible letters get first attention. In case you have mi ntii <tu d several programs or pet your letter, it can be cut in pieces and each piece will he marked with your name and address and sent to the proper place. In spite of your precautions, you may have SO misspelled your address that you letter cannot be delivered. If the addn the envelope, it can be ret tinted without being opened. Remember that if your letter is sentimental enough to be it will be si everyone on tht cipient. At many radiannouncers are not permitted to answer any letters from women for fear of becoming in embarrassing complications Remember that few romar mttilt from corrcs that most radio entertainers have Columbia to Broadcast the Original "Over the Rhine" Opera. I me of the most majestic tone pictures in all Wagni I music will be played by I Eowara Barlow and the Philco Symphony Orchestra in the program ii heduled Foi 9:30 P. M., EDST., Tuesday, May -.'ii, over the WABC-Columbia network. The gods and goddes i . a sembled on the bank of the Rhine opposite the golden towers of Walhalla, call upon Thor for a means of transportation across the river. Thor swings his magic hammer three times around his head, and hurls it over the Rhine, its flight being marked by thunder and lightning. In its path appears the rainbow bridge, and then the deities pass over in stately procession, whilst far below i lie Rhine-maidens can be heard, singing plaintively for the return of their stolen Rhinegold. Details of the program: Academic Festival Overture Brahms. Gipsy Dance from "Henry VIII" SamtSaens. Symphonic Scherzo, "T h e Sorcer*s Apprentice" Dukas Entry of the Gods into Walhalla, from "Das Rheingold" M '<l,l!t,-> material they use on the air. They cannot afford to have copies made, in the first place. In a ■!. they need to keep their material exclusive in order to retain their individuality. Only a few entertainers will send out pictures unless they have been offered on the air. their (mute .beady mapped out ""e ^n ?e exPe"se is Pr0" . 1 1 niEHDVc, tor two or three offers lor,ncrn of a picture will bring at least ( Radio entertainers cannot send , 10,000 requests to any WLW en K> do some original research into I out copies of the songs and other ' lertainer. RAMON A DAVIES Here is Ramona, a new WLW star. Ramona, who in private life is Miss Ramona Davics, is a native of Kansas City, who after her graduation with honors from the Conservatory of Music there joined the famed Kansas City Night Hawks. May noon May 87, will mail, the I I idio stations \\ i A\ and \\ BXAL to determine the extent of their international i i ence. Announcements in ten or more foreign languages will explain to foreign listeners the purpose of till a ! hour test program which officially will dedicate the new In. ono wati \\s\ \| to the service of listeners all over the world with short-wave receiving sets W Inle the ,' I hour test is planned primarily to show the coverage of the new short-wave transmitter which replaced the 250 watt set, the programs between i a. m. Wednesday , \\.<\ 27, and (i :30 a. m., will he broadcast by station WLW to reach distant listeners who have Ionwave receivers. Many programs during the periods in which WLW regularly is on the air will he broad cast simultaneously by both the long and short wave stations. WLW programs which might not interest foreign listeners, however, will be replaced on W8XAL by features especially planned for this broadcast. Polish, Russian, French, tier man, ami Bohemian students and faculty members from Cincinnati music colleges and schools will produce a program of music and announcements for radio listeners in Central Europe. This will be placed at a time when it will reach foreign listeners. Chinee. Hindu, Japanese and Australian listeners will he entertained with a program of their native music also played and sung by students now in Cincinnati. One of these will come at 10:45 a. m. May 27, when Ih Thi Ann, 'cellist, and Won Chung Park, vocalist, Korean students at the Cincinnati Conservatory . of Music, present a program of Japanese music which they will annoujn i in thai tongue. Well, Anyway, You Can't Fall Out of a Radio Station. Making his second appearance in seven days before a microphone connected to a trans-Atlantic hookup, t h e Prince of Wales will be heard over the WABC-CoIurnbia network at 4 :?0 P. M., Eastern Daylight Saving Time, Wednesday, May 27, when he speaks at a dinner in London to assist in raising funds for the blind. The Prince, who has adhered to the principle of keeping up to the minute in matters of aviation and radio, using the former as a means of travel on most of his journeys and the latter for communication with the King while he was in South America, has been devoting attention recently to the subject of radio for the blind, and will speak on that subject. m£ LOWELL THOMAS Lowell Thomas, writer and lecturer, whose adventures Ii ivo carried him to the far corners of the earth, is the interpreter of the days' news on the Ltterary Digest program, broadcast every week-day at 5:45 p. m., over an N. B. C. network I he Vox I [umana concert of organ and mixed choral numbi i at 1 I :30 p. m. May T> will be dl 'In .ited to Alaska and the iar North and will he broadcast by both \\ l.U and W8XAL, The Croslej i lii Lb i al I 80 p. m. Tuesday, Wfaj 36, w ill produi e .1 play aboul ganj ti i Eor Hi-' entertainment of listeners in England This probabh w ill be broadi .i-i only by W8XAL* Mary Steele, < ontralto, whose musical education was compli ted in Paris, will iing a pi ogram of French songs Tuesday, May '.'(i, at t I :\rt a. ni,, which she will ■1' dii ate to her friends in Paris who have been notified of the program and will he listening. At I I a m. the same day, the Glenn Sisters will sing a half hour program of songs in seven different languages. For the Dancers. The Columbia chain features the following dance groups: t> : V. M. — Harry Tucker and his Barclay Orchestra, ! Ifi i'. M. ' Frank Wine. gar's Barn Orchestra, ll :00 I' M. i li t< hi i Hen di r rjii anil hi ( )nh 11 :80 P. M. Romanelli and his King Edward i tra from Toronto. i Hid. — Ozzic i [ on and his Pelham Orchestra. -it Brock, violinist, will play the Shojgrcn "Sonata for Violin and Piano" at B :30 a. m. 7, on W8XAL only. 'I In to the ■ WLW announcer, will sing a program of Italian probably at ■'. :■*."> p. m., Monday, .'"'. Announcements will be in Italian. At 1 a. m. Wednesday, May 27, the -Merry Men quartet will sing a half-hour concert dedicated to Australia and New ZeaBrowning Mummery, tenor, and Robert Gcddes, baritone, were born in those respective countries.