Radio dial (May-Dec 1931)

RADIO DIAL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1931. Weekly RADIO DIAL Published every Thursday by the Radio Dial Publishing Co., 22 East 12th St., Cincinnati, Ohio. Contents copyrighted. NATALIE GIDDINGS, Editor E. E. HARRIS, Bus. Mgr. VOL. I OCTOBER 9, 1931 No. 21 Another Swing May Be Starting Announcement that two series of full-length symphony programs will take the air during the coming week is more than an item of interest to devotees of serious music. It is slight yet hopeful evidence that the tyranny of time over programs may be cracking. Ever since broadcasting became commercialized, critics have been railing against this domination. They have pointed out that, from an artistic standpoint, cramming a symphony program into the arbitrary limit «f 30 or even 60 minutes is as disastrous as telescoping a Shakespeare play into a single act. And now come two series of full-length symphonic programs as their reward. One will comprise weekly concerts by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, beginning Sunday afternoon (Columbia over WKRC), while the other will consist of six concerts by the Philadelphia Orchestra, beginning Monday evening, under the Philco colors (also Columbia over WKRC). There is pretty general agreement that symphonic music is at its best only when it is free from cramping time limitations. That was proved last winter by Columbia's first broadcasts of the Philharmonic. But we behove also that hard-and-fast time limits on certain other tyoes of programs are about due for shaking off. There are multiplying indications that the craze for brevity has gone as far as it can safely. Granted, it has been highly beneficial in some ways However, in others it is already working a definite hardship. The fact is that the program itself, not the sponsor's appropriation for air time, determines the proper length. In other words, some programs are natural 15-minute affairs, while others simply must have 30 60 or even 90 minutes to do themselves justice. And here is the important point: the difference is pretty likely to be between casual diversion and firmly sustained interest. If broadcasting is to be something more than audible vaudeville (with the audience consequences that implies) it will have to offer more of these sustained interest features. So perhaps the pendulum already is beginning to swing in that direction. If so, it is not too soon. «« PROGRAM JOTTINGS »» Friday, October 9 I Around the Dial By THE DIAL TWISTER 10 a. m. Hats off to VVCKY foi scheduling Ray Perkins, Libby's Prince of Pineapples which WLW no longer lakes from NBC. WCKY also bocks the Thursday morning appearances of His Majesty the Prince at 10 a. m. 11 a.m. WSAI (NBC). Walter Damrisch and symphony orchestra return for weekly Musical Appreciation concerts. 11:15 a.m. WKRC (CBS). Ida Bailey Allen, dietitian, and the Blue Moon Trio, present the first of a series of Blue Moonlight broadcasts. The trio will sing only moon songs. Mrs. Allen will describe varied cheese recipes. 6:30 p.m. WSMK (Dayton, O., 1380 kc.) Bobby Sutter, 14-year-old crooner, will sing vocal choruses with Joseph Irvin's orchestra who play as the Vizoy Vagabonds. ' 8 p.m. WCKY (NBC). Harry Rich man will be guest artist with Nat Brusiloff's orchestra during the Nestle program. Richnian will b heard singing "I'm With You," and "Walking My Baby Back Home." 9^30 p.m. WSAI. (NBC). Mrs. Knute Rockne and Libby Holman will be guest artists on the RKO Theatre of the Air. Apprehensive squawks from grid iron fans because WLW has not scheduled any football names so far * * * More new programs these days than there are guaranteed cures for the depression. * * * For instance, those Eight Sons Of Eh (WKRC, Sunday at 2 p.m.) They can sing, sure enough. Lots of freshness in their work, and that makes a mighty difference. * * * And lend an ear to the Wonder program (WSAI, Sunday at 3:30 p.m.). It's not just mine run. Symphonic orchestra, with Ruth Lyon and Charles Sears as soloists. Honest-to-goodness music. The comics are here, as witness Little Orphan Annie (WLW, nightly except Sunday at 5:45 p.m.). That youngster's a good actor, and so's Joe Cnnitassel. What strip will bi next? * * * i. T°m 5ick and Harry on the new Willys Overland show (WCKY Sunday at 7 p. m.). They have lots of friends. Snappy orchestra with them, too. Congratulations to WLW for snapping up Finis K. Farr as a continuity writer. He knows his business; for instance "Mystery House." His first local piece, "Mountain Men." rang the bell. * * * Wayne King packing them in on the Lady Esther program, another new one (WSAI, Sunday at 3 p.m.). Can't he play waltzes? It's a tossup between them and his concert arrangements. And Walter Winchell now gossips over local hackfenccs under the Gerardtne banner (WKRC, Tuesday at s;45 p. m.). If there's any scandal, from Broadway to Hollywood he's the first to know— and tell. Answering inquiries about this good feature, Heel Hugger Harmonies can be found at WLS (870 kilocycles), Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. And that quartet's worth a twist of anybody's dial. For high-grade entertainment, sanv pie Sunday Bright Spots (WSAI 2:15 p.m.). Jack Pettis and his orchestra do sweet stuff sweetly. That Mariner's Trio knows what it's all about, too. Lucille Wall, Collier's "Love Story Girl," also the star in the Adventures Of Barbara Wayne (WLW, Sunday, at 6:45 p.m.). Excitement and romance. Is she good? Well, rather. * * « The Atwater-Kent Hour back on the air for its seventh season (WSAI Sunday at 9:15 p.m.). Little different in makeup. But still one of the real highspots. Rudolph Friml the premiere. He can play as well as write. "Hi" Philips now mastering the ceremonies in the Robert Burns Panatella Show (WKRC, Monday at 10 p.m.). Amusing boy; more than some because he's sly about his fun. * * + Those Vermont Lumber Jack changed from a morning spot thi season (WSAI, Monday and Thursday at 7 p. m.) A diverting act, with an unusual M. C. Still another old friend back on the air, the National Battery program of College Memories (WCKY, Wednesday at 8 p.m.). Nice quartet; in fact, much nicer than most fraternity foursomes, if the truth must out And here's just what the gals have been pining for, the Love Story program (WKRC, Thursday at 9:30 p. m.). Thirty minutes of thrills. If it doesn't get over in a big way, it must be because the new hats have changed everything. Last week WSMK in Dayton, O., joined the Columbia network for the broadcast of the World Series games and the Northwestern Nebraska football game and also broadcast several Columbia programs before and after the sporting events. Local prognosticators think this brief affiliation with CBS may lead to a permanent hook-up with the network for the Dayton station. Saturday, October 10 0 p.m. WKRC (CBS). "The Turn of the Tide," a nautical drama full of conspiracy, thrills and heroism, but revealing a temperance plea background, will be the presentation of the Hank Simmons' Show Boat Dramatic Company sponsored by French-Bauer, Inc. * * * 10:30 p.m. WSMK (1380 kc). Ferdinand Lejeune and his Leviathan orchestra play from the Hotel Biltmore (Dayton, O.) ballroom. They have a second period on the air at 11:30 p. iil Sunday, October 11 12 :30 p. m. WABC (8C0 kc). Erich Pommer, Germany's leading film producer, founder and chief producer of UFA films, will speak on "The >iiiiiiiiiiiiirjnitiiiit]i[[]iiiiiiiiiiii{]|i(iiiiiiiiit]ii[iiiiiiiiiniiiitii.:. 1 This Cavalier Is Our | Rudy Himself 1 Mme. Kann Dayas, one of the most brilliant of today's pianists, will play a 15 minute recital at WLW at 6:30 p. m„ Sunday (October 11) as a representative of the artist faculty of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Her program will include the "A Flat" and "D Flat" etudes of Chopin; Rachmaninoff's prelude in "G Major," and "Music Box" and 'Chromatic Piece" by Sauer. WGN Has Good , Football Schedule + ,__t+ WGN (720 kc.) has its own football schedule. These games are included: October 10. Northwe:tcrn vs. Notri Soldiers Field, Chicago. October 17. Chicago va. Yale, Chicago. October 24. Illinois vs. Michigan. Ch paign. 111. October 31. Northwestern vs. Illinoi:, E\ Dame, 111. Northwestern Minnesota, California, Not Here s Rudy Vallee as he ap. pears ,n a Spanish sketch in the current George White's "Scan9. They say he's "making new nds and keeping old." Vallee s he prefers the "Scandals" to his movie stage appearances because he has Sundays off now. German Talkie" in a rebroadcast from Germany that should he worth fishing for WABC. He produced "Metropolis," and "The Last Laugh,' and in Hollywood "Hotel Imperial/ with Pola Negri. * * * 3 'p.m WKRC (CBS). New York Philharmonic Symphony der Erich Kleiber, plays a two-hour concert. WKRC cuts half hour at 3:30. 6:15 p.m. WCKY. The Hodges Brothers, Russel and Grady, are accompanied by Tommy Ott, novelty pianist, in a twilight recital. The boys are reported to have missed winning the recent Atwater-Kent auditions bv but a few points. * * * 7 p.m. WSMK (1380 kc). Philco's Old Stager and the Boswell Sisters will be heard in a recorded Philco program. * * * p.m. WLW (NBC). The Three Bakers title their sketch "Fifty Million Yes-Men Get Along." Ray Perkins, master of ceremonies, says the Three Bakers are heroes of such colossal motion pictures as Cimarron Buns," "Yeast is Vest" Dough Boat," and "The Merry VYidoughnut." The three are Darrel Woodyard, Jack Parker and Frank Luther. 7:30 p.m. WCKY. Janet Martin, Garrett, Ind., a 'cellist, and Jean Bender, Parsons, Kas., a pianist, will play a concert consisting of three £rr,eI£?es by Chopin, "Viennese Waltz by Friedman, "Lotus Land" by Cyril Scott (piano); and the 'cello solos ' Gavotte" and "Dedication" by 1 opper, "Liebesfreud" by Kreislef and "Tarantelle" by Squires. 9:30. p. m. WKRC (CBS). Red Chnstianson, shipwrecked for six months on Galapagos Island where he lived in terrible privation, will reenact his story in Romances of the Sea. This is the same Red Christianson of several Eveready Galapagos programs. most famous jazz compositions ever written will contrast sharply with the rhythms of the "Blue Danube Waltz" in the dance program to be broadcast by the Philco Orchestra in transcription form. Demonstrating their versatility, conductor Harry Salter's musicians will turn from the famous old Viennese waltz to the syncopated strains of "Twelfth Street Rag" and "I Ain't Got Nobody." 9:30 p.m. WSAI (NBC). General Motors Parade of the States, an nounced for last week, has been postponed until October 17. * * * 3 p.m. WKRC (CBS). Guy Lombardo and his Royal Cnaadians and H. I. Phillips, columnist, share the Robert Burns Panatcla broadcast. ll p.m. WLW. In Chime Reveries, William Stoess will conduct the orchestra in the "Bacchanale" from "Samson and Delilah," "The Swan," also by Saint Saens, Luigini's "Egyptian Ballet," and a number of other classics. Tuesday, October 13 1p.m. WSMK (1380 kc). Organ Wanderings takes listeners on excursions to imaginary lands. Forrest Stump is the organist. * * * 8:45 p.m. WKRC (CBS). As the result of a popular demand, Walter Winchell, Broadway columnist, has invited Cab Calloway and his "ho-de hoing" orchestra to appear again on his Gerardine program. Cab will treat the Winch ell-Gerardine audience to his own "hot" arrangements of several recent Broadway hits. Wednesday, October 14 3:15 p.m. WSMK (1380 kc). Out the pages of Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes step Jack and Jill with chatter and songs. Barbara Runyan ud Paul Upson are Jack and Jill. * * * 8 p, m. WCKY (NBC). College memories will be revived in a program by that title in which one of radio's crack male quartets sings the school, fraternity and other songs associated with colleges throughout the country. Monday, October 12 7:15 p.m. WKRC (CBS). Gene Austin, recording crooner ("My Blue Heaven ) will be guest artist of the tn-weekly Linit presentation and again on Wednesday and Friday (October 14, 16). * * * 7:15 pm. WSAI (NBC). Ohman and Arden, piano duo propose to feature some new "find" an unknown artist, either a singer or personality each week. They feel that much hidden talent is lying around, waiting to be discovered. * * * ?-I5nP;m, WKRC (CBS). Leopold Stokowski directs the Philadelphia Symphony in the first of six I lulco concerts. 8:30 p.m. WKRC. Two of the Thursday, October 15 4:45 p. m. WSMK (1380 kc). "Stray Leaves from Strange Literature" might describe the Odd Corner Man's program. Jack Snow, who conducts the program, includes forgotten bits of drama and literature. 11p.m. WLW. Birmingham will hear a Fanfare in its honor with Henry Thies and his orchestra doing the fanfaring with such tunes as "Birmingham Bertha" (chorus by Charlie Dameron, please) and "Away Down South in Heaven." * * * 6 p.m. WJ2 (700 kc). The Lord Mayor of Manchester, England, making a brief American tour, is expected to speak on "My Impressions of America." The program may be broadcast locally by WLW or by WHAS (820 kc). 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