Radio doings (Dec 1930-Jun1932)

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Build a PROGRAM part in such radio broadcasts as "Conoco Adventurers" "Evening Stars," and "Rin Tin Tin Thrillers." As juvenile lead, the radio fans hear Don Ameche, a new comer to radio, but with a wide background of stage experience which fits him for the part. Ameche also received early stage training at the University of Wisconsin. The fame of Hays as "Old Timer" is, of course, so wide-spread as to require no comment. He has played this important role in Great Northern broadcasts since their inception several years ago, and it is doubtful whether the radio public would accept a substitute. The remainder of the cast is chosen from week to week to meet the special requirements of each separate script. • For the musical accompaniment of the programs, Great Northern has secured one of the best known conductors in radio — Josef Koestner, distinguished Bavarian composer and musician who has deserted the field of stage and concert music because of his deepfounded faith in radio as an increasingly important medium of artistic expression. Koestner has under his direction an orchestra of fourteen men, a hand-picked group which includes former members of such famous organizations as the Chicago Symphony orchestra and the orchestra of the Chicago Civic Opera. In order to eliminate any possibility of accident or unexpected emergency, every detail of each program is rehearsed again and again before it is sent out over the air. Even rehearsals are preceded by preliminary conferences each week, at which time Bernard and his corps of assistants consider in detail every aspect of the forthcoming broadcast. ♦ Here's How It's All Done — Intricate, What?