What's on the air (Nov 1929-Feb 1931)

WHAT'S ON THE AIR Page 5 Looking Ahead with NBC November Programs Promise to Make Radio History According to NBC Official By Gene Muholland T TIGH-LIGHTED by broadcasts celebrating the -*■ ■*■ eleventh anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the World War on Nov. 11, 1918, and the Thanksgiving season, November will probably be one of the greatest months in radio history, according to those who have had a peep at advance program schedules. With the collegiate football season under full swing, two major grid classics are carded for the air each Saturday. Stations associated with the National Broadcasting Company are promised an outstanding collection of broadcast programs, officials say. Among the nationally famous programs scheduled for the month are the General Motors Family Party, the General Electric Hour, the National Grand Opera Company, Biblical Drama, the Palmolive Hour, Soconyland Sketches, Atwater Kent Concerts, the Capitol Family, Philco Theater Memories, the Pure Oil Band Concerts, the Cities Service Orchestra and The Cavaliers, and many others which have been heard regularly through the summer and early fall months. Other programs which may be expected to come through the ether during November include Collier's Radio Hour, the Radio-Keith-Orpheum Hour, Real Folks, the Mallory Hatters and an Evening in Paris. Floyd Gibbons in his "Headline Hunter" series, the Radio Guild, Harbor Lights, Forty-fathom Trawlers, the Armour program, Around the World with Libby, and many dramatic sketches and dramatic presentations, are other programs that have attracted much comment and which will continue on the air. It is expected that a general trend toward programs with a dramatic continuity, combined with proper musical accompaniment, will have reached its full strength during this month. Among the voices radio listeners are due to receive regularly on their home speakers are those of Billy Jones and Ernie Hare, as "The Interwoven Pair;" Vaughn de Leath, "original radio girl," in "The Voice of Firestone;" Jessica Dragonette, radio's most popular soprano; Robert Simmons, newly discovered tenor; Graham McNamee, in his role of sports announcer; Welcome Lewis, latest contralto crooner "find"; Amos 'n' Andy, noted blackface team, and a host of others familiar to every radioowner, with several who will probably reach broadcast stardom before November chill sharpens the air. Officials of the NBC announced that the same high quality forenoon and matinee programs will be maintained during the Thanksgiving month, and that many short features, both musical and dramatic, will be added to the programs, while educational and religious talks will continue to be featured. IN "Back of the News in Washington" NBC has added another to its select number of evening programs that may be logically classified as in the "national interest" group. Sunday evening, at nine, E. S. T., comes David Lawrence with a fifteen-minute intimate presentation of some important, but little known to the general public, activity of our National Government. Monday, at 7:45, come William Hard's fifteen minutes of political news and analysis. Tuesday, at seven, the "Roads of the Sky" program is presented under the auspices of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce. World leaders in aviation are the speakers. At 10:30 Monday evenings Floyd Gibbons combines a half-hour of world-wide adventure and information under the title "The Headline Hunter." All of these features use WEAF as key station. To many they afford a welcome recess from a solid evening of music. \\ ///MM HARD, famous writer and newspaper correspondent casts on "Bjck. of the News in Washington" each Monday, td