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25, 1923
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MILLS DISCUSSES BROADCASTING
Chairman of Exe c utive Committee of Music
Publishers' Association and American Society
of Composers , Authors and Publishers States
That the Radio Situation Is Being Investi­
gated and No Definite Stand Taken Yet
J.. C. Mil]';, chai"lllan of th e E"cc uli\'e COI11­
mittee of the Music l'ubli,;Jlcl', ' I'ro lc c ti\·l' As­
'ocialio n , ,111(1 Ihe :\1l1c ri c CO I1IJ)Osn~ and l'ubli s h e r s , whell see ll re,c;ard­
in g th e decision hand c d d01l'1l in Ih e Fcderrtl
Co urt in '\Iell'al' k r eccnl ly ill fav o r of ]\1. \Vit­
mark &. So n s as aga in , [ th e f .. H;\lll berge r Co.,
a Ne\\,;H k d c p " rlm c nt qore OJlera tin g a radio
br oa d cas tin '2; sta ti o n, s l akd thai lh e o r ga ni za ­
lions hc represented h ad 11 0 t t"k e n an\' d efi nite
~talld rcg,trdill g hrOildr r\~ lill .~ :It prcsent ill\'csti "ati n~ (he matter thor o u g hl y.
"\'Vc want t o lind Oll t t h c trl1(h," s;lid :Mr.
(dills_ "rr lhe radi o a 1'(0 rd.s all ;)(iI· l"ediulll of publicit y fo r lliu sica l (,OllIJ)O';iliol1.-',
we will, or COllrse, be Ill ost il1t e resled in its
e!cvelonnlcl1t. Hight a lo n e; Ihis line, 1 can cite
the experience of a \Vcll-know n I1lusic publisher,
n o t a member of 0111' assoc iat io ll, who lried CL
'r ad io plu g ' sevcral weeks agO by W;IV of ex­
perilllen t.
"T hi s man l" ls a b a ll ad-l lill e that hl' is tr y­
ill ~ t o poplilari~e. H(' sec ur e d eig hty-six hrortd­
castin g <; tation :3, lhr oug' h o llt points in Ihl' \\'e.;t ,
", hidl expres,;ed theillsch'cs a' willillt" [0 1'0­
opcrate with his experimenl
Three lime s a
da y for fi~- c (lays thi s number was SlIlig or
p];,yed onT the raelio J. y Ih es ~ eight y-s ix <;la­
tion s, with li Qcncrs totalill g over a million, and
h l' t e ll s Jll e: that hi , sa les of that number h ave
not s hown a 'ripp lc' in th e way 0 '[ an 'ld \·ancc .
"'This kind of data n eeds nO COllllllent .
can m en lion, how eve r , a trial which T IIl y'c if
[)crsonall y made from a largC' New York s ta"
tion.
For a b ou t a week I had a 'p lu g' SOIlg'
scnt o·ut scyera l times a clay. It wa.'i ;1 'b lu es'
nUlllb cr sonall." r cce.i...-a.ct it lIlany timcs clear ,I S a bell
01'(;1' my o\vn >ct ill my office.
'\ftcr a w eek
h a d pa sse d I made inquiry into Ihe ,;li e.s re c'
ord , a nd a"aill til nt' was not a 'ripple '"
Mr. lI·{ill,.; ad mit ted tbat (he t"o lc s t- for
({p lu ggin g" sO ll g"S \·ia rad~o \ \rc rc by no Jll C(t Il:-\
cO ).l. c lu s ive, bllt we re ' .I ron e:· C\' ie! e n ce a g ai n Ihe publicilY c laim s ulade by th e br oa d cas tin g
o rg;(nizat i01)s;. "Fo r th e present we s hall take
no decid e d atlitude, " h e conc illded , "bllt s h a ll
be sat isfied w ith the: deci,ion oj th e COllrt ( I )
thal hr oadcast illg 1t mllsical c'olliposili o n s hall
be cO:bidcred a Ilill s ical performanc e; (2) twat
broad ca sting, in the case of a departmenl store ,
is don e for th " P'UTPOSC of J)"ofit, and (3) tll at
• in th e future music publishers shall be pe,.,IIil ­
t etl th e ir own seleclion of pl1blicilv source:; .."
TO SING AMERICAN SONGS FOR KING
Jas. Hackett, Well-known Tenor , to Program
American Numbers When He Sings Before
King Alfonso of Spain in the Near Future
~ ('\·c raJ ~Oll~~ hy _ \ 1l1cric sung' befor e Kin:,,:- '\lfon 50 of Spain b y Jamcs
H acketl o n th e occas ion o f th e S pani s h ~ O\·
crc ig n 's so j o u r n ;':. Sa n Sebas ti :1.Il ~OO n, sal's a
cable d c' pal c h fr om Pari s . Thi s wi ll b e th e
tirst tinle all A meri call si n gc r h a" app ea r cd b y
ro y'" cOlnnland b efore th e Spa ni s h co urt. Mr.
Hackelt \I·ill be prcsl'ntcd b), Alnba~<;ador
'"I' oo ,- c. The iorn'l'r h ", ,~a ill cll a wiele rcputa­
ti o ll 'IS S"l.~er with the C hi cago C.i v ic Ope ra
Co., of \\·IJich he is a ll1Clllbcr, a ile! will return
t o \IIlcric a sonic lillie dllrin l!; th e CO llli n g opera
seaso n.
NEW JOSEPH HOWARD NUMBER
J osep ll H OII'art!, lI· h o w ill h e r " " 1C lllh ('rc d for
IIl a n y o f his pOlll,]ar a ir s of p;" t sea.-O n s, r c­
cCllt ly placcd \I' ith M . V\ ' ilill ark & :-;OIl S a II e,,­
~O Jlg,
entitled firm illllllcdialcil- rl'lca~ e d.
H oward, who ap­
pears in laude\·illc with hi s lI' ifc', Fl hl )'11 Clark,
is featuring' the 1lL1Illbcr hilil sc l f ,d a ll hi s pcr­
io rlll;II1CCS and. l'J1 ;l(lditioll, it appears ire·
'lllelltl), in other progra",-" ;I nd is c\'c rlwhere
grceteci with appiaIL'C.
NEW ORIENTAL FOX=TROT
"C h a rli c C hin " is the title 5i. a n elV ori e ntal
fox -tr ot p ubli s h ed by L nv is Fr e d e ri ck S ta fford
I:\: Co., Snafusc, N. Y. The S taffo rd Co . h a s
is .';lIcd St:\'era l !lumber s , including "Tilli .. '· ;In(]
"llungaloll'," which ha\'~ had SlICCCS S.
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