Show f Radio adio Language L Lessons Favorite Of German Broadcasting Programs Program BERLIN July 24 United Press One One of the minor booms which the Dawes Daves plan brought to Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many was the radio During the Inflation period no broadcasting stations existed because because be be- cause economic and political anarchy anarchy anarchy an an- archy would have turned the radio r to their own uses Anyone who then built himself a a set to listen In Inon inon inon on l French lench or English stations was was subject to harsh a a. penalty penally With the stabilization of oC currency and the subsequent political consolidation con con- all this changed rapidly Almost overnight Berlin BerUn and a few other large cities erected broadcastIng broadcast- broadcast Ing clienteles Other and smaller cities built relay stations most of oC which transmit the Berlin BerUn program Today there are close to licensed radio sets In ln Germany their number growing at the rate of oC several thousand a day Of OC these approximately 70 per cent are crystal sets the rest valve sets of oC varying capacity There are also a number of freebooters of oC the air who evade the monthly License li license license li- li cense fee of oC halt half a dollar Confiscation Confiscation ConUs- ConUs cation of ot their sets and heavy fines are the punishment met meted d out to these pirates when they are arc found out by the special detectives of oC the postal authorities Corresponding to the rapid growth of broadcasting the programs programs programs pro pro- grams evolved from crude to nicely balanced selections l lom blom the accompaniments accompaniments ac ac- ac- ac to the dally daily dozen In Inthe Inthe Inthe the early morning hours to the final Deutschland Alles at at midnight there is almost continuous ous transmission Naturally music plays a large part Most of It is classical but sometimes also the strains of a Jazz band are wafted through the ether All AIl classical music Is usually preceded preceded preceded pre pre- ceded by an Introduction telling the audience how to appreciate the mysteries of oC Beethoven Haydn or Gluck During certain nights the productions of oC the State opera house are broadcast Sandwiched in between numbers are topical talks on many subjects ranging from the course of the planets to the soul problems of oC Ibsen's characters and How to Exterminate Cockroaches Al Although Although Although Al- Al though the authorities bar all not strictly non-controversial non topics occasionally politics creep in in nevertheless Thus ThuR a recent disclosure disclosure disclosure dis dis- dis- dis closure on Germanys Lost Colonies Colo Cob flies nies reflected thee tine growing sentiment sentiment sentiment senti senti- ment in favor of oC a return of at least part of the colonies and was presumably Indorsed by the radio censor The most outstanding feature however Is the aerial language The rhe subjects taught are arg Esperanto French and English the latter pre pre- These lessons are broadcast from the Berlin station and its relays It is estimated that there are at least a million sets within range range of oC these stations and thus three times a week men women women wo wo- wo-r wo men and children clap receivers on their heads and imbibe English sounds English grammar and In Incidentally In- In English Ide Ideals ideals all all ls-all all dispensed dispensed dispensed dis dis- dis- dis by an English university professor |