New Britain herald., 1925-05-16
RADIO NEWS NOTES

WGY Players on Friday evening of next week, IL is the story of Honor Bright q young lady who attempts 10 earn her way through college as a book agent, Rosalne Green. in the title role, has a part admirably suited to her personality, and Ten Eyck Clay ss Dick Harrington. a youth secretly engaged to a chorus girl, Is sure 10 increase the number of his radio-made friends. Frank Oliver win play one of his fayorto roles--that of a bishop.
 The Childs Cup Race 10 be held on the Harlem river, Saturday aft crnoon. May 9S, at , o'clock, day. light saving timc, will be broadcast by WIZ Of New York city and WGY Of Schenectady. Columbia, Pcnnsyl- yania and Princeton shells will be entered In the competition and the race will be described from a motor boat following closely in the wake Of the fragile craft. Aboard the motor boat will be a transmittcr and the short wave signals from this transnlitter will be picked up by WIZ and transmitted by wire to Schenectady.
 The outdoor music season will be inaugurated by WNYC. New York city tomorrow afternoon al 4 o'clock, when it will broadcast a concert from the Mall. Central park. The organization which will enter tain Is an ensemble called "Thc Ambassadors" under the direction of Louis Katzman. Subsequent 10 this first Sunday affair other must cal offerings will follow closely.
 The great stress that those In charge of the leading radio stations lay upon the stringent requirement. that schedules begin on the second is well known among the prominent radio artists. Recently one of the regular staff of entertainers at voc, Davenport( barely escaped an unpleasant interview with the traffic police because Of his haste in getting 10 the studio in time for a schedule.
 Arriving In his auto at the Palmer school. he noticed by the large clock outside that he had been detained longer than he should have been by a friend and that he had less than a minute in which to reach the voc studios on the roof garden of the school.
 Without furtNer thought he jumped out Of the car, which was at that moment parked in the mid dle Of the trolley car tracks. and, leaving the engine running he called to a few bystanders, with whom he was not even acquainted, to park the car for him.
 He arrived at the studio with scant seconds to spare and did not break an cnviable record for promptness, so far maintained by woe, but it nearly cost him his spotless page and some loose change down at the police station.
 Vice President Dawes is musi' clan as well as a politician and sol dier. His Melody in X Major" ha' heen heard through several stations as a. violin solo. It is the only com position of his in published form,
 Thornton Fisher, famous sport' writer and cartoonist, is now enter taining thousands of radio fans from broadcasting station WAHG, Rich mond Hill, Long Island, every Mon day, Wednesday and Friday evening from 7:SO to 7;45. Mir. Fisher vii attend all he important sports events Of the east with the Grebc portable broadcaster WGMU and tel the radio audience just what is do' ing. WGME will throw" the sport stories by Fisher to WAHG or WBOQ at Richmond Hill where the twin Grchs stations will rebroadcast the events as Thornton Fisher tell the story,
 Few radio entWtalnPrs have achieved phenomenal success ir radio broadcasting as Uncle Bill ot Sweet Meadows, one of the feature radio characters Of Nesting house station WBz who has been enter taining the vast ralio audience dur ing the past few months by his in' imitable style Of humor and wit Considering the short time that this character has been on the air, his rapid rise 10 radio stardom and hi' widespread popularity throughout New England. Canada and the more distant places within penetrating range Of WEBS signals, is all the moro remarkable,
 Uncle Bill first started broadcast. ing Feb. IS. 1925, and since that date he has been a regular W"dnes. day evening feature Of WBI pro grams. The only radio character O. his kind, he is product doveIop"5 by WBz and his style is injmitabl' His initial broadcast made re mendouS hit with admirers O. tho Westinghouse broadcasting station and his popularity has incrcaset with every broadcast through hi amusing anecdotes Of country hfC anr characters and The recital q home'y but appealing old-time Yan. kee philosophy
 The possessor of pleasing voice which lends itself very well 10 broad casting, Uncle Bill also entertains th' listeners by songs of long ago wi'f those beautiful melodies found only in the time favorites, in addition to writing and composing selection' for the sole entertainment o' hi! neigh bors' scattered throuEhou the North American continent, H' has also written many verses or rural life in Sweet Meadows contain.
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