New Britain herald., 1925-05-02
RADIO NEWS NOTES

The second program by tho WEAF home talent will be heard tonight and will be in celebration Of the sec end anniversary Of the opening Of the stations studios al l95 Broad way, The program will last for ono hour and will begin at 10 D. m. Among those scheduled 10 take part are Graham McNamec, Phillips Car lin, Jimmy Haupt WinIfrcd T, Barr Kathleen Stewart. all Of the studio stan, and several others from the other departments Solos. vocal, Instrumental and otherwise will be heard and there will be q great deal Of hokum and ioshing between numbers, Don't fall 10 attend, folks.
 James Montgomery Flagg, the well known Illustrator, will deliver talk from WOR, Newark. on Mon day evening ot 9:3o o'clock. His talk will be awaited with interest by those who know Mir. Fagg's work
 Some a' the little tricks worked daily by the radio stations are nearly as wonderful as the art itself. Take switch over from one event to an other--done only for the conven- ience Of the listener and often not appreciated or known. Listeners have heard announcements similar 10 the following. yet how many know how it IS done:
 WIN signing off from Rose
 land; the program will be con
 tinucd from the Studio in just
 moment-this is F. A. M. am nouncing' This Is N. T.
 C. in the Studio Of WIN, the
 first number"
 All seemingly one sentence, yet coming from different points In less than two seconds the scene is i changed from uptown 10 downtown. from ball room filled with hap py couples dancing 10 the lively tunes Of popular orchestra 10 the LltL Aot AIlu NlFiC lllt NIUIlIllSL OI the singer will take you into an en- tirely different atmosphere. Miles | means nothing - the announcer in one city can punctuate the sentence Of his coworker in another-in fact, sometimes a similarity in the voices makes sTitchoyer go by unnoticed by the listeners. Wondertul-yet simple.
 Every station has what may be called d control room, where the re- mote event lines terminate--a sort of telephone exchange. It Is here i that the connections are made. ! Every outside event has its field ! equipment. which consists or several stages Of audio frequency amplitica- stages or audio Is portable. To this amplifier is attached the mlcrophone on the input side, and a telephone line on the output end. When hook 1 ed up, the field operator can get into communication with his central op- ! orator. Going behind the scenes a moment; assuming tfat the field, or outside operator has already con- nected up his ampliher 10 the line running 10 the station, and has the 1 microphone set up and everything ready to go, he calls up the central operator by speaking into the micro ! phone. His voice comes out Of a loud speaker in the control room, al the station, and the central operator phones out the instructions. Should the proceeding event be on its clos. ing number, he connects the flelC ! operator with it, enabling him 10 lis. ten it to what is going on before He Is also paralleled with the line running 10 the transmitter. Now, q, he signing off announcement is be. ing made, he signals his announce! to be ready and immediately at it! conclusion he throws his switches the small light in the mlcrophont tells the announcer he is Ion tht air. and he makes his little speech It is very important, however, tha the central operator be nimble, for should he not immediately discon meet the line from which the pro ceedlngs broadcast!ng was coming, i is quite possible that the listener will De treated 10 a iumbled pargon coming half from one point and hal from the other. This occurs yer, rarely
 Radio, fast becoming recognizes by the medical profession as a gen eraI curative medium of importance is known to have no equal in tn cure oF nervous disorders, Radio Re tailing reports. l. quotes one phy siclan as impressed with the use o radio in cOnyaloscence from any dis case and says a complete rest in th country or anywhere else for ner vors breakdown or any other neu rotic case no longer is complete un less the doctor includes a radio SC in the prescription.
 Drugs" said one physician quot cd by the publication, "cure tn
 body. Radio cures the mind, 0
 which the body Is dependent. AS
 cure for nervous disorders and in th
 process of conValescence from an
 disease. there is nothing 10 equal ,h 6 qualities Of a radio set. Keeping th
 patient contented and his mind .
 ease and free from worry over Il.
 condition is one ot the chief prol
 lems a doctor must tac". II is th psychological effect Of radio on til
 patients mind that makes t such
 wonderful aid 10 recovery f the pc
 tien: lacks the will 70 live or r cover, he frequently is doomed b
 forehand But f he hears continua
 y the good things that are comir
 over the air. he will. .h0ugh suhcoy