New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

| the program of dance numbers went
| over the air without single radio
fan being aware that an act of hero
! ism on the line of duty had been
performed in order to make their
| entertainment possible.
Radio Favorites.
If a man is a banker or a lawyer
you can depend on it that his favor
tie sport is golf. If he is an enthu-
siastic college alumnus the chances
are that he'd mortgage his house
and lot to see a Thanksgiving foot
ball game.
But how do you know by a mans
business activities what kind of ra-
dio entertainment he likes?
Fred Smith, director of WLW, the
Crosley station at Cincinnati has set
about to find out.
Smith has written to represent
alive men in nearly all walks of life
teachers, preachers, soldiers, sail
ors, butchers, bakers and candle
stick makers to find out their favor
lite broadcasts.
These will be put on the air over
WLW with due credit given to the
profession or trades that offered the
suggestions.
1t may reveal that college stu
dents like opera and bankers like
jazz. You never can tell.
Health Talk Scheduled
An afternoon program feature OF
WGY, Thursday, January 6, and al
ternate Thursday afternoons there
after, will be health talks by DR..
Florence A. Sherman, assistant
medical inspector of the schools OF
talks will be brief, about ten min
utes in length, and she will discuss
the subject of health particularly
with relation to school children.
1850 Hours On the Air
During 1926 woo, Davenport,
Iowa, broadcast total of 1850
hours.
Delays to programs through any
cause totaling five hours % minutes
and q seconds. These delays are
divided up as follows: Delays caus-
ed by fluctuations of the local pow
er supply and proper operation of
protective devices on the woo
transmitter resulted In delays total
ing four minutes and 81 seconds.
Failure of the power supply which
&c c1,nnlia5 70 woo bu tho 1oooI
power company was responsible
for delays totaling four hours
and twenty minutes while tech
nical trouble with the transmits
ter, tubes, controls. and other de-
vices at woo caused a total delay
OF 81 y minutes. Approximately A.
$50 kilowatt hours of electricity
were used during the year. It is in
teresting to note that one of the
woo generators revolved IFS IA
million times in its work of send
ing out programs to the world.
To Tell of Adventures
Lieut.. Walter n. Hinton, famed !
pilot of the NC-4 in It's successful |
transatlantic flight and the first
to invade the unexplored re- /
gions of the Amazon will appear at
New York, Saturday, Gan.
Sth) at 6:15 p. m. as guest speaker
on the American Legion program.
To Hear Percy Granger
Percy Granger, the Australian
pianist composer and undoubtedly
one Of the most unique personalities
before the musical public today, will
pc heard by a large radio audience
when a half hour program of the
vikings is broadcast on Tuesday,
January 4, at p. m. from WEAF,
New York, in chain.
Granger is without doubt one of
he great vital geniuses of the piano.
'orte. and Granger concert,
whether in a great metropolis or a
small town, usually means sold
)ut house. His participation in the
Viking haff-hour on this evening
marks his first American recital
since his return from Australia,
where his tour met with phenome-
lal success.
Mr.. Granger will render many
selections of the noted composer
Irieg, and will also deliver a short
ak dealing with personal reminis-
tences of the great composer. Grieg
himself once wrote of Granger,
What is Nationality? I wrote Nor
vegian peasant dances that none of
ny own countrymen could play and
acre comes this young Australian
and performs them as they should
BE rendered. Yet, it is far cry
rom Australia to Norway"
International Event
The first Famous Artist presenta-
ion of the New Year, to be broad