Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-31
National Broadcasting Co.
Begins New Year in
Epoch Making Way

The National Broadcasting Com
pany, which manages WIZ, New
York City, and WRC, Washington,
and owns and operates WEAF, New
York, will with epoch making
presentations on Saturday, January
l, convey to he radio audience its
wish for "A Happy New Year.
The presentations to emanate from
the studios and remote points on
this day will be forceful demon
stration Of the Company's announce
ed aim to offer the best in radio
broadcasting programs. An out
standing achievement in operation
for the first time on this day will be
inaugurated with the formation of
the new Blue Network with WIZ as
the key station and consisting of an
additional chain Of broadcasters, in
Guiding WIZ, Springfield and Bos-
ton; KDKA, Pittsburgh; and KYW,
Chicago. The transmitters of the
Blue Network will be linked with the
Red Network of which WEAF is the
key station on New Years Day.
An 'examination of the programs for
the Blue and Red Network for the
day, indicate a. broadcasting program
replete with extraordinary events.
At 1900 noon, the address of Cow
ernor Alfred e. Smith, who begins
his fourth term as Governor of the
great Empire state, will be sent out
on the air simultaneously by WIZ
WEAF, WGY and WHY'S.
An event sure to command the in
terest Of radio fans, not alone for it's
worth as an entertaining program
but as an unparalleled feat in the
annals of broadcasting, will be a
play by play description of the Le-
land ford-University of Ala
bana football game. taking place in
the Bowl of Roses. Pasadena,
California, with Graham McNamee,
| one of WEAFs announcers, at the
microphone. $4,000 miles of wire
will be utilized to bring McNamee's
description to the radio audience.
1000 miles before it reaches the
speech input control board" at the
National Broadcasting Company
headquarters in New York City.
Then an additional 10000 miles of
wire will be used to simultaneously
carry his descriptions to the numer-
GUS stations participating. Nc
Names words will meet simultane-
ously both going and coming at var
ious points along the circuit from
Pasadena to New York City. First
his voice will travel across the con-
tinent on one of the transcontinent-
al lines of the Bell System and will
be transmitted by other wires link
ing the Blue and Red Networks,
back to many points through which
the transcontinental lines flow.
= When the victor of the gridiron
struggle on the Pacific coast has
been proclaimed by Graham Me-
Nance, the radio audience will be
taken to the Chamber Music Hall
at Carnegie Hall, New York City
where the famous Walter Dam
| rosch and the equally famous New
York Symphony Orchestra will be
gin their presentation of the Balk =
| lite Hour. George Gershwin. Amer
| lean symphonic jazz pianist-c
poser, will be the guest artist and
will render his famous Rhapsody
in Blue" at the piano with Walter
Damrosch and the New York Sym
! phpny Orchestra accompanying,
This unusually interesting event
will be broadcast beginning at SOC
o'clock. Eastern Standard Time
GOO o'clock Central Time).
With the termination of the
Balkite Hour, the radio audience
will hear two hour presentation
I by four renowned stars of the
operate and concert worlds. This
outstanding quartet will be John
Mccormack, Irish Tenor. Rosa Pom
selle, Soprano Of the Metropolitan
Opera House. Mischa Elman, Vio-
linist and Alfred Cortot. Pianist.
together with the Victor Salon Or
chestra under the direction of Ma
thaniel Shilkret. This presentation