New Britain herald., 1926-05-22

June 1 when Charles F. Riddle and Irma o. Schertz Of Indiana, contest winners, will become man and wife "before the mike" There will be special choir and the program will take about one hour.
 chime Of ten bells, a memorial by Irving Bacheller to his wife, Ann I5acheller will carry melody into many states on Wednesday evening next, when WCAD, Canton. \. Y., will present it's first recital Of this kind. The program will begin al 9:30 o'clock.
 Such notables as John R. Mo Quigg, national commander Of the American Legion; John II. Trum bull, governor Of Connecticut and Norman Stevens, mayor Of Hartford, will deliver addresses at the state banquet of the American Legion at the Hotel Bond next Wednesday evening. This fact, were it not for the radio, would mean little to the layman. but broadcasting has made it possible for everyone to hear the program if they will only tune in on the wavelength Of WTIC, Hart ford, 476 meters. This state depart ment dinner promises to be one of the biggest affairs ever broadcast by the Hartford station Many entertain ment features will be heard as well as the speeches.
 Albert Newcomb. considered one Of the finest tenors in the East will be heard from WBAL, Baltimore, next Tuesday evening.
 John Drew, one Of the most ia nous figures on the American stage. will speak from WEAF. New York, on Monday evening next at S;S0 o'clock. His subject will be "Shakespeare's Henry w." An operatic concert by Ukrainian artists will be given through VICES, New York, tomorrow evening at S:15 i o'clock. The program will be fur uished by the Ukrainian Musical ! Circle and will be given in the | Washington Irving High school au- 1 ditorium.
 Henry KrisJopher, tenor, who is 1 heard each Sunday at St. Marks Episcopal church, this city, will pre- sent q program from WTIC this eve ming at 10:15 o'clock. Mir. kristo- pher has appeared at WTIC on pre- vious occasions, and his recitals have always been well received.
 | Vincent Lopez and his original Casa Lopez orchestra will be heard in Q farewell radio program from 10:30 to II o'clock Tuesday evening, broadcasting direct from the studios Of WEAF in New York city through 1 stations WEAF, WEEI, WCSH, WEI WCAE, WTAM. WGR, WWJ and KSD. The jazz master and his organization of 12 artist musicians are leaving for Buffalo, their first stop on transContinental tour where they will appear at Shea's Hippodrome throughout the month of June, opening May 30. A special program has been arranged for their farewell radio program and includes selections which have won the un- stinted praise Of the admirers Of Lo- pez and his orchestra through their broadcasting from the Casa Lopez for the past six months through WFAF and their assoCiat ed stations. While Lopez is on tour the Casa will continue to function and with first class Lopez unit under the di- rection of Irwin Abrams broadcast ing will take place as usual from this point every Thursday and Sat urday evening from II o'clock un- til midnight through WEAF.
 
 Arrangeme have just been com pleted by WIP, Philadelphia, and WPG, Atlantic City, for the join' : broadcasting Of important eyent' from Atlantic City, the worlds play
 ground. VICES, New York has com
 pleted wire arrangements witt
 Gimbel Brothers in Philadelphia foI ; the broadcasting Of these summe, . programs.
 = In addition to the Atlantic Cit. = programs. by use of q two way Wlr system, the three stations will. b
 enabled to take the great musica = and athletic events as well as tn - great speakers from the Sesqui-Cen T tennial which opens in Philadelphia
 on June 1.
 WIP and WPG will start thei - joint broadcastin on the Steel Pie - in Atlantic City on Saturday, Jun
 12. at which time they will presen n Creatore and his famous band, Te
 Weems and his recording orchestr 5, of 14 pieces, and the international
 known Mountain Ash Welsh Nal s, Chorus.
 On the Sunday evenings durin
 the summer, symphonic orchestr
 programs with world famous or s cratic and concert stars will b ,heard, and WPG, with it's siXtee
 remote controls placed in all tn
 principal piers, hotels, and cafe
 and through WIP, will be able
 furnish a variety Of program al
 solutely unequaled anywhere ft
 week nights.
 l. Many radio engineers estima' d, that the effective summer range t; broadcasting stations is slightly le T. than one-half of the winter rang
 This estimated range differs with a Q; mospheric conditions.
 ,
 A compilation of the "reque
 mair' received over a two-year D h. riod by the broadcasting directors n. two prominent radio stations revea
 that the proportion of fans askil
 for jazz music decreased from
 ,,or oap+ Jurfno the first wear to