New Britain herald., 1926-03-20

Organization of dramatic unit, to be known as the WRC Players, has been perfected in Washington, with Madgo Tucker as director, This group is al present engaged in the performance of the mystery play, "Thc Step On the Stairs"
 Waterbury will enter the hroad- casting field, through WTIC, on rri- day evening next when q community night program by talent from thar city will be transmitted. As usual inc program will last from S;l5 un- til midnight,
 Victor Saud"k leader of the lit- tic Symphony orchestra and musical director al station KDKA, pius- Gurgh, became annoyed by the dis cordant noise of q traffic policomaus whistle. The officers corner is near Saudcks studio. So Saudek bought the policeman new whistle which has beautiful clarion notes that s~ceten the sounds of traffic rcgula- ton.
 Two series of talks, one on Farm Fire Prevention anl the other on Forest Conservation, are being broadcast by station WCCO, St. Paul Minneapolis Tho first series is heard on Monday nights and the second on Fridays.
 Many items Of interest to women are broadcast during the 'Woman' s Hour" from 10 o'clock each Fri day afternoon from XIV, Chicago. This program includes music, pro- posed to entertain afternoon viSi- tors in the home.
 
 The latest orchestra playing for kPO, San Francisco, and connected 10 the studio by remote control was of the air" on the fourth day of it's. appearance when fire threat ened the building in which the or chestra played, Henry Halsteds' or chestra deserted the building three minutes before they were due on the air. However, the orchestra ap- peared next day on the KPO pro- gram.
 Many letters were received at sta N nrl. ,S,.3 3t,... on how nice the canaries sang over the radio. However, station officials knew that they never put on canary program. Investigation showed that the canaries were heard by remote control from the lobby Of a hotel in which one Of the WIZ orchestras plays.
 With the exception of Roman citi- zens, the Italian people have not | taken up radio with the enthusiasm shown in other countries. The lack of broadcasting stations has been cited as the cause. It is believed that with the construction of 6 new radio station at Milan radio popu- larity will be on the increase.
 The l.. s. navy officials are doing their best to eliminate the interfer- enCe their wireless sets create. The broadcast band of 200 to 545 meters is recognized and the navy makes a strenuous effort to keep outside of the restricted band.
 Denmark radio fans are protest ing against the high annual license fee imposed upon them by the gov ernment. As a result, there are an proXimately 150,O00 bootleg sets be' ing operated in that country. 4 bootleg set is one operated withon a license.
 The automatic radio telcphon, system established in October, 1924 for communication between tn islands of Oahu and Lanai, Hawaii continues in operation. This is sait to be the first radio telephone il practical use to prove successful.
 American listeners arc not tl only ones who find fault with sta ton announcers. Foreign fans criti cize the announcers for too long an nouncements and for not announC ing the stations call letters fire quently enough.