The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-21
STATION WCCO
TO BROADCAST
XMAS PROGRAM
Will Give Chimes Concert
Christmas Eve and Musical
Programs Saturday

Broadcasting of Christmas music
played on the chimes in the Min
neapolis court house Friday after
noon, December "a, will usher in a
series of special Christmas programs
to be sent out on the wave Of the
Gold Medal Station, WCCO. The
music of the chimes will be on the
air from 4:45 to 5:15 p. m. 1t will
be picked up by special microphoncs
installed on the roof of the telephone
building directly across the street
from the court house and carried by
remote control to WCCO's transmit
ter. In addition to being distributed
through the entire Northwest, the
chime music may be heard from q
loud speaker connected with WCCO
which will be installed unde- the
municipal Christmas tree in Gateway
Park. -
All of the musical programs which
will 60 on the mir from WCCO Christ
mas Eve will feature Yuletidc sclcc.
tons. At $3.50 p. m. the Portal
Players will present The radio drama,
"Dust Of the Road, which has Christ
mas as itsstheme.
The Christmas Eve service from
the Central Lutheran church, Min.
neapolis, will be broadcast by WCCC
beginning at 10:45 p. m. This will
be conducted by the Reverend J. A.
0. Stub, the pastor, and will include
special music by the choir and carol
singers.
Christmas Day
For Christmas Day the management
Of WCCO has arranged an exccp-
tionally heavy broadcasting schedu!,
OF music, including three special fea-
lures which will come Christmas
afternoon from New York. The first
program of the day will 60 on the
air at 1O:3O a. m. It will be provided
by Wallie Erickson's Coliseum Or
chestra and the Gates-Cloutier Metro
politan Orchestra who will play a
two hour program from the Saint
Paul studios. These orchestras are
being presented through the courtesy
of John Lane of Saint Paul, and the
program will be dedicated to the
shut-ins in the hospitals, sanitariums,
and at home, who cannot enjoy the
usual Christmas Day festivities.
The first Of the special programs
broadcast by remote control through
WEAF. New York, will 60 on the air
from 300 to $500 p. m. Christmas
Day afternoon. It will be unique not
only in its nature, but also from the
fact that it will originate in the
studios of WLW at Cincinnati, be
relayed from there to WEAF, and
then sent out over the chain of sta
tions including WCCO. The program
will consist Of an organ recital on
WINS studio organ, with three
organists playing q special Christ
mas concert. They are Paul Stader-
man, Lillian Plogstedt. and Johanna
Crosse. The program will be Of q
varied type, beginning with Christ
mas carols and continuing with such
popular numbers as several Of Victor
Herbert's selections interspersed with
popular hits of 1926, moving along to
such we'll known melodies as Handles
Largo, and concluding with appropri-
ate melodies of the season. Graham
McNamee will make the Introductory
and concluding announcements while
the announcement from the Cincin-
natl Studio will be made. by Fred
Smith, the WLW studio director.
Other Programs
From $3.50 to 4:3O Christmas Day
afternoon, second program will be
put on the air by WCCO, this also
coming by remote control from New
York city. It will be variation Of
the musical and dramatic hour broad
cast by WCCO and = chain of sta
tions from $500 to 900 p. m. each
Tuesday evening. The third Of the
New York remote control programs
for the afternoon will 60 on the
air from WCCO from 4:3O to $500 p.
M. It will be provided by the har-
mony team Of male singers which is
heard 1t $500 p. m. each Wednes-
day evening from WCCO. Popular
and old fireside melodies will be
heard during the broadcast.
The Christmas evening programs
from WCCO will all be of an appro-
pirate Yuletide type, with the New
York Symphony Orchestra under the
direction Of Walter pamrosch featur-
ing the Pastorale from messiah" by
Handel in its program from $500 to
800 p. m.