New Britain herald., 1926-03-06
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o'clock and continuing until mid night. About 50 people will take part in the broadcast.
 The Erie railroad glec club which comprises 35 selected voices repre- senting the best among the thou sands Of Erie railroad employees in the New York city general offices, is scheduled to broadcast a program from WOR, Newark, next Wcdncs- day evening at 9;30 o'clock.
 Fourteen collegiate glee clubs, with q total Of over 500 voices, will assemble on the stage or Carnegie hall, New York. tonight at S:15 o'clock, to participate in the tenth Annual Intercollegiate Glee club con- test, the entire program Of which will be broadcast by WEAF, New York, and a chain Of stations which includes WTIC, Hartford. The insti- tutionS represented will be Amherst, Columbia, Dartmouth, Fordham New York university Penn State, Princeton. Yale, Wesleyan, Uniyer- sity, Syracuse Ohio Wesleyan, Kan sas. North Carolina anu Furman University.
 The American Legion orchestra Of Springfield will appear at WTIC next Thursday evening at o'clock. Dance music will be featured.
 A novel feature on the program Of WOR, Newark for Monday oVen- Ing next will be q talk at 10 o'clock by David Fernslcr, chief of the New ark bureau Of the Associated Press. He will tell just how the news of the world is gathered and disseminated.
 
 "The Welcome Home Dinner" which will be staged at the Commo- dore Hotel, New York, next Wcdnes- day evening in honor Of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and his brother, Kermit, who have just returned from Asia and Tibet, will be broad cast by WTIC, Hartford, as one ol the WEAI7 chain stations hooked up for the occasion.
 4 talk on the Associated Press will be broadcast by WGY, Schenectady, on Monday evening. The speaker will be Russell Hathaway, chief of the Albany bureau.
 The Rochester Philharmonic or chestra will broadcast a concert through WGY. Schenectady, and WHAM, Rochester, on Thursday evening next, The program will en- anate from the Eastman thcater.
 Josef Hofmann, the well known Polish pianist, assisted by Mime EIiz- abeth Day, soprano, will broadcas' the A. Atwater Kent radio concert from Station WEAT and l4 connect . ed stations at 9:15 o'clock tomorrow evening.
 The WRAL opera company, under the direction Of George NJ. Castelle will broadcast Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana' on Tuesday evening
 March 2, from 10 10 II o'clock, If listener is bothered by hay 1 ing the station programs fade, the cause may be with thc aerial of the receiving set. If tho antenna be- comes loose and swings in the wind it will often cause weak signals
 A new Minneapolis junior high school is having d radio loud speak CT installed in each room, Educa- tional authorities have found that this is the best method for giyina announcements or talks to all o the students.
 The average 1926 radio set cost: $50, according to an estimate haseC on the complete listing of all sets The weight of the average set is l. pounds. II contains five tubes, two stages Of audio frequency, two stage of radio frequency and det"ctor.
 Tn order 10 satisfy DN hounds il q small measure, station WLW, Gin cinnaH, O., broadcasts a replica 0 programs as put on by foreign sta lions. such as OSLO, Oslo, Norway and HDO, Hilversum, Holland,
 Good news to the pX hound comes from station WRNY, NeN York city. A late hour program will be broadcast each Sunda morning from 10 o'clock. Promi ncnt artists will be featured cac' week.
 station KOA, Denver. is plannin q special eight-day musical pro gram for next May. Although ih date of this program presentation several months off, koA staff mem hers are working on the details i hopes that presentation will he on of the stellar radio achievements ( the season.
 The Radio Congressional ForuI that was inaugurated G' static WRC, Washington, in January, ha proved 10 he an excellent mathod introducing members Of congress . the citizens in all paris of tf United States. The Forum is COT ductod every Saturday night and
 broadcast by WRC and WIZ, Ne
 York.
 . Leaders Of the Chicago Fedcri S rion Of Labor ara making plans - secure broadCasting station . represent their organization in th
 city.
 As the government is not assiEl - ing any new wavelcngths, the lab, } organization will probably buy or ? Of the many broadcast stations l.