New Britain herald., 1926-12-18
Famous Artists to Broadcast

| Famous Artists to Broadcast
Radio programs for the New Year
have most pretentious beginning
with the presentation OF four oper-
attic and concert artists Of world
wide reputation in two-hour pro-
| gram to be given on the evening of
! New Years Day. The artists are:
John Mccormack, tenor: Rosa Pom
! selle. soprano; Mischa Elman, vio-
, With them will be heard the IA
| nous Artist Salon Orchestra under
the direction Of Nathaniel Shilkret.
The program begins at nine
o'clock. Eastern Standard Time and
| will be broadcast simultaneously
through practically all Of the Ma
| tional Broadcasting Company S
Red Network" with WEAF as the
"key" station in addition to its
newly formed Blue Network" en-
anating from WIZ. The Blue
| Network" is broadcasting its first
simultaneous program this evening
under the new arrangement which
enables the distribution Of WIZ
features to WBZ, Springfield and
Boston, KDKA, Pittsburgh, and
KYW, Chicago. during certain hours
throughout the week. The stations
of the RED Network" participating
will be: WEAF, New York, WEEP,
Boston, WAR, Providence, WTAG,
Worcester, WIFI. Philadelphia,
WCAE, Pittsburgh, VITO, Hartford,
| WGR, Buffalo. WRC, Washington,
| ID. c., WGN, Chicago, KSD, st.
Louis, woo. Davenport, WCCO,
Minneapolis, st. Paul, WCsH. Port
land (Me) WDAF. Kansas City,
| (Mo.), WTAM, Cleveland, WWJ.
Detroit and WHAD, Milwaukee. It
is quite possible that others will be
added to the latter list before the
evening the program is presented.
Of the four artists on the program
three of them are being heard over
| the air for the first time. John Nc
| Cormack has been heard on each Of
| the two previous New Year pro-
grams, which ushered in the 1925
and 1926 series respectively. The
coming New Year program marks
| the radio debut Of Rosa Ponselle,
| Elman and Cortot, however.
Elman is being heard in concert
| this season with the Elman String
Quartette and the January l broad
| cast is not only his first appearance
| be- re the microphone. but is also
| his first solo concert of the season.
He sails for Europe few days
! after his appearance during the
| coming Victor presentation.
Cortot will also sail for Europe
sh tl af; r the Victor concert. He
| is now on a concert tour which is
announced as his last American tour
i two years.
Following the New Years night
program, the remaining concerts in
the series will be heard on alternate
Friday evenings from 900 to 1000
o'clo,.., Eastern Ctandard Time,
through the National Broadcasting
Company's blue Network"
The Air Christmas
WGY will be the Christmas broad
cast testing station.
The Schenectady transmitter will
90 on the air at $50 o'clock Christ
mas morning, enabling everyone
who has received a radio set from
| Santa Claus to test the outfit for
distance and quality. Most of the
country will be in darkness at that
| hour and the range of the station
should be very nearly that of night.
So far as the technical operators
| Of NrGY are concerned Christmas
is just another day for service to
radio listeners. The days schedule
calls for operation morning and eve
ming, December %.
To Hear Rudy Wicdofft
The musical program to be pre-
scented by Major Bowes and his
Family direct from the Capitol Thea
ter, New York City, on Sunday eve
ming, December 10, for the audience
of WEAF, WEEP, KSD. WRC.
WWJ, WAR, WCAE and WTAG.
at 1920 o'clock, will feature several
selection by the popular Rudy Vie
dofft, THE Master of the Sax"
Wiedofft has recently again been
appearing before the microphone in
the Capitol Theater, after his return
from abroad where he filled popular
engagements in music halls and sup
per club in London. He is credited
with having made the blaring and
unpopular saXophone an instrument
of concert rank. He will play sew
eral selections of his own compost
ton in the radio program for this
evening.
Elsie Janis to Entertain
Elsie Janis. supported by Ever
ready Concert Group, and Orchestra,
vii, give sixty minutes of entertain
ment to any radio fans who tune
in" to WEAF. WEEP, WAR,
WTAG, WGR. WEI, WRC, WCAE,
WTAM, WWJ, KSD. WSAI, WCCO,
WGN and Voc, at 900 o'clock, on
Tuesday evening next. Elsie Janis
will act as the Mistress of Ceremon-
les and will give many of her famous
hits and bits" of former years
with an appropriate background
furnished by the popular group.
WEAF Notes
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" rabid brethren of Republican per-
suasion have an excellent opportun-
i.,, Of booming in touch with political
developments and to gain fund OF