New Britain herald., 1926-01-23
BACK O. THE MIKE

bAIk U HE MlkE
 A choral service Of 12O voices, combining the choirs of three of the most fashionable churches in the Chicago district, will be broadcast from WBBM tomorrow afternoon from 5:30 until 6;45 o'clock.
 A joint concert by the University club of New Haven and the Hartford Choral club will be broadcast through WTIC next Saturday even ing al S:l5 o'clock, There will be 150 mole voices in the ensemble.
 Birds, rocks and the oceans will be among the subjects to be dis cussed over the air from WRC at Washington in q series of talks ar- ranged by Austin H. Clark, under the auspices of the Smithsonian in stitute. They will begin February 4 and continue weekly throughout the month.
 Madame Ernestine schumann- Heink, beloved prima donna who cheercd the soldiers and sailors by singing 10 them unstintingly during the World War, will be heard dur ing the Atwater Kent program from WEAF and the chain of stations on January Sl, Sunday evening.
 Scotch songs, never before heard in this country, the usual droll Scotch comedian and, of course, the pipers will be broadcast on WTlC's program on January 29, next Friday evening. The program will be given on the anniversary of the birth Of Robert Burns and will be broadcast from Foot Guard hall by Clan Cor don, o, S. c.
 WSAI at Cincinnati, on February 1. will return to its exclusive wave length, 325.9 meters, for q period Of one month, giving that station more time on the air. WSAI, every month, alternates with WKRC in a time schedule agreed upon six months ago among Cincinnati's three stations.
 On Saturday evening, January 3O, WEAF, New York, and a chain of stations win broadcast President Cooli1ge's address in the course Of the session Of the Bureau of Budget, which will be held in Washington, This meeting should prove of inter est to all citizens and taxpayers. Percy Crosby, creator of "Sklppy. whose activities are pictured each evening in the "Herald,' will appear during WRNY's "Life's Jokes per iod on January 2S at S;45.
 Florence Nelson. prima donna ol 1 the western concert world, will ap- pear at WAHG, Richmond Hill, or Wednesday evening next at o'clock in group of American Indian songs by Charles Wakefield Cadlnan
 KFI Los Angeles, recently claime1 radio record when letter ad- 1 dressed merely 10 "KFI' was deIi1' cred promptly at the west coast station. A letter addressed 10 An nouncer Greene" and mailed from l Atlanta. Georgia. by a radio frlend of Paul A. Greene, manager ol WSAI, Cincinnati, reached the per, son for whom it was intended two days later
 Nationwide interest is expected tc center on the concerts to he elveI from WMC, Memphis, by the Cor tese Ensemble every Monday ant Thursday evening at S:45 o'clock The programs will be of a classic and standard nature, Jazz having been excluded entirely.
 Arthur Middleton, famous Ameri can baritone; Jeanne Laval, contral to; the Yale band, and the New York Philharmonic Ensemble, an or ganizaton made up of members o the New York Philharmonic orChes tra, will be among the features ol WTIC's first anniversary program which is scheduled for Wednesda, evening February 10. It is planne' 10 make this evening the biggest il the history oc the Travellers station and it is expected that other feature
 will be announced as they are ee cured. l. will be big night.
 In the midst os the first anniver
 sary program at tho studio Of radi
 station WEAR, Cleveland, Q sma ] fire created considerable eXcitemen
 and did more damage to Harol
 Gallagher announcer, than 10 tn
 building.
 A fire from an explosion of flash
 light powder began to burn tn drapes in the studio room. Gallaghe
 rushed into the room with a ladde
 and climbed it to reach the fire.
 few seconds later Ross Plaistet