New Britain herald., 1926-02-13

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 Striking and loud-ticking cIocl,a
 are the latest to be barred from
 radio brojlcAs studies, The nnlsr
 from the clocks is often heard so
 loud that 1t intorteros with the re-
 caption ol the program.
 The Irish Free State is 10 have n
 radio hroadcasting station located
 0t Dublin, Ii is expected that this
 new station will 80 on the air about
 next Easter,
 The War department has installed
 q high frequency radio set at the
 Washington navy yard. This sci | will be used for communications
 between Washington and the miI-
 dlowcst primarily.
 The radio novel or play does not offer competition to literature or tho stage, However, these radio features have won TOT themselves q
 distinct place in broadcasting and are an individual form of enter tainment.
 Beginning this month, VIDAL. Baltimore's superpower station, will broadcast q series of musical scenarios 10 be written especially for this station by Broughton Tall, one of Baltimore's musical writers and dramatists.
 The first of these scenarios, which represent the most modern type of illustrated musical writing especially adapted for radio pres entation, will be "The Evolution of American Popular Song" and it will go on the air Friday evening, Feb, 18th, from 730 to 9 o'clock. This hist ory of song in America from the days of the Revolution. 1776, when "Yankoe Doodle" was the popular piece of the day and whistl"d by lllt DIdNt lOlolllolG 19 AiI'-S Iii%ti ''i' VI with heads high and bleeding feel, to victory, or down through th" many periods that have featured the centuries, concluding with George Gershwin's famous (some critics call 1t -famousD "Rhap- sody in Blue"
 The synonomous terms radio and "wiroless" are creating so much confusion at the present time that many radio experts are advocating that the popular rather than the scientific meaning of these terms be accepted.
 The popular meaning Of "wirc- less" is the transmission Of code signals, and the popular interpreta- ton of radio" Is broadcastng vocal and musical programs. Technically, both of these terms mean wireless transmission of sound.
 Saturday midnight February @0, brings to WAHG, Richmond Hill, Mita Weinzoffs concert orchestra from the Apollo theator, Brooklyn. Each weeks adds to the popularity of this artistic young conductor and his truly excellent organization At no other station may one find st mi-classcal music on the air et this hour. The midnight hour elsewhere seems devoted exclusive 1v to iazz. WAHG has thousands of postcards expressing delight con corning this Weinzoff feature. Asld" from being discerning conductor young MT. Weinzoff is a pianist of ability. His piano hero IS Josef Hofmann and following Tn the footsteps of his idol. this young conductor is composing dainty llttle numbers which he frequently or fers for the first time to denl7cnS of the air lanes. Invariably these premier performances bring clouHs of queries as to the name of tht selection.
 The Celtic concert group will ap~ pear at WGCP, New York, Monday night in an hour of Irish music. This group of musicians includes Dorothy and Constance Nugent Tn harp duets; Thomas Barry Hannon. baritone; Nora Helm, soprano; Frank Concoran, pianist, and Tim othy Carroll violinist. This group of real Irish musicians will appear regularly at WGCP in the future according to announcement by the 
 Members of the Masonic frater- nifty will, no doubt, be delighted 10 know that the Alvah Nichols quartet will appear at WAHG Monday night at g o'clock. The quartet includes: Evelyn Holly Hoeg, soprano; Paul. inc Mcbride, contralto; Clarence tenor, and Alvah Nichols, baritone and director The mem bers of the quartet are all accom- DllSnFu SDlOiSlS IIOlAIIB PN'iN'"44'' A'' prominent Brooklyn churches.
 When a singer or an orchestra, while broadcasting, increases in vol ume too suddenly, 1t is liable to take the set off the air by overload ing the transmitter tubes. When operators think that an unusually high note or crescendo Is coming, they turn down the volume. Recep- tionists often believe that this de- crease in volume is due to fading.
 "Classics made fade ont of the air but jazz music never" says an Ohio radio fan. T have one com plaint to make of my set. When 1t
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