New Britain herald., 1927-01-22

l goes out, ana the AlHplllCdLlOn being changed almost contantly t maintain proper volume. while ; third operator is hearing the musi and speech from loud speaker con nected by telephone circuit with ; radio receiver which is picking Ill the program in Bound Brook aftel | it has been broadcast.
 | From Aeolian Hall, the program is carried by special circuits to thu Bell System Building at A Walkel Street, where two or more telephone engineers sample" the broadcast a! it travels to Bound Brook. Two transmitter operators at Bound Brook also listen-in on the fea ture as it passes into the antenna. One and generally two member. of WJZ's staff maintain a practical. ly continuous watch on the stations broadcasting throughout the evening at outside points, thus insuring z double check on the manner 1T which programs are reaching the listeners. In this manner, broadcast features from WIZ are sampled" 1T three ways-in the studio, on theil way to the antenna and after they have been radiated-by both mu. sicians and radio technicians
 All of these samplers" are SC situated that they can communicate with the stations control room and transmitter almost immediately ii they notice the slightest flaw in the program, and correction of defects when they do occur is usually made before the average radio listener notices that anything is wrong.
 Reports Air Pirate
 The first official act of the United States Radio society in behalf oi the listening public, which it rep. resents, was taken recently wher Paul A. Greene, managing director reported a real lair pirate" to S w. Edwards, federal supervisor oi the eighth radio district, Detroit Mich. Fans complained to the so- ciety that a station on a wave length between 275 and 2S0 meters broadcast risque stories late one afternoon. The stories were beyond the pale even of parlor yarns, were accompanied by laughter of mer around a microphone and the sta tion signed off without giving call letters or any clue regarding its identity. MT. Edwards offered tc send a test car to help Greene To- cate the station, but apparently publicity given to the incident pre-. vented a recurrence of this breach of air etiquette.
 A Russian VirtuoSo
 Michael Press, celebrated Rus sian virtuoso, one of Europe greatest contributions to the musi- cal world, and conspicuous for his great success in this country as Conductor of the Boston Sym phony, Philadelphia and Detroit Philharmonic societies, and soloist with the Philadelphia Philharmonic and Detroit Symphony societies, will be presented to the radio audience through WPCH. New York, Saturday, January 29, in a violin recital at S:30 p. m. as one of this stations most outstanding offerings of the season.
 Death of Radio Player
 Helen Campbell, a member of the WGY Players since the organ ization of that group in the fall Of 1922, died recently at her home i'll Troy. Those who have listened to the radio dramas broadcast by WGY weekly will recall the work of Miss Campbell in character parts. Before joining the WG4 Players she had been a stock ac- tress for many years and the training thus received-a new part weekly - proved of great value in the radio production.
 VICES Authors Week
 Many prominent authors. famous both for their work and their career outside of writing, will be on the afternoon programs of VICES, Gim- bel Brothers, New York, from Mon day, January 24, to Friday January aS, which period has been designat- ed as the stations Authors Week. i" The famous literary personages par ticipating include Thyra Sampler Winslow, Don C. Seitz, Robert E. Sherwood, w. E. Hill, Angnes Sligh Turnbull, Isa Glenn, John Van Der Cook, Francis Bellamy, Maria Mo- ravsky, John Carter, Sam J. Banks, George s. Hellman, Lillian Eichler, and Maxim Liebor. In interviews with Terese Rose Nagel and in short talks on their own, some will tell interesting phases of their writing experiences, while others will dis course on subjects, aside from li- terature. in which they are active.
 "NIadame Sand"
 Madame Sand,' by Philip Noel Ter, will be the next in the series of Dailey Paskman-WGBS music dramas. It will be presented at the Gimbel New York station tomorrow evening, beginning at 9:S0 o'clock. and will also be heard from WIP, Philadelphia.
 'Il Troyatore" Next Week
 Radio listeners will be the first people aside from guarantors of the Chicago Civic Opera Company to hear one of the gala performances presented once each year in the Au- ditorium in Chicago. In the past, only sustaining patrons of the Civic Opera have listened to these annual special productions, but this year the rule will be broken to allow the