New Britain herald., 1928-11-07
Todays Features

~ dil over uOW anu We Cdu Cit
back quietly and follow a more
stabilized routine in the broadcasting
field. The last few weeks of presi-
Dental campaign with countless
speakers monopolizing the ether
waves, the radio programs were one
jumbled up mess. leaving tho radio
editors and the public at = loss to
determine what was coming next
over the air. Although the pro-
grams were printed q originally
submitted. they never agreed with
the features that really came oyer
and In many cases the announcers
didn't know what would be next
last minute changes usually made
over the radio, or too late for pub
iication. placed great many OF the
radio editors In 2 precarious position.
with the natural result that the
readers OF the radio columns came
back at them with hot remarks
about the inaccuracy OF the an
nOuncements In their columns. We
are sorry, but on the other hand.
hope the average radio fan will un-
derstand the situation and forgive
the mistakes which were uninten-
! tional. We endeavored TO do our
hest but 1t was quite impossible with
such a situation at hand.
In compliance with the federal
! radio commissions rulings regarding
the new ALLEGATION of wave lengths
for radio broadcasting stations,
WEAF will change from %s1.5
meters. go kilocycles to %5&.S
meters. $50 kilocycles; WIZ from
4b4.3 meters. $50 kilocycles to S9%.5
meters, 760 kiIocycles. and VITO
will continue on the 500 meter, 500
kilpcycle wavelength. This change
will go into effect sunday. Novem-
her II. We list these changes as
the above stations are most fire.
quently patronized by radio fans in
| this section.
! Between the hours Of and 10
tonight. the Chicago Civic Opera
company will be heard In the Sec
ond act of Verdi's opera 1.-The Mask
ed Ball" over wv and WBZ.
Charles Marshall, tenor, will appear
us Ricardo. and Eva Tucker will be
heard in the role Of Amelia. Other
operate stars to take part in this
play are Richard Bonelli, Cyrena
Van Gordon. Virgillio Lazzari, Alice
Mock and Louis Derman.
The elections over. the next inn
pprtant thing to think OF Is the
Christmas present list and Santa
Claus. Every child in the land Is
Interested intensely In this man. and
the jolly old saint had decided to
give his little gnomes. dear to the
I hearts OF millions Of children. a va
| cation in the big city before they
start on their important work of
preparing their Christmas gifts for
the kiddies. An elaborate program
for the gnomes has been arranged
and it will be broadcast Wednesday
evenings at $50. Tonight will be
| the first Of series of seven Christ
mas entertainments for the little
ones. ...-
4 musical tableaux will be pre-
scented over WEAF and VITO at
1880 tonight with Mozart's overture
to the allegorical opera 1.-THE Magic
Flute" as one Of the feature num-
bers. This program will also include
MacDowelrs Ito Water Lily"
three short numbers OF Chopin and
the famous Liszt Second Hungar-
Ian Rhapsody"
Paul Oliver, tenor, and Olive Pal
mer, soprano, will be heard In solos
and duets during a program Of nov
city numbers and orchestral selec-
tions at $3.50 over WEAF. Mas
sG.et's "Elegie" will be sung by Paul
| Oliver as = solo, and together with
Nj" Palmer they will sing "Once In
Lifetime" Other selections to be
heard include Alters Manhattan
Serenade," st. Angeles AT the
Spring" Rapee's Savage Carnival
and a number Of popular melodies.
For sweet music Of classical
nature WIZ will offer it's already