New Britain herald., 1928-11-23
ARCTIC WILL ENJOY
 MUSIC FROM AIR
First Program of Yar Going
 Forxud This Evening

uO ucNeiOpHleHL III dio offers more thrill of accomplish ment or 2 greater contribution to increased happiness and helpfulness today than the establishment of systematic and regular broadcasting, through powerful radio stations, to those who are for months and some times for years isolated in the froz- en outposts of the Arctic and sub- Arctic regions. Through the long Arctic night those whose duties keep them in mission station and hospital, trading outpost. trapping settlement or in educational. relief. or exploration service are in many instances completely isolated from all contact with civilization. They are cut off, even from telegraph and postal service, and to reach them with messages from home. with cheering entertainment and with news of the outside world is indeed marvellous and worthwhile achievement of radio.
 Just this thing is being done by radio today. Through a definitely esta ablished and previously an- nounced series of programs, lasting through the winter. these isolated warders of the north-men of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. missionary workers. trappers, agents and employees of the age-old trading companies, explorers in the Arctic and Antarctic-all will be able to gather around their radio sets at predertiminedetao shr etaoi sets at predetermined hours and to receive eagerly awaited messages from home and loved ones to the accompaniment of a delightful and cheer bringing entertainment pro- gram.
 The monotony of the far-flung frontiers of civilization is broken forgotten for hours at time-as word from home, music entertain ment. and world news come flash ing to transport them a thousand miles and more back into the circle of everyday life. To these hardy pi- oneers it is more than a thrill more than a radio entertainment. It b . revelation-a blessing beyond power of words. The radio-anni- hilator of space-hds achieved a greater triumph.
 Begun a few winters ago, the in. terest taken in these Arctic pro- grams has now been fully proved Hundreds of letters received out of the inscrutable North. have attested the appreciation of these people for the messages from home and their unbounded delight in the entertain ment program sent into places where no such relief from the seri- ous side of life could otherwise penetrate. Broadcast through the powerful radio stations kFKX. kYW of Chicago. WBZ of Spring. field. WBZA of Boston and KDKA of Pittsburgh, these voices of civili- xation have penetrated hundreds of miles beyond the Arctic Circle to bring cheer and comfort to all who were lonely and desolate.
 The Arctic programs for the com- ing winter have. therefore, been ar- ranged upon a more elaborate scale than ever. A series of fifteen such programs have been carefully pre- pared. each to last for approximate ly four hours-four hours devoted to these heart-to-heart personal messages. to stirring music and to entertainment features that are specially arranged for the enjoy- ment of Far Northern listeners. AS early as last spring. complete schedule of these programs was sent into the north giving the dates and hour, the stations and their wave lengths and all other information necessary to that every available radio set in the northlands of Can. ada. Alaska, Newfoundland and