New Britain herald., 1929-08-26
Through the Static

The new far west group of the Columbia Broadcasting system, com prisng seven stations, will be open ed September 1, it is announced to- day by William S. Paley, president of the CBS. These stations were to have been added to the Columbia network on January 1, but unrH- pected developments have made an earlier change possible, which is re- garded as one of the most important broadcasting developments in recent months.
 Stations KLZ, Denver; KDYL, Salt Lake City; XVI, Seattle; KOlN, Portland, Ore; KFPY, Spokane; KFRC, San Francisco; and kHJ, Los Angeles, are the latest additions to the worlds largest regular net.
 From handling the reins of his own spanking thoroughbreds and speeding his troika along the bouiG- wards of Petrograd to twanging the strings of a Russian guitar on the i concert stage may seem to be con- | siderable change, but kouZnetzoff, Il Russian nobleman of pre-War days. will demonstrate, during the Family party which will be broadcast t1- night over the WEAF chan of the | NEG, how well he has accomplished | it.
 The Kouznetzoff gypsy trio, which | includes Mme. Nicolina, Russian singer of note, are to be the special guests on this occasion. A concert orchestra will give the more sub stantial Russian music the brilliancn and color which only an instrument al ensemble can provide.
 Changing from a constant search | for entertainment to the business of providing it for other people nas 1 been the history of many of the | Russian noble families since the war. Of this the family of Kouznet- sadeurs cafe in Paris provided the starting point of the career of this nobleman as an entertainer. He was such a distinguished success there that he came 10 America and | has achieved a wide reputation ] here.
 In his youth Kouznetzoff master | ed. as a pastime, the intricate Rus sian guitar and the simple melodies of the Russian people. During his | do in, io1 of 1 the Tsarist St. Petersburg his talents were called into to play by his asso- | Ciates to while away many gay hours It is this music which he will pre- sent at o'clock tonight, along with l the simple, human songs of his people. which Mme. Nicolina will | sing.
 Once All-America center on the l 1914 Penn State football team, 2s | well as being it's captain, William W. | Wood, familiar in grid circles as Riil Wood, will appear before the micro l phone at WOR this evening at 5 o'clock and talk on Hitting the | 1 Wesleyan team.
 Direct from Columbus, where tho | farmers and merchants of Ohio haro gathered, WLW, Cincinnati, will 1 broadcast the Ohio State Fair from 5 to o'clock today. Other broad casts will be heard Thursday an1 l Friday at the same time. Governor Meyers Y. Cooper and Perry Graen, state director of agriculture, 'riil 1 speak to the radio audience todlv | A member of the fair board rill | take the listeners on tour of the fair grounds, pointing out the aX- l hibits which will be of general m l terest. The famous Armco band, l directed by Frank Simons anl q | Venetian trio will furnish music for the broadcast.
 The embarrassing situations which | sometimes arise when friends from back home are introduced to night life in the city will furnish material for the Club Romance to be broad cast from WOR and stations of the l CBS at 10:30 this evening.
 The story overhead by the littie cigarette girl as she passes from | table to table in the club, concerns young business man entertaining a group of his old friends at the 1 al, nf + l the manners of the friends do not meet with the approval of his fiancee, who leaves him because of his associates. An unusual seucs of events gives a happy turn to the story and as a result the young man finds himself better off than before he found himself mixed up in what promised to be a disa agreeable situA- tion.
 It is difficult to realize a more alluring group of songs for the dusk hour program of The Voice, which will be heard over the WEAF net work of the NEG system this eve- | llIlS til Q U CHUCK, lIdu llIc Ituh|NL numbers which the soloiSts will sing. Vaughn de Leath will sing Loves Old Sweet Song, Flow Gently Sweet Alton and Let Me Call You Sweet heart. Franklyn Bauer will contrib- ute Sweet Mystery of Life by Victor Herbert. Little Bit of Heaven, and When You're Away. a hit from the Only Girl. Both solosts will be ac- companied by symphony orchestra directed by Hugo Mariani, whlch renders the selections Ca C'est Paris, Polly, and The Dance of the Arch CTS.
 The BacChanala from Saint Saen' s opera, Samson and Delilah, will be. played by the symphonic orChes;rl directed by Howard Barlow durlHg the Grand Opera Concert to he