Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 248, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 February 1925 — Page 21

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C—TJ TIC, the new station of the YX/1 Travelers' Insurance GontLY y [ pany that opened recently at Hartford, Conn., i? broadcasting three programs weekly on Tuesday, Thursday and Frida f evenings, starting at 8 p. m. (Eastern standard thnp). This la a 500-watt station that has been coming through with excellent results. WTIC operates on a wave length of 248.6 meters. WCCO, the Gold Medal station at Minneapohs-St. Paul, is on the air dally from 9:30 a. m. until I p. m. with the latest stock and grain market reports and has received much favorable comment from t *e farmers of the northern part of t‘M country for this service. The St. Louis University Glee Chib and Orchestra will broadcast a special program through station KSD Monday, March 2, starting at t p. m. The concert will be under the direction of George Devereuz. The next concert of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra to be broadcast by KBD will be on Saturday evening, March 7. Twilight concerts by Ivan Froneiscl and his Hotel Cleavelanl Symphony Orchestra are now being broadcast by station WEAR even Sunday afternoon from 2:20 to 6 p. m. The Little Opeio Company of America, under the uuvrtlon of Ignats WaghaJter, will r-'eeeat a program of operatic solos, due's, trios and sextets from WOR Saturday evening, starting at 7 p. m. This will be followed by a program that

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will be presented under the direction of Roland Woodln direct from Chickerlng Hall, New York City, which will include auci\ well-known artists as George Brandt, tenor; Barbara Weil,, soprano, and Kathryn Kerin, pianist. Following the Checkering Hall program to round out a full evening of real music the Jascha Gurewich Saxophone Ensemble will be beard. To the listener who wishes to hear music tar above the usual run of that put on the air on Saturday evening this program is sure to please. A special program conducted entirely in the Swedish language will be broadcast from Station WOC, Davenport, lowa, on Friday, March 6, commencing at 2 p. m„ under the direction of Olga E. Edlsn of Moline, IIL “The Turning Point,” a comedy drama of the coal mlnaa of Virginia and society life in New York, will be producwl on the air Thurdsday evening, March 5, by WGY players. “The Turning Point” is a small cast play and should prove especially well adapted to “air” production. Fit k Oliver will direct the play as v as take the leading character p - The first time that Station \. P ran wires from their main studio in this city Into the large central room of the Eastern State Penitentiary, and the "Boys Behind the Walls,” poured forth their music, the response from the radio public was tremendous. Letters and telegrams came by the thousands. Insistent requests were made for another broadcast. The microphones were installed for the second tlne, and the response was even greater than the first. Folks began to recognize the mer.ts of Individual per formers and requested "Have D--1299 sing Pal of Mine.” Or “Lets have the Roeary by B-1162.” Then followed two more broadcasts that smashed all previous records for appraise. So by popular request. Station WIP will again bring its apparatus to the penitentiary. Tonight the boys will entertain by song and dance the millions of their unseen friends. This broadcast promises to be the best of all. The men have been practicing for weeks in order that their performance be perfect. There is now great excitem At in the Eastern State, for these periodical broadcasts are looked upon as

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real treats by the “Boys Behind the Walls." Absolute secrecy Is the watchword of the Brunswick recording laboratories every Tuesday evening. Heavily veiled women dash down deserted corridors an i dodge hurriedly through quickly closed doors; pu* sled radio operators sit In a locked antechamber and modulate the program coming from a microphone to which they have no access; a wondering orchestra plays accompaniments for a singer hidden from them by a heavy screen; and elevator men and electricians stand in little groups with a complete bewilderment written large on their faces. The radio music memory contest inaugurated by the Brunswick-.lalke-Collender Company on Feb. 3 through stations WJZ, New York; WGY, Schenectady; WRC, Washington, and KDKA, Pittsburgh, has brought into existense the most unique broadcasting methods ever employed. With hundreds of thousands of listeners in every part of the country competing for the $5,000 cash awards to be given to those guessing the largest number of artists’ names and compositions, It Is imperative that no whisper of the identities of the singers leak out from the Brunswick studios. For the first time in radio history an announcer introduces an artist whom he cannot see. The announcer is seated in 'a tiny room separated from the broadcasting stu dio by a heavy locked door; a tiny electric light is before him, connected to a button-switch beside the microphone in the studio. When the artist finishes each number the button is pushed and the announcer takes the air; when the next singer is ready the button is pushed again, the light goes out, and the announcer ceases talking. None of the artists singing in the contest programs knows who the other artists are. Each artist is ushered into a tiny waiting room immediately upon entering the Brunswick laboratories and there they wait until their turn arrives. Immediately after they have concluded their program they leave the building. They heavy veils or scarfs over their faces as they enter and leave the building, lest the elevator men or any curious bystander recognise them. Cars with

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drawn shades whisk them to and from the studio. Only one man in the country knows who all the artists in the February contest are. He is William A, Brophy, director of the laboratories. • Tuesday evening at 9, during the progress of the music memory contest of the Brunswick-Balke Collender Company, WGY listeners are assured a pleasing hour of music. Every one Is eligible to compete in this memory contest for $5,000 cash awards. The names of the soloists are not announced; no mention Is made of the title of the number to be sung or played—the listener guesses at the name of the performer and selection. At 7:20, on the same evening, Arthur Btaau. baritone, and the WGY orchestra will be beard. Resourcefulness and courage were demonstrated by A. B. Chamberlain, ! a WGY radio engineer, recently j when, for three hours during & cold wintry night, he sat on a platform erected at the top of a thirty-foot | pole and “monitored” a wire carrying music destined to reach thouands of listeners tuned to WGY. WGY of Schenectady and WJZ. New York. frequently exchange programs by means of wire connection between the two cities. Sometimes the program originates at Schenectady and sometimes in New York. To assure signal strength at Schenctady a repeater or amplifier station is maintained by WGY engineers at Poughkeepsie, the halfway point between the two cities. This station was burned when a program by the American Orchestral Society and a violin recital by Godfrey Ludlow were scheduled for the evening. William Purcell. engineer In charge of WGY and two of his assistants, Mr. Chamberlain and W. M. Wallace, went to the scene of the fire with emergency equipment. It was found that the only method by which capacity balance could be secured with the equipment at hand was to place the amplifying unit at the top of a telegraph pole. A platform was rigged up at 8 o’clock, preparatory to picking up the New York concerts, Mr. Chamberlain took his place on the platform and, with headphones on ears, “monitored” the line for three hours until WJZ signed off. The Brunswick Hour of Music on Tuesday evenings will be broadcast from station KYW, Chicago. KDKA. Pittsburgh, WRC, Washington. WJZ. New York, and WGY, Schenectady. These programs are scheduled at from 9 to 10 p. m. Eastern time, I to 9 central time. WEAF will broadcast a concert by the Philharmonic Society orchestra under the direction of William Mengelberg. WEAF. Following this relay the put on the air this evening from WEAF and the various stations that are linked together will Include the following Tot! Dal Monte coloratura soprano, Giuseppe de Luca famous barytone and the Victor Concert Orchestra under the baton of Rosario Bourdon. WSAI of Cincinnati has been added to the list of stations that will broadcast the Victor Programs every Thursday evening. On Saturday evenings between the hours of 7 and 8. WTAM,- Cleveland is relaying the programs of WEAF. Folowing this relay the regular Saturday evening dance programs are broadcast. A special program of dance, music will be brodacast by WAHG Saturday evening at midnight by Adam’s orchestra. For this program WAHG will use their experimental call letters 2XE and will operate on a wave length of 618 J meters. The regular wave of WAHG is 316 meters.

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