New Britain herald., 1925-03-16

music was clear ana not loo louu' Indian Love Call" was one of the selections,
 The Tuskegee Singers presented a program of negro spirltuals from WGY and WIZ, The singing was good. but WGY of late has beon coming in rather distorted and was running true to form last night. We went to WIZ, but couldn't get any where near tho place. What sounded like q steam drill was working on the premises when we arrived, so- Exit grumbling." Those Tuskeegee | singers are good, and we would have | enjoyed hearing them.
 One Of the peppiest stations on the air at the present time Is WBBM, Chicago. It Is found way down on about 2S0 meters and comes in loud and clear, without any distortion. The announcer Is a regular fellow and memories of WDAP and the Drake hotel on Saturday nights were brought to us when we heard the program. You remember how Jack Nelson and Bob Brown with his ukulele and the Harmony Girls and Jack Chapman's orchestra and the whole gang used to raise the dick ems out there on Saturday nights. That was over a year ago and we hadn't heard anything like it since, until we struck WBBM.
 Les Butler, the Giant of Radio" according to the announcer, present. cd two songs, "The End of the Road" and "Dum- Dunn -Dummie." Les has an easy voice that, at times, sounds
 as if he were fighting valiantly
 against a big yawn. He was an-
 nounced to sing "Albammy Bound"
 but his accompanist was out getting an ice cream soda or something and the announcer had 10 play the ac-
 commandments, so they changed 1t
 to The End of the Road"
 r However, we went over to WIN
 and heard "Alabammy Bound" any
 way. We heard a lot that we hadn't , intended hearing, too. Some fellow was delivering a monologue which
 certainly wasn't funny We listen , ed to 1t just 10 find out how bad it r. could get.
 Out at KTHS Hot Springs, snap , py band was on the air with var iety of numbers, among them INC I Wonder" and the usual "I'll See You
 in My Dreams" The Hot Springs sta g ton came in well last night, but had Q tendency to fade slightly at times A We got in on the conclusion oi r. WIIk's At Home Musicale The a Cleveland station will broadcast ont Of the musicales every second Sun
 day night. They will be worth listen
 ing to if the bit we heard last nigh can be taken as a sample. The an Q nouncer eaid the group of entertain 1 CTS will specialize on the old familiar songs. A soprano sang "The Ros ary" and we heard a violin solo o "Humoresque," but whether it wal f from WHK or from a station which
 was trying its best 10 blot out the f Cleveland station we cant tell. s WCBN, Chicago, free from inter :, ference of other stations at about Il Il o'clock, did its stuff" 10 good ad Q vantage, although we didn't listen tt IS the program long. A Xylophone solt 10 of popular songs was presented. q Kenneth McKenna from WJAR .t Providence. told ofFhis experience
 cn the stage and screen just befor'
 that station signed off. It seems tha l. Kenneth is playing in 'The Sapphir r. Ring" in Providence this week, S
 he and the rest of the cast came u
 to8the studio to tell the radio au
 dience something or stage craft. Hi
 voice is bit too affected to suit us
 After an absence Of almost a wcel
 an old friend drifted into our hom
 last night. That was WMBF a
 Miami Beach, and we might say tha
 we received said old friend wit
 open arms. The Fleetwood hotel or
 chestra presented a group of mum
 bers, including "Ka-Lua," and gen
 eral good time was had by all. Th
 party broke up at late hour. etc
 The announcer was up to his ol
 trick of spreading sunshine all owe the United States, but, as far as W could see tLat is hls only fault an
 we won't kick. More Of them shoul
 do it and then radio announcer , would be the most popular men the country.
 |. WCAL at Northfeld, Mnnesot presented it's usual Sunday evenir . program of piano numbers, none { , them being exceptional. They wel : entertaining, however.
 The famous chorus and hand 2 Achbar Grotto Of Columbus, O., W |. broadcast from Station WEAO, ,. the Ohio State University on Thur g day evening, March 19. The chor Do and band are well known throug = out the United States. WEAC ssss wavelength is 29S9 meters,
 ssSS Just a word about Saturday nigl oo Conditions were fair, although the @ was a lot Of racket which sifted in
 our loud speaker. Programs came loud. The usual list Of Saturd 90 evening features. headed by { |" "Coo-Coo" club from WTAM, Cley