New Britain herald., 1925-04-22
Through The Static

Last night was about as good as any we'll have for the next few months. is our opinion. There was some static, The evening started of slick, with stations buzzing in with volume to spare, Early in the even | ing there was not a bit of static to | | bd heard. Later, however. some sift- ed in and from o'clock until about II there was an increase in noise. | Not that this noise put programs on tho blink, but 1t was there just ] the same. Programs came in loud and clear and there was little fading. Code bothered on the higher wave 1 lengths and the regenerative sets did their part 10 interfere with pro- grams on several wavelengths,
 Wc heard the Governors Foot Guard band last night and were never so shocked in all our life. We heard dance music played by that dignited organization! Can you bend that? The music wasn't played in dance time, but the thought was there just the same. Al Alone" "Oh, Katherina," Peter Pan," My Best Girl" and several others were included. WTIC did the broadcast ing from some banquet or other at the Hartford club, one of the Worlds War veterans organizations, al- though we're not sure just which one '4 it was. The music came through : clear, but when they were playing those foxtrots in concert tempo we sort or felt as If they needed help or that something was running down, so slow were they rendered. Stars and Stripes Forever" more in the bands line, was played by request, and then we could hear the tramp 1 of feet and the commands of the of- l ficerS-almo
 The Colonial Male quartet present ed a group of selections and also led 70 in the singing of war songs. The boys at the banquet swung into line with will when the songs of 1917-1S l. were started up and the sound of hundreds of voices raise in song was worth hearing. Among the numbers included in the community singing, as 1t may be called, were There's A Long, Long Trail Awinding,' Smile Awhile" Pack Up Your Troubles" lover There" "Oh, How l Hate To Get Up in The Morning. Madeline" and "Tipperary." It was Il great night up there at the Hart , ford club and there's no doubt that Il everyone was enjoying himself. The noteworthy efforts of all the per. formers were awarded with deafen' ing applause, and the band received " so many requests that 1t finally wal forced to render Sousa's Stars anc Stripes Forever" a second time.
 There's a concert ensemble dowr in Allentown, Pennsylvania, that vii a bear watching. WSAN The Allentown Morning Call broadcasting station, i' ;. wise to that group and offers it il programs about twice a week. Tht station is a small one, but Is un usually good on transmission anc o modulation. It faded slightly las evening and the noise aided consid ,,s erably in making the music maud ible. Song of Love" by Schubert va ,e heard in its entirety, and we migh ,r say that we have never heard
 better rendition of that number. Tn
 announcer deserves a word of com ment. Unlike announcers at many 0 ,d the smaller stations he did not ac scared to death. In fact the powe of the station might have been 100
 watts, considering the pep the an nouncer put into his talk.
 WHAS at Louisville was all bu B." choked to death by WIZ, New Yorl
 The Kentucky station was sut th merged in flood of soprano voice
 and deep bass announcements, bl ral we finally pulled the station out (
 the mess and heard NO Wonder" b
 Carl Zoeller's Melodists. Whether W
 liked it or not we can't say, becaus
 WJZ's carrier wave was present a
 the time and we could hear ever.
 thing that was transpiring at il
 New York station.
 Ward Morehouse of the New Tor
 Herald Tribune spoke on "Dramat res Reporting" al VICES last nigh
 Morehouse Is the assistant dramat
 editor Of that New York daily ar a. he endeavored to show in his ta
 how big stories break in the dr matic world, saying that reporte
 must be on the lookout, in order
 dfferentiate between press agentil , and real news. Warehouse has not try voice which would endear one
 him, at least over the radio. V
 suspect that it was his first time
 the mike" His lingo is mixtu
 of the Sunny South and New To . city and he gets some weird pr
 nunciations to his words, whi
 makes it difficult at times to u
 derstand him.
 Some new station on about 3