New Britain herald., 1925-11-10

Well, radio friends, as Announcer
"AEl3' at the Springfield station,
Insists upon calling the multitude
which listens with great enjoyment
10 jews harp solos, musical saw Sc
Icctions and harmonica ducts and
turns down with a cold and naughty
shake OF the head such cheap enter
tanners as the New York Symphony
orchestra and the METROPOLITAN
Opera company, last night was a
real rough one at sea. No, there was
10 static, but OH the fading. Few
stations were clear OF that disturb
ing condition and most of the New
York stations see-sawed in and out
OF the picture like a fishing smack
during an especially stormy night on
the Grand Banks. Outside of that
fact and the fact that there was lit
tie volume on most stations, it was
a good night. Good Night
The well known Largo" from the
New World symphony" was played
by Emil Hcimberger's trio last even
ing, and, in spite of the fact that the
selection would have sounded much
better If played by large orches-
ira, We magnanimously admit that
he Hotel Bond trio didn't do so
worse. After that remark We feel
Ike John d. Rockefeller about to
give away a dime.
The above came from VITO, and
we stayed with the station while the
Armistice Day program went on the
air from Washington and Hartford.
Alderman Ryan of Hartford gave O
short, but interesting talk, all the
more interesting because 1t was
short, on The Significance Of Ar
nistice Day" Among other things,
he invited all the radio fans to go
20 Hartford tomorrow evening and
participate in the Armistice Day
parade, either that or watch 1t. We
shall stay in n. B.
The Apollo chorus provided some |
good entertainment on the same |
program, one of the best numbers |
being negro spiritual, Were You |
There" A depth Of tone certainly |
helped a lot Postmaster General |
Harry S. New proved to be an in
teresting talker, although We didn't |
take any notes on his discussion. His |
subject was Our Boys" in connec-
ton with the National Boys week |
program. His voice came over well
and he paused now and then TO let !
the fans digest what lie had said.
The Alcppo Drum corps from
WBZ introduced q novelty into their
broadcast last evening, conducting a
regular rehearsal before the micro
phone, OF course, we shouldn't en- /
Joy hearing these rehearsals every |
week, but as d novelty ii did very |
we'll. The leader could be heard CIV !
ing his instructions. which, no |
ioubt. were carefully rehearsed, !
since the program was to be broad !
cast. The Double Eagle March" |
was one Of the numbers practiced by |
this 112 piece drum corps. The way |
it worked out was like this: The |
leader gave his instructions and the /
band played a few measures. 1t
: topped. More instructions. More !
playing. Stop. Instructions. Repeat |
last measures. instructions. Play.
This until the end, when the band .
Started all over again and played the
through perfectly.
WIN, New York, was doing a
Gilda Gray all evening, in Other |
words the station performed a con-
tinuous shimmy. The broadcast of
he bout between Charlie Rosen and
luCicn Vinez would have geen great
if it hadn't been for this fading.
What We heard of the battle was
certainly thrilling. The announcer
NAs on his toes all the time and his