New Britain herald., 1926-11-26
Through fife Static

A balanced two evenings, if you know what we mean. Wednesday | night was excellent and last night i was not so good, if you can imagine such a thing. Everything came 1 through well on Wednesday evening 1 and there was almost no noise at all 1 until very late in the evening, when static started to sift through. Sta tions came through loud and clear. Last night there was plenty of static and our old buzz friend was back with us. We didn't listen for any length of time last evening.
 On Wednesday We brought in a new one, WYATT, at Jersey City, and We were surprised at the clarity of this transmission. Eddie Lent's or chestra offered several dance tunes. among them T Can't Get Over 8 Girl Like You Loving Boy Like Me- There was no fading.
 Then we hit WOWO, Fort Wayne, Indiana, a station which we have brought in before, but not recently. Here also was excellent transmits sion and We listened with pleasure to a group of mandolin solos pre- scented by someone decidedly clever. Soldiers of Fortune" and That's My Girl' were two Of them.
 
 WHO. Des MOines, came through strong, although this station had a bit of competition from code, away up there on 526 meters. A quartet sang Like a Meadow Lark" a neat little number which brings in a bit of whistIing, just by way of variety.
 Of course. all the Chicago stations were humming away busily and WLS nearly drove us out of the house, it came through so strong. Over at VICES someone was talking about the fight that station is hay ing with WGN because Of the fact that the latter claims that VICES is broadcasting on d wavelength too near to that of WGN. This fellow, apparently the owner, asked the radio audience to stand back of him, saying that it is the fans fight, as well as his own. He thanked those who had already expressed their in- terest.
 Among others were woe, Daven- port: kMA. Shenandoah; WPCH, New York; WICC, Bridgeport; WCCO, Minenapolis, and lotsy others. We. .tried to bring in two stations which We believed to be at a great distance, but we didn't make out so well. One of them came in faintly on WNAC's wavclongth, while the other was breaking through near WGY's usual hanghout.
 Yesterday We took most of the day off. We listened casually to the Pennsylvania-Cornell football game, as described by Graham McNamee and Phillips Carlin, failing to get much of kick out of it. We got all there was, but that wasn't q whole lot.
 Last night at WIZ we heard George Olsens orchestra and noted with interest that the band has some Sto h, spell of fading and we fearing each time that it wouldn't recover, but 1t managed to, Among the numbers presented were ''Leander." Pretty Cinderella" as sung by Bobby, called the boy soprano; Sweetest Little Girl" played as a trombone solo, and several others.
 Thanksgiving" one of James Whitcomb Riley's well known poems, was heard from KDKA, Pittsburgh. It was appropriate and well done. A terrible buzzing entered upon the scene at about that time and we found conditions growing gradually worse.
 We made a radio appearance at WTIC last evening and so We weren't present at the set for a great deal of the time, We understand that the program by the Latham Family, Stan Ashley, Don Tracy and ourself came through well and was enter taining. Some of you heard 1t and