New Britain herald., 1926-12-08

sign off at II o'clock with the an- nouncement that broadcasting would be resumed at 12 o'clock. midnight, or II o'clock, central time. We hap pened to tune in again at midnight and heard the announcer with his, woo, operated by the Palmer ! School of Chiropractic. at Fountain head. Davenport, Iowa. Where the west begins and in the state where the tall corn grows"
 Shortly afterwards we heard | WING, Memphis, one of the toughest stations in the country, as far as re- ception goes. We were cruising around just above woe and we hap pened to hear the faint tinkle of music. Our heart jumped because we had heard rumors of KGW, Portland, Oregon. having been seen in that locality and we knew there was a reward offered for it's appre- hension. We nursed the wave along until it finally got stronger and we | claim that the station was WING, the Commercial Appeal, Memphis. Dance music from one of the theaters was being presented, but we didn't rec ognize any of the numbers and we couldn't make out the announcer's words if our life had depended upon it. It didn't, so we were safe.
 WFAA, Dallas, Texas, was anoth- CT long distance station to be heard by us. An old friend, Ted Weems, with his orchestra. was providing snappy music for the long-horns and we heard "Cherie," played with a stock orchestration. woe was aud ible at times in the background, just to show how loud the latter was coming through. Don't forget that the two stations are eight meters apart.
 At WHO. Des Moines, the Bank CTS Life Corn Sugar orchestra played entrancing melodies, or at least, we take it for granted that 1t was the Bankers Life orchestra. At any rate, we listened to a saXophone solo, "Valse Marie" It was decidedly lis tenable. The station was fairly loud and was hampered by code at times, as were were all stations above 450 meters.
 And here we are, having written plenty without mentioning any of the comparatively local broadcasters. Well, KNOX, St. Louis, with keen competition from other stations, pre- sented dance music by Harry Lang and his orchestra. The station came through loud when it wasn't buried under a pile of howls and squeaIs from no one knows where. "Jackass Blues" was offered and we had the pleasure of listening to one Of the hottest trumpets We have ever heard.
 Eddie Cavanaugh out at XIV, Chicago, answered his mail in song, and he made an interesting story out of it. Each reply was rhymed ln- genously and we got many snick- CT out of the proceedings. Eddie is clever.
 All Chicago stations came through very loud.
 WRC, Washington. offered the Meyer Davis orchestra in a group Of tuneful dance numbers, among which were Roses of Picardy," , Alabama Stomp" and No One But You Knows How to Love- The sta ton was loud and it's tone was deep.
 WICK and WJR, the former at De troit and the latter at Pontiac, both of which use the same studio in the Book k-Cadillac hotel, Detroit, were among the loudest stations on the air, excluding the real locals The wavelength of these stations is 517 meters and when one goes off the air the other takes up the work. The Bells of St. Nary by the News Trio was worth hearing at WICK. WJR, late in the evening. offered the Merry Old Chief and his gang. WICK, during the Red Apple club session. presented some fellow in a group Of hot" songs, one of which was Coal Mine Blues"
 During the hockey game at WBZ, Springfield. last evening, Frank Ryan stated that it was the last game he was 10 report by radio. He seemed genuinely sorry to be lcav- ing, since he has been holding down the job for the past three years We shall miss him and We know others will too. since his descriptions were always colorful and, with his help, fans have always been able to fol- low the progress of games very cas- fly. Frank Sparto will take Ryan's place at the mike, beginning with the next game, and we wish him luck. Manager Adams of the Bruins, who happens to be an uncle, or something, of Dr. Pullen, superinten- zt2qZNTcN1NKSxEHXxGa
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