New Britain herald., 1926-04-07
Through fife Static

II people We're content with lis 'euing 10 program originating at stations not moro than 900 miles away. last night vas pretty fair, If they weren't well, 1t wasn't so good. II all depended on the poin, of view. stations within the belt mentioned came through fairly well and most Of them had a marked clarity, to make up for and deficiency in vol me. There was no static, although : tnling troubled 10 some extent,
 WIZ New York, provided Il Va | riety Of entertainment, which prob ably kept many people with thai station all evening. Each feature Of | tered was highly commend2ble and there was really no need or trying to bring in anything else, since all styles Of entertainment from talks 10 dance music and travel tours could be heard, Frank Dole, dog eX- pert, delivered an Interesting talk on the Eskimo dog, carrying on his series which has become popular , with dog lovers, and who is not one? And mention should be made Of 1 the program by the orchestra Of the | United States Marine band, which was broadcast by WIZ, WGY and ! iyu ! tautlcss and, although we tuned in only to hear the final number on the 1 program, We felt that it was worth while, even at that, since the music was reproduced so true 10 its orig | inal tone quality. WJZs transmits sion was as near perfect as it ever mas been.
 The new station a' Madison Square Garden. New York, which opened the night b,roIe last, was on the air last night with q varied pro- gram which was not too impressive. l. was mildly amusing, but it sound- ed more like amateur night than anything else, It left us with the i'm pression that We had heard several parlor entertainers going through their paceS. And, in addition to that. the wave faded to such an extent that enjoyment of the numbers was almost impossible, anyway. A Jew ish comedian delivered himself or that old time photograph record. 'I.evnsky at the Wedding and ser eral other Jewish monologues taken from records. He was mildly enter taining, A soprano soloist with pleasing voice sang two old chest nuts "I Passed By Your Window and "Waters of Minnetonka.' That's where jaz2 has it over the classics and semi-classics. The jazz selection that is done to death. soon disap- pears from the programs, but the classics which are heard each eve ming are dished out time after time with no variations except in the limits of the vocal abilities Of the soloistS
 James Wilkenson, WBALs ac- complsheI baritone, sang several numbers from that station, although some Of the effectiveness of his pro- gram was dissolved by the presence of a marked generator hum which accompanied the transmission, mak- ing the wave cloudy and the music raspy. VEAL has been guilty Of that fault several times recently.
 The yylophono is one or the most difficult instruments to transmit ny radio, for the reason that the clap Of the hammer against the wooden bars is doubly noticeable. so mnch so. in fact, that sometimes a pro- gram is ruined for that reason. Tho clappine seems to be apart from the music and in front of ii, shutting ont much Of the melody. But last night WPG. Atlantic City, offered q group of solos on this instrument which were presented in conJunc- ton with an appearance of the Brown University Musical clubs III that city. The instrument was con- siderable distance from the mlcro- nhoue and the music sounded JuS fyactly as it would f the fans WerC in the audience in the huge audi torium. The clarping of the ham mcrs against the bars was shut ou to such an extent that it wasn't no
 riceable. This presentation was D! far the best example Of %ylophoh' broadcsting tha, We have heard.
 The Radio R"hcarSal Of the Ami mals came through during the Eve Ready Hour from WEAF, althougl we went out to Chicago and listened to WGN, through which the pro gram was being broadcast The bark
 and squeals Of the dogs could b. heard and there was an interesting
 dialogue supposed to have takel place between an airedale am l; some other species We didn't sta,
 long.
 VICES, New York. was lost in
 cloud of dust and dirt, so to speaR
 since that is the only description W
 can give Of the noise that filtered l
 on that stations wavejength. Ther
 seemed to be flying particles Of dis
 turbance. but VI managed to hea
 The Purple Pirates" play severa
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