New Britain herald., 1926-04-20
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Last night, while an improve ment over those that have preced- ed 1t, left much to be desired in the way of distnnc" and clarity Of re, l copllon' There was q smattcring Of l static and there was also some fad 1 Ing, AS If to substantiatc the claims | of some of our ncighbors in the l southern part Of the town, the 15 second buzz came back rather strong for Q part Of the evening, hut later faded into the background, { conlning it's efforts to the high wavclcngths The bloopcrs were busy too, by tho way,
 Perfect 'ransmlssion, reception and other things that go with it, made WJHs several programs stand ! out from among the mass The first feature We heard was talk by Robert Bender on "rho Develop m"nts in News Collection and Trans mission" Mr. Bender has one of the finest radio voices We have heard and it was distinct pleasure 10 lis ten to him. His talk was well pre- pared and he delivered it with a great deal of informality which made 1t all the better. He sketchcd the changes iu the transmission of news from the early days of this country when the Indians gave word by the lighting Of signal fires, down through the Pony Rider period, to the telegraph and finally showing the entrance into the field Of the radio. Now we hesitate to say what the latest development in carrying news will be-" he said, telling how q reported in New York talked re- gently by telephone with cores pondent in London and how a man seated in q submarine off Cape Cod copied radio message sent out by a high powered German station. His talk was one of the best we have heard and he impressed upon the people the difficulties incident to the gathering of news and dishing it up in the form of three or four cent edition for the breakfast table. Its the greatest bargain in the world. is the newspaper" he said. He also discredited the oft-heard statement that one cant believe anything read in the papers, since checked up before it is put on the telegraph wires.
 From WNAC, Boston, coupled with WEAN, Providence. came [ talk on rheumatism. What next The talk was doubtless Interesting to those afflicted to the disease, but it registered absolutely zero with us. And besides, many Of the bloop- CTS were awfully interested in the program and we didn't want to spoil their fun. At the close of the talk the announcer gave us a fine exhibi- ton of fellow praising something in which he had no interest whatso- ever But he thought he ought to do it, since the talk must have been good if it was scheduled by his sta- ton. My party right or wrong! He should at least, have thought of what he was going to say before he said 1t, since he certainly did tangle himself up. To such an extent that he forgot the call letters of his sta ton for a minute. Such practices il repeated many times give q station c bad name and make it somewhat of a laughing stock.
 Patriots Day exercises, featuring q program by q |. s. Navy band were offered from WBZ. Everything from the deeply patriotic to the popular was offered in the way o1 selections and we listened to "Olt Ironsides" with as much interest a' we did to Sweet Child" since tho organization showed an unusual ap titude for interpreting both types O. music.
 Strolling up WINGS way we ral into as excellent a reproduction o piano music as we have ever hearc from that station of any other, ant WNYC is regarded as one of tn best opponents of the tones of tha instrument We heard neither tn name Of the Dumber nor the nam of the artists, but the work was cer tainly excellent and the transmits sion couldn't have been beat.
 
 Then back to WIZ, because tha