New Britain herald., 1926-10-09

A rough and ready affair was last evening, an affair to scorch the whiskers of an old and wizened vet eran like ourselves. The static was as heavy as we have heard in any time this season, heavier than it was the night before But we scored again, because we did considerable DN listening between 6:30 and 7:30 | o'clock, so we had a great deal of fun before conditions got too bad.
 At 6.30 o'clock WTAM, Cleveland, came in as loud as we have ever heard the station, breaking all rec ords. Hack Horwitz and his Colle- gian Serenaders offered a dinner mu- sic program, in company with vo- cal soloist who made matters more 1 pleasant. Among the numbers played l by the orchestra was When The | One You Love Loves You" while the soloist helped out with a lazy rem dition of "Breezing Along With the | Breeze 8 number that appeals to us
 Skimming over the dials and duck l ing large wads Of static that some one was throwing at us, we ran into WLS, Chicago, at 6:35 o'clock. You i sec, we are giving time and every ! thing just 10 show how easy it is to | bring in fair distance during the dinner (supper) hour. Real old win 1 ter conditions are back with us again and 1t is now possible to sit down to ones dinner (supper) and listen to music played hundreds of miles away. Now children you will sit for 1 five minutes and be awed at the marvel of the radio. But that's neither here nor there, as the boys remarked yesterday about the World l SeriH. (Ed. Note-The teams were on route for New York yesterday and they didn't play in St. Louis or in New York, accounting for the re- mark, That" refers to the game.)
 
 And there we showed WIS into another paragraph. All we were go- ing to say was that the station came in Yery, very loud at the time men toned (eastern standard) and We particularly enjoyed the organ re- cital presented by Al Melgard. The other feature We heard from the station was an intimate study of market conditions The organ in tones deep and strong presented Then You'll Remember Ne" and Roses of Picardy" (pause for breath). and "A Cottage Small By Waterfan' (collapse) (applausc). We hunted out WBBM, Chicago, and found that station to be very bashful at about GAS o'clock. There was organ music, of course. In fact every Chicago station we hit offered organ music. Not so baahful was a Portland amateur who butted in on WBBM's silent prayer" and asked people 10 call him on the telephone.
 We heard WJR, Detroit, at about : o'clock, offering a Detroit EXpan- sion program, or something like ! i4ltll' A dlll'l l'I lJtf tl NIItslI d l'll- dered National Emblem March" 1 We also ran into Canadian
 station near WIN, New York, a fire l prevention talk being on the menu. l We didn't remain very long after 1 the announcement was given since
 the static plotted out much of what 1 was going on.
 l At WIZ, New York, George Ol- sen and His Club orchestra present.
 cd an hour of dinner music, three
 minutes of which We heard. Among i the guests of the evening was Ed die Cantor who stood before the 1 microphone and gave vent to several remarks and a song. As he said,
 there was no money in it, so he / wasn't so hot. He didn't have a 1 whole lot to say, but he said it and
 that's that. We heard the orchestra l playing away out among static,
 Lucky Day." being one of the num- bers. They also played the selection
 Estelle Taylor sang to Jack Demp-
 sey after the fight, Where Did You
 Get Those Eyas"" Of you liked that
 last wise crack, send applause cards
 to WIZ, 33 West 42d street, New
 York city).
 The Palmer House Symphony Players were operating at WJJD, Mooseheart, Illinois, and we heard
 the station on several occasions, in
 spite of much competition from
 other broadcasters. One of the num-
 bcrs, rendered in a very delicate
 manner, was "Nalso Scherzo," by
 Serauss or Schubert.
 WDRC, New Haven, came in loud,
 and why shouldn't il? There came
 a song recital by Joseph K. Peters,
 colorod tenor, who presented a group : of negro spirituals. One number was
 LOW Down Moses" and another was-well, that's all we can think of just now. If any more occur to us we'll call you up. The station came through clear, but the singer s voice was rather indistinct, as if he was chewing his words.
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