New Britain herald., 1926-07-28
Through tie Static

Last nlRnL Wdo PApHNJ +N@' fact. There was no static at all' that we could find, although there was considerable fading, especially later in the evening on the low wave lengths. Volume was excellent anu Chicago stations seemed to be rath- CT bashful until about mldnleh'' when they came breezing In, not with any great fanfare of trumpets' but breeding in. nevertheless. Ihere was considerable local disturbance
 "song of India" that plaintive air bearing the stamp of the Orient was presented as violin solo from WBz, Springfield. and lucky we were to tune in when we did. John Howard was the violinist and his ln- lterpretation was excellent and un- ! usual. Song of India" has proved highly popular, but it is not often included in radio programs. when Paul Whiteman started to set class ical selections to dance time and to write fox trot orchestrations around them, you remember, Song of ln- dia" was the first number he picked. |
 KDKA's announcer, during the Sacred Song period, was so atfecteo by the music that he forgot to an nounce the call letters of the station for l2 and 20 minutes at a time, and when he announced the names Of the artists they were so jumoled that it was impossible to make head or tail of them. It seems to us that the least stations could do would be to see the names Of artists get on the air straight, since most radio performers do their work gratis ana really should get some results even if 1t comes in the form Of praise from those who are listening 1n' Among the selections were contralto solos of Face to Face" and rel Mother I'll Be There" and bari tone solos by Will Pose, Hold Thou My Hands"
 From WBAL Baltimore, came concert by the Municipal band, loue and clear and deep. The program opened with the Baltimore anthem "Baltimore, Our Baltimore Ther came a Sousa march and finally th' Poet and Peasant" overture. Ther' was no static and we were bothered only slightly by local noises.
 XIV. Chicago, and woe, Daven port came through fairly loud' Fron the former we heard "Tlng-a-Llng and Rough and Reary" two plant selections which were drowned D. code a large part of the time. WI did not hear the name Of the artists program of piano selections wa coming through from WOC' MS Pauline Morgan furnishing m ] group
 We heard part of WHATS Mo ment Musicale from WTAM, CleVe land. A two-piano interpretation o "yalencia" came through, We near mart of 1t from Cleveland and thel we went to WEEI, Boston, to hnlsl it out.
 yesterday noon we happened U +une in on WEAN, Providence, am very pleasant luncheon hour " snent, too. The station was not up U its usual standard as far as Volu1h went and there was consideraol racket of a local electrical nature he contended with. In spite Of thes ,n,o fau,ts we were able to hear
 variety of the local popular nun hers phonographically, but what O ,batq Ted Lewis and His Banc nIaved "My Own lone" and T WIS was In Peoria" while the we tnown Revelers presented "Valen c;a" and "The Blue Room. Ines selections were not over louo' uu' douhtIess 10 the fact that the ma chine was at considerable distanc from the microphone. The Shepar Colonial concert orchestra upheld II mart of the entertainment with
 spritely and popular program dls charging the duties of dance oi chestra nicely. Of curse, there Wer no plating trumpets or deep voice trombones or saxes. this organize tion being confined to strings. Ho" ever, the tempo and interpretatio . Iwere excellent.
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