New Britain herald., 1926-03-04
Hrodgh he Static

Lase night, while an improve
 ment over the night before and oth-
 er nights stretching back into the
 distance, with few exceptions, had ! much that was lacking in the way 1 ot radio reception. Fading was mo- ticeable, especially on some of the
 New York stations. Again, there was 1 iittIe volume carly in the evening, i although this condition rnmediod it. self after io o'clock. Again, little l)N could be. Last, local disturbances nearly ruined tho evening. Bop Paterson and his Nenctians.
 very miscrophonically rendered T
 Have q Picture Of You." piuuant
 waltz in d baby blue frame. IL vas well played and we'ra sorry wo | didn't get in for the early part ol . his program, The orchestra's s place |
 was taken (this is WBI) by the 1 1 Philharmonic trio, an accomplished | organization which played selections from "Tannhauser." which. accord 1 ing to the musical authority at the
 office is pronounced "Tabnhoizer." The music proved worth while.
 Stories of the carp and the sea
 horse were dealc with during the 1 geological series program from WIZ. { We didn't get the name of the lady | who was doing the talking. but sui l ice it 10 say that she did the job | well. She talked slowly and she also cnnnciated clearly, The life and 1 habits of the carp, and also of the
 sea horse were eXpOunded on to q length and the talk proved interest ing, as well as educational.
 We might say that WIZ did itself |
 extra proud by the way in which it | came in. Not d murmur accompan- jed the stations signal and every sound was q clear cut and as loud !
 as if it were originating at WT1C. NEE1, Boston, a station which we have trouble bringing in most of the | time, came through little better
 than usual, although the Taveicngth | still seemed to be q street corner |
 hangOut for odd noises and misses |
 which could not find any other place
 on the dials on which 10 roost. The |
 Davis SaXophOne octet of New York, 1
 through WEAF, delivered itself Of i many intriguing melodies. among ]
 them "Dinah," a number which is well adapted 10 the saXophone, due 10 the fact that there are many .
 quick notes, handled best by that in- . strulncnt.
 "The Prisoners Song" came 1 through from WCAP. Washington; WOR, Newark, and CFCF. Montreal. Every time We hear an announcer say that an orchestra is going 10
 play "a brand new number" we
 duck, for fear it's going to be The Prisoners Song"
 Well We went down on the low waves and heard some singing abouf . somet hing or other from WBNY, | Now York. We've heard worse, but | we can't just remember where. He 1 combined the lowest vaudeville de livery, which is pretty low, with q , whining, uncertain voice, which . made the shivcrs chase themselves | up and down our back. We don't re- | member what he was singing. The i station faded,
 The Blue Pyramid Sercnadors rom WGBB, I7recport. New York, l played an unexciting arrangement of !
 The World Is Waiting For The ! Sunrise" after which the station signed off until tomorrow evening. l Volume was good, as was modula-
 'ion. Fading made itself apparent 10 . some slight extent, George Olsen and his band were | again al WIZ last evening, and We ! list cned to inc entire program. The ! | Florida boomers have been busy i again in Tin-Pan alley, with the re- | suit that a new song. Pensacola" i has been published. George played |
 it, We might suggest lha, there are
 still a few cities left in Florida that haven't had songs written about them, for instance. Tampa, Clear
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