New Britain herald., 1926-08-19
Through he Static

The best radio night in several
 months Yep. There was no fanfare | of trumpets, no hullabaloo, nothing.
 The evening was ushered in with no
 ceremony and was shown to table away back by the kitchen. But when
 it started, 'ziggty-zow," as they say
 on the Scopes, meaning President
 Coolidge caught another pike, or
 was it sunfsh? ?" Last evening there
 was a slight, or, very slight, smat- | tering of static, negligible factor, l to be sure. AS for our personal sat l isfaction in the evening, it didn't
 amount to much, because that same
 noise we spoke of yesterday was back bigger and better than ever.
 But that was confined to our own
 little locality, we guess. and it was
 not present, or shouldn't have been,
 in other parts of the city.
 The volume on all stations was
 something wild, honestly, WLS, Chi cago, for instance. We had all we
 could do to get rid of it. It insisted
 upon blanketing WMCA, New York,
 not that we cared a great deal. 1 CNRO, Ottawa, came through so bloomin' loud we thought we'd have
 to take out one of the tubes. All Chicago was up in the air and
 rarin' to go, while other stations. in
 cluding WTAM. Cleveland, were
 loud in proportion, or rather, all out
 of proportion. It was one of the
 most satisfactory evenings we have
 met with in a long while. All but
 that buzz.
 We started the evening with a
 concert by Paul Specht and his
 world famous orchestra. This was
 an unscheduled feature from WGY.
 Schenectady. and it was complete surprise. It's too bad that it was not on the program since it was worth | hearing The band broadcast direct
 from Saratoga Springs and, outside
 of a few breaks occurring at the | came through smoothly and very l loud. There was no statical interfer- ence to mar reception and the mu-
 sic was reproduced clearly and with great depth Of tone. The band in troduced many novel orchestrations musicians several Of whom offered solos in the course of the concert. 1 The banioist presented d sparkling number, and the trumpeter offered one Of the most remarkable solos
 we have heard. These features coupled with the velyet-toned SaXo- phone section, and the clever ar engagements Of the numbers. rounded out a worthwhile offering. Horses was played, but the orchcstration
 was a novel one and the work of the 1 band was excellent enough 10 put it over with a bang Animal Crack CTS" was another number. and the orchestra also played Indian Sum-
 mer Moon." a European hit, Many 1 others were featured. We left when
 the station broke down temporarily about 7:05 o'clock. We waited about ! llNf lliiilAlNo dllb' fllNllOtSh 'lAN wave of the station was on the air, no music was forthcoming
 l We listened in on WMSG, New | York, which was beating all records i for volume. A lengthy message was
 real from Tex Rickarl. in which he said that-ucw don't get anX- ious we'll tell you in minute.
 Rickard stated in the message that he. as promoter Of the Dcmp- sey-Tunny championship bout, has
 accepted the invitation Of Philadel- phia to hold the fight in that city on September 23, The message stated that a concrete stadium. capable Of seating l50,000 people, will be built and that there promises to be no opposition to the move. The an nomccr who read the statement ap- poared to be a bit excited at the news, himself
 The Travellers Jougleurs and the Unknown Troubadour visited Proyi-