New Britain herald., 1926-10-27
Through fife Static

Last night, for a change, was en- tirely satisfactory as far as the re- ception of stations was concerned. i Broadcasters came through very l loud and the buzz was relegated to ] the depths of the sea, as far as we were concerned. Oh, it was present and 1t was loud, but stations came i through with such volume that 1t was entirely trampled over. We again suggest that the buzz be re- paired in some way. It's rapidly growing in strength of late and 1t is i not helping our good nature one bit.
 WBz, Springfield. back on its own wavelength (you remember it usurped WMCA's wavelength on Sunday nighD offered Ernie An drews and His Broadway Trouba- dours in a group of dance numbers, two of which we heard. One was Baby Face" and the other was "Katinka." The band carried with it, through the courtesy of WBz, it's natural depth of tone.
 
 ! A program of music, having the l West as a subject, was presented by 1 the Sparkers from WIZ. Milton J. l Cross acted as announcer and, in keeping with the plan for this hour, sang all the announcements, making the program seem more like a light opera than anything else, due to the continuous music. Those announce ments are difficult to understand at 1 times, we find. Among the selections played were My Indiana Home" with baritone solo chorus, and "Out Where the West Begins"
 
 | We went out to Cleveland to hear one of WEAF's industrial fea- lures, WTAM breaking through in great shape. The station was very | loud. One of the numbers was Sun rise and You" instrumental and vocal. Pleasant to hear! Pleasant to hear! We left WTAM because of the presence of a bit of sizzling static. l Hb HtulS Oii hlllelICdu LllSl- ature" period at KDKA, Pittsburgh, was excellent. The station, by the way, came through very loud. The speaker was Ebert R. Moses and he | has been in the habit of reciting choice poems by American poets, and other literary gems of interest to the general public, meanwhile de- scribing the selections briefly. One which We particularly enjoyed last evening was Riley's Goodbye, Jim." or, perhaps, it's called "The Old Man and Jim" It's really a pa thetic little poem, once you get the mood Of 1t, and, although it has been classified in anthologies as comedy number. it has always impressed us as being far from that. But it is a gem. there's no getting away from 1t and as we listened to MT. Moses last capable man he is.
 W-PG, as the announcer said, offered the Chelsea quartet in an in strumental program. The Atlantic City broadcaster went still farther last evening, beating out even WTIC for volume. if you can imagine such thing. Our battery control was down to the last fraction of frac tion of an inch before the OFF mark and still we could hear the music pounding in. Clarity was also feature with this station. as it al ways is. Well, the quartet played gems from "The Chocolate Soldier and "Tarantula" in typical quartet style, you know, rather soft and in triguing.
 CKCX. that new Toronto station, was heard from, very loud. Several other stations were fighting for the same wavelength, so we aren't so sure of the titles of the numbers. But We are sure of the fact that Miss Lillian Roberts, soprano, has beau- tifu radio voice. She demonstrated that fact in "Wearying For You" The orchestra a number entitled T Can't Find Something or Other" what. we don't know and probably never will. We couldn't find the title, ! we're sure of that.
 At VEAL, Baltimore, we heard ! the Jubilee Singers and we wouldn't have missed 'em for anything That station has as fine group of sing | CTS Of that type of music as we have ever heard. It's rather difficult to re- produce the real, jubilee singing of the southern negro. because it is or iginally spontaneous and results from religious fervor. But the VEAL group have all that down pat and