New Britain herald., 1926-05-12
Through he Static

1 feet, almost. had 1t not been for the static which blooms in the spring, l tra-la, This static was q really busi- ness like affair and would not take any fooling from anybody. f any, body said word t would jus pop | 'em! That's all. Pop 'em and then ask questions afterwards. Because it came out Of the west and had a 1 three days growth Of blue-black ] beard and was hard as nails. Yessiri There was considerable fading, but 1 volume on most stations made Up for that deficiency. Medium distance was possible. The static seemed to 1 he confined mostly 10 the lower half l of the dialing system and stations above WGY seemed to he almost free from the disturbance, which may prove almost anything, or noth- ing, depending on your frame of mind.
 Funny thing. too. At 6 o'clock everything was great, There wasn't a ripple in the atmosphere, so 10 speak. We tuned in WEAN, proYi- , dence, at 6:30 o'clock and heard some superb dance music by Jimmy 1 Walsh and his orchestra. Once in a great while q slight buzz could be i detected but outside O that, boss. they ain't no news. The music sounded superb 10 us because it | came through so clear. because in reality the orchestra was ordinary. Let's Grow Up Together" Mid ile Of The Night" and Just Around The Corner" were three of the numbers.
 Friends, we rubbed our hands in l pleasant anticipation. as the old miscr does in the moving pictures when he sees all the gold. But our anticipations were rapidly shot at sunrise, because storm started to announce itself and q salute Of 76 crashes of static hailed its arrival. It wasn't much of 8. storm, in fact it was an absolute flop. to use the atrical .parlance, but the static came along just the same. The static was a WOW, to again use back-stage talk. It sure was, to use our own talk. Wasn't it, to use yours.
 Through the static arrived we heard selections by the Hotel Van Curler orchestra through WGY, Schenectady. Marvellous, Great! Slick. Never have We heard the sta ton come through as it did. So ] clear! So even! So deep in tone, So sharp, So long! Goodbye! We en- unused so much over the reception i that we didn't pay any attention to what the orchestra was playing. Even later in the evening, when the static was calling Ills every name un- der the sun, WGY maintained its high standard Of the carly evening and came through sharp and clear, unhampered by disturbance.
 | WIZ. New York, came through loud, but rather mussed up at times, 1 Chief Steward Ballyn of the s. S. ! (censorcd) presented a group of sea. songs in his usual excellent style. I l J time his ship, the $. s. (Censored), gets into port, since it is on the i transatlantic run, and he is rap | idly building up q reputation for | himself. His voice, a pleasing bari tone, is we'll adapted for singing l songs of the deep blue. Last evening ! he iourneyed inland and presented ,fi the Welsh mountains. For all we know there may be mountains in . Wales. Another song was Friend Of Mine" VEAL, Boltimore, swept us off our feet, so great was its volume. At times it faded, during the early part { of the evening, but before the sta ton signed off this condition was overcome and we were treated 10 steady flow of music. The station came in as loud as WBI and as clear as q bell. We heard several Sc lections by the Naval Academy band let us tell you that WBAL certainly i can reproduce band music as f should be reproduced. Even WTIC has nothing on it, as far as that type of music is concerned. Gems from The Merry Widow were pre- scented pleasingly.
 
 "You Need Someone 10 Love" to our mind, is one of the best popu- lar songs ct the present season. We 1 never tire of it and We never tire Of George Olsen's arrangement Of ii. George and his gang were with us again last evening from WIZ, which ! succeeded in rendering part Of the program absolutely no good, by fading and distortion. It's a funny l thing, but that station can go along 1 for the greater part of an evening without fading or collapsing in inc least, and then just as soon as Ol- sens music or some other highly | interesting and entertaining feature comes along, ping. There goes the parade! This happened some time ago during d talk hy Win Rogers, when Will started 10 pan everybody 1 in the United States, But speaking Of Olsen, inc concert was entertain ! ing, although ho introduced no new numbers. Norman Hrokenshire, who | must have a line or two. helped ] considerably. if wc may be 50 bold as 10 say so,