New Britain herald., 1926-08-09
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Last night was somewhat better and there was the added advantage of lots of material to pick from, some- thing unusual for Sunday evening. Excellent volume and slim static un- til the latter part of the evening worked wonders with reception. On Saturday there was too much static for comfortable listening. A buzzing, not unlike the spark from an old fashioned code set, had it's little joke for a considerable period last eve ming. There was steady dash dash-dash (which doesn't indicate profanity throughout our waking hours.
 We started yesterday with the Children's hour from WIZ. Milton J. Cross acting as the Dutch uncle. sented and we listened to a story, The Cinderella of Java" one of a series given each Sunday by Miss Helen Murphy Of the Teachers Col lege, Columbia university. Billy Callahan sang June Brought The Roses" and there were several oth- CT selections, all of them uniformly good.
 We heard portions of church serv- ices from WNAC, Boston. and WGY, Schenectady. We didn't tarry for any length of time, however. We then took an enforced rest until evening, since the ether was strikingly bare of entertainment features during the afternoon.
 From WIZ came music by the Ambassador Trio. direct from the Italian Gardens Of that hotel. This program was one of the early eve ming features and we heard only portion of it, some from WIZ and some from WGY. Several "Valze" numbers were included.
 That buzz we were talking about began at S:30 o'clock while we were listening to the Little Symphony or chestra from KDKA, Pittsburgh. We heard selections from Orange Blos- sons" and that bright and poppy number "Vienna Life" but we were driven from further efforts by the buzzing which was exceedingly loud on 309 meters.
 Dear Old Pal of Mine" as sung by Arnold Wellin from WGCP. New ark, proved to be enjoyable and we remained to hear "Polonaise" by Chopin, as played by Martha Red ding on the piano. WGCP came through quite loud.
 We got our moneys worth at WFBH, New York. although of what we aren't sure. There was a little of everything. A violinist was playing classical selections, some fel- low was talking at the top of his voice, static was moaning around and the buzzing was the loudest of any place on the dials. Hurray!
 WPG, Atlantic City. offered a pleasing variety of nothing, also. Jules Falk, violinist, was playing and we waited through code and static for the finish. After 20 min utes he was still going strong and we left. He played everything in the book and thep started back the oth- CT way. we gGess. We half expected that he would be still playing when we took our last shot around the diais shortly after 11:30 o'clock, but an organ had replaced the violin, al- though Jules might have worn out the violin and started at the organ.
 The sound of thousands of voices all joined in song came to us when we paid a return visit to KDkA later. There was an outdoor com munity sing being staged and the station had arranged it's micro phones so as to pick up the music. There was great volume on the sta- tion and the singing was excellent. Abide With Me" Keep The Home Fires Burning" Long, Long Trail' and other favorites were presented.
 We heard the closing selection by the Detroit Symphony orchestra broadcasting through WICK. It was "The Star Spangled Banner" and we wish that we had tuned in earl fer. The station came through very loud and none Of the volume was lost when WJR took up the duties of broadcasting on the same wave length. A program was broadcast from the Baptist church at Pontiac,