New Britain herald., 1926-05-28
Through he Static

The atmosphere dished up another funny salad for us last night Some folks might have said the evening was perfect, others might have said it was fair, while still others might have blasphemed all over the table cloth and said it was terrible. It wasn't terrible, because there was consistent volume OH most stations, provided you were content with keeping near home. Nothing west of Detroit was heard by us, that is with any success. A few Chicago stations could be heard in the dis tance. There was some fading and the static was of a haphazard and chewed up variety. We also met with some disturbance, sizzling is the best name for it.
 We were as full of action as snapshot last evening and we didn't stir from the chair in front of the radio from o'clock until nearly II. We ran into WMSG, New York, fad trg like the dickens This station was broadcasting prize fights and NC heard heard fraCas between two men glorying in the names of Moody and Courtney. They certainly pounded the tar out of each other. according to the announcer and the crowd. As Milt Gross might say. "Nize baby! lit opp ull de prize fghtcrs." It sounded like a Roman holiday, not that we know what a Roman holiday sounds like. The announcer had a cold in his throat and he kept clearing it, giving us the impression that a lion was growing into the mike.
 They have some pretty good dance music up in Toronto, as evidenced by an orchestra which played from CKNC. This station was buried under about three tons of conCen- trated blah, but we managed to dig it out from under the rattles and roars and groans which made their Headquarters on 357 meters. The band played Cottage Small" very excitedIy and then the pianist of the orchestra presented Dizzy Fingers, accompanied by the band.
 WAR, Providence, and KDKA, Pittsburgh, battlod long and useless ly over the three meters that sepa- rate them. We don't know the out come The Eskimos one of those bought and paid for organizations with which WAEF and it's kindred stations are well equipped, were playing "Everything's Going to be All Right" We weren't so sure about that. so we went to WEEI and heard the remainder of the number. The orchestra is rather commonplace. WEEI, which is located in Boston, came through pretty well.
 WBZ and WMCA, New York, were also having a battle. A soprano or what have you was singing par ticularly eerie number at WBZ and some circus barker was explaining something at WMNA. This syn chronization didn't work out so well.
 WHN, New York, waxing serious for change, presented a program of baritone solos by Roy Raifsnider who. in spite of his blood-curdling name, was SOME singer.
 Yessir, He was an excellent sing CT. There seemed 10 be no effort in- volvcd. with the result that his voice maintained smoothness of tone which was desirable. He attempted no fancy work which was something more to his credit. In Little House Near By" and "Mother Me Cree" were two of his selections.
 We ran into WBI and a fellow was singing some dirge-lille melody. From there we went direct to VICES, New York. where fellow was sing ing a dirge-like melody. We thought it was one and the same fellow and that the stations had become hooked up for some unaccountable reason. We ran back and forth q few times and each time we thought it was the same singer. But, in spite of the fact that the melodies were somewhat the same and each note seemed to he of the same character at both stations the men were not the same. VICES entry finished first and won a Sears & Roebuck