New Britain herald., 1926-12-14

l The Sinners were on the air at WNAC. Boston, which station over did itself. as far as volume was con- cerned. Said Sinners obliged with a program of old time square dance, old songs, etc, etc., etc. "Mr. Doo- ley and "The Only Girl' were among the numbers offered vocally. Now. listen to this, DIX at S:20 o'clock. You probably won't believe all this, but it's the truth. The D. T's will be at it again. But, at any rate, at about S:20 o'clock We pulled in a flock of talk, as the old saying goes. The station came through, some times fairly loud and at other times not so loud. even going so far as to die away altogether. We edged up to the loud speaker and listened tense- ly as the announcer got ready to give the call letters. The station faded and we had hard job getting the letters. "k-G-W' was the way our ears interpreted the exer- tions of his, vocal cords. We were elated, oh. highly elated. We looked in the book and found that KGW is located in Portland. Oregon. We didn't mention that the fellow who was talking before the call letters were given gave little spiel on the beauties of California. He was talk ing about wages in California in 1S49, as contrasted with those today. 1 Imagine it, Portland. Oregon, at S:20 o'clock. Well. after the fellow fin- ished and the call letters were given music started Up and we decided that we'd be perfectly sure of the letters. We hcrded other members of the family into the room so we'd have some proof that we brought in the coast so early in the evening. The music stopped and the station came in with a roar and the an- nouncer said THIS IS WKBW BUFFALO, N. Y" They're still 1 laughing down at our house.
 CHIC, Toronto, didn't act so well, it seemed. This station faded in and out, giving us sort of weakminded musical, program, as a result. If the wave had been steady we might have had an interesting experience, since a symphony orchestra was perform ing. But fading did its worst.
 WAHG. Richmond Hill. very loud, offered the Preside Boys in a pro- gram of songs. These youngsters have pleasing manner of deliv- cry and they make the most of every number they get hold of. They sang Tn A Little Spanish Town" 'The Band Played On" and Moonlight and Roses"
 While the Aleppo Drum corps was presenting a program from WBZ, the station acted up somthing fierce. There seemed to be another station in the offing, which at times ab- seconded with WEBS wave. causing it to flicker, waver, jiggle and hop. It wasn't at all nice. After the drum corps program had been concluded WBZ seemed to go back to normal.
 We heard part of the light opera program at KDKA, which station was taking more than it's share of the dial spacing. Selections from High links" and the "Follies of 1920" were among the groups pre- sented.
 It was a great night for mixups Every station spread out and on the low waves the scheeches and howls were blood -curdling. We kept away from there. since the effect was that of a wholesale murder.
 WICK, Detroit, and WIZ, New | York, also ran.
 In answer to flock of requests to present serially, so to speak, the sta- tions we have had, so that fans can compare their achievements with ours, we'll start today. We'll start 1 with those lowest on the dials and work upward Every station We men, ton here has been brought in by us, absolutely, at some time in the course of the past two years. Pre- vious to that time we kept no rec ord which is at present available. So here goes:
 WOK. Homewood. H.; WIBO. Chicago; WBBM, Chicago; WOWO, Fort Wayne. Ind; WsAN, Allen town. Pa: WSAJ, Grove City, Pa: WHEEL, Richmond, Va; WERE, Wilkes-B Barre. Pa; WGBF, Evans vile, Ind: WOAX, Trenton, N. J.; WABI, Bangor, Me; WOOD. Grand Rapids, Mich; KsO, Clarinda, la: WKBF, Ind: WBAL, Baltimore; WNBH, New Bedford. Mass: WHO'D, Miami, Fla; WMBB, Chicago: WIAD, Philadelphia; VICES, Chi cago; WNJ. Newark; WGCP. New ark; WFBL, Syracuse; WSAR. Fall River: WRVA, Richmond; WOOD, Chattanooga, Tenn; WCSH, Port land, Me-: WWRL, Woodside, L. l.; WCMA, Culver, Ind; WADC, Akron, O.; WEAR, Norfolk, Va.
 We'll continue with some more to- morrow. Youll probably note that We have e included some stations l which have now assumed higher places on the dials. We are using a schedule, as of October 1. and are