New Britain herald., 1926-05-07
Through tie Static

4HfVUSH GHC St0EtI ] Outside Of our own local troubles last evening. conditions were not so
 bad and also not so good, if you
 want both sides Of the question. As far as our local troubles are con-
 cerned, they caused the usual
 amount of racket and succeeded in narrowing down our field or en- Ideavor considerably. There was no
 static to speak of. although q few crashes inserted themselves in pro-
 grams during the latter part of the Ievening. Fading was a great trouble with all stations and even such old stand dbys as MEAN, Providence, and WBZ. Springfield. were hard hit We .didn'l do any DN-ing because we didn't remain at the set long enough.
 The big feature of the evening for Jus was the program from WTIC, ] ny remote control from New Haven.
 IL was as fine a performance Of IchurCh choral music as we have ! ever heard and the program was Icomposed Of selections representa- tive Of every season on the church 1 calendar, IL was a fine broadcast and all sections of the choir were audible at all times. The voices Of ] the women members of the choir were heard as easily as was the deep background Of male voices and { WTIC deserves credit for the ar Irangement Of its microphones in such a manner that all voices could | he heard. The instruments carried every note, no matter how high or how low, without blasting and so true and natural was the transmits Isjon that one had only to close his | eyes in order to be transported to the interior of a great cathedral, where a choir sang hymns of praise. In most cases where choral work lis broadcast, the microphone seems IalmOst to pick out the tones l. wants one to hear and no others are audible to any extent. But last night lit was possible to follow each and every part with as much ease as one could if the group were sing ling 30 yards away. instead Of $U miles. As far as We know, nothing so pretentious or al-jnclusiye has 1 been attempted before by any sta Ition, much less successfully com Ipleted.
 At the close Of the church year music, three anthems, accompa- Inicd, were presented by the choir. There was not a ripple in the at imosphere to banish the spell which settled upon us as We heard this great music of the church perform d for us, Everyone enjoys the music Of the church. Its dignity is impressive. Its nneness, beauty and simplicity are comforting, It is music written in a spirit of love and worship, not for monetary gain. and therefore is a true expression of feeling. There is TO music so com plete in it's effectiveness as the church's.
 We want to tell you about that buzz We have been hearing for the past few nights. IL is q buzz, but it narrowly misses being hum and it
 is awfully indefinite. It waXes and wanes and then wanes and waXeS and does other tricks not becoming
 to radio. We seem 10 remember
 having heard it about six months ago for time It appears on al wavclengths up to about 40 meters and. although it is possible to hear programs through it, the signals have to be very loud in order to
 bring the music or talks out of q sea of slush, so 10 speak. IL may he short circuit somewhere and again it may not be. Whatever 1t is, we communicated with the lighting authorities last evening and here's hoping we receive some satisfac ton.
 WCA1-. PhiIadephia offered the
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 were called. They were harmony boys and their efforts were somewhat amateurish, but they are q brand new feature of the Philadelphia station and it is probable that they will improve as time goes on. The tenor didn't work any too hard and his harmony was not harmony, but merely q sort of Street corner CO., operation with the baritone. He had three Of four favorite notes which he used in the tenor" range l and we believe he learned them from | the ukulele arrangements found on ! popular shet music. "Dinah" and , "I Love My Baby" were two of the | numbers. WCAT was loud at times, hut it faded.
 WBAL, Baltimore, came through l with unusual volume, but it's clarity |