New Britain herald., 1926-08-11
Through the Stafic

The early part of last evening was
 much better than any other time Conditions were perfect between 6 and 8:30 o'clock, but they lost some of their charm later. There was fading, especially on the New York waVelcngths. Volume was pretty fair if the stations stood still long enough. Distance wasn't so hot, though.
 Early in the evening, before dark. we had better luck than ever before at that time of day. Even WEAF, New York, came through very loud, and other stations possible during the daylight hours, were right up to snuff. It promised to be a. great night. It wasn't so bad, but we were trifie disappointed, since it wasn't 1 as good as the night before.
 New station! New station! The | first one we've brought in in months. It's WCWS at Bridgeport, this sta tion, and it's operating on a wave l length of about 280 meters. It came in fairly loud at about I o'clock, although it was considerably dis torted. The voice of the announcer came through very we'll, but just as soon as control was shifted and the music of a dance orchestra was picked up, everything sounded punk, And anyway, we weren't able to lis ten in very long to that station, since WEAR, Atlantic City, grabbed the act some time about 7:30 o'clock. From WGY. Schenectady, and WBZ, Springfield, came dinner mu- sic of an interesting nature, the former of popular nature, the lat ter of the same mode. The Ten Eyck hotel orchestra furnished the music from WGY, which came through very loud. No Foolin' and Bye Bye Blackbird" were among the selections. We didn't care a great deal for the soloist with the orchestra, since he seemed to be a living imitation of about 30 or 40 famous stars, sort of a composite picture, so to speak.
 
 The Hotel Kimball Trio from WBZ entertained in it's usual pret- , ty-fair manner with My Sweetie | Turned Me Down" and I'm Tired of Being Alone"
 We received a disappointment from WTIC last evening. It seems that the Arcadia dance orchestra of Waterbury was scheduled to furnish the evenings entertainment, but the entire orchestra was unable to be present. only the pianist and the saxophonist being present. So WTIC signed off at SOP o'clock. The plano player presented Canadian Capers' and Russian Rag" while the saxo- phonist offered Moonlight and Roses" Their efforts were much en- joyed. The pianist can play the piano, and you cant argue that l point, me little lad.
 Of course, we had to have a buzz ! last evening. Things wouldn't have ! been happy without it. It started at |, about s o'clock and stayed around | for two hours or so, finally vanishing | in the direction from which it came. Meanwhile we listened to WNYC, | New York, where Begg's Military | band was furnishing a program from Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Among the | numbers were several selections | from The Vagabond of Paris" and | the overture from the opera Mar tha." Code interfered considerably, i! but the station was loud.
 "Richelieu's Honeymoon" the title | of a one-act play, failed to intrigue | us at VICES, New York, in spite of | the fact that there was all kinds of | volume. About the only thing we | heard the actors say was T Love You! Love You! Love You!" (ex- clamation points provided free of | charge). We never cared for senti- l mental songs. plays. talk, stories or