New Britain herald., 1926-04-16
Through tie Static

thing last evening, although Chicago stations demonstrated their ability 10 be heard with marked success. , These stations were easily the fea- ture Of the evening. There was | lot Of fading on nearby stations, New Workers proving to bc the worst offenders. Static bothered consider ably during the early evening, but it seemed to clear up considerably around midnight. There was cloctri- cal interference consisting of steady buzz, not too troublesome, on the low waves and another intermit- tent buzz on the high waves. Code was troublesome around 900 meters
 
 WIZ, we are sorry to say, faded to some extent last evening. The Record Boys, Frank Kamplain Yale '51; Al Bernard, Harvard '76, an,l Sammy St"pt, Tuskaloost School ot Dclerium, pid 6, asked 5u7, lalinch- cd an hour of song and music, keep ing us happy and good natured as long as they stood Cor saD Optional three extra credits for outside read ing) before the miCrOphonc. Frank sang q yodelling song, and than him there is none yod"llcr, the name Of which was "Rol Along, SlvcIy Moon." Then Al and Frank, step ping from their characters, sang q Chinese song, Loo Long in Hong Kong, or some such nonsense. It's brand new and they were introduce ing it, or something. Oh, they had a raft Of numbers. each Of which called for a different Interpretation. One Of them was offered in nick | idea Of nick dialect, and considering | the fact that he got his ideas from the Columbia wheel, Al put t over l slick. At any rate. it was the cstab- l lished conception Of hick dialect and if he had sung the song in plain | English, the way in which 90 per cent of the hicks talk, and the oth- i er five per cent cant talk, iL wouldn't have gone over at all, prob ably. The name of the song was Joshua Frye" Following the Record 1 Boys came Freddie Rich and his or chcstra, q band which is gaining vide favor among New Britain resi- : dents. The older folks like Freddie ! Rich and the younger generation takes 10 George Olsen. Freddic'3 style is moro sedatr, without i l IOubt,
 From II o'clock until nearly r. | We just dashed around, bringing in what We could. listening to one number and the call letters and then moving on, in an attempt to rnI out ! inst how the broadcasJerss were be- i ing received.
 WEE1, Boston, was ill the hook
 up with WEAI and was transmit ting The Silvertown orchestral;
 Moonlight and Roses" WMCA, New York fading like all get out, lel us hear spasmoiically, Gypsy Love Song" by the Tango orches- trs, WHAR, at Atlantic City, faded hastily and there was dance music 10 be heard at times. WRNY, New
 York, dominating the lower range ike q mountain peak, offered dance music,
 We ran up the line, striking woe. Davenport, in an unguarded mo- ment when the music came through
 well, The LeClaire Hotel orchestra
 Nas playing one oi its periodical programs. The music and the ! lands handling of i, was interest ing, ii rather ordinary Excellent
 tempo varied according to the
 style Of inc number at hand, togeth-
 er with straight playing by musi-
 rtans, make one lend an ear to just
 good dance music" A methodical
 banjo beating out the time deter l mlnedly, together with pleasing sax ophone parts were featured and the station, for a while, came through
 better than it has in months. "Bam- Bam, Bammy Shore"
 Dreamy waltz numbers with d saxophonc predominating were
 :eatured by inc Dougherty Melody
 Boys at NLW, Cincinnati which came through loud, but rather rough at times. A softly crooning saxophone changed places with a
 deep, melodious trombone about
 half way through the medley and
 NC listened in rapt enjoyment, our
 right foot resting behind our ear and
 our left foot restfully tangled in the chandelier which was later to mean
 so much iD the life or the Little