New Britain herald., 1926-09-14

Then came WTAM, Cleveland, and the second annual tour of the Good Ship Willard" The good ship "Wil- lard" put in at the British Isles, where Jack Tar" "Nancy Lee" and selections from "Pinafore' were pre- sented by the orchestra. We left soon after, in spite of the fact that the program was an novel one. (Novel?)
 The curtain will now be lowered for seven days to denote the lapse of a week. (Ring W. Lardner)
 The scene you now gaze upon is a very tasty one. Picture to yourself a smoking stand. The stand is not smoking, but there are several cigaret stubs on it which are smok- ing and which are sending up a most distressing smudge. Cough. (Atmosphere). A weary radio setter, or whatever-Radio Fan, that's it now we'll start all over again. A weary radio fan sits at the set, no matter, and lazily twirls the dials. Stop. Turn left at crossroads. Three miles over corduroy road to Picketts- vile.
 The time is about 1 o'clock on Tuesday morning, September 14, 1926. The weary radioer tunes in WISE, Atlanta, Georgia, and thinks it's WNAC, Boston.
 Well the station turns out to be WSB, Atlanta, but this makes no difference to the radioer, who lis tensf to several hot numbers by Troutts Melody Artists, among which is Brown Sugar." The sta ton comes through with ear-split- ting volume. Of course, 1t would at tha ttime of the night when every one is in bed. The Little Colonel talks and the radioer allows a faint hint of a smile to grace his features.
 Then comes WEAK, Jacksonville, Florida, where a distinctly beautiful organ recital is being recited. Good Night" is one of the numbers, and in spite of the fact that the station is very loud the radioer leaves in a high dudgeon and a Ford. (advt)
 Well, WGR. Buffalo, offered a pleasing program of dance music, Sweet Child" being featured. The station came in louder than we have heard it in several weeks, or months.
 Then we hit into WNJ, Newark, and we found that for which we had been searching all evening. real, honest goodness impromptu pro- gram. The station came through loud as could be. although there was some fading. Transmission was eX- cellent and reproduction was just grand. When we hit the place three piece instrumental aggrega- ton which sounded like a full, eight | piece orchestra, was presenting a waltz. Then came a piano solo that knocked out eye our. It was just as if the piano was playing in our ] home, in spite of the fact (there Ii goes again) that we have no piano. | The tone was full and deep and | there wasn't the slightest ripple. EX- tra loud and extra fine. Soon after that the announcer got into an argu- ment, the operator talking from the i shack" located, according to his | own admission, three miles from the | studio, so no wonder he was so brave. He threatened to strike for | higher wages and to shut down the 1 traismitter at once if he didn't get more money. The announcer 1latter ed him a bit and everything was all right for awhile, although the oper- ator chimed in at every available opportunity, heapng insults on the announccr's head. They carried on their conversation in various dia- lects. ranging from Negro 10 Italian. We finally left because there were ominous rumbling from other parts Of the house, dcnoting that members | of the family were not as keen as We we were about listening to a first i, class program in the middle of the night.
 That's all for today. thanks.