New Britain herald., 1926-06-05
Through tie Static

Is Dees a system? MiIt Gross fla nous inquiry might be appropos here because Of the fact that the nights are about as much alike as dog and @ mule. Last evening was pretty fair, with excellent volume, good distance and little static or in- terference. There was a certain clar- ity, too, which should not be over looked.
 Of course we couldn't miss George Olsen and his ban6. as they broad cast through WIZ at ' o'clock. The orchestra was as slick as usual and they tried out several new numbers among them Lets Make Up," Static Strut and Who'd Be Blue?" in addition to some of the old favorites. In the course Of the proceedings a terrific crash was heard and We decided that it was some new kind of interference on its way 10 poster the life out of us. But it wasn't. Just some dishes dropped. on the floor. The announcer seemed to get quite a kick out of it, too.
 WRNY, New York, dashed with great spirit and we heard the Odierno quartet in q very delicate and highly sensitized rendition of "The Glow Worm" that classic con- panion of all orchestras when they first enter the business.
 While we missed the band music and the elaborate exercises planned by WNYC, New York, to stir up feeling for "Old Ironsides," We tuned in on the station in time 10 hear a talk by Capt, Enoch, who proved 10 be highly interesting speaker. Then some young lady, at least she sounded young. offered q poem dedicated to the famous old Dattleship, Her Victory" There was some code here, but 1t bother ever so slightly. Transmission was not the best ever.
 Snappy music came through from WGY, Schenectady, and We found that we were listening to "A Musical Mixture, offered by the comedians of the station. We didn't remain long. The station came in clear and the interference which usually hangs out around the wavelength or that station seemed to have gone out for lunch.
 There wasn't much interference all evening.
 "The Chocoiateers" from WBZ helped us spend pleasant few min utes, the nonsense question box be- ing one of the features. Then there were several talks that didn't make sense, nohow. An unusual number in the form Of a flute duet came through very nicely, although the flute doesn't register so well over the air. Its tone is made too sharp. This duet was Of Annie Laurie" Another queer combination was that Of an accordion and trumpet playing Three Stars or something like that. Considerable trouble was eN- pcrienced with the transmission, since the wave cut off several times right in the middle of number.
 Lettcrs' from all over the country came through from WTTC, Hartford, in the course of the Mail Bag per ioi, All Of them were interesting, one fan wanting the pictures Of the announcers printed in the news papers. The Mall Bag opener didn't seem to object strenuously.
 Shortly after 10 o'clock static be- gan to make it's appearance on the lower waves and it came in short crashes which didn't interfere to q great extent. There was great deal of really excellent dance music on the air, WTAM Cleveland; WSM, Nashville and WRVA Richmond. offering some pleasing bands. All three of these stations came through loud as did others on the air at mid night.
 Have you heard "Valencia?" If you haven't you've missed something and if you have you know what q snappy number it is. We heard it from XIV, Chicago, and from WGR, Buffalo. It is rather martial number obviously of Spanish descent. It's catchy and it runs through your mind continuously. It takes a good orchestra to play it well, too. XIV offered it in it's deep, sustained manner, and WGR also