New Britain herald., 1926-12-13

race, called in to say that it was
terrific on his machine. According
to him the buzz was spelling every
thing. At about $50 o'clock we
heard 1t on our set and it was
pretty bad. although it died away
later.
From 6 O'Clock on, last night, sta
tons came through we'll. We heard
WEAF, New York, at that time and
we had to cut down the volume. so
strong did the station come through.
An aria from The Huguenots," was
presented as a soprano solo, very
nicely. Then at WTAM, Cleveland,
which was also doing its best to
ruin our speaker. the Hollenden
hotel orchestra offered three dances
from Nell Gwyn" and another. Il
Would. My Love"
KDKA, Pittsburgh, faded to some
extent, too, although the volume
from that station was extra special
most of the time. IAN Arabian
Dance" was one of the selections
and we also heard some Russian
music, although the names of the
selections have us bested.
At WICK, Detroit, a church serv-
ice was in progress. but deafening
code almost drowned out the sta
ton which was coming In with good
volume. This code also extended
itself to woo. Davenport, another
loud station which was offering
church services.
Over to webb. Chicago. Heavy
buzz and lots of code competing
with the Edgewater Beach hotel
orchestra,
We quit for some time, due to the
fact that there was lots OF noise.
Shortly after 10 o'clock we went
back and pulled in WOAW, Omaha,
with chapel services. The code was
so heavy that we missed consider
able of what was going on. WJR
took WCX's place and this station
poured fourth on the evening air,
church services. An announcement
was made that the station will
broadcast two hour service on
Christmas Eve.
Music from the Baptist church at
Pontiac was broadcast by WJR.
The various selections came through
very we'll, considering that the code
was hammering away for all it was
worth. A variety of hymns were i'm
pressively rendered as vocal efforts.
among them being Just Outside The
Door," by the church octet; What
A Friend We Have in Jesus" by two
men, and Jesus, Lover Of My Sour
as contralto solo.
Then, later on, we stepped out. We
grabbed WHB. Kansas City. by the
heels and hauled it in without any
whatever. The station
is located on the wavelength now
used by WEAN. Providence. and the
broadcaster came through
loud and with more clarity than our
at Providence ever could
An organ program was be-
ing presented and We listened to a
group Of Puccini's melodies, includ-
ing the far-famed "Cho-Cho-S San"
from The Mikado."
All Chicago, stations were heavy
on volume and we might say can
didly that WSBC broke all records,
both for clarity and for strength of
signal. In fact, the station spread
over about four points on the dials
VICES also occupied more than its
share and WHIT was as loud as
usual.
At 1918 o'clock this morning we |
logged KFI. Los Angeles, thus CIV
ing the D. rs a chance to get in a
few more wiseSrachs. D. 7. doesn't |
stand for Delirium Tremens. 1t
means Doubling Toms. The station
came through louder than We had |
previously had it, too. A dance or
chestra offered me Too" and we |
couldn't help but smile when we
thought of going all the way to the
coast for that selection.
Three stations in Texas, two iden-
.ifed, were heard. One was WFAA.
Dallas, which was very loud. A Little |
symphony orchestra meandered |
through several selections, dying on
It's feet when 1t struggled with
popular number entitled Come Back |
and Drive Those Blues Away" a |
of the leader of the Or
Then came a cello solo,
Somewhere A Voice Is Calling" We |
heard the voice and it was calling, |
Shut off that set and get to bed"
KPRC, Houston, returned to our