New Britain herald., 1927-01-05
Through tie Static

A wicked evening. yea verify.
 Much of the confounding static.
 While volume was excellent. the
 static pounded away at the gates of
 the temple, practically incapScitat- ing our ears. Consequently, we re-
 mained with WBZ and WTJC longer
 than We did with other stations.
 WBZ carried considerable of WJZ's program, so we had 8 good time,
 anyway. l, l We browsed around early in the
 evening, but at o'clock we settled
 down to the business at hand. We
 hit WNYC, New York, and we wish
 we hadn't, since all the shrapnel
 and other refuse was dumped on
 that wavelength. 1t seemed. Cello
 and violin selections, accompanied by static and code, came through
 well, especially the accompaniment. At S:10 o'clock we went over to
 WIZ. where Spanish music was be- ing offered. WBZ also broadcast that ! program, which was of distinctly
 novel type. Guitars and mandolins
 were featured while pleasant
 voiced singer crooned soft Spanish
 melodies, We didn't attempt to
 make out the titles. We just listened. We tuned in WBZ and noted with in-
 terest how faithfully the sound of
 the instruments was reproduced. Percy Grainger, far-famed pianist composer, occupied the ether at WGY, Schenectady, which was
 hooked up with WEAF and the
 chair. Grainger, whose compositions are known far and wide and who is noted for daintiness of his themes,
 presented a group of Norwegian se- lections, making his own announce ments. He sounded very, very Eng fish and very. very we'll educated, and he told us lots about music. That was at S:15 o'clock.
 Aha! We found our old friend, The Big Blooper. at WICC, Bridge port, at which station he seems to be hanging out of late. Let him hang, say we. The Banjoliers pre- scented a variety of popular selec- tions. including Hello, Bluebird" and "River Shannon The station was much louder than we expected it would be.
 Hockey fans who tuned in WBZ at 8:15 o'clock had long wait, and we, for one, rather feared that it would not be broadcast, but at g o'clock Bill Sparto went on the air with resume of the first period. It seems that WBZ took program from WIZ between and o'clock, hence the delay in going on with the hockey game. Bill told all about the first period mentioning the fact that it had been very fast. The score was a goose-egg all around at the end of the first period, but the second saw Ottawas with one point and the Bruins still tagging the zero. Bill is certainly crashing through with his announcing. He has become accli- mated, so to speak, and he knows his onions. He kept us interested throughout the game last evening, for a fact. It was stated that the game was one of the fastest affairs ever seen at the Boston Arena. Bill calls himself the ''bungling an- nouncer," but we know better. It would be impossible for anyone to give every play, so fast does hockey move. but Bill keeps up with the trend of affairs and his excitement is really delightful. We certainly re- ceived good story of the game last night. The score was 1 all at the end of the third period, so two over time periods had to be played. After about four minutes of overtime, the l station signed off from the Arena to take scheduled program from New York. Bill announced. before sign ing off, that he would give resumes of these two periods at 11:30 o'clock, which he did. The game ended ill Boston's favor, to l.
 George Olsen and his music was the feature for which WBZ deserted , the hockey game, and we enjoyed . the orchestra through the new There was no fading, | or twisting and the music was deep, full and clear, without murmur to disturb it. Quite novel, to hear a George Olsen program without any fading, and we sure hope WBZ will continue to broadcast this feature from WIZ. The music sounded bet ter than we have ever heard it from the New York station. Anyway, there was too much static at WIZ, last evening. George! Will you please get rid of that Yankee Rose?" It's getting tiresome. Fran Frey sang Slap Yo' Hands" and Bobby Some thing sang Worrying" bran new number. There were others, but we just listened.
 That's all for today, thanks!
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