New Britain herald., 1927-06-03

1 buzzing and rattling anyway.
 
 WMCA. New York. was loud, but slightly distorted at times. It seemed to be working entirely independent Of WEE, interfering not et all with the Springfield station ani receiving practically no interference from WBZ. A tenor soloist presented "Mammy's Curly Headed Boy"
 
 The questions and answers pro gram from WGY, Schenectady. was of an highly interesting nature. An orchestra. playing selections bearing on the questions asked, helped things considerably. One of the questions was What famous prohibitionist has travelled to many parts of the coun- try, has been called Pussy Foot and has onl yone eye?" while the orches- tra played How Dry I Am" Very interesting and, at the same time in structive.
 4 dance orchestra from WLW, Cincinnati came through loud and com paratively clear. The announcer out there gives the call letters after each selection, a wise idea. WNAC, Boston, and WJAR, Providence, of fered dance music, and we also heard from WGCP and WDWM.
 We heard WHO. Des Moines, for the first time in weeks. Piano selec- tions were being presented. and later a soprano sooist took the air. but We lost the titles Of her num- bers. The call letters came through strong, as did the weather reports and signing off chimes.
 WAAM, Newark, announces the addition 10 its staff Of new studio manager, who will also supervise the announcing. He is Jack Van Riper and, although he is a newcomer to WAAM, he is widely experienced in the radio entertainment field.
 The Sunburn Kids will trot their paces tonight at S:15 o'clock from WBZ, Springfield. Undsr their min istrations the radio audience will find a message of relief from the torrid days of summer, since those two will drop in on listeners each Friday evening. presenting quarter hour vaudeville sketches. with hu- nor and song Novelty dialogue, merry banter and individua. 7ong in terpretations are included. The last of series of programs by the Cities Service-Goldman Band under the direction of Edwin Franko Goldman, will De broadcast by WTIC, the Travellers station at Hartford, tonight. at o'clock. Mir. Goldman in arranging his last pro gram of this series, has accedcd to requests of the radio audience and has included the overture "Mignon' lThomas) and excerpts from To- henGrin.' Both of these selections which, have been played by the band in previous Friday evening periods. are among the most popular which they have sent out on the air.
 For nearly three years WAIlG and it's heir apparent. WABC, together with the sister station WBOQ, have been featuring the Arlington time signals twice q day. Thousands of people along the Atlantic scaboard watch for this event with as much interest as they would some grand opera star. Arlington works on wave length of 25o0 meters while WABC works on 3l6 meters. and after June l5 will work on 326 me ters. WBOQ. now on 236 meters, will be on the 3o6 wave after mid June. So many inquiries end letters of commendation reach WABC and WBOQ concerning this feature that a word of explanation may be III or der. The dots start at five minutes to l2 noon and at five minutes to 10 at night (Eastern Standard Tlme) with one for every second The 29th is left out and then the dots are re- peated up to and including the 54th then silence for five dots and re- sumption on the sixtieth second. This is repeated until the fifth minute when the dots stop at 49. The long dash of 10 seconds is exactly on the hour.