New Britain herald., 1927-02-22

And still another new one, WCBM,
Baltimore, broadcasting from the
banquet hall of the Chateau Hotel,
| where a crowd of midshipmen from
Annapolis were having a good time.
The dance orchestra was worth lis
tening to, and the fact that the sta
ton was away down on about 230
meters didn't hamper things any. 1t
was loud, although a disturbance
something like very loud, prolonged
code accompanied by howl messed
up things for a short time. After that
we enjoyed almost perfect reception,
with now and then a shade of inter-
ference from WOWO, Fort Wayne,
Indiana. The orchestra played MY
Baby Knows How" The announcer
stated that the station is usually on
evenings from 10 to II o'clock, but
that this mornings affair was some
thing extra special. According to him
cabaret performance preceded the
dancing.
WDAF. Kansas City, was extreme
ly loud and the Nighthawks present
ed an interesting program. We lis
tened to one number by kaufman's
orchestra, Because l Love You"
Just before WDAF came on the air,
G-kW at Tuincu, Cuba, signed off
after having presented lots of dance
music. The station has boosted its
power to 1000 watts and it came
through fit to be tied, although a
trihe distorted.
Early in the evening we ran across
WCAM, Camden, N. j., which is op-
Grating just few points below
WBZ. The former station was fully
as loud as Springfield and we listened
to the Mandarin Cafe orchestra
from Philadelphia. DO, Do, Do" was
one of the numbers.
WSYR, Syracuse, also came |
through well. Although our pro-
grams have carried the station for
some time, it was its first appearance |
III Jul dltllS. "a utlls5 Ill ullS SlliOOlu
saxophone chorus to Failing in I
Love" attracted us to the station in |
the first place and we stayed to hear
the announcer boost some of the |
stores of Syracuse.
At about 7 o'clock, WISH, Provi-
dence, was quite bit off its wave |
length and it interfered with WIS |
wave to some extent. There was a |
whistle whenever we tuned in either
station. Whether this condition pre-
vailed all evening we don't know.
We might say that WIZ was on
the air with a test program at about
l o'clock this morning, for the in
formation Of those who wondered
what station it was. We listened to it
for while, piano solos forming the
basis of the program, and we didn't
hear the call letters announced. The
station shut off quite often in the
middle of a number, to return to the
air with something fixed.
WIS, Chicago, before it signed off
at about o'clock, announced a
Radio Show at the Rainbow Gar
dens next Monday night. Not the n
customary exhibition of radio sets,
but a monster vaudeville program
in by Chicago radio
artists. According to the announce
IN ll
There'll be a buffet lunch. dancing
and everything else and the tickets
are s. each. lie said that the reser-
vations are limited to 5000. so make
your applications early. The station
was loud.
Dan Dugan's Melody Boys broad
cast a program from WSAI, Gin
at about 1880 o'clock or so.
The station was extremely loud and
the rendition of Clap Yo' Hands
was all that could have been desired.
Now for a list of others We
brought in. We'd like to mention
bits of programs from each, but we
really haven't the space, no kiddin'.
Here goes: VITO, Hartford; WBZ, II
Springfeld; WMCA, New York;
WRC, Washington; WEAF, New
York; WHO, Des Moines; WTAG,
WCSH, Portland; WNAC,
Boston; WHAP New York; WSB,
Atlanta; CFCF. Montreal; WOR,
Newark; WODA, Paterson; kFNF,
Ia; WPG, Atlantic
City; KDKA, Pittsburgh; WABS,
New York; WTAM, Cleveland;