New Britain herald., 1927-10-22
Through the Static

Last night might be chased as a satisfying evening. There was beau coup volume and not q great deal ot static. There was considerable noise or some sort in the background, but 1t seemed to have no effect on sta tions and they just sailed through without any hesitancy whatever.
 Before We go any farther we want to state that, while Ben Bernie has us neat a dance band as will b. found on any wave, Ben himself is enough to give q person the iidgcts. In the first place he talks too much. In the second place, most Of what he says is NOT funny. In the third place touch to his words, which has q grating effect on the listeners nerves. For instance. that crack Of Bernie's, T hope you like it." is said in such q way as to send one into complete fit of rage. He makes other remarks, supposed 10 be fun ny, which merely waste that much more power from the transmitter Of WEAF and other stations affiliated. It seems to us that if a capable an- nounCer from the WEAF studios took over the programs as far as the talk goes, there would be more dance music and less chatter. Bernie can kill more time than anyone We know on the air. Furthermore, he devotes most of 1t to self advertising. He should give his band q chance. Last night when control was switched back to the studio in order hat the station might identify itself after one of those stand by for sta ton announcements cues, the an nouncer became our friend for life when he said, You are listening to the music of Ben Bernie: Dance and Chin,' Anr it seemed as if little of Bernie's own tones crept into the statement. In other words the re- mark sounded just a trifle sarcastic Well, early in the evening we lis tened to the Happiness Boys, Billy Jones and Ernest Hare, two clean cut singers whose efforts have pleased radio fans for some time now. Between numbers they got off some excellent repartee and cross fire batter and the entire program was of a cheerful nature. One Of the l hot 1 Ernest was standing in front of park gate when q lady Of rather ample proportions approached him and asked him if she could go through. He said he thought so, since load Of hay had gone through only I short time before. Ernest i saig, among others, Our American Girl" dedicated to Miss Ruth Elder, while Billy presented riotous dia- | lect comedy number. "Where Is My i Meyer?' The pianist, who answered to the name of Dave, came through for a touchdown, when he played Stepping on the IVories.' Now, don't forget it, that boy knows the { difference between the black and the white keys,
 | The Wizard of Menlo Park proved to be almost as brief-spokcn as | President Coolidge is reputed to be, when the former was interviewed 1 last night in his home at East Or ange. N. J. A large number of sta ! IF, frt- rt4 i hooked up for Edison Night, observ- ing the 48th anniversary of the 1n- vention Of the incandesccnt lamp. We heard most of the proceedings through WTIC, although after the l interview we wandered here and there in an attempt to find out no" many stations we could bring ln. The great inventor was extremely brlel in his answers, contining them most lv 10 'Ycs" and 'No." His voice, while that of an old man, was quick 1 and business like. He seemed 10 have a cold, however. The Goldman band was interesting, too, but outside l of that. the program was a commtf- cial feature pure and simple, bought and paid for by the General Electro l Co.,, and we accepted 1t as such.
 l kDkA, Pittsburgh, was loud all evening, offering a feature rom Ne" 1 York when we tuned in. It was the { regular weekly dralnatlZatlon of an Q, Henry story. We didn' | stay long ! however moving over to
 WBBM. Chicago, whoch came through loud and clear with an or gan recital by a Mir. Benedict. Then ito WI.S, also Chicago which bade fair to wreck the loud speaker. i Maurie Shcrman's orchestra played il while and then the Oriental Male quartet presented The Sweetest story Ever Told" the voices blend ing well,
 WDRC, New Haven, took up space with group Of photograph recordS' The playing of records should pc rclegated to afternoon broadcastlng' Such tactics can make many enc mics for q station, especially fl peo- Die listen through number, only to hear that it was a record. They feel that they have been fooled and lHl- posed upon and. anyway, evenings should be reserved for personal tai .nt not "canned" music.
 Others or the list last night in cIuIrl WSEA Virginia Beach; WCAM, Camden; WGf, Scheher-