New Britain herald., 1927-11-01
Through fife Static

l Sld+llS last evening, the DetteT OH he was, since the static increased from ' o'clock on and it was ex- tremely heavy after g, so heavy that We shut up shop at 10 o'clock. Dur ing the early evening, conditions were almost ideal and we had an i enjoyable time of it. Volume was excellent. The subject of condi- tions will be treated more fully in the discussion of programs between 5 and o'clock.
 Of course, Carmen" possesses a wonderful musical score. The high spots were sung from WEAF and chain including WTIC last evening. We heard only part Of the program. but the presentation struck us as being delight.
 Static was extremely heavy when we tuned in on CFCF, Montreal. whether someone was crying or whether somebody was singing an Indian melody or negro spiritual Whatever it was. we didn't think much of 1t. And anyway, the stat ic was so heavy we couldn't get within hailing distance of the sta tion. The wave was strong and 1t brought in about 10S different kinds of noise with it.
 WNAC, Boston, moves to 461 me ters today, so if you're anxious to hear it you had better move with that broadcaster. There are several other station moves scheduled, among them WICC, Bridgeport, which comes up out of the sticks and settles along about 26S meters or whereabouts.
 WOR, Newark, very loud. offered Sam Leonard's orchestra in Blue Heaven" a nice little number pos sessing the requirements of hit, to our way of thinking. It'll be sung to death, probably, since most of the hits are.
 WIZ acted fairly decent last eve ming. A number of New Britain fans have been complaining that WIZ has been coming through in poor shape lately, so we're not the only one trailed by the jinx.
 Among the early, very early, eve hing features was the program Of dinner dance music from WIZ. The station came through much more clearly than usual, the surface Of the wave being marred by no dis Iturbance whatever. Of course, there was a fly in the ointment, small fly, but an insect, neverthe~ less And that fly was present in the form of fading. It was grad ual sort of fading, just sort of drifting in ana out of the picture Irwin Abrams and his group of sterling musicians provided the ex- Itremely listenable (if there is such a word) program from until some time ago. "Charmaine' was one of the numbers, while "Naila" or Nah -eela," that's the way it's pro- nounced, was also heard.
 WNAC, Boston, came through very loud a few minutes after 6 o'clock, the Juvenile Smilers being before the microphone. It seemed that every station we brought in during the early evening was quite loud and was possessed of a depth of tone which we were beginning 10 think was just a rumor. From WNAC we went over to VICES, New York, where Uncle Geebee didn't make us feel very we'll He reminds us too much of simply syrup His parting shot at us was. And now I'll say good night to all you darling kiddies." Now there are some things that-well, maybe the children enjoy him and maybe they don't. Our idea of the real Bedtime Story Man is Dream Daddy of WILT, or the pilot of the Smil- CTS at WNAC, or the fellow whc takes care of those things at WOR They sound more like the mer children like to have talk to them
 WODA, Patterson, is another sta ton that's coming through strong these nights. A dance orchestra nearly took the ice cream out 0 the cone last night. And now l might be well to explain just wha that little statement means. l seems that some people call ou