New Britain herald., 1927-03-18

Through fife Static

A continuous spatter Of static was
 featured all evening. This diSfur-
 bance was not of the booming va
 riety. It merely struggled in, keep ing tip steady batter, much to our discomfort. There was excellent vol
 ume, enough to keep the noise from interfering with programs early in the evening. However, as the evening
 waned, or waxed. as you will, the noise became more bold and when We quit shortly after midnight, il was raising hob with almost every station.
 Judge Sykes. acting chairman Of the newly formed radio commission. together with Commissioners Cald- well Of New York and Dillon Of Cal ifornia, spoke through WRC, Wash ington. and SO stations cf the Red and Blue network. including Wl3Z. Judge Sykes stated that the commis- sion will have as it's job the matter of arranging schedules and stations so that they won't interfere and so that they will give the listeners an even break. He stated that there are 700 broadCasting stations in opera ton in tho United States. We would have said 1000. but let it go at that. At any rate. the chirman promised to alleviate crowded conditions. Commissioners Dillon and Caldwell gave short talks, telling how glad they were to be at the station.
 The color, green, permeated the atmosphere last evening and We heard echoes Of Erin wherever we turned. At WGY. Schenectady. the Eskimos, from WEAF. were offering Irish tunes. among them Wild Irish Rose" and Bunch Of Shamrock" included jokes and songs. pertinent 10 the day. The orchestra played "MOther Machrce." "DubIin. Back to Dublin and several others. all of them in excellent style. The jokes Were typically Irish. WGY was en- ' sion, there being intense volume and q steadness which was commen- dabl-.
 We ran ID to WNlC, New York. where the banquet Of the Friendly sons Of Erin was being held. As usual, the station was blanketed by noise and We didn't derive any en- ioym"nt from listening 10 it. Back to WIZ. where tho shannon Quartet. the we'll known Keyeliers. presented in their own unique style. The Blue Eoom,' There's quartet that beats all Of them.
 WICC. Bridgeport. came through with H minimum of interference from other stations. There is always interference when We try to listen to the Bridgeport bradcaster, and We are seldom able to hear it unacCom- panied by whistles and shrieks from bloopors and other transmitters Last night reception was trihe bet ter than usual, however. and we heard an excellent danca orchestra play "Moonbcams, Kiss Her For Me"
 We paggcd new ono last eve ming, CFKC. Kingston Ontario. It came through strong, but the b!oop- ITS were trying hard to bring it in, with q slight dcgres of success, judging by the noise they were making. An instrumental trio was playing, but every time the an nounCer started to make remarks, . he noises were louder than ever. . We finally made out that the group was playing Irish selections and We ! heard Come Back to Erin" Folks, . this is an open season on bloopers . and you don't need q license to hunt . 'em.
 Selections from the musical com ! edy 'Irene' were played by Jean i Wciner in the course of an organ To- cital from WIG. Atlantic City. The /, station was strong, and We later moved to WGl}S. New York, where piano selections, all messed up with local interference, were being pre- scnted. We finally betook ourself 10 . WBI, where Mct,nelly's orchestra played q group Of Irish airs in dance tempo, constructing q delightful fox 'rot out Of them. i