New Britain herald., 1927-02-03

ume, there wasn't a great deal of l distance.
 WIOD. Miami Beach, came through as never before. As loud as | WBZ. without any exaggeration, it maintained steady clear tone throughout the period of our listen ing. A dance orchestra, the best we have been privileged to hear from that station, poured forth rhythms galore. We heard Thinking of You" For My Sweetheart" and wild af- fair titled "Brotherly Love-" We travelled back and forth along the dials and we didn't strike one dance orchestra which was not ex- cellent. We heard about 12 of them at 12:45 o'clock, and each and every one had it's own peculiar style and it's own finished manner of presenta- ton. As we said before, every one of them was above the average.
 
 KNOX, St. Louis, was moderate ly loud. It didn't break through with any ear-crushing volume, or anything like that, but it was plainly audible and the music sounded good. A dance orchestra played several waltzes, including T Love Thee" The announcer was brusque, busi- nesslike sort of a fellow, who told only the bare facts in the case, for which we respect him. So few of them know enough to do that during a dance program.
 WWAE, Chicago, was very loud, and crystal clear. By that we mean it sounded as a station sounds on crystal set, with no distortion or in- terference. We were fortunate enough to tune in when Lee Simms, the popular recording pianist. took his place before the mike. He offer ed Muddy Water" in his own par ticular style, the introduction giving the impression of heavy classics. However, he soon ran into the low
 
 manipulation we have ever heard. In fact, it was wonderful. We will say that the first chorus was rather garbled, as was the second one, since we couldn't tell where one left off and the other started, but the third was a masterpiece of operation and syncopation. As the last chorus pro- gressed We thought We heard Lee humming to himself at the piano, but it proved to be the WHO'D an- CT number.
 A painful German comedian tried out a monologue on us, and we didn't like it at all. It purported to be telephone conversation. Where he got his impression of German dialect we don't know-and we don't care, but we didn't like it. Later he went into a German dialect song which was much better. That was at WSBC, Chicago.
 WARS, Brooklyn, came in on a stretCher, all banged up. There was distortion and some disturbance go- ing on which rendered the station muddy and almost impossible of hearing.
 Pleasing close harmony by two pleasant voiced fellows at WEBH, Chicago, held us to that wave for to state that Chicago stations did themselves proud. Every one of them dashed in with all the strength in the world. Little Spanish Town was sung by the harmony boys. Each Of them has an excellent recording voice and they blend well. I'll Take 1 Care Of Your Cares was another of | their songs. WHIT. Chicago. and WCCO. Min l neapolis, offered organ recitals, both | of them with great volume. At the latter station we listened to the Cap | itol theater organ play "Only A Rose" from "The Vagabond King" Gee, that's great number, isn't it?
 
 WISE, Atlanta, was unusually loud ! At this station also. dance orches- | tra held forth and it's rhythm was the slow, easy rhythm which ap- ! poals to one late in the evening, | if one has danced all | night and the ole feet are beginning | to feel like a hundred-woight of lead | and the end is not yet. Gosh" we