New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-12
Through the Static

1t would have been a poor night
even if some alchemist hadn't been
trying to make amiesite out OF Old
overcoats. AS it was, this guy, who
ever he was, had an apparatus go
ing which deiies description. 1t con-
sisted mainly Of one Of the loudest
buzzes we have ever heard. which
rasped from CPS O'Clock until nearly
II. outside Of that reception was not
bothered by interference. Why. lis
ten, we took both the aerial and
ground off once and We could tune
in the noise almost as loud as before.
It wasn't in the set, since when 1t
was out Of tune, no noise came IN.
There was static after IL o'clock and
there was no fun listening in, since
stations came through with not as
much volume as usual. The tone was
not deep either, for some reason or
other and the stations didn't seem
to have any background. Tinny was
the music in most cases.
SO YOU see the early evening was
somewhat of a fizzle. We could even
| hear the buzz on VITO and WBZ,
the latter being out OF the question
unless we detuned from the wave
length. BY hanging to the side Of
| the wave, it was possible to cut
down the interference to minimum.
An excellent program OF Irish music
was provided by the Four-Leaf
Shamrocks from WBZ, and It's too
bad, il is 1t is, that the interference
was poughing up the atmosphere
az it was. Garry Owen a march,
was played as an instrumental num-
Der, while baritone sang Ma
vourneen,"
The New Departure band. from
VITO, provided one of its usual
color1ul and interesting program. In
spite of the fact that the bands
contract has run out, it Is expected
that several more programs Will be
presented because OF the number OF
requests that have come In. If you
listen to one Of the concerts you VIII
,, see just why the requests have been
so numerous. The band does not play
ensemble music entirely. Duets and
solos are featured, attestlng to the
musical abilities of the members OF
the organization. Take. for instance
last night. The Little Rullfinches
was presented as a clarinet duet, ana
it was hotsy-totsy. if you'll pardon
our lapse into the colloqulal. ot
esnccial interest was the group OF
odd Timers" and songs OF the Boys
in Blue.
The Grand Opera program from
WEAF, as broadcast by VITO, was
also worth while. The opera was
"Lakme," and the company mas
never done any better. In fact. the
program came through so outstahd-
| jngly well that one couldn't help re-
marking it. The orchestral accom-
naniments and interludes were crisp
! and clear-cut, with no jamming OF
| sound and no blasting OF the micro
nhone, The solo work was remark
! able ana lnc EolceS "ci" "it'iP
distinct. Thanks to a capable an
nounccr, we we're able to follow the
thread of the story OF 'Lakme
through the explanations OF the var
! ious acts. OF course, the program
! was in tabloid form, but the most
| important parts were there
WBAL. Baltimore, wasn't any
thing to get up in the middle OF the
night and stage paJama paradc
about. The station faded ana the
r,usic OF the dance orchestra which
was on when we tuned IN, didh
Gene through as clearly as 1t should
have. The music was all mixed up
with Stag and stuff and we didn't
stay.
There wasn't as much Of Jam
from $50 to ESQ meters az there
usually is, for the simple reason that
stations weren't coming in as we'll
What there was between those wave
Lengths didn't come through well.
Strange as it may seem, We picked
up two Canadians. one was CfCF,
| Montreal and the other vas CNRo,
Ottawa. The former came through
loud and clear, while the latter had
more difficulty. Jack Denny's or
chestra was providing tunes at CFCF
and the music sounded slick, while a