New Britain herald., 1927-03-17
Through he Static

Another tunuy sort O. an evening, ' with volume sometimes and then i again sometimes not. so 10 speak. ad lib, vice versa and viz. There was no static, but layer or semi-local elec- trlcal interference was noticeable ! most Of the evening. this phenom- ] enon causing some ot the stations ,o come through in raspy manner. l There was some tailng. too. and We 1 didn't seem to be able to bring in i any DN except Atlanta and Floriia. which aren't so far away after all! Al o'clock, when We first tuned , in, a heavy buzz rent the atmos- phere. with the resul. that We couldn't hear anything. I; churnel up the ether in grca, shape. for q fact. Wherever We tuned We heard 1t and We began 70 think that .he eve ming was going 70 he a failure. How eycr, after about 2o minutes or fool isnness, the noise stopped.
 Thornton Burgess trapped the ! pussy willow eafhorers at the ses-' sion o. tho Radio Nature League, broadcast last night hy WI}Z. Spring field. He said the pussy willow gath erers are as bad as .ne tent cater pillars. and l.. advised those who mus. gather puSSy-wilows 10 get ! them from the woods where the loss will not be noticed. rather than from ] along the roadside. Mir. Burgess ra- I port l on the tent caterpillar cam | paign, saying that %o0. 0.pap.0o0 have ] been destroyed in the ,Erea weeks turing which the campaign has been conducted.
 The Mitchell Bro hers. with their banjos and their smooth southern dialect provided speedy entertain mcnt al WIZ. They introudced harmonica and banlo duet, in which they played I variety O: melodies. Among the selections played in the course of the program were Waters Of Ninn"touka," Introduce Me 10 That Girl" a delightful little com rdy song "Moonbram Kiss Her for NIv" and 'Som@bojy said These programs. presented once a week, are really worth while, since they ar" entirely informal and the selec- tions are of ;t light popular nature which appeals 10 three-t -tourths Of the radio tans.
 The music by the saxophone sex trt, broadcast by WJAR, Providence. as q member ol the Red Network, came through we'll The soft tones of tue instruments were well repro ducel and the music was mellow. The voice O. the announcer was very iuiistinct, however. and for tha, reason wc missed out on the titles of two numbers. Later. however. baritone soloist offered Maid of Honolulu
 We hit WCN. Detroit, just as it was signing off to make way for WJR. WNYC. New York. offered the Philharmonic Quartet, an excellent organization given To the playing ot
 instrumental music or q classical ma ture. We didn't remain very long, because there was considerable racket upon that wave length, and also above that wave length.
 Before We forget it. We want 10 suggest that you folks tune in on Wi;Z tonight at 7:ij o'clock when the chairman oi the new radio com mission will speak on the work in view for that organization. In all probability he will have something Of importance 10 say. The talk will be handled by about 30 stations Of the Red and Blue network.
 MEAN, Providence, broadcast a series of boxing bouts from the Bos ton Arena. The program came. through all right and the voice of the reporter was clear enough, but the fights were not any loo fast and they weren't any too interesting, either, so We moved along.
 "Discourse of Songs a weekly event, was put on by WABC, New York. which came through strong, Of course. There was d speaker who talked about songs and there were q singer. q guitar and a piano to N- lustrate the talk.
 An organ recital, followed closely by a dance number and q sym phony orchestra, were heard from WHO'D, Miami Beach. The station had free rein on it's wave length last ,eyening, VEAL, Baltimore. being silent. The organ medley included The Prisoners Song" We'll say no more. Then came the symphony or iChestra, after a dance selection had been played by the Flaminso dance band. The former organization chose as it's first number the overture from The Nagabond King" colorful se lection well played. There, how's that? But We can't forget that the orsanist played "The Prisoners Song"
 A vocal trio, in close harmony, sang Yankee Blues" from WTAM.