New Britain herald., 1927-05-21
NEW BRITAIN HAS
 !. FAIR RADIO YEAR
Reception Troubles Traced to .. Numerous Sources

oon of 1S76-1926. 1t is found that
 results obtained were far more sat.
 tsfactory. The main cause for dis
 satisfaction was local disturbance,
 which held sway during considerable
 of the winter. although 1t was not
 as troublesome as during the sea-
 eon before.
 During the season of 19o5-26 To-
 cal fans were troubled considerably
 by l. persistent buzz. which blank
 eted tho wavelengths and prohibit
 ed satisfactory listening. The noise
 began late in November and was
 still being heard as late as June.
 after which time it seemed to die
 out.
 Radio Goat -Grabbers
 During the past season it was mo- tleed on two or three evenings. but at no time was it loud enough to cause any trouble. There was a wide variety of disturbance during the past winter, however, most of 1t being caused by electrical acces- sories used in the homes. The street lighting system was the cause of complaints in some sections of the city, while the oil heating plants, operated by electric motors, were responsible for the spelling Of many evenings for radio listeners. Some of the heating systems, employing mo- tors which threw off small sparks. cansed a great deal of trouble. Un- identified snappings and crackings, appearing from nowhere caused a great deal of investigating on the part of fans who, believing some thing was wrong with their sets. ripped off the lids of the instru- ments in wild eyed fury. only to find things as they should be.
 With many stations increasing their power. 1t stood to reason that reception would be better than be- fore. even on poor nights. of which there were only an average num- Der. WIZ, WGY, WBZ and many other of the "super-power" broad casters could be heard on even the most static.laden evenings. Others to the south and west were heard to good advantage during most of the winter, and Chicago broadcast CTS were all too common. VEAL, Baltimore, was steady and well come visitor. with its high quality of programs and its faultless transmits sion.
 The old bug-a-boo with New Brit ain fans, WEAF, was heard to bet ter advantage than in the past. be- cause of the fact that it's power was stepped up to 10000 watts. Other New York stations were regular visitors.
 Air Traffic damned
 The tanning of the wavelengths probably lost more friends for the radio business than did any other contributing force. the wave bands being damned with stations during most of the winter. For that reason. listeners complained that 1t was im- possible to even reach some favorite stations and many were the scathing | denunciations. levied against in- truding stations.
 Canadian stations were not regu- lar visitors during the past winter and during the past month almost nothing has been heard of them. Tho fact that American stations have taken Canadian wavelengths in many cases is partly responsible for the scarcity of Canadian programs pn New Britain sets.
 The DIX fans were in their glory for about a month in the middle of the winter. KFI, KGO and other on the Pacific coast were logged. while HOA, Denver. was a regular visitor for time. Winnipeg, was heard to good advan- tage for a few weeks, although it finally dropped out of the running. PWX, Havana, was logged regularly and still is by some fans. 6-KW. Tuinuco. Cuba, with 5000 watts power. came through like a local, American dance tunes on evenings.
 Dos Moines and Omaha, sharing b2s meters with WNYC New York, were consistent callers in this city. while the two Texas stations. WFAA and WBAP. kept the 476 meter busy after WTIC signed off.
 Florida Stations Out
 The southern stations were very popular. largely because of the sase with which they were brought h. WsM. Nashville, and WSB. At- lanta, are especially worthy of men, lion. Before the Florida hurricane btations in that section of the coun- try came through very well. notably WIOD and WMBF. Miami Beach. Of late. they have not been heard.
 And even the small sets were bringing in the distance with ease. Tho general increase in power was responsible, coupled with excellent conditions. Stations which. in the past. were thought to be almost out of the question, ooomed in with strength and de- night after night.
 Programs during the past win Ter were markedly improved, in with those of the winter before. Continuity" programs were the most popular, of which The To-Re-Weds" from WIZ was m example.
 Too Much Jazz?
 Dance music predominated after 10 o'clock at night and dance lovers were enabled to hear anything from he highest paid band in the coun- ry to the pickup organization used o fill in between big features. Per laps there was too much dance music and jazz was cutting it's own hroat Some have complained that here was too much and doubtless here was. Fans who have been in the habit : au$t{n~ fhatr Safc {o n, otl loIIc