New Britain herald., 1928-01-17
Through he Static

There was no static to speak of last evening, but the code WaS 2 great success. There was quite p,t of local electrical interference. too. But. in spite of that the evening was excellent for reception and VOL tune was tremendous. Coast to coast is hereby reported by this There was considerable fading early in the evening.
 KFI, Lost Angeles, presenting some sort of a chain program m con niunction with other stations or the Pacific Coast network. kPo. KGO, kGW, KFOA. KOMO and kHQ, came through in good shape, considering, shortly before ll:So o'clock. the earliest we have ever heard that station. The famous Blue Danube Waltz" was played by symphony group, and. while the sta tion faded to some extent. 1t man aged to come through in an audiole manner as long as we were listen- ing to it. At times it almost threat ened to come through loud. Later on, going back there a1ter a t1lp around the dials, we heard Brahms Fifth and Sixth Hungarian dances introduced, although we didn't re- main throughout the presentation. The announcer at the studio from which the chain program was elh- anating possessed voice that car ried we'll, and it was possible 10 un- derstand nearly everything he said hut the announcer at KITS studio snoke in deep, sepulchral tones that fooled us completely most or tne time, His voice mingles with the at- mosphere too much to suit us'
 Early in the evening we paid qulte A hit of attention af WEAF. New York. Tom Mason, possessed or con- siderable interesting material ana a frog in his throat, reviewed several of the most recent books ID ms usual genial and highly entertaining manner. The first part Of his talR vas somewhat spoiled due to the fact that he had frog in his throat and he had some difficulty in talk ing at times. After Wniie He seemed to speak more easily. Ihe station faded slightly.
 WCAC, Storrs. broadcastlng on WTIC's wave length from [ to 7:So o'clock, came through in good shape' It was announced that the College News feature will be discontinued hereafter and that, in the place. VIII be broadcast the market report at 7.5 o'clock. In case you're interested. Uncle Dick at CNRO,. Ottawa. was surrounded by plenty of atmosphere He had a cigar and an easy chair and a voice suited to children. A crying baby was heard in the dis ! taflce at one time and he asked someone to take care of it, but the baby sounded more like a small dog, to our way of thinking. The station might have been louder.
 Levitow's orchestra, from WOR. pro> ided dinner music of . classical nature, accompanied by several canaries. The canaries are in the Commodore Hotel, New York. and they sing every time the orchestra plays. It was possible to hear them i considerably last evening and we un- 1 derstand that they are feature oi those programs. When we heard them we were reminded of Dick. the 1 canary that used to be heard from WGY during one of the dinner pro grams from a hotel in that city. and the birds that used to be heard from the Waldorf, through WEAF.
 | Back to WEAF. where we heard a discussion between two prominen
 authors, Fannie Hurst and Heller
 Hull. They were very delightful! trying to figure each other out ant the conversation sounded as if i were taking place in someonei drawing room, it was so natural. I'm
 discussion purported to bring ou
 how the two women get the ldeaa
 from their stories and we imagln'
 that there should have been som
 difference of opinion regarding sev
 eral matters. They were too agree
 able, howeve. a fact mentioned b
 them several times. The talk was ex
 tremely interesting. however, mor'
 because of the fact that they wer
 so much at ease, than anything else
 Among the excellent features fror
 W-rIC were the New Departure pro
 gram. the Gypsies concert and tn
 Family Party. the latter featurinl
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