New Britain herald., 1928-02-04
s-OrthoPhonic victrola 6:3O-OrRan recital
 7:3O-Spiritual quarter-hour
Through he Stahc

| Last night was one of those catch ! as- catch-can evenings. It was like one of those immense picnics. where all the sandwiches and other food are placed on big table and every | body makes a dive for the eatabIes. Stations were scattered here, there and everywhere. There were thou sands of them, it seemed, and all of them were coming through to beat several cars. There wasn't a great deal of static. but local interference did it's best to injure our chances. A deep-yoiced buzz was heard away off in the background. but it did nothing more than kill attempts to hear call letters when stations faded. lt also roughened up the atmos- phere. taking away that smooth ef- feet which is usually noticed on a clear night. There was considerable fading. Volume was terrific on most stations. At about midnight some body started a battery charger right near our aerial and we quit. We could have listened in. but the noise was quite heavy in some places, so we didn't bother.
 We had tough time trying to get in on the McTigue-Lomski fight, broadcast by WABC, New York. Comedy singers and piano and quar- tct numbers from some other sta ton continually butted in. It might have been all right for some people, but we don't like musical accompan- iments with our fight returns, unless a funeral march be played at the end of the battle. A woman started to sing while the fight description was being given, so We decided 10 move away. Later on, we came across the fight on a low wave, one of the WABC auxiliary stations, but it was too late to do anything about it except gnash our teet'.
 Phil Carlin was the genial master of ceremonies during the program broadcast by WEAF and WTlC at 10 o'clock last evening. The feature is one of the most popular of the Friday evening broadcasts, because of the freshness of the numbers and the subtle wisecracks of Phil. He has 'em all beat when it comes to acting as master of ceremonies and, at times, he is our favorte an , of ttyt,n 1,cbe favorite announcer. we've decided. The program last night was made up of catchy orchestral and vocal selections.
 If you enjoy Hawaiian music, we'll played, tune in on the Hawaiian serenaders from WTAG, Worcester, any Friday evening. This group plays that type of music in such convincing style that one immediate ly starts looking around for surf board. The station has been coming through bit stronger than usual, of late, and it is possible to hear it clearly at any time, provided, of course, that it is on the air. Of course, if it isn't on the air, one can't hear it so we'll.
 WLS, Chicago, took up more space on the dials than do WBZ and WTIC combined. The Chicago sta ton was louder than all get out, al- though it did some nasty fading every now and then. We tuned in rather late, in time to hear part of he WIS Show Boat program. That floating Palace of Wonder" It is supposed to represent show boat on the Mississippi and the effect is carried out by the use of whistles, sounds of paddle wheels and what sounds like one of those vest pocket steam calliopes.
 The Thirty Minute Men," broad casting a program of dance music ! from WOR. Newark. registered we'll l presenting such numbers as If Love Were AL" "Hm More Than Satisfied" Dream Kisses" etc., etc. | KDkA, Pittsburgh, loud, present. ed an American Legion membership drive program, featuring orchestral and vocal selections. The ation was loud, as you might well suppose.
 
 ! We picked up new one, to us, at least. GINS. Halifax, Nova Scotia, presented dance music. Blue Hea- ven" and Shaking the Blues Away" were included. The station faded considerably, never reaching such heights of volume as to cause ! HIS to change the volume control. i There was a great deal of noise on i the wayelength. too, so we finally de- i parted.
 | WJAN. Jacksonville. Florida of ! fered dance music in a rather dis ] torted manner, this condition doubt
 less arising from interference of some kind, because WAX usually comes through in great shape. We
 were quite surprised to note the dis | tortion. in fact. The station was pos sessed of thunderous volume
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