New Britain herald., 1928-02-11
Hozgk he Static

It was quite night, both on anl
 off the radio. But, of course, we're only concerned with the lon" par
 of that sentence. so we'll confine oul
 remarks accordingly. Conditions
 were excellent, except for the fact
 that there were so many stations
 clamoring to be heard. Volume wal
 good and there was hardly any
 static. Very little fading, but inter- station interference was heart breaking.
 There were sations at every twist of the dial. Sometimes there was one at twist and sometimes there
 were three or four, but that was to be expected, of course. We attended WBZ for the dinner dance program by Jerry Falvey's orchestra, two new
 'C" batteries making all the diff 1 ference in the world as far as quail i ity was concerned. After that we roamed around a bit and surprised ourself several times by bringing in unexpected stations with unexpect- ed volume. Among them was WSB, Atlanta. which station we held for about half an hour while dance program was being broadcast. Later 1 on that station presented program by the c2rd Infantry band of Fort 1 Wadsworth, and we heard such widely different numbers as "Na- tional Emblem March" and When Day Is Done."
 ! WEAF acted strangely at times early in the evening. It gradually strengthened itself out. but when we first tuned in it twisted itself into several intricate knots. Probably 1t was laughing at the antics of the Happiness Boys, Billy Jones and 1 Ernest Hare. who presented one of their delightful programs between 7:30 and o'clock. They sang new songs and got rid of several rather elderly jokes which clicked, never theless, because of the ability of those two gentlemen as story tellers and comedians. There's wonderful spirit of informality present when those two boys are on the air. The Cities Service concert orches- tra and the Cavaliers male quartet offered a we'll balanced program from WTIC. part of it being dedi- cated to the third anniversary of that station. The orchestra played one number, and we were surprised to hear it. "Soliloquy." Rube Blooms pleasant eccentricity. or ec- centric pleasantly, take your pick, we're well educated, was presented in a manner tending to raise that number into the musical ZOO "soliloquy" is as hard to play as 1t is to spell. It can be neither played nor spelled without thinking the matter over considerably. The entire program was excellent. the Cavaliers offering, among others, Lamp in the Vest" intercollegiate glee club prize song of few years ago, and "she's Mine. All Mine," light pop ular number in a brand new evening , dress.
 The Hotel Sinton orchestra. through WSAI, Cincinnati, provided a program of remarkably well played dance numbers, two of them being new to us. Of course, we sup
 pose there are many selections that ! would be new to us, but it's seldom that one hears two new ones in sue cession. Indian Cradle Song and Wont You Understand,' an orig inal number by the pianist of the orchestra, were presented. Homer Bernhard. who is heard regularly on an informal program each Saturday evening, that means he'll be on the air tonight shortly after s, if we didn't miss one finger in counting. We'll start again. Homer sang "Diane" in tenor voice, which IS the way it should be sung. WsAl was as clear as bell. It sounded just like one until we found mi crophonic tube in our radio cabinet, which doesn't sound as funny as we thought it was going to.
 Several boxing bouts were held at WABC, New York, but we didn't get very near to them due to the successful broken-field running Of number of other stations. Orchestral selections and piano solos, mixed with "He took hard sock on the iaw," drove us to the front porch for a breath of air.
 voc, Davenport: WSM. Nash vile: WQAM, Miami: WHAS, Louls- vile; WAX, Jacksonville; WLS, Chicago, and all the stations be- tween, were heard with surprising volume.
 That's all for today, thanks! P. k. l..