New Britain herald., 1928-01-14
Hrosgk he Static

Wltn no OlScOunt Tor cash. Honestly
 we didn't think 90 much static ex. isted. But We know different now Oh. yes! We suspected something
 when we tuned in shortly before
 o'clock and were greeted by show CT of slag. "Humph," said We (we didn't really say "Humph," but that's the way it looks in print). "It
 looks like busy night for the coast { guard. mates" And it was. Static
 came in all over the place. Great. i long crashes. reminding one of the i good old summer time and thunder i storms. In fact we saw flashes of
 lightning in the northern sky quite often during the early evening. /! Even that powerful station. WBZ.
 was affected by the noise. It was al
 most impossible for us to listen com fortably to a program from that station or any other. with the excep- ton of WTIC. And WTIC was not , free from static. Of course, the inter ference didn't bother the Hartford pl OuNSi"tSi, bul IL "po poSolpIC tp
 hear crashes away off in the dis tance, when we were tuned in.
 And the funny part of it was that we had invited someone down to the house to hear our set. After having had about three weeks of excellent reception, more than three weeks of it, we felt safe in extending an invi- tation. But boys, oh. boys. It cer- tainly was tough. As usual the night was tough, since We had company. IL never fails. By golly!
 The Sharkey-Heeney fight came through amid heavy static. WIZ faded considerably but by using the volume control as we explained in yesterdays paper, wer were able to hear the entire contest. Gra- ham McNamee, fresh from the coast and apparently smarting under Will Rogers smott creeks of week or so ago, was at the microphone, pre- senting colorful and vivid descrip- ton of the battle. The fight was a draw, as you probably know. Before Nance stated that he would not speak about California, and, recall ing Rogers remarks to the effect that he didn't know how that New Years Day football game came out. he stated five or six times that last oh ferbt ,,rac 5 raur
 There seemed to be a great deal of volume on all wave lengths, but the static was so heavy that efforts to hear anything were almost fail ure. We managed to hear the call 1, letters of WLs, Chicago: WTAM, Cleveland; WGY, Schenectady; New York: WPG. Atlantic City; WLW, Cincinnati; WHO, Des WJR, Detroit; WOR. New ark.
 The Federal Radio Commission has authorized the removal of the transmitter of WOkO from it's pres ent location in the city of Peekskill, N. Y., to the top of Mount Beacon, some 60 miles from New York city. The power of the transmitter will be increased from 250 to 500 watts, while the wave length will remain the same, 216 meters. It is planned to complete the moving and install !, lation of the transmitter by April l, when WOKO will go on the air from it's new and lofty location some be three studios for gathering the programs, including the present studio in Peekskill, a new studio in Poughkeepsie, and sum- mer studio in the hotel atop Mount Beacon. The erection of the broad will be major engineering under taking. The steel towers, 150 feet nigh and raising the antenna to l,700 feet above sea level, will have o be drawn up a 60 degree slope. The work will start next month. Meanwhile there will be no inter- 'uption of WOKO program from he Peekskill transmtter.
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 Five years old on January 19, NMC. Memphis. will celebrate with l special program. After the regular program in the early part of the ,vening, the station will present fea- ures of orchestras and vocal solo, sts, beginning at 10:30 o'clock.
 
 WABC, New York, will broadcast pecial Thrift Week programs each