New Britain herald., 1925-03-14
Through The Static

Stations came through too muffled to suit us last night. In spite of the fact that we had just equipped our set with new batteries, programs came in with no life at all, accom- panied by choice assortment oi graduated static and ''sea-foam," By "sea-foam" we mean that mushy noise that accompanies programs al some times when there's no other kind of interference handy. Il sounds somewhat like the exhausti from a freight engine. Between and o'clock we were treated to new kind of interference, & series oi loud clicks in the horn which mad' us think we had tuned In on a rifle range. That and the fact that WGA came in all over the set, made thu evening pleasant. By the end Of tn, evening we could have eaten raw red meat with relish---or wlthou any relish, for that matter.
 We would have been out of lucl for sure if WTIC hadn't been on tn air. The program was excellent, bu the announcer sort Of dampened tn party by his seeming disinterest il the entire proceedings. Honestly, h sounded as If he had just had a mos frightful battle with his boss. Ill words usually are chopped off shor and he put no pep whatever in hi talks. Several radio fans hereabout have commented on that failing c his.
 The Wallace Barnes Glee club c Bristol presented an entirely satit j factory program. Unlike most gle clubs each one taking part sounde as if he realized that he was respon sible for the making or breaking ( the club. The songs were we chosen and the voices came throug loud and clear,
 Among the songs rendered by Il club were "To Thee, 0 Country Were I A King" and "Hush." Fac number was treated so that the flu benefit was derived by the radio al dicnce.
 Emil Heimberber's orchestra, pa! ing in the ball room of the Hot krn,,orht ta n1nsp W'TI('.S O n fering. Heimbcrger, himself, was
 the micophone and he popped up Il proceedings considerably. He "; natural and was not above passing
 few pleasantries for the benefit
 those listening in. That Come ar IS See Us Sometime" atmosphere WI present at WTIC for almost the fir time. Heimberger should take n announcing as steady thing. Amor J the numbers rendered by the orche le tra, which, by the way, was one
 the best on the air last night, we Let Me Be The First to Kiss I( Good Morning." "When You And Were Seventeen" Florida and e you beat it, 50 This Is Venice" Tn last took us back to last year and V enjoyed the memories that numb
 stirred up.
 We heard the entire prcscntati'
 from WGY, Schenectady, unintc . tionally, to be sure, but what e eS you do when you cant get aw
 from such a thing"
 + The Pittsburgh Mandolin cl o- present cd a novel program fire
 KDKA, and it was a welcome chan
 from the wealth of dance orchestr
 encountered at every turn. We Il
 just heard a digest of Wall str'
 news from WIZ and had d bad ;
 tack of indigestion as a result. T
 mandolin orchestra played "The B' H. ion Commandery March" and "T oa Sweetest Story Ever Told" J
 program came in loud, clear a
 satisfactory. We blush to say it,
 the music wa6-swcct'
 IS Harold Lieberman. violinist, D . scnted a recital from WEAF, eu were in sore straits and were bit ITS at anything that was offered. ed that Iieberman's program was ole excellent. It was, but, as gene he rule, when we hear any violin mu .th we just walk around the block { his look for something else. We " -rv repaid, however, for tuning in to the station. The tone was clear
 the artist played with a fine und to standing of his art. Among his rd lections were Lullaby" Span ,dy Serenade" and Elaboration" vas WPG-- broadcast from the led Epsilon Chi sorority dance at his Hotel Trcymore last evening, I am Whitemans Hotel Treymore orcl
 tra doing its stuff to good advantt
 Among the numbers furnished W
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