New Britain herald., 1926-03-02
Through tie Static

When one starts off the day with headache, q big grouoh and q sup pressed desire to throw into the hlackest pits all things pertaining to radio and radio reception it begins to look as though someone wasn't going to do right by our Nell. It all began with last evenings travesty on radio reception which was staged for all fans in the southwestern part of 1 the city. There might have been plenty of things on the air, but none 1 of us could hear them. You renem- l Der that noise we spoke about some 1 time ago? The one which maintains ! | persistent buzz for about l5 min utrs and then shuts off for fifteen more. returning at the end of the period to starr the whole thing all over again? Well. that vas back and ii brought several Of its little l Iplaymates.
 That racket was so loud last oy, ming that it was impossible to get rid of 1t and it seemed to come in l all oyer the set with the same ded- 1 fening volume, IL maintained it's per- | iod of activity longer than usual and even WI}Z and WTIC were affected. Several fans made use Of the tele- phone, calling us to ask whether we were getting it and then asking who was shovelliug coal It was necessary to shut off the set in order to hear what they were talking about, so YOU can judge by that, as to the loudness of the racket. What it IS we lIon't know, but it seems that the Connecticut Light and Power Co.,. Ithc only concern which maintains ia cilities for tracing down disturbances might get busy and do the fans q real service, even if that company is not responsible for the bedlam which breaks loose at stated inter INals
 The racket broke ont at about $ o' clock and was still going strong at lg:30 o'clock this morning and at l1:l5 o'clock when we turned on tn, sci again before turning in ior : good.
 , We managed to hear two malt , 0uart"ts, symphonic ensemble, Il dance orchestra and an organ Tecita befor the visitation of evil took Iplace.
 The Travellers symphonic en' semhle presented a well chosen col lection of familiar airs for the benc fiji Of the vast radio audience. I'm medley of American airs was espe cialIv attractive and credit must b. given to the person who arranged the offering, whoever he may be. Th' ensemble. an organization which l
 rapidly becoming one of the mos s Nopular among such organizations
 has great following in this city
 and New Britain listeners in loo F. forward 10 the weekly appearance
 of this group Of musicians under tn
 direction Of Dana s. Merriman, mu
 sical director Of WTIC. Among 'h
 selections offered last evening as
 part of the American medley |er
 Home. Sweet Home" Way Dow
 Ipon The Swanee River" My ol
 Kentucky Home" and The S'a
 Spangled Banner"
 Aro.bar rom Of radio program . for the evening was the rendition
 "pugrims Chorus" from Tam
 bauser," by the Capitol thater bras IL quartet. This number came throus
 WBZ, and let us say to the cred
 Of the transmission that each no'
 plsved by the instruments can
 through as clear cut as a well mac
 die.
 Why is 1t that male quartets
 late have included. without fail,
 their programs, Pal Of My Grad
 Days? Nearly every male singh gs organization of this type has four
 some place for that number. f
 some unknown reason. and q i Kmckcrbocker quartet from WA l Providence, proved 10 be no exec ,. ton. And for the same reaso
 Honey, I Want You Now" was SUI by the Bay State quartet from WE