New Britain herald., 1926-03-18
Through he Static

Last evening started off slick and continued so until it was perhaps half through, when the old familiar buzzing started to come in, mixed with q light static, which didn't bother anything to great extent
 The announcement that an a'- tempt 10 secure 56 members in this city, will be made by the Broadcast Listeners Association Of Hartford, will be met with enthusiasm among local fans, especially since this or ganization maintains a staff Ol eA- perts to trace down interference and other troubles. The complaints re- garding electrical interference and poor reception have been coming in strong all winter and there is prac- tically no set in the city which is not troubled by noises of some kind w. II. Tierney Of l01 kensington avenue is handling applications, and fans who are interested are requested 10 get in touch with him, pronto.
 The return appearance Of the alee club Of the Hartford Hospital Train ing school for Nurses al WTlC turned out to be a pleasant one, If anything. we enjoyed the music more than we did on the organiza- tions first broadcast. Three English folk songs were especially pleasing, "The Wedding Dress" My Johnnie Was 3 Shoemaker" and Twenty Eighteen"
 st. Patrick's Day vas amply taken care of by nearly every broadcasting station We heard. WEAF and a chain which included WTIC, offered highly entertaining program which was sure to catch the ear Of any "Wearer Of The Green" and anyone else too. We went 10 WEEI, Boston, to hear the greater part of this pre- sentation, although we moved back to Hartford later. John Burke, well known tenor. and our idea Of what an Irish tenor should be. sang "Why Did They Sell Killarney" and 'Jll Miss You Old Ireland, Goodbye" " two particularly charming ballads. The selections from Lass of Linn | erick Town" had the genuine Irish flavor, as played by the orchestra and sung by th" soloistS. Jim DcVens delivered himself of few Irish | jokes.
 VICES, New York. was one of the I exceptionally loud stations carly in 1 Inc evening and We heard talk on l architecture or what-not shortly after 6 o'clock, which did not prove overly interesting to us. Later the Jersey ColIegians took their places before the mike and let us in or | some dance music, "Bunile Of Love being one Of the numbers This stu ton came through louder than " had heard it during the past year, tc that time.
 Again We listened for the sound O the canaries at WIZ, like the all nounccr told us .o," but We were dis appointed again. The Hotel Commo,
 lore concert orchestra played [
 Stra uss waltz and the birds wer'
 supposed to be singing, Maybe the!
 were.
 WTAM, Cleveland, without an,
 cxaggeration, came in nearly a
 loud and clear as does Hartford, am
 that's a fact, Honestly, We haven
 heard the station loud in months
 and we don't believe that We hav ever heard it as loud as it vas las : evening. An excellent program We presented from the Cleveland audi ; i torinm, Oliver Smith, baritone singing What Is l. Makes Tn World Go Round?" We didn't ge
 the connection, but q prize fight Va | also broadcast from the auditorium between two gentlemen boosting c he surnames. O'Connell and Morgan 5 I, was 12-round go and apparent
 was exciting, judging by he excite
 mnnt and the announcements of tn
 fellow who held the mike. Ther ? were 5000 people present We didn
 wait for the final result, but decide
 10 go back later.
 WGY offered the banquet Of th
 Friendly Sons of S. Patrick and W tuned in when one Of the speaker
 was on the platform. The static
 came through fair enough, and W | stayed long enough 10 hear Rev
 Dwyer sing The West Asleep. Fro1
 WLWI.. very loud, came the voit 3. Of Lillian Meagher, singing Dam
 Boy
 Then back 10 WTAM, where 2
 heard Guy Lombardo and his Roy c Canadians making a great fuss ov'
 some foxtrot numbers. This bar
 needs no further explanation fro
 us. We have devoted column aft l. column to the subject, extolIing il ]. excellence Of the orchestra fro
 every possible angle. "A CottaI
 Small" and Just Around The Go
 ner" were among the selections. '
 Of particular interest 10 Nc n Britain fans will be the broadca S. from WGCP. New York, tonight s. la o'clock, of a program by the c r. tire company O. Rainbow Rose, :" popular Broadway musical come
 which played earlier in the seas ,, at Parsons theater. John Egan