New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
Through fife Static

Last night was the night when
 the radio wlse-cracSer made the statement "I couldn't get Chicago at all last night" In answer to an
 astonished "No-o-o-o-o"" he re-
 piled, No, it was silent night"
 And there's another one that's go-
 ing the rounds. It's far from orig
 inal, but it's not SO bad, maybe. It's
 about the fellow who walked up to
 his friend and said that several of
 the stations were scheduled to
 broadcast silent Night" but h.
 tried them all and none of them were on the air.
 "Rigoetto," by the WEAF Grand pleasing Of the operas WTIC has handled on Monday evenings so far. As usual, the hookup was perfect , and the troupe, all trained singers, performed their work admira ply. As We said before, these operas are
 proving highly popular with those who like the better class Of music, and WTlC may feel proud that it is
 giving 10 Connecticut residents en- tertainment which it might have to forcgo otherwise.
 
 The Reading Railroad Revcllcrs our old friends or record fame, dis posed Of choice program from i WIZ, proving highly entertaining , This quartet, one of the best in the business, departs from the usual style Of groups Of this sort, furnish ing it's own accompaniment in the way of limitations of musical instru- ments. Each number is well put to- Sether and is sung with a flourish. ! "Carry Me Back to Old Nirginny,' Don't Do Nothing But Rain" and several others were presented on the
 way to Atlantic City. A violin and piano aided materially in putting the program across.
 WTAM, Cleveland, was the most
 prominent station on the air. It started the evening off by coming in
 fairly loud shortly after 6 o'clock,
 when the earth was still bathed in
 sunshine, fguratively. Then, later in
 the evening. there was no holding
 the station. It nearly took the pic lures off the wall and threw them through the front windows, where they would have rested ingloriously on the front porch, martyrs to Vol- 1 ume. The station was affected by fading, to some extent, but the vol , ume prevented this factor from be- ! ing especially noticeable. Austin ! Wylie's orchestra broadcast from II 1 10 12. and then Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians took the floor. dumping it out in the yard and then going back and falling through into the cellar because the floor was not there and there was nothing to stand on except faith, and that wouldn't hold them up, for some reason or
 other, especially since they had B piano and several musical instru- ments, too. A fellow by the name of Dempsey, maybe it was Jack, per haps he's having his voice trained now for his next bout in 1852, sang two songs Don't Wake Me Up, Let Me Dream" just like Jack, and
 After l Say I'm Sorry He wasn't
 so bad The Royal Canadians also put over hot program in their own l original style. Hoo-Hoo!
 William DeLuca, cornetlst, from WPG,, Atlantic City, which was right | in the midst Of lot of rubbish and debris all evening, but which came through spasmodically loud, never thelcss, played "Fatima,' by request 1 Tomorrow evening he will-oh, why state the obvious? Put down your 1 favorte brand and let it go at that.
 He proved 10 be a capable musician, however.
 From WLW, Cincinnati, came a program of martial music offered by the Times-Star orchestra The Fighting Allies" part of a program of war music, proved to be thrilling,