New Britain herald., 1927-03-12
Through fife Static

Really, little friends and play
 mates. ". shouldn't be staging any
 great kick. since We had plenty Of
 activity along the dials last evening.
 Volume Was excellent on most c. the
 stations We brought in, although
 some of them never ail. outgrow the
 tendency to fade. static was present also, bu. each night 1t has been less
 offensive since that first night
 carly in the week when 1t tore the
 on the wall like tapestries. We got
 along all right, except for the fact
 hat new noise came on about 6
 o'clock, remaining. with q few in
 tjnitesimal lapses, until 3 o'clock,
 when i, broke up the game until shortly after 10 o'clock. Then iJ came
 hack and was with us until we quit.
 We've written plenty about it in our report Of early evening conditions.
 The opening program under the auspices ot the Hartford Chamber O. Commerce, broadcast by WTIC.
 bespoke q genuine desire to please. The hour from s 10 o'clock was spent as pleasantly as We have ever spent an hour at the radio, and for that We wish to thank the Hartford
 Sinfoaia, q concert orchestra Of 70 1 pieces; The Record Boys. Al Ser nari. sammy slept and Frank Ram plain; Miss Erva Giles, soprano. and
 l.. Eoardman Sanchez, tenor. And also Mayor Stevens of Hartford, who gave a shOr. address at the begin
 ming 0. the program, in which he let
 loose with q barrage ot statistics about Hartford, including a few We
 aal never heard before, But. back , to the music The Sin;onia, although 1t played nothing remarkable, using ! the standard Poet anl Peasant Overture" Of Suppe, and several other well known selections, showed itself to be carefully rehcarsed and composed of real musicians, We suspicion that Dana Merrlmau had finger in the pie somewhere. The entire program contained nothing of q very high-talutin' nature and prob ably that's where it's charm lay. Miss Giles sang "The Voice ot Spring and indian Love Cal" among others, in her sweet Voire which is well known 10 Hartford auG New Britain fans, both through her ef- forts as the Royal Heroine last year and as member of the Friendly Hour group at WTIC this year. MT. Sanchez, although q newcomer 10 audience in this vicinity, acquitted i himself admirably in his numbers, among which Were Failing in Love With Someone" well Tramp, Tramp. Tramp Along Together and I"Oh. Miss Hannah" The Record Boys were their usual jovial selves and We might say that they sounded much better than they ever did al WIZ: We wish they'd sing a differ ent type of song, though. The songs they use now are of the type of the dark ages preceding jazz, gin and joy. Sammy handles a mean piano, Frank is an expert yodler, and Al knows how 10 handle comedy, so why cant they get some Of the mod ern popular songs instead ot these old time coon songs and such. Come on. fcllers, be good sports and help us out, because We really want to give you big hand, but We don't lik. the songs you sing.
 l. has been announced by WTlC that it will join the Red Network of the National Broadcasting company on Sunday afternoon, March %, for the broa1casting of the Crosley Hour from Cincinnati, On the Saturday evening following the station will take from WEAF the Hits and Bits from Musical Comedies program from 8 until g o'clock, and various other features will be used the week after that.
 As far as We can make out the broadcast on the goth will be the inauguration of WTIC's hookup with the Red Network. that is as steady hing. Of course, tonight NI1t Is