Boston.com - The roar of subway cars and chords of amateur musicians at the T station will now face competition from Neil Diamond songs, 1970s trivia, and live playoff updates from Fenway Park. It comes from T-Radio, an experiment that began yesterday at three stations and may someday broadcast on every subway platform in Eastern Massachusetts. The volume went up and down erratically in the first few minutes, drowning out conversation. But Grabauskas (T Dude) promised a discreet radio station that would allow people to talk and think if they so choose. He said microphones that will be installed throughout the system can pick up ambient noise levels and adjust the broadcast volume accordingly. The rest of the play list: top 40, Motown, classic rock, Latin pop. In between, local reporters and personalities, including one reporter from the Globe, will offer celebrity gossip, suggestions for tourists, dining tips, and advice for the weekend.

T Radio huh?   I’m not sure how I feel about this.   I guess my initial reaction is that there are probably more pressing concerns than adding David Allen Bouche to the Park Street terminal considering the MBTA is millions of dollars in debt.   I mean how about fixing the air in the underground stations so it doesn’t feel like you are suffocating to death.  Or how about hiring a T Bouncer to pummel people who bring backpacks onto the train or who try to exit before the train has stopped moving?  Now those are a couple causes I could get behind.   In any event one thing is for sure.   I don’t trust this automatic broadcast volume control system as far as I can bowl it.   I mean if the MBTA can’t fix the megaphone in the train how am I supposed to trust them with operating their own radio station?  Therefore it’s not even remotely surprising to hear that the sound was fluctuating erratically the first couple days.    Imagine being in the terminal when this happened?  People must have thought they died and went to T Hell.