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7/24/34
GROUND BROKEN FOR NEW WOR 50 KW PLANT
Ground was broken for tlie new WOR 50,000-watt trans¬ mitter at Carteret, Nc J, , yesterday, July 23. Employing a crew of sixty mechanics and technicians in its construction under dir¬ ection of J. R0 Poppele, Chief Engineer of WOR. the plant will be ready to go on t,he air toward the end of November,, Engineer¬ ing surveys concluded after months of research indicate that the $300,000 station will have three times greater coverage of large population areas.
The site adjacent to the Rayway River, is twelve miles from Newark, and eighteen miles from Columbus Circle, N. Y,
The building, a one-story structure 60 foot by 66 feet, will house in addition the 5,000-watt set now in use, for auxiliary purposes, airway radio-beacons and a short-wave trans¬ mitter.
Two radio towers, each 385 feet high, form what is known as a "three array" antenna system, a new development having its first application in other than short-wave transmission at this time. One tower is located in Carteret and the other in Woodbridge. They will be equipped with special lights approved by the Department of Commerce to guide aviators. On the roof of the building is to be an electric sign, visible for miles, also to guide fliers, bearing the letters, "WOR, Carteret, N. J. " , and an arrow pointing due north.
The entire nlant, including aerial and ground installa¬ tions, will occupy thirty-four acres. The network of ground wi.:' s alson will cover ten acres, part of which will be laid in the Rahway River.
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URGES SYNCHRONIZED BROADCASTING
Expressing the hope that the new Communications Commis¬ sion will be more receptive to new ideas and technical develop¬ ments than was the old FRC, 0. H. Caldwell, former Radio Commissioner advocates the synchronization of broadcasting sta¬ tions.
"Today equipment is all ready, complete experiments have been made, and several successful individual installations are in use", Mr. Caldwell said. "Synchronizing is now a demon¬ strated fact.
"Synchronizing, indeed, seems the only ultimate avenr '■ for solution of a whole group of problems that are facing broad* casting. Here are some of the needs for which synchronizing
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