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HERE'S YOUR "CHICAGO TRIBUNE"
May 22, 1946 HOT OFF THE RADIONIC PRESS
Hardly less interesting than the FM outlet of WGN,
Chicago, flashing a 4-page miniature Chicago Tribune to the subur¬ ban home of its publisher, Col. Robert R. McCormick, was the downto-earth comment on the part of Colonel McCormick who, being both a publisher and a broadcaster, seemed to be inclined to let the accomplishment speak for itself. Ordinarily such a history-making event would have been the occasion for some powerful speeches, the presence of the Governor, the Mayor, and possibly a Senator and a Congressman or two. Or at least, there would have been some earthshaking prognostications as to what FM facsimile newspaper delivery (that's what Tam Craven calls it, a new vay to deliver newspapers) might or might not do to the publishing business.
Instead, sidestepping any unnecessary fanfare, Colonel McCormick, who was once quoted as saying to his editors, "Remember when you stick the Tribune's neck out on anything you write that it is my neck you are sticking out", evidently preferred to expose his precious neck as little as possible. As he received the first edi¬ tion of the baby "Trib" off the "radionic press" at Contigny Farms,
29 miles from the Tribune Towner, he said simply that he had set up the facsimile macnine in his home because he didn't intend to be caught napping by any inventions.
"I do not know what facsimile is anymore than I knew what radio was 20 years ago", continued Colonel McCormick, "but we are going to find out all about it. There is no doubt that radio is constantly developing. FM, television, facsimile are all new. We can't resist these advances. We've got to go with them.
"Facsimile may prove too costly. The recorders cost more than $400 now and the paper used for the printing is expensive. We don't know who will use it. Perhaps freight ships, with their small crews, would find it useful. The men could pass the copy around.
It may be that it would be of service in fishing camps. Farmers at a distance from the city might be interested in a facsimile edition. "
According to Larry Wolters, Radio Editor of the Chicago Tribune, the transmission of the first facsimile edition with pages four columns wide and 7-1/8 inches long required 28 minutes. New techniques and equipment soon to be available to The Tribune will triple the transmission speed. The Tribune's editorial staff is producing the facsimile edition, with the aid of the mechanical departments of the newspaper.
Farmers and other rural area residents sometimes complain because newspapers reach them late after they have heard the latest news on sound radio. Facsimile editions transmitted at the breakfast hour would carry last minute news.
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