Radio Broadcast (May-Oct 1922)

RADIO NOTES FROM HOME AND ABROAD PUBLIC INTEREST IN RADIO PROBABLY the sensation of the New York radio show in March, the second annual'exhibition arranged by the Executive Radio Council of the Second District, was the interest of the public in the event. The show was housed on the roof of the Pennsylvania Hotel. After the first night it was decided that Madison Square Garden would have been hardly adequate. Thousands went to the show and more thousands were turned away, and those who got in were frequently as disappointed as those who failed, for the exhibition room was generally so crowded that the spectator couldn't see the exhibits and the exhibitor couldn't satisfactorily explain to the spectator. All of which isn't exactly a criticism of the promoters of the show. Their past experiences had led them to believe that the exhibition would attract the amateur chiefly; they were unprepared, as all branches of the radio industry were unprepared, for the sudden great development of interest in the art. Viewed as a whole, the show was noteworthy as indicating the belief of manufacturers in the permanency of broadcasting and the permanency of public interest. The tendency among producers of radio equipment is toward a compact receiving set in cabinet form which will take its place without criticism among the furnishings of the home. Loose ends, loose wires are steadily being eliminated. The loud speakers generally didn't make an entirely satisfactory impression. Some were good, but there was much evidence of throat trouble; one of them was usually yowling regularly. Before the next show the manufacturers should be able to exhibit reliable loud speakers. Otherwise they had better be left at home. The Executive Radio Council, which arranged the show, is an organization of amateurs, and, notwithstanding their failure to gauge the extent and amount of public interest, they are to be congratulated for their efforts to make the exhibition representative and instructive. J. O. Smith, chairman, and the following members of the council comprised the exhibition committee: Renville H. McMann, M. Blun, Carl E. Trube, C. B. Hobson, C. J. Goette, A. F. Clough, John D. Blasi, F. B. Ostman, W. j. Howell, H. Hertzberger, J. B. Ferguson, B. B. Jackson, F. L. McLaughlin, J.J. Kulick, C. E. Huffman. A Giant Belgian Radio Station A50o-kilowatt radio station is being erected at Ruysselede near Bruges, by the Societe Independante Beige de Telegraphie Sans Fils. It will be able to communicate with North and South America, as well as with the Congo in Africa, it will be possible to receive four messages simultaneously. Another big radio station is to be erected by the Government in the Congo. Radio Broadcasting in Holland THE broadcasting idea is steadily gaining ground in Europe, although it is well to point out that the service there is of a more commercial nature than its American counterpart. In Germany the radiophone has been in use for some time for the distribution of business reports. Now we learn from the New York Times that a radio-phone news service has been inaugurated in Holland, with excellent results. Fifty different newspaper subscribers of the Vasdiaz Agency at Amsterdam, equipped with a simple receiving apparatus, have been receiving the news reports. This is considered only the commencement of wireless telephone for journalism in Europe. Although not yet extended abroad, this service will undoubtedly follow. International laws requiring special governmental permits for sending and receiving messages abroad are at present the only obstacles. The Vasdiaz Agency received congratulatory messages from the Dutch Ministers and authorities and also from foreign government officials, including Premier Lloyd George. The Hague papers obtained excellent results in transmission by the new wireless telephone.