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What the Detroit "News" Has Done
in Broadcasting
Being the Story of the First Local and National Election Returns, Music, World's Series Base Ball Results, Poetry, Theatrical Entertainments, Sermons and Speeches by Public Men Ever Broadcasted by a Newspaper
By R. J. Mclaughlin
THE Detroit News was the first newspaper in tRe United States and, so far as is known, in the world, to perceive the possibilities of increasing its usefulness by furnishing the public with radio service. When the broadcasting was inaugurated nearly two years ago, wireless telephony, although it had reached a commercial stage and was already the hobby of a few enthusiastic experimenters, still remained a mystery to the community in general and was looked upon by many as possibly a famiHar source of enjoyment to their grandchildren but of no particular interest or importance to the present generation. This
sentiment was changed virtually overnight when, in August, 1920, the Detroit News installed its first transmitting station and commenced its regular broadcasting.
The original apparatus consisted of a De Forest Type OT-TO transmitter, using a 200 meter wave length. Its range was limited, being, under the best of conditions, not more than 100 miles, and at this time there were approximately only 300 operators in the territory thus covered. The transmission set was in place ready for operation on Aug. 20, 1920, but no announcement was made to the public until a series of experimental concerts had been conducted over a period of ten days.
Detroit W-ivs Building