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"Out-of-the Studio" Broadcasting
By WILLIAM H. EASTON, Ph. D.
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.
THE outstanding feature of broadcasting during the present season is the large number of "out-of-thestudio" events that are being broadcasted by some of the larger stations through wire connections direct from the scene of action. Prominent among the events that have thus been given to the radio audience are the World Series baseball games and championship football contests; boxing matches; organ recitals, symphony concerts and grand opera, plays, banquets and civic exercises; addresses by famous men, church services; and even a message of the President to Congress. To say that the radio audience appreciates programmes of this sort is to put it mildly — even the dyed-in-the-wool " DX amateur" admits that now there is something in broadcasting.
Broadcasting is, in fact, entering into the third stage of its development. In the first stage, the phonograph is the main reliance.
Practically all broadcasting stations started at this point, and many have never gotten beyond it. Phonographic programmes are simple and inexpensive. No special equipment is required except the actual transmitter, and no staff except the operators. A friendly music dealer, who hands out a dozen or so records every day in return for the mention of his name and address in the ether, provides the bulk of the entertainment.
In the second stage of development, artists in person form the chief attraction. This is a greater step in advance than most listeners realize. First of all, there must be a place for the artists to perform in. The ordinary transmitting room is utterly unsuitable for such purposes, so that a studio must be provided. This studio should be well furnished; it must contain a piano and other musical instruments; and it ought to be made sound-proof and free from echoes. There must also be a competent
CLEAR TRANSMISSION OF GROUP SINGING IS DIFFICULT But thanks to acoustical and electrical experts, thousands have enjoyed the singing of this choir, of St. Thomas's Church, New York