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Radio Broadcast
The Victor Company has... completed an arrangement with the Radio Corporation of America to have super-heterodyne sets built for their talking machines. The engineers of the Victor Company decided to use this set, it was announced, after trying all the other sets on the market. A design of loud speaker new to this country is to be incorporated and it seems that this set, to appear in the fall, should prove most acceptable to the buying public.
Having thus allied itself to a certain extent with the Radio Corporation, the thought naturally arises : Will Victor artists broadcast next winter through Radio Corporation stations or through American Telephone and Telegraph Company stations? The concerts by the Victor artists were the bright spots in last winter's radio programs and everyone wants them continued, on the old lines if possible. When questioned regarding next winter's broadcasting the company's representative said:
Yes, the Victor Company expects to broadcast. It is neither our intention nor our wish to withhold great voices or great artists from the air. This phase of the situation, though, is not without its difficulties. A first requisite is that the artists be willing to cooperate and to cooperate at such compensation as may be commercially practicable. An offset to this condition is our own obligation to secure for them such reception as shall be worthy of their talents. But our plans are not yet worked out, nor can they be until a later date.
It will be remembered that the BrunswickBalke-Collender Company has been for some time selling talking machines, with built-in Radio Corporation sets. Both talking machine companies will now put out RCA. receivers. Mr. B. E. Bensinger, president of the Brunswick Company, states that the same special receivers furnished to the Victor Company will continue to be furnished to his company. He made the graceful gesture of complimenting the Victor Company on having followed out the same procedure as did his company the year previous.
When Great Men Speak of Radio
THE "electrical wizard" as Thomas A. Edison is frequently called, said in a recent interview: "Static can never be eliminated."
Perhaps this is so, but Mr. Edison's saying that it is so doesn't make it necessarily true. Many great men have been free in expressing their opinions on subjects they didn't understand. The American public apparently wants to believe that a man who has accomplished such great things as has Mr. Edison can give a reasonable opinion on many other things. So in considering Mr. Edison's views on radio, let us remember Mr. Ford's peace ship which was "to get the boys out of the trenches before Christmas." Mr. Ford didn't understand the war situation and
AN ENGLISH RADIO CONSTRUCTOR Master J. H. Facer, aged 16, with his entries in a recent radio exhibition held in London