Radio Broadcast (May-Oct 1926)

Radio Broadcast Metropolitan Shows Section Volume IX Number 6 OCTOBER, 1926 A Special Section of Sixteen Pages, Devoted to a Presentation of the Advances in Complete Radio Receivers, Parts for the Set Constructor, and Accessories Which Can be W ell Applied to Radio Sets Old and New, Together with an Article on How to Select Your 1927 Receiver. Bringing the Radio Shows to the Country THE offerings of the radio industry to the public for the 1927 season represent the soundest progress in the technical advancement of the art and the most substantial improvement in convenience and beauty of radio equipment of any year in the history of the industry. Visitors to the radio shows will marvel at the great simplification and refinement which is evidenced in the products of practically every manufacturer. To record this progress in lasting form, we devote this special section of the magazine. Prepared so far in advance, it is necessarily incomplete but we are grateful for the hearty cooperation of the industry which has made it possible. While no printed description can hope to convey the show to its readers with the vividness of an actual visit to any one of the many shows to be held in all sections of the country during the next few months, we present the high lights of all the shows in a manner to be helpful to the set buyer. The special section which follows is an interpretative summary, not a catalog, of the progress of the art, as recorded by the show exhibits. The two outstanding shows will naturally be those held at our two largest cities — the Third Annual Radio World's Fair, at Madison Square Garden, New York City, September 13th to 18th and the Fifth Annual Chicago Radio Show, Coliseum, October ll-l7th, but enthusiasts in all sections of the country will be favored by comprehensive radio shows. The various show managements have so arranged their schedules that all the prominent manufacturers are enabled to ship their New York exhibits to each of the important shows iii the country, assuring representative expositions in nearly a score of cities. The principal shows scheduled are as follows: Akron Radio Show, September 15-18; Boston Radio Exposition, Mechanics Building, September 27-October 2; Third Annual Brooklyn Radio Exposition, 23rd Regiment Armory, October 30-November 6; Cleveland Radio Industries Exposition, Public Auditorium, September 20-26; Detroit Radio Show, Convention Hall, October 25-31; Second Annual Indianapolis Radio Exposition, State Fair Grounds, October 25-30; Los Angeles Radio Exposition, Ambassador Auditorium, September 5-11; Fourth Wisconsin Radio Exposition, Auditorium, Milwaukee, September 25-29; Northwest Radio Exposition, Kenwood Coliseum, September 27-October 2; Pittsburgh Radio Show, October 4-9; Pacific Northwest Radio Exposition, Public Auditorium, Portland, Oregon, September 20-25; Rochester Radio Show, Convention Hall, October 11-16; Second Southwest National Radio Show, New Coliseum, St. Louis, October 18-23; Pacific Radio Exposition, Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, August 21-28; Sioux Falls Radio Show, Coliseum, October 26-29; Omaha Radio Show, Auditorium, September 6-11. It will be noted in the pages which follow that radio has at last progressed to the stage where each step forward is no longer heralded by a fanfare of excessive exaggeration. We now enter upon an era of sound improvement and steady refinement; the day of the revolutionary advance is a thing of the past. In our summary of what is presented at the radio shows, we describe the general trend of improvements which the show visitor will observe and how these improvements make for his greatly increased enjoyment of radio broadcast reception. — The Editor.