Radio mirror (Jan-Oct 1923)

RADIO DIGEST ILLUSTRATED WGM "OLD RELIABLE" SCOOPS ALL RIVALS SECURES FIRST AIR TALK OF "BIG BOSS" OPERA BROADCAST DRAWS BIG CROWD German Opera Draws Heavily on Fans — Reminiscent of Ham merstein Days "Ether Talk is Enough to Make Anyone Feel a Little Queer," Says D. B. Carson By a. C. Cong-don, Jr. ATLANTA, GA. — Picture if you can Henry Ford riding for the first time in an automobile in 1923. Picture Thomas A. Edison listening for the first time to his phonograph. Picture the late Alexander Graham Bell in 1922 using a telephone for the first time. If you can do all this, then you can conjure up in your mind the picture that was presented a short time ago in the studio of Station WGM, the "Old Reliable" of the south. Not later than two weeks ago, D. B. Carson, commissioner of navigation of the department of commerce, the "big boss" of Radio, spoke for the first time from a Radiophone broadcasting station. Introduced from "Old Sellable" Mr. Carson is a native of Atlanta and during a recent tour of port inspections in the South visitedin Atlanta. He visited the Atlanta constitution's station as one of the first points of interest to him. It was after five o'clock in the afternoon. Station WGM presents its first evening program at six o'clock. At six o'clock Mr. Carson was introduced and gave his first address by Radio. Odd, isn't it? When Mr. Carson stepped back from the microphone, he wore a rather foolish look on his face. "Well," he said, "I don't blame people for feeling a little queer when they are delivering a talk by Radio." YANK PLANES GET PERMITS AS STATIONS Ether Phones Become Safety Measure for Air Travelers By Carl H, Buttman. WASHINGTON. — Radio as a safety measure for the protection of pilots and passengers has come into its own in air travel as well as on the sea, where its value was first realized. Seven airplanes and flying boats now are equipped with Radio and answer to regular calls. The first American commercial aircraft to be licensed as a limited commercial station was one belonging to the Airline Transportation Co., of California. The Aeromarine company followed with the "Buckeye" in December and licensed five more planes recently. Radio equipment, officials believe, will make for greater safety in oversea travel and insure aid when air boats are forced down on the water. The following aircraft have been licensed to date as limited commercial stations on 525 meters wave length: KFBI, Airline Arrow, No. 1, Airline Transportation Co., Los Angeles, Calif.; KFBY, Balboa, Aeromarine Airways Inc., New York City; KFBA, Buckeye, Aeromarine Airways Inc., New York City; KFBF, Gov. Cordeaux, Aeromarine Airways Inc., New York City; KFBJ, Nina, Aeromarine Airways Inc., New York City; KFBM, Ponce de Leon, Aeromarine Airways Inc., New York City; KFBZ, Santa Maria, Aeromarine Airways Inc., New York City. KELLOGG SWITCHBOARD & SUPPLY COMPANY Chicago NEW YORK. — Without warning save for such explanation as followed the Manhattan's first "broadcasting" of an opera here two nights previously, the former Hammerstein Theater in Thirty-fourth Street was besieged by operagoers all day yesterday and its lobbies were the scene of a wild but friendly "riot" last night when the Wagnerian Opera Festival began its second week with a packed house for "Die Meistersinger." At first the management was at a loss to account for the crowd, some hundreds of whom had to be turned away for lack of either seats or standing room. May Change Policy Then it was suggested that the wide public interest had resulted from Saturday's experiment, when a performance of "The Flying Dutchman" had been sent by Radio over a city and suburban population of millions from the Westinghouse plant at Newark, N. J., the music having been conveyed to that place on a single wire installed in the Manhattan stage by the Postal Telegraph Company. Influential members of the Metropolitan directorate had likewise heard it and there were those who said the result might change the policy of the older Broadway house, which hitherto has barred the broadcasting, of opera by Radio. Again the Ether Is Called Into Use to Find Missing SCHENECTADY, N. Y. — The Radio has given another evidence of its value recently, when the whereabouts of Louis Gordon, former sergeant of Company B., 301st Artillery, military police corps, was found. He was wanted to substantiate the claim of an ex-service man who was d3*ing in a Buffalo hospital, and letters to Gordon's last known address had been re turned. Finally Station4 WGY was ap pealed to. This plant complied by sending out a Radio inquiry, by H. M. Laughlin count y claim agent of the Chatauqua county committee, American Legion. Within twelve hours after the broadcast inquiry Gordon saw a lawyer, drew up the necessary papers and mailed them to the claim agent. Later others by the name of Gordon wrote in, giving their full names, addresses and outfits with which they served an doffered any assistance they could. CKCK HELPS CAPTURE "DOC" PURVIS— BANDIT New Use Found for Broadcasters By Regina Police Force WINNIPEG, CAN. — Prompt use of the Regina, Sask., Leader's Radio broadcasting plant CKCK was responsible for the arrest of "Doc" Purvis, train bandit. As a transcontinental train was nearing Regina the masked bandit entered the express coach, held up and bound the messenger and took all the mail from stations between Edmonton and Regina. He jumped off the moving car as the train slowed down for the station and made away in the darkness. It was thought he had been completely lost. The trainmen who discovered the bound messenger dashed to the nearest telephone and informed the Regina police. Immediate and up-to-date action was taken by the "coppers" and the Regina Leader's Station flashed a complete description of the bandit as furnished by the expressman. Within ten minutes a net was spread around the city and surrounding country that proved impossible to escape. The bandit was detected four days later as he attempted to board an out going train. He said he had intended to leave the city sooner but heard of the action taken with the Radio and consequently feared arrest. New Wrinkle for Fans PAWTUCKET, R. I. — James Hanley, Radiophan of this city has found that he increased his signal strength by cupping out the center of the diaphragm of one of its phones so that the center almost touched the magnets. Before he did this he could generally hear Station KDKA, Pittsburgh, 25 feet from the phones, but after trying the new wrinkle he could hear at least 25 feet further away. By loosening or tightening the receiver cap, he can vary the sound to any degree of sound amplification. May Change Wave Lengths WASHINGTON, D. C. — It is possible, it is understood, that the Secretary of Commerce might make an effort to change Radio wave lengths in spite of the fact that the Radio law is not being changed by Congress. He might make an effort to do something without the law. Freshman Has New Home NEW YORK. — The Chas. Freshman Company, Inc., has recently moved their quarters from 97 Beekman street to a much larger and more pretentious store at 106 Seventh avenue, on the corner of 17 street. 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