The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-08
DOTS AND DASHES

There are two large proadcasters in Birmingham which send out to thou sands splendid programs and you can enjoy that until you have the large set.
 String wire up on the roof and run one down to the water pipe. Then after winding coil and get ting cats whisker you are nearly ready to listen in. That isn't much trouble and it's lots of fun.
 Wait! No one can read this article that doesn't entirely disregard the mention in last Sundays Radio Talk" about Radio Tales" We are about to tell you about wonderful results from two crystal sets and the ones who obtained these results are not Radio Tale" tellers.
 Walter Garrard, who has radio telephone as well as a receiving set which is fine one, tells me that the other night he heard the Atlanta Journal on a crystal set. This is by no means an impossible accomplish ment although Waiter aGmits he nearly jumped out of the window when he heard them.
 Here Is one better than that, though, fellows; but remember that you can't read it unless you forget that one we told about Radio Tales" last sunday. Edward Bostick who has a crystal set only, tells me that he was listening in night or two ago and heard the Star-Tele- gram at Fort Worth Texas. Edward also states that he nearly tainted when the announcer said what sta ton it was. He states, however, that he heard the station very clearly, but so weak that very little static would Knock it out" Edward also states that Tuesday night, which. was a fine one, he heard some sta tion which he never did identify and the Atlanta Journal. These aren't bad records for crystal sets. Some people can't get a vacuum tube to do this.
 If a city has a broadcasting sta- ton in 1t, that station is the city's representative to the listeners throughout the country. For in stance, If you are listening in and hear fine program from Kansas City and you have never been there, that is the only way you can get any idea about the place and you judge the whole city by the program from that station.
 Birmingham Is well represented to the fans who listen in at various parts of the country by two splen- did broadcasting stations. Birming- ham can boast of having a station with the finest and most up-to-date concert room In the world. This is WSY, the station of the Alabama Power company. WAC, of the Ma thews Electric company, also Is noted for it's clearness and wonderful modulation. This city need not worry about the impression out-of- town listners, who have not been fortunate enough to visit the city, get.
 Soon the Pittsburg of the South will have station second to none in the south. However, no matter how large the station may be 1t can't be sue cess without the cooperation of all in boosting and in contributing to it's programs. The programs have been splendid and we are anxious to see them keep on being so. Another thing that is necessary is for the local lis- teners to give ideas for the kind of programs you would like to hear.
 We are proud of our broadcastIng stations and hope they will represent Birmingham in the future as they have done In the past.
 Again we are asking everyone in Birmingham to join us in search for the spark pest that IS constantly worrying the hundreds of local lis- teners.
 We have given this pest enough warning. Now when he Is finally caught we are going to do everything in our power to see that he Is pun ished to the limit.
 You have no right to send in any way shape or form without a govern ment license and even then you should not ruin the whole ether with your sending.
 Another letter from T. K. Lee tells that his reward for the arrest of this person is still good; s25 Is the reward offered.
 walked to .ywn the other afternoon with Rand Hood, who lives at 1426 South Sixteenth street Rand is a radio bug of the crystal type, and states that he Is getting fine re- suits from his set. If you don't hap pen to know who Rand Hood is, you will probably recall him if I mention that he is the tallest fellow at Gen. tral. Yeahl He is almost three and and half feet.
 Well, anyway, as we were walking along I asked him if he knew any boys with sets. "I don't believe | know anybody with set" said Rand, like he was sure. However, after asking him several more times he said: well. know boy named Ber- nard Burton who has a crystal set. but that is the only one I know" Finally got him started and he gave me more names than l could put down. It really sounded like he was reading them off.
 Well, lessee" says Rand. Tang ston McCaully has crystal set--he lives on Fourteenth avenue" Then after a moments pause he got wound up, and the following words came from his mouth like a blue streak: Herbert Blank, Fourteenth avenue, has crystal set; Gordon Moseley, Fifteenth street, has a crystal set; Kirk Baldwin, also has crystal set; Horace Shaw and Harry Burns have mineral sets" about this part of the act he would slow down for curve or come up for air, then continue. Frank Stevens has a homemade crystal set, and Robert Morefield has galena set too.'
 l took him over to a place where the traffic was not So great and then the list of names went on.
 Edgar Stevens, Sixteenth street. crystal set; Ross Pfaff, Eighteenth street, south, made himself a vacuum tube. set, and Billy Clayton, Gray mont, also has a home made audion set" As Rand said that Sheldon Kennedy. Sixteenth street, had crys- tai set that he made himself I thought he was near the end, but he had just stopped to change the needle or wind