Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-13
JOURNAL WILL OPEN
NEW RADIO STATION
ON TUESDAY NIGHT
TWo-Hour AII-Star Program
viii Christen WSB's New
50O-Watt Western EIec-
trio Equipment


phone apparatus, ranking with the
largest and most modern entertain
ment broadcasting stations in tbs
world will be formally dedicated and
will begin to serve a tremendously
expanded constituency, on next Tues
day evening, when a brilliant all
star program will be transmitted fo-
tsonours. 7 to o'clock.
The premier concert broadcast by
q station now as powerful as KDKA.
the famous Westinghouse institution
at Pittsburg, or WIZ, the Detroit
News plant, will run double the
length of the usual one-hour enter
tainment period through the courte
sy and at the request of the Atlanta
Radio club, whose president, Harry
Dobbs, will deliver the dedication
address.
The almost amazing rapidity and
success which marked the assem-
bling and installation of the compl1-
Gated apparatus constituting The
Journals new Western Electric ra-
diophone plant stands as an emphatic
tribute to the ability and ingenui-
ty of Frederick S. Bernhard, West
ern Electric engineer; George. A.
Tier, The Journals radio engineer,
and w. w. Tison, operator at WISE.
The various sections of the magnif1-
eenr outfit began to arrive Tuesday.
Or Wednesday work was begun on
putting the plant together on the
Barriers" Penetrated
So skilfully and effectively was
the task accomplished that two;
nights later WSBs equipment stood
tests that speak volumes for the I'M
limited possibilities The Journals
station faces in entertaining and in.
forming veritable army of radio
advocates.
In these tests, WSB's radiations.
five times as powerful as those OF
The Journals original equipment,
other radiophone south of the Mason
and Dixon line, penetrated radio
barriers" that had been impossible
before, at the same time transmit
ting with an increase in quality and
effectiveness well nigh amazing. 1859
Macon, Ga, Athens, Ca, Griffin,
Ga, Knoxville, Tenn, Charleston, S.
c. Seneca, S. c., were among the
cities heretofore untouchey by
WSB because of peculiar physical
attributes, which reported that the
new equipment had transmitted The
Journals tests with remarkable sue
cess.
Aside from the tremendous inter-
est aroused by announcement of the
installation of The Journals Won
derful new radiophone plant, Tues
day nights concert will rival in au-
piciousness and pretentiousness any
program ever transmitted by wire
less station. The two.hour period
from z to o'clock will be divided
into two sections and each portion
Of the evening will be filled by a
large group of artists whose names
are a byword for -eminence in
their spheres. The complete roster
OF stars ana other details of the died.
ication program will be announced
in full in Mondays Journal.
Significant Testimonials
Among the significant testimonials
reaching The Journal following the
preliminary tests of WSB's power
full new equipment are the following
letters and kilograms:
J. C. Kuhn, of Charleston, S. c.:
Heard you through heavy QRM
(static interference, but QSA Tex
ceedingly clear, at times. Lost you
about 9 p. m. due to QRN Gnter-
ference), from naval station here.
Congratulations"
telegraphed: Seneca radio en-
thusiasts are jubilant tonight be-
cause of the fact that The Journal
concert was plainly heard here.
Tiny had never been able to tune
in before with a station in the
} section, and when the concert was
heard tonight there was general re-
joicing. The quality of the concert
was pleasing to all" =
Telegram from Powell May, of
Knoxville, Tenn, reads: Heard you
tonight loud on detector bulb Clapp-
Eastman H. r. set"
G. q. Harvey, Of Macon, Ca,
wired: Hear you fine, using one
step of application"
Congratulations
M L. Johnston, Jr., of Charleston,
Ga, wired as follows: II want to
congratulate you on the splendid
program last night, June 9. 1t was
heard clearly and distinctly at
Charleston, a distance of about IL
miles. The numbers rendered by
Schoeneck's orchestra were eXcep-
tionally good, and Mrs. Billingslea' S
solos were fine"
The following message was re-
ceived from w. A. Reynolds, rural
route A, Atlanta: "Your concert
last night was the finest I have
ever heard. The selections were well
rendered and your transmission
perfect, every note coming to me
as clearly as could be desired. I am
using a crystal detector set, eight
and a half miles out"
III. T. Stearns, 492 Beecher street,
writes: Last evening at $3.50 o'clock
when I heard your expert say,
'WSB testing, one, two, three, four,
five 1 knew instantly that he was
using the new transmission par
aphernalia. It was so, strong, and
vet so clear and plain. 1t was per-
lection. 1 use only a loose coupler
with a crystal detector and l was
obliged to pull the secondary half
way out to tune it down. Every in
strument of the 'Syncopaters' came
plainly without a blur or distor.
ton. Seems to me that a crystal
set fifty miles away should be able
to hear YOU"