Middletown transcript., 1922-08-19
RADIO PHONE IS
NO LONGER FAD
From a Toy Wireless Telephone
Has Now Become House,
hold Convenience.
35 STATIONS GIVING SERVICE
Out Of the Air Come Daily News Bulle-
tins, Lectures, Sermons, Vocal and
instrumental Concerts and
Other Eaaturea

tins, Lectures, Sermons, Vocal and
instrumental Concerts and
Other Faaturea
new rork.-Have you got your zeal
to the air.?
Thousands have. Enthusiasm ovei
the wireless telephone Is spreading tire
mendously. From fad and a toy the
radio receiving set has become house
hold convenience.
Out of the air come daily news bulle
tins, lectures, sermons vocal and in
strumental concerts, operas, market
reports, government time signals, ship
ping news, weather forecasts, fashion
tips, agricultural reports, church serv-
Ices and children's bedtime stories.
Radio broadcasting service Is avail
able in all parts of the United States
Probably not less than 100000 receiv.
ing sets are in operation, the daily
audience that listens In numbering
more than 100000 people.
There are 14,0O0 amateur transmit
ting stations operated by enthusiastic
experimenters and capable of short
distance broadcasting. Numerous gov
ernment stations broadcast official
business, but also can be used in dis
tributing speeches or messages to the
country at large.
35 Stations Active.
Broadcasting stations giving public
service now are operated in 35 cities.
Here Is the list:
Newark, N. J.-Westlnghouse Elec-
tric and Manufacturing company sta
tion; hourly service from IL 4. Ia. to
10 p. m.
New York-Western Electric com
pany station. (experimentaD occa-
sional service
Roselle Park, N. J-Radio Corpora
tion station; daily service.
Deal Beach, N. J.-Western Electric
company station (experimentuD occa-
sional service.
Springfield, Mass. - Westinghouse
station; hourly service.
Hartford, Conn.--C. d. Tuska com
pany station; concerts Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday evenings.
Medford, Mass. - American Radio
''i' 1etoCaiNH news SPTF-
ice.
Schenectady, n. Y.-Union college
stntion; occasional programs of music.
Washington, d. C.-Government sta
tion, broadcasting correct time at noon
and 10 p. m. daily. White and Boyer
station, concerts and radio lectures
Tuesday and Friday evenings.
Atlanta, Ga.-Carter Electric com.
pany station; news and music pro
gram Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday
evenings.
Pittsburgh, Observation-Disclosures sta
tion; complete daily program
Cincinnati, O.-Precision Equipment
company station; music and vaudeville
programs and sport reports Monday,
Wednesday and Saturday evenings.
Give Grand Opera.
Chicago, ll.-Westinghouse station;
complete daily program; concerts Fri
day evening; grand opera program
every evening" except Friday during
opera season.
Madison, Wis.-University of Wis
consin station; weather reports daily,
except Sunday, at 12:35 p. m.; music
program Friday evenings
Kansas City, Mo.-Western Radio
company station; market reports and
weather forecasts daily; concerts
every evening.
Lincoln, Neb.-University of Nebras-
ka station; concerts every evening.
Denver, Col.-Reynolds Radio com
pany; news twice daily; concerts
every evening.
Dallas, Tex.-Police and Fire de
partment station; news, weather fore
cast and concerts every evening.
Austin, Tex.-University of Texas
station; local news and athletic re-
ports daily.
San Francisco, Cal. = Commercial
and hotel stations broadcasting CON
certs every evening. California theater
broadcasting performances nightly.
Los Angeles, Cal.-Hamburger's de-
partment store; daily service.
San Jose, Cal.-Harrold laboratories
station; daily service.
Other cities having broadcasting sta
tions include: Cleveland, Phladel.
phia, Columbus, o., Buffalo, Detroit,
Mich, Akron, o., Hamilton, O., Seattle,
WASH, Houston, Tex, Davenport, Ia.
Iowa City, Ia, Rome, Ca, Paris, Tex.
This does not include government
stations, except the Arlington naval
station. In addition the government
has 23O land radio stations.
Probably the biggest public service
broadcasting station in the country is
being built by the American Telegraph
and Telephone company in New York.
After 1t is placed in operation others
will be built in various centers over
the country.