The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-28
MANY ARE EAGER
FOR new WSY TO
BEGIN BUSINESS
viii Be Finest Station in South
But Is Being Built
Carefully

Many are wondering how much
CO., will entertain them again with
their splendid concerts. AS many
already know. the former station
WSY will not be used for broadcast
ing purposes any more but power
full station Is now being construct
ed which when finished will be second
to none in the south.
This station will also have con-
cert room planned by men famous
in this line of work and is the only
one like it In the world. One of the
features of this concert room Is
pourous membrane covering the
walls. AS soon as one walks into this
room over a unusually heavy carpet
which is placed on the flood. the abb
sence of sound is noticed and the
room is absolutely free from echo.
This room is located in the Radio
Shop of Loveman, Joseph and Loeb
which is on the first floor. The opera
ling room will be located on the
floor of the same building.
The aerial will be located on large
towers or masts on top of Love-
mans and will be of the cage type
which Is the best for broadcasting
purposes.
The real mechanical part of this
station is being planned very care
fully by Mr.. Birch of the Alabama
Power CO., and although the Power
c., is very anxious to get the sta
ton completed, every caution will be
taken and nothing win be made
quickly or for temporary use, For
that reason, no definite date has
been set for the opening night. The
set will use five ESQ watt tubes and
$50 watts tube. The former station
which was quite powerful one was
heard in Canada and used five fifty
watt tubes so ono can readily see
that this station will have an al
most unbelievable RADIUS.
Mr.. Baldwin of the Alabama Power
co., states that the concert hours
have not yet been decided. They will
however be arranged in such a man
ner as to cause as little interference
to the ether large broadcasting sta
tons as possible. The concert will be
early In the evening. however so
that the younger listeners may en-
Joy the entire program without stay
ing up later than is best for them.
Some Of the very large broadcast
ing stations have obtained a new
license known as the "B'' class. This
prohibits and canned or reproduc-
ed music and only artists can play.
The station must have a certain rad
ius and a wave length of 400 netars
Mr.. Baldwin stated however that he
did not think WSY would be under
this new class of stations although
it is known fact that WIS Y can
obtain one of these licenses easily.
The reason for this is that the new
class "B' stations are limited to GER
tain kinds of entertainment which
would not allow the varied program
which WSY will send out. The
quality of these programs will be
"B" class but the reason for net get
ting in this class Is that they want
to give out unique and novel con-
certs. Also soon many of these large
stations will be on 400 meters and
If w \ stays on $50 there will be
less interference by and to the ether
large stations.
The opening night which Will be
announced later will present a pro-
gram that will surpass anything ever
offered over the ether in Birmingham
All Star Concerts (Mrs. Orline A.
Shipman and Mrs. Richard r.
Johnston) will be In charge of the
first program. The whole program
will be In the Herald and the
announcement of the opening night
will be In the Radio Page as soon
as 1t Is known