Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-03

Ndnio broadcast NBAL. Familiarity
and popularity known TO radioists
scattered over tho entire East and
Midwest, from the tip Of tropical
Florida 10 frigld Nova Scotia. IRON,
the seaport city Of Norfolk to humid
Oklahoma and Iowa. signed OF FOR
the last time Friday evening
The occasion was one which will
long be remembered by Old Dominion
1ans: Dispatch radio made it's last
night one which it hoped would be
an incentive 10 others that will
carry on" The musical program Of
fered some OF the finest talent I'm
the State. the Kind OF music tina,
rs lastinSl% enjoyed by discriminating
Nirginians.
Story Errutful.
The story OF the founding of VIr
Fin!a's pioneer broadcast with ;he
transmission OF Lady Astors speech
on May and its subsequent uphill!
strusgie 10 acquaint Old Dominion
iolkS with the wonderful possihil!-
yes q radio; OF It's final success and
the decision that 1t had fulfilled lis
mission, is brief bat cvcntfuI.
When the radio craze" swept tho
county with unprecedented vigur
last spring Virginia, II was said
lay asleep. Few radio sets existed I'm
the city; the rural sections had never
neasd OF broadcast Indeed. there
""S i"Suil lSient hroadCaSting In tho
air to allow any one TO know Of its
real possibilities. BUt Improvement
Was IN sight and already concert
was fairly frequent,
AT TINS point The Dispatch papcrs
te!t that If it's policy OF progressive
imitation was 10 he maintained tho
"niy o; awakening the OLA Dominion
20 me unlimited possibilities of the
broadcast must be paramount Thon
a. Ia
""os I" establish a station Those
'htt were in existence were main
'"iueu ny commercial concerns whose
IiE'o secrecy prevented local experts
from getting iirst-haud Information
y" hrni It that time sold such out
n,s as The Dispatch Papers contcm-
plated Installing.
Erect station.
APPARATUS was extremely srarro
ana months Went by before tho STA
non WIS completed. Local engineers
WORKING from mere hypothesis ana
WAL Information was avatlablc do.
s.shed the "rtht. ANA after hectic
weeks II WAS ready for operation.
Ate many tests il was found pos
Hfofe 20 broadcast Lady Asto-'s
socech, thus establishing the FIRST
Virginia broadcast. and jrridcntaliv
'hGs !oFm'hs q !ca; that was then con-
sAshered impossible tina; was i'm
Ipa'sihE me voice Of the speaker
from distant point to be broadcast.
rom that time on 20 the ur.scu;
me station has been in The process.
- perfcc'inG. Handicapped hy bad
Weather, WHAI station has this sum
HleT established records thar arc
considered remarkable. Last weci;,s
issue OF leading radio mapazin.
carried on" % it's l.000-milc records
as = notable one" Some of m.
lts
MUSIC are: Nova Scotia. 1000 miles:
oklahoma. lee" miles: Iowa I.0oO
miles Lakeland Fla. 200 miles.
MaysEii!e. Ky. Geo miles: Marion,
no" wood. Corning and Beverly. ohio.
columbus. Atlanta. Carroiiton and
newman Ga. S,ratford conn: Pitts-
hurSh. Pa Newark. s. d. and bur.
drcds OF other points.
SO strongly had Dispatch radio in
trcnched Itself in the hearts OF viz
Sinia folks that II was declared an
'nolspensa BILE institution by many
VISITORS who came 10 visit the sta
ton. Constant service was ulwavs
maintained within uniform radius
OF 800 miles. and the very best tai
en-, was employed During its run
WEAZ offered every recognized or.
ch"stra in ths city and surrounding
territory, ana speakers OF grca; in.
,,"re>i inaHcnrai"d nuX campaigns
by ethereal means.
EminIi. Mission
Mons with this Intense work OF
stimulating .ntcrcs, IN radio in Vlr-
Sinia by broadcas'ing and by radio
literature published and dissent
mated by mail. came summer static.
thai seemed almost Impossible y,
comhai But in tho end radio began
TO triumph. not only here. but al!
over the country Th. countrv's
severa! thousand fans grew TO j.
100000 SETS, which means a nightly
audience or approximately 3.O0O, 900
pcppie' according 10 government nc-
urcs.
Virginia awoRc win Tremendous
start Thousands az folhs bought set,
10 hea! WB.tI station. and Richmond