New Britain herald., 1924-02-18
DOW|E'S CITY NOW
 RADIO BROADCASTS
Zion Station Unique Sender Of
 Radio Programs

On the shores of Lake Michigan midway between Chicago and NIilwau- kee, two graceful steel antenna masts tower one hundred and fifty feet above Zion, the unique city founded blythe late Dr. John Alexander Dowie. They mark the site of Station WCBD, the radio telephone broadcasting sta ton owned and operated by Wilbur Glenn Noliya, general overseer of the Christian Apostolic church.
 Station WCBD, of the Class R type, is strategically situated for perfect transmission. on a level plain few miles south of the Wisconsin bound- ary where there are no clements to disturb transmission. On the Tenn pie site, abutting the famous Sbiloh Tabernacle of Zion, structure cost ing about $50,000 has been erected to house the station. The equipment consists of Western Electric 500 watt Radio Telephone Broadcasting Equipment using Heising constant current method of meditation.
 visitors Welcome
 Visitors are always welcomed both at the station and at Shiloh Taber- nacle; this is no Forbidden City with in which no man may come unless he shares the religious ,enets of the citi- zens. Those who visit the station and they number five hundred each Sunday--are ushered into a spacious reception hall. comfortably furnished.
 On the left of this room is the studio where the concerts for which WCBD is famed are produced every Monday and Friday evening at eight P. m, central time. and every Wednes- day and Friday afternoon from 2:So to 3:45 D. m. central time. On Sun day mornings from 9 to 9:30 pro- grams by the Zion orchestra arc broadcasted from q studio in the Tab crnaclc. On Sunday afternoons from 2:30 to 5:30 the principle service is broadcasted from the Tabernacle di- rect. During this period there is an organ recital or special music by the Zion band and Zion white-robed choir Of five hundred voices. The wave length is 3t5 meters.
 On the right of the reception hall is the room where stand the Western Electric 500-watt Radio telephone transmttcr. power central switch board, monitoring radio receiver and radio control panel.
 From tho microphone in the studio Cor one Of the microphoncs in the Tabcrnaclel electric currents carrying the speakers voice or the music go through four stages of ampiiflcation and then 10 two 2a0 watt modnlator tubes. Here they control the output Of two 250 watt oscillator tubes and send out to the antcnna a high fre- quency current the strength of which is an accurate copy of the vibrations of the voice or other input.
 Programs fs Choirs
 The programs of WCBD arc made I'D of numbers by the Zion Junior choir of mixed voices of 50 children ranging from 10 l2 years of age, Zion male choir of 40 voices, Zion women's choir Of % voices Zion band Of 80 pieces, Zion orchestra of 70 pieces, and the Zion white.robed choir of 500 voices. I' is said that this is the largest choir that sings regularly every Sunday.
 Wilbur Glenn Noli,a believes that radio is universal boom which pro- notes better understanding among all peoples.
 Discussing the fact that radio tcic- phone broadcasting has removed the physical limitations Of distance. Mir. voliva estimated that in enc weeks time his voice flung afar by ;hn Gn- tcnna of wCBD had ln Hll pronabiii'y boon heard by moro persons 'han hn had addressed in the prcyious siateca years he had prtachol rhcn only those within the normal range Of lis voice could hear him. 't should hc considered. too. that he assumblagcs hr addressed in those days throngnd i some of the largest andi'oriums in thc country
 
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