The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-27
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BROADCAST !.
MEETING
Twenty-Five Stations viii Be
Used to Cover Nation
for Convention

AWcuLy-SWO DrOdQCaSCtuR DLhLtOnS
throughout the country VIII broad
cast proceedings Of the Democratic
national convention at Madison
Square Garden, New York, the Lat.
ter part Of June. according to I'M
official reports from the metropolis.
Among the cities from which the
meetings will be broadcast win be
Washington.
When Judge Cordell Hull, chair
man Of the Democratic national
committee, opens the convention on
June "a. two radio systems will
speed the proceedings Of this and
all subsequent meetings Of the con-
vention to every part of the United
States.
It Is estimated rather conserva-
lively that the broadcasting win
cover areas populated by 25,000. 900
people. This merely takes into con-
alteration those living within 100
miles OF the broadcasting centers,
this radius being the effective area
over which the station il supposed
to give reception to the average set.
The night range Of the chain Of sta
tons Is considerably greater than
during daylight and win cover more
than two.thirds Of the area Of the
United States and over thHOo-Quar.
ters Of the population.
Wires Always Open.
Negotiations with the Radio Cor.
poration of America. ana the Amer
lean Telephone and Telegraph Com.
pany~ have just been completed by
Yknu 0NHtw Il.
Democratic national committee, and
plans are under foot to have these
two great systems simultaneously
broadcast the convention on a
twenty four-hour basis. The wires
ing stations will always DO open
teresting speeches, votes and dem
all over the country without delav.
Each section of the country will
want to hear it's own representa-.
tives, so that some stations proba,
bly, will be broadcasting at all
tional importance will be put on
the air by all the stations. The
night sessions which are usually
most interesting will be broadcast
In their entirety, and the accom-.
plishments of the days meetings
will be summarized more briefly
for the reflection Of the radio au-
dience.
One of the most interesting
phases Of the broadcasting Of this
event will be the opportunity 1t
will afford listeners to compare the
two rival systems Of re-broadcast.
Ing developed during the past year
tho wired system and the pickup
Iof low wave lengths.
Forwarding Stations.
The telephone company with its
system of overhead wires will
broadcast through New York, Chi.
cago, Cleveland, st. Louis, Phila-
delphia, Cincinnati. Denver, De-
troit. Kansas City. Washington,
Boston. Providence, Louisville, Dali
las and Fort Worth.
The radio corporation will put
into service their transcontinental
system using short wave lengths
with the radio repeating station at
Hasttng supplying the West Coast
with convention proceedings through
KGO. at Oakland, Calf. WGY,
Schenectady, and KDKA, Pitts
burgh, two allied stations co-operat-
ing with WIZ and WIT, will get
the programs by wire and relay
them by the short wave across the
country.
This latter method, which worked
so successfully during the past win
ter in transatlantic tests, win be
at a disadvantage during the con-
vention because much OF the pro-
ceedings will be broadcast during
the day. which Is decided handi.
cap in picking up distant messages.
In addition to broadcasting the
speeches and local atmosphere of
the political gathering, there will
be the line transmission Of con-
vention pictures from New York to
Chicago. This system, which was
successfully demonstrated a week
ago, will be put into practical use
for the second time at the conven.
ton. It's first use will be at the
Republican convention the first
part Of June, when pictures will be
sent from Cleveland to New York.
Another part in which radio will
have an important role In the con.
vention will be the system Of am
plifiers which will be placed In the
huge arena. 80 that words win be
audible to everyone. Radio vacuum
tubes will be used for this pur.
pose.
If all the present plans carry
through without mishap every citi-
zen in the United States will be at
the convention, with q radio set as
the price Of admission,
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