Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-17
EXCLUSIVE WIRE
To LINK JOURNAL
WITH PLATFORM
Atlanta and All Southeast
Will ''Attend" Sessions
at New York

Every radio fan among the hum
dreds of thousands of listeners with
in the far-reaching range of, Tho
Atlanta Journals broadcasting sta
ton will have the opportunity OF
attending the National Democratic
convention in New York City, be-
ginning June "a, when the party
names it's standard bearers for the
November presidential election.
The entire proceedings, action, at.
mosphere and results of the great
meeting will be given to every one
of WSB's huge army Of hearers
simultaneously with the march Of
events at the New York assembly
hall.
The owner Of the most humble
crystal set in Atlanta, the opera
tors Of the ever-growing multitude
of tube-receivers in the southeast
who hear The Journals daylight
broadcasts, and the listeners using
powerful apparatus in Distant states
and foreign lands, win kn6U what
Is happening as quickly And as
definitely as the delegates and tho
audience on hand at the meeting
place.
Exclusive in South
Invited by the National Demo.
cratic campaign committee to serve
the south with the exclusive broad.
cast of the convention, The Journal
has contracted with tho American
Telephone and Telegraph company
and the Southern Bell Telephone AM
Telegraph company to relay the en-.
tire convention by long distance
cable from the scene.
Scores of telephone engineers VIII
| be assigned to the work of connect-
Ing leading broadcasting stations of:
the nation with the convention. Mi
crophones will be placed strategicaI.
| ly so as to register every word ut.
tered in New York. The announce.
ments and rulings by the chairman,
the nominating speeches, ~ the
| speeches seconding the nominations,
the balloting by eli state delegations
| while the votes are cast for presi-
Dental and vice presidential norni.
nees. the applause, the cheering and
| the demonstrations" and all the
other features of a national political
battle will be as close to Atlanta as
though WSB were transmitting from
| the studio.
| The feasibility of linking The Jour.
nal station with New York by spec
cial telephone cable has been proven.
graphically in innumerable in
! stances. A transcontinental cable
has functioned perfectly in relaying
Pacific coast program through an
Atlantic coast broadcasting station.
More than fifteen stations success
fully transmitted last weeks Repub-
| lican convention at Cleveland.
| So far as The Journals listeners
are concerned, the broadcast Will
excel in technical quality any Of,
WSB's local relays from the audi
forum, the First Presbyterian,
church and other familiar remote
control centers.
Continus Service
The convention comes to order ON
Tuesday, June "a. Nobody knows
how long it will foregather. Nobody
knows who the Democratic party
will choose for the American public
to pass upon for the posts Of the ma
tons chieftians.
But regardless of the duration OF
the meeting, "The Voice OF the
South" will be standing by. prepar.
ed to give the public continuous
services. Whether the delegates
come together in the morning. In the
afternoon or at night. whether pro-
tracted battle of ballots find the
meeting in session after midnights
WSB will be recording and reports
ing events to it's listeners.
All entertainment, sport, markets
weather and news schedules will be
subservient to the convention broad
cast, beginning June "a and contin-
uing until the Democratic nominees
for president and vice president are
named.
National political convention broad
casting service this year is the first
known to the south, the nation or
the world. The Journal station,
serving the south, and more than
score Of it's broadcasting contempora-
ries from coast to coast, will liberals
ly let America be part of what prom.
ises to be the most vitality interests
ing pOlitical event in MANY deca des