The Washington times., 1924-02-02
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V(;AP IS
READY
c. & p. Telephone Co. Now
Has Facilities for Capital
Equal to Any in U. S.

When the new studio of WCAP
opens next week, the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone
Company at Washington, D. c.,
will have perfected its facilities to
transmit events Of world wide in
terest from the Nations Capital.
Officially opened on July 4, Of
last year. station WCAP, the Ches-
apeake and Potomac Telephone
Company has taken a conspicuous
position in the radio world by
broadcasting events Of worldwide
interest from the Nations Capital.
Decorations Are Beautiful.
In entering the new studio at
Room 800. the Homer Building, the
visitor is admitted to a tastily
furnished reception room or lounge
in which the homelike atmosphere
Of a colonial dwelling has been care.
fully preserved.
Two shades Of gray predominant
In all three rooms of the studio
and these colors have been toned
down by the application Of soft dark
colors in the drapes and upholstery.
Studio B. a small room located
next to the reception room, 10 to
be used by speakers and lecturers.
Here the speaker win be seated at
a table upon which is mounted a
microphone and manuscript holder.
Studio A, Is a large room con-
nected with the reception room and
studio B by a hallway which also
gives access to the control room.
SOund-PrOOf Chamber.
A small sound-proof chamber with
a double glass window separates
studios A and B, and from this
room the announcer operates the
controls and signal lights in the
studios.
The progress of the different oper.
ations Is shown by colored lights
which signal the artist when all
arrangements are complete for that
particular number. AS soon as one
studio goes into operation q red
light appears over that door to
warn against intrusion.
With the whole outdoors as
studio the local station imported
its first concert from New York
employing the long-distance ciH-
cults Of the Bell system and
broadcast a program Of music
jointly with Station WEAF, the
American Telephone and - Tele-
graph Company, Of New York, on
Independence Day.
This feature was followed by the
broadcasting Of the bi.weekly con-
certs played by the United States
racks and the Meyer Davis LIE
Paradis Orchestra; picked UP on
the roof garden Of the cafe.
The next event to stimulate in.
terest in radio throughout the
country was the broadcasting by
several high.powAr stations Of
Lloyd Georges farewell address in
New York city. This speech was
received by station WCAP from
WEAF.
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Hardly had the interest in this
subsided when the
startling announcement was made
that former President Woodrow
Wilson would emerge from the Sc
clusion he had maintained since his
by addressing the public
through the radio.
Microphones were installed in the
Wilson home by engineers Of the
local telephone company and the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company and while practically the
whole United States listened in
while six powerful stations linked
together by the use Of long dis
tance telephone wires, broadcast a
five-minute address that was broad,
cast by WCAP.
With the opening Of Congress
WCAP, together with the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company.
gave the country for the first time
the Presidents address as he stood
in the House Of Representatives,
facing six microphones that carried
his words to Texas, Kansas, Chi.
cago, Missouri and New York by
long distance circuits from where
they were broadcast by high.power
stations to the far corners Of the
country.
A few days later another prece.
dent was established when engineers
installed microphone in the White
House through which the President
made an appeal for the Harding
Memorial Association.