Evening star., 1924-06-15
G. @. P. CONVENTION
BIG SUCCESS ON AIR
Graham McNamee, Announcer,
Vital Factor in Broadcast
ing Achievement.
WILL ACT FOR DEMOCRATS
Is Voice Teacher and Tenor in
Church Choir.
By Consolidated Press,

by Consolidated Press.
NEW YORK, June 14.-He is
voice teacher and he sings tenor on
Sunday in church choir. but he had
a greater audience this week than
any man ever had in the history of
the world.
His name is Graham McNamee, and
he is the man who did the announc-
ing for the radio at Cleveland dur
ing the sessions of the Republican
national convention. So well did he
do his job that he already has been
assigned to the task of calling the
plays" at the Democratic national
convention to be held here later in
the month.
Broadcasting by radio of the first
proceedings of a national political
convention ever to be given the air
was 100 per cent success, accord
ing to officials of the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company who
prefer not to be quoted as individ-
uals. They attribute much of the
success to the intelligent way in
which Mr.. McNamee, IA former Min
ncapolis man. did the announcing.
He is Very versatile" they say He
has to be. He is the star performer
ON the WEAF staff here. and in ad-
dItion to his voice teaching and his
tenor singing. he covers for radio
fans all the big world series games
and championship boxing matches.
Heard Even Above Cheers.
There were fourteen stations broad
casting while the convention was in
progress and no trouble was reported
from any minute. Even the twenty
minute roar for Coolidge when the
President was placed in nomination,
got across perfectly to the millions
OF listeners. punctuated by expIana-
tory remarks by Mr.. McNamee from
tlme to time. for the benefit of those
VINO had just turned in and had not
know what all the shouting was
about.
From the micrometer on the plat
form IN the convention hall, the
speech making. the shouting, the
band playing and all the fifty-seven
different kinds of sound common to
such gatherings. We're conveyed by
telephone to the VoriouS radio sta
tions. amplifiers along the route
Keeping them TO proper volume.
'Pennsylvania casts seventy-nine
votes for Lowden," came in clear
tones over the radio, above the
tumult. Then this explanation by Mr..
MCNamee.
The Republican national conven-
tion is now voting for a candidate for
Wee President. Apparently there
has been a stampede for former Gov.
lowden Of Illinois. The convention
Ccpt, if nominated. The last word
from him, received this morning,
was that he would not accept
Always Ready to Explain.
As the voting proceeded there
were short periods in which nothing
came out of the loud speaker except
confused sounds. But Mr.. McNamee
assurance that nothing was happen
ing and that the delegates were
Just milling around"
There were many occasions during
which the vast radio audience knew
better what was going on than the
delegates themselves. On Wednesday
night the fans heard an argument
that must have been inaudible even
to the delegates in the front row.
Chairman Mondell announced to the
convention that Representative Cooper
of Wisconsin would have ten minutes
in which to present minority re-
port from the resolution committee.
This report represented the views of
NliS l>1 OlICllC biCN' -'iA' SOOPSi " 10
clearly heard to protest to the chair
man that che had been promised ten
minutes to make preliminary state
ment before reading the report.
"Oh, very well, them" said the
chairman, resignedly, and Mr.. Cooper
began his speech-a good one, too,
and worthy of a more successful
cause.
The stations which put the conven-
ton in the air were: WEAF~and WIZ,
New York; WAX and WTAM. Cleve-
land; WRC and WCAP, Washington;
WGR, Buffalo; kDKA, Pittsburgh;
kSD. st. Louis; WLW, Cincinnati;
WMAQ, WIS and WGN, Chicago, and
WNAC, Boston.
The Democratic convention proceed
ings will be broadcast to the same
list, minus WAN, Cleveland; WIZ,
New York, and WNAC. Boston. Sta
tim ASR Atlanta will he added