San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18
WEDNESDAY,
SET FORS.A.
BOOSTERS
OPENING
Mayor and Other Officials
to Help Christen New I.
5000-Watter.

San Antonio's booster radio station
VICAR of the Southern Radio Cor
poration Of Texas, in cooperation
with The San Antonio Light-will
go on the air officially and formally
Wednesday night.
With the formal launching Of
VICAR under the program auspices
of The Light will come another Of
the efforts of The San Antonio Light
to be a Constructive force in the
community" There will be nothing
commercial in the operation Of the
new broadcast station. The programs,
which will be under the control OF
the editorial department of The Light
will be Of a diversified character and
all with view 10 keeping San An
tonic not only first in Texas but
first in the air, as well.
FIRST PROGRAM FULL.
The opening night program will of
necessity be somewhat longer than
will be the habit of the station in
future entertainments. Mayor John
W. Tobin will lead off the activities
of the evening in a brief talk on the
advantages of radio in keeping San
Antonio first
President Nat Goldsmith OF the
chamber of commerce also will have
something to tell the world about the
recent drive for funds to keep San
Antonio first, and William Mcintosh.
the publisher of The Light will out
line something of the purposes OF
The Light as a newspaper as well as
radio broadcaster.
Full details of the opening musical
numbers have not been definitely set
down in schedule for the reason that
it is the intention to make time, it
possible, for all of the musical organi-
cations as well as musicians and sing
ers who wish to take part in tho
first program TO participate.
s TO MIDNIGHT.
The opening program will begin at
S o'clock Wednesday evening and
will be continued probably until mid
night, winding up with a snappiness
that will intrigue the fancies of the
night-hawks and the all-night listen
ers-in. A formal announcement oe
numbers and participants will appear
in The Light prior to the program.
During the past week VICAR has
been undergoing some rigid tests.
These have been calculated to wors
out small inconsistencies always de-
veloped in any new electrical installa-
ton and particularly in new radio sta
tons. During the next few weeks re.
mote control lines will be run to many
places in San Antonio and the electrical
characteristics of the wires tested and
matched with view TO proper trans,
mission Of voice and music TO the sends
ing station at the Southern Radio Corr
poration plant on Pecan Street.
DETAILS ALI-IMPORTANT.
Radio, unlike almost every other
line of endeavor, requires painstakins
detail work. The difference Of a few
degrees in the resistance of one sida
of pickup" circuit with the other
spells the difference between good and
bad broadcasting; between noisiness
and efficient quietness. These are the
things the engineers and operators at
VICAR will have to work out during
the succeeding weeks TO perfect
VICAR and The Light broadcasting.
The placing of the microphone has
a wonderful effect upon the clarity OF
music and vo when picked up from,
places other than the padded and care
fully curtained studio at the station.
Dance music. for instance, may be
made or marred, IL the microphone 10
so situated that the tripping of dane
ing feet and the laughter Of girlish
glee trespass upon the strains Of tho
orchestra. That, too, will be one oe
the problems to be worked ont by
VICAR in the next few weeks.
The definite promise is made, how-
ever. by officials Of the Southern
Radio Corporation that VICAR will
not only be one Of the most power
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