Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
NATIONAL NETWORK.
]! COVERS WIDE AREA
Broadcasting Company Has
Many Stations Linked in
Giant Hook-Up.

The National Broadcasting Com
pany's red network, the largest
chain Of broadcasting stations ever
operated on regular schedule, now
Yields together q large part of the
radio listeners of the eastern half
of the United States into one vast
audience bounded on the north and
east by hearers of WCSH in Port.
land, Me-; on the south by listeners
: to WSB, Atlanta, and on the west
by auditors OF wDAF. Kansas City.
With the addition of four South
ern stations--WSB, Atlanta; WHAS,
Louisville; WSM, Nashville, and VINO
Memphis--the red network consists
of 25 stations which are regularly
linked together for scheduled weekly
broadcasts originating in the studios
of WEAF in New York City or at
outside pickup points.
Using WEAF as the key station
and employing special telephone cir
cults covering some 5000 miles, week
ly program features are now being
supplied TO VITO, Hartford; WAR,
Providence: WEEP, Boston; WCSH,
Portland, Me-; TAG. Worcester. Mass;
wGY. schenectady: WGR. Buffalo;
WILT and WIFI, Philadelphia; WRC.
Washington: WCAE, Pittsburgh;
wSAI, Cincinnati: wTAM, Cleveland;
WWJ, Detroit; WHAS, Louisville;
VSM, Nashville: WSB. Atlanta; VINO,
Memphis; WGN and WLIB, Chicago;
woo, Davenport; WCCO, Minneapolis
St Paul; KSD, st. Louis, and WDAt',
Kansas City.
200 Operators at Work.
The hook-up of this number of
broadcasting stations by telephone cir
cults is a problem which involves
more than 200 operators, including
specialists in telephone, telegraph and
radio communication. Even after the
entire circuit is connected and tested
to see that it is functioning perfectly,
constant listening is necessary all
along the line to insure that no
trouble occurs which might mar the
effectiveness of the broadcast.
Starting from the studio of WEAF,
programs are first carried by special
telephone circuits to the Bell System
Building at "a Walker street, New
York City, at the same time that they
are also sent by wire to 463 West
street. where they are radiated from
WEAF's antenna. From this point
the Walker street building is the nu-
cleus of the huge network.
Stations located in New England
are IGO through Two IIldlI bSacpItoAiC
circuits from Walker street. One of
these carries the program to Hartford,
Conn, where tap emanates to Sta
ton VITO, another to station WAR
at Providence, and q third to Worces-
ter, where WTAG is located. The
circuit also continues on from Hart
ford to Boston, where 1t feeds the
transmitter of WEEP. A tap from
Boston carries the music and speech
to Portland. Me-, where it is broadcast
by WCSH.
Stations WGY in Schenectady and
wGR in Buffalo receive the program
by individual circuits direct from
Walker street, the one feeding the
latter station travelling by way of
Scranton, Pa, and Elmira, n. Y.
Connects Station Here.
Another circuit from Walker street
supplies the two Philadelphia broad
casters, WILT and WIFI, via NewtoWn
Square, Pa. and the circuit continues
on from this point to Washington,
where it feeds Station WRC.
Western and Southern stations are
connected into the red network by
means of a circuit running from
Walker street to Brushton, Pa, where
q tap supplies KDKA in Pittsburgh,
and then on to Beaver Dam, Ohio,
located about 10 miles from Lima.
From Beaver Dam a circuit running
north to Denver via Maumee, Ohio,
supplies Station WV. A tap at