Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
MILLIONS TO SEE"
[INDBERGH ARRIVE
Radio Hook-up viii Garry
Capital Celebration All
Over United States.

Millions OF people in every corner
Of the country will "see" Capt
Charles A. Lindbergh step ashore
from the cruiser Memphis here next
Saturday and will follow him through
the streets e Washington to the
Monument grounds and the impress
sive ceremonies in his honor there.
Plans being perfected by Station WRC
and the National Broadcasting Co.
will assure virtually every one with
a radio of an instantaneous dercrip-
ton of everything the flyer does
from the moment he lands until he
leaves the Monument grounds TO go
10 the temporary White House as
guest Of President Coolidge.
Announcement was made yesterday
that WRC would install microphoneS
along the route Lindbereh will travel
from the Nay Yard to the Monument
grounds and that a corps of announc-
ers would send out a running account
of the movements of the procession.
Tentative plans now being perfected
call for microphones at the Capitol,
near the corner of Pennsylvania ave
nue. and Fifteenth street and three
between these places, in addition to
those at the Navy Yard and at the
Monument grounds.
L.. S. Will BE Covered.
Hook-up with three great networks,
the rcd, blue and orange, has been
assured, opening the program to a
great rart of the country. Ralph
Edmunds. manager of WRC. said last
night that applications have been re-
ceiyed from other circuits and that as
many as possible would be hooked
up. certainly enough TO cover the
country.
WRC has also made arrangements
10 keep in touch with the Memphis
so as 10 ascertain as nearly as pos.
sihle the time OF her arrival The
announcers will take their places long
before the cruiser appears off the
Navy Yard and the program will be.
gin as soon as the ship nears the dock.
Listeners will be told when Lind
bergh is first sighted on the ship and
from that moment will hear of every
thing that happens. AS the process
sion disappears from the sight Of the
announcer at the Navy Yard the next
mcrophone will begin TO broadcast.
Since the trip is to be made by motor
Mr.. Edmunds said four or five STA
tions along the route would be
enough to cover every moment Of the
ride.
McNamee to Announce.
.A1CNdIl66 Will DG
at the microphone at the Monument
grounds, where the main ceremonies
will take place. He will continue the
description of the procession's arrival |
and then when the speeches begin will |
yield to, President Coolidge. Capt. |
Lindbergh and the other chief figures
of the reception. who Will talk into
the mike
After Lindbergh leaves the Monu
ment grounds there will be a period
when the radio audience is out of
touch with his movements, but after
the official receptions at the temporary
White House and other places, he is
expected to visit the National Press
Club, where WRC will again be wait. |
ing for him. An entertainment pro.
gram has been planned to occupy the |
time between his expected arrival |
there and the time when he actually |
shows up.
This method of broadcasting is new
to this country and this occasion will
be it's first test. The same plans have
been made for the New York recep-
ton, but Mr.. Edmunds explained that
there the problem will be easier be-
cause of the shorter route to be COW
cred. The route here is more than
three miles through several streets.