Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
RECORD IS BROKEN
IN RADIO HOOK UP
35, 100000 Hear Lindbergh
Ceremonies Described
From So Stations.

Fifty-two radio broadcasHnS sta
tons carried a complete description OF
the welcome home celebration for Col.
Lindbergh to $4,000 900 persons, near
ly one.third of the Nations population.
1t was the largest hook-up ever at
tempted, exceeding by nine stations
that of February % for President
Coolidge's Washington Birthday ad'
dress.
Two of the stations in the Nation
wide hook.up were the short-wave
transmitters of WGY, Schenectady,
and KDKA, Pittsburgh, regularly
heard throughout western Europe and
at such distant points as South Africa
and Australia. These stations made
an effort to send the reception cere-
monies around the world
The reporting by radio of Lind
bergh's arrival, from the time he
stepped down the gangway of the
cruiser Memphis until the Distin-
guished Flying Cross was presented
to him by President Coolidge on the
Monument grounds, was regarded as
a remarkable testimonial to the Vaiue
of radio in giving the whole country
an immediate, vivid and first-hand re-
mort of an event Of such importance.
The transmission was reported to be
perfect.
MicrOphones Placed.
Through microphones along the line
of march, one in the Capitol dome
another atop the Washington Monu-
ment. and still another on the stand IN
the Monument grounds, the coiofIuI
and detailed description was given to
the unseen audience. The men at
these microphones were Graham NC
Nance, Phillips Carlin, Milton cross
and John Daniel. McNamee filled
double role of reporting from the Navy
| Yard and the stand on the Monument
| Grounds.
The signal ION the air. which
signified that the 5O-station hook-up
throughout the United States was
waiting and ready was given at 11:29
| o'clock to Phillips Carlin, who was
standing before a window in the top
of the Washington Monument, a
microphone in front of him. Carlin
Immediately said:
Carlin Gets Signal.
This is the National Broadcasting
Co. and associated stations broadcast
| ing from Washington. We will now
| have a roll call of National Broad
casting Co. announcers who today
| are radlO reporters. his Is IHIliIpS
Carlin speaking from the top of the
| Washington Monument"
Without delay Graham McNamee
was on the air with the announce
ment that he was at the wharf in the
navy yard. Then Milton ]. Cross
told the radio audience he was in the
| dome of the United States Capitol.
John B. Daniel followed. stating he
was in the Treasury Building. After
the roll call, the circuits were again
switched to Car!in, who. looking from
| the Monument with powerful field
| glasses, described the cruiser Memphis
come up the Potomac River, turn into
Anacostia River and dock at the navy
yard.
McNamee, his microphone several
hundred feet from the Memphis, then
took over the air and gave vivid
description of the cruiser as it was
| tied up to the wharf. He told about
| Lindbergh. who stood on the bridge
In the middle of McNamee's descrip
| ton. the crowd broke through the
ropes. past United States Marines,
and in the rush the microphone was
| nearly put out of commission.
McNamee himself was tripped up
and went sprawling to the ground