The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-22
FLYING REPORTER IS
HEARD TELEPH0NING
STORY FROM CLOUDS
Radio Fans Of Northwest Hear
Conversation Between Plane
and Fargo Editor

Fargo, N. D., May 2c.-R,-North.
west radio fans today had an oppor.
tunity to hear q telephone converse
ton between a man riding 5000 feet
in the air and II on the ground.
The feat va a part Of the seventh
anniversary program Of WDAY. To-
cal radio station. and the CONVERSE
ton. made possible by linking to-
gether the radio and the telephone,
was broadcast to listeners.
Dalton LeMasurier. station an
llouncer. was the man in the plane
and H. D. Paulson. editor of the Far
so Forum. was Oh the receiving end
Of the first news story reported from
the air in the Northwest.
Make Single Connection
LeMasurier, riding in an airplane
with Art Brunevik as pilot, carried
with him a short wave transmitting
set. This was tuned to q receiving
set at the agricultural college and the
receiving set was connected directly
with a telephone wire which extended
to the stations studio. There. by
simply making a connection. 1t was
possible for LeMasurier to talk with
the operator and with anyone whom
he might connect with the studio.
Conversation from the Fargo
Forum office came into the studio by
telephone and was broadcast from the
station. LeMasurier picked it up with
a portable receiving set carried In the
plane just the same as though he
s,ara q <nIonhaoa poNaiv,nr ~
his ear. LeMasurier's part of the
conversation also was broadcast from
the station so that radio fans could
hear the entire conversation.
Radio fans who had tuned in on
WDAY were listening to the regular
studio program when they told that
they were to hear q voice from the
sky. LeMasurier then went on the
air with a description Of Fargo and
other nearby cities as they looked
from the air.
Asks For Connection
Then came the flyers request for
a telephone connection with the Far
60 Forum office. the response Of the
operator and the answering voice at
the Forum. Mr.. Paulson was con-
nected through the Forums private
branch exchange.
This is what radio listeners heard:
LeMasurier: For the next few
minutes / will attempt to be a e
porter for the Fargo Forum and you
are to hear q story transmitted from
the air, over the radio and telephone.
into the office of a newspaper and
also broadcast so that anyone with q
receiving set may listen in. May I
please have a telephone connection"
Operator: Number. please?"
LeMasurier: "One thousand,
please"
Forum office: This IS the Forum"
LeMasurier: mi. Paulsol1, please"
Paulson: This is Paulson speak
ing"
5000 Feet In Air
LeMasurier: This Is Dalton Le-
Masurier talking from an airplane
over Fargo-Moorhead. I think ! have
a story for you."
Paulson: "All right, 60 ahead"
LeMasurier: "Well, here It Is. I
am up 5000 feet in an airplane with
Pilot Brunevik at the controls" Then
followed q conversation with refer
ence to the radio stations anniver.
sary program and LeMasurier's ex-
PLANTATION Of how the conversation
va made possible.
The plane used was an ordinary
open cockpit plane and the radio
equipment was Of ordinary design. al
though built in the radio stations
workshop. In his conversation from
the air. LeMasurier said Il could be
removed from the plane In two min
utes.