Evening star., 1933-02-19
INAUGURAL TO SET.
| BROADCAST RECORD.
Set-up to Be Most Elaborate
In Radios 12-Year
History.
BY MARTIN CODEL.

March 4, and you Will hear
- nothing but the verbal and
musical details Of President
elect Roosevelt's inauguration at Wash
ington. For nearly all Of the wave
lengths and all network wires linking
broadcasting stations will be cleared for
the most elaborate broadcast in radios
12-year history-an all-day schedule Of
radio reporting exceeding in scope and
comprehensiveness even the record
broadcaStS OF the Republican and
Democratic national conventions at
Chicago last Summer.
Details OF the radio arrangements for
March have about been completed by
the two national networks, which will
We for the listener ear, and Herbert L.
Pettey. youthful chairman of Admiral
Cary T. GraySon's Inaugural Radio
Committee. Mr.. Pettey, who handled
the Democratic campaign radio ar
rangements and who Is mentioned as a
probable member of the Federal Radio
Commission In the new administration,
has the Job Of co-ordinating all radio
activities so that the rival chains will
neither step upon one another's toes In
their zeal nor interfere unduly with the
ceremonials.
many Stat1OnS 70 Be Linked.
Both the National Broadcasting Co.
and Columbia Broadcasting System,
with combined clientele of nearly 200 of
the 600 American radio stations, will
link many non-member stations for the
event, including stations in Cadada and
Short-wave stations that viii carry the
program to any country on earth whose
broadcasters choose to pick up the pro-
gram and rebroadcast it to their own
audiences.
Both big networks viii clear the
boards for he Inauguration, meaning
that commercial and other features
must give way on this day all the way
need be. They will return to their
regular schedules in the early evening
but at 10 o'clock they will broadcast
the inaugural ball from Washington
Auditorium.
The arrangements include descrip-
tions OF the parade and major events
from strategically placed speakers
booths, from rowing stations strapped
on the backs of peripatetic reporters or
carried In automobiles, from airplanes
and blimps and from Cfor the in
auglral address) the stand at the east
entrance to the Capitol.
The inaugural radio schedule really
VIII begin with description of Mr..
Roosevelts arrival at Union Station
March 8, with radio reporters following
his car with broadcasting apparatus to
the point where he will spend the
night. The radio will be on hand again
next day as he leaves for the White
House, radio cars again taking their
place In the procession.
Greeting to Be Described.
Announcers will describe the greeting
between President Hoover and Presi-
dent-elect Roosevelt and their Joint, de-
parture for the Capitol. The radio cars
will again follow and speakers will de-
scribe their entrance, the events within,
the swearing-in of Vice President Gar
ner, the procession of dignitaries in and
out OF the Senate and the procession to
the inaugural platform
The noise OF the gathered multitude
Will be picked up by the microphone
and mfcrophones and announcers will
be stationed in the crowds. Announcers
stationed on the inaugural stand will
give closeup descriptions Of the digni-
tarfes before the microphone is turned
over to Chief Justice Hughes and Presi-
dent-elect Roosevelt for the swearing In
and the inaugural address.
Then comes the trip to the White
House, with radio cars following and
with microphones placed at various
points to carry every detail Announcers
on the White House grounds will de-
scribe the new Presidents entrance into
his home. When Mr.. Roosevelt emerges
to go to the reviewing stand, radio will
be on hand as 1t will during the presi-
dental review Army, Navy and Marine
bands will play during the intermission
until the start Of the parade.
Dozens OF engineers and all Of the
more important announcers and regular
speakers Of the two networks will be
utilized. In addition to its regular staff
of announcers, headed by Graham Nc
Nance. N. B. c. will have on hand
William Hard, Floyd Gibbons, David
lawrence and Charles Francis Coe. Ted
Husing Will head the c. B. S. an
nouncers, with the speaking staff in
Guiding Frederic william Vile, Edwin
G. Hill and II. v. Kaltenborn.