RADIO ON FARMS

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 2, 29 July 1927, Page 3

RADIO ON FARMS

ee ‘The increase in the use of scts om United States farms shows a tremendous Jiump from 10,000 in 1922 to 1,350,000 in 1986 at the close of the year.. Exports from the United States in radio apparatus increased from 2,800,000 dollars (£560,000) in 1922 to 8,500,000 dollars {£1,700,000) at the close of 1926. The saturation comparison with other industries to date is as follows: Num ber of homes in the United States, 26,900,000; phonograph, 11,000,000; passetiger automobiles, 18,000,000; telephones, 17,000,000; liomces wired for electricity, 16,900,000; farms, 6,370,000; homes without radio sets, 20,300,000. The ras dio saturation totals $4 per cent., showing that more than three-quarters of the United States is still a potential market for broadcast receivers and the necessary accessories. A census of United States radio mantfacturers reveals 2550; wholesalers and distributors, 985, and retailers, who eatry & complete stock of sets and accessories, 29.000. During 1922 there were 8500 dealers; the peak was treaclted in 1924 when there were 45,000, but since that time they have been reduc. ed so that 29,000 was the number of Gealers in the United States wheu 1927 arriyed. ‘