A PIONEER OF BROADCASTING

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 4, 12 August 1927, Page 12

A PIONEER OF BROADCASTING

It would .be difficult to determine who was the fitst person to broadcast music by wireless, but probably the late Prince of Monaco wins. Lis broadcasting was hot accomplished hy telephony, but by telegraphy-without the use of the Morse code, One morning in 1911 an operator put on the head ’phones in art island on the Mediterranean and not long afterwards was astounded to hear a squeaky, quavery, but.quite recognisable perfortiance of the British and Freuch national anthems, Then came words in Morse acquainting all stations that the wireless piano on board the Prince of Monaco’s famous yacht had been’ responsible for the surprise, It is supposed that by some ingenious atraugement ott board the spark fre. quency was raised and lowered at the will of the operator, and thus it was possible to produce q tune,