PHONOGRAPH COMPANY

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 10, 23 September 1927, Page 5

PHONOGRAPH COMPANY

~ORGANISES BROADCAST CHAIN. A new chain of radio stations, con‘nected by land lines, known as the Columbia Broadcasting System, which will link WOR in the New York area with thirteen transmitters scattered throughout the section of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, will open their studios for simultaneous transmission of programmes on Sunday, September 4, according to a statement made recently by H. C. Cox, President of the board of the system, which it was said will be directly controlled by: the Columbia Phonograph Company. Weadauarters will be established in.

the Paramount Building, New *xorke Linked with key station WOR, in New York, will be:-WEAN, Providence, R.I.; WNAC, Boston; WIBL, Syracuse, N.Y.; WMAK, Lockport, N.Y.; WCAU; Philadelphia; WJAS, Pittsburgh, Pa.; WADC, Akron, Ohio, WATU, Colum~ bus, Ohio; WKRC, Cincinnati, Ohio ;: WGHP, Detroit, Mich.; WMAQ, Chi-, cago; KMOX, St. Louis; WHO, Des, ‘Moines, Towa, and other stations to be: announced later. . Some New Ideas. "We feel that there is a large field for a strong independent new radio chain,’"? said Mr, Cox in his official announcement. "Tn addition, we are bringing into the chain broadcasting field some ideas which we believe are: new and logical." Major J. Andrew White, it was at nounced, is in charge of technical, affairs of the system. Arthur Judsont will, with the assistance of programme, builders, "select the musicians, entet~ a , tainers and organisations for the

grammes. ; American, Fiuropean and Oriental talent will be made available to the; Columbia Broadcasting System throug), its association with Mr. Judson, who is constantly in touch with all important, musical centres of the world, the Col: umbia officials declared. ° : "This is the second radio system 1o be formed in America," said Mr. Cox. "Tt includes stations located at strategic ‘points and selected as most desirable ‘because of the technical equipment, the large area in which they are heard and their excellent standing in the cou munities in which they have built up their following and good-will."