RADIO BREAKS DOWN

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 42, 4 May 1928, Page 4

RADIO BREAKS DOWN

(By a

visitor

I was present at 2YA on the evening of the 23rd when, by a misfortune, the station was off the air. What I want to mention is the evidence of the astounding popularity of radio which is so obvious at a time like this. For the forty minutes that the station was off the air, the two telephone lines were operating without a break, necessitating two people sitting at the phones answering enquiries: positively without cessation. Childran asked if Uncle Jasper would be able to speak, grown ups expressed their own and their children’s disappointment at the temporary breakdown. The disappointed members of the party who were to entertain during the children’s hour resorted to an impromptu concert in order to keep depression away. Part of this could be heard when the station came at last into operation. | Intense relief was expressed when word came through that the station ‘was again operating, and the two people who had been so busy at the phones were able to leave their posts. Indeed one could not conceive-other than by being present- how really popular radio broadcasting has become, and how great the disappointment when the station broadcasting is temporarily inactive. ' RUE RELL ee ae