Broadcasting the National Exhibition in Posen

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 52, 12 July 1929, Page 4

Broadcasting the National Exhibition in Posen

N important event in the modern history of Poland took place on May 16 in the city of Posen-the capit 1 of the Grand Duchy of that namewhen the All-Poland Exhibition was opened. For the first time in this country a comprehensive display of Poland’s economic wealth, labour, and talents is taking place in anticipation of the nation’s economic future. The opening ceremony was performed by the President of the Republic, whose speech was responded to by the Posen President, M. Cyril Ratayski, and the Exhibition’s chairman, M. Wachowiak, and was broadcast by all Polish stations. phones was installed in the :grounds A systematic network of 200 for the benefit of the huge audience," About 75,000 visitors from all over the" country and abroad arrived at Posen for the opening festivities. Some 20,000 motor-cars streamed through the streets of Posen; hotels, schools, barracks, and other public institutions being taken to accommodate the army of visitors, The shortwave transmitter installed in Posen on the occasion broad¢ast, on a wavelength of 30m., talks and bulletins on the Dxhibition. In addition to the daily. communique, still pictures are transmitted by means of the Fulto- | t graph machine. A remarkable feature’ of the inaugural ceremony was the dispatch from the ma’ square of the Hxhibition grounds of 8000 earrier pigeons with letters informing the country at large that the opening in Posen had taken place.