Broadcstiang News

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 50, 27 June 1930, Page 27

Broadcstiang News

4 eee complete front page of an American newspaper was recently radioed across the Atlantic. The transmission, which was picked up by the. steamer Stem near Plymouth, England, was accomplished by means of the American Radio Corporation’s new photoradio apparatus. Both pictures and type were almost indistinguishable from. the original. THE growth of radio in America has been phenomenal. In 1920 there were only 60,000 listeners, whereas at present there are more than 50,000,000. TEN ‘noiseproof" doors are a feature of the new studios recently completed for station WLW, Cincinnati, America. They weigh more than 800 lb. each, and were installed at a totai cost of £9000! "THE youngest radio announcer in the United States, and probably in

the world, is Paul Keough, of station WISV, Virginia. He is only 19 years old, PARIS dentist advertises: "Painless extraction of teeth by an expert. Comfortable waiting-room equipped with an up-to-date radio receiver." "THE date of the formal opening of the new Vatican City shortwave wireless station has been tentatively fixed for June 29. It is stated that in the course of the ceremony the Pope will broadcast a message to the world