Radio Broadcast - 1923, August - 86 Pages, 8.5 ... - VacuumTubeEra

3O2 Radio Broadcastcourt was broadcasted a slice of the comedyand tragedy found daily in the courts ofKansas City, yet beyond the imagination ofmany of the old-time residents of the town. Itwas a civic program with an appeal whichwas new to thousands of people wearing headsetsthat night in March.Mayor Cromwell, to date, had played histrump card in educating the voter along thelines of better city government; had, in fact,taken the mysteries and practical workings ofthe various departments, and, more startlingstill, the courts themselves, right into the homesof tax-payers and voters, and had shown themthe cost of operation and the results.But what has been done is just a beginning.The mayoris convinced that this innovationisproving a valuable medicine in curing someof the city's chronic ills."We plan to broadcast a program eachmonth," declared Mayor Cromwell, "and, tothe best of my knowledge, this stunt is thefirst of its kind in the United States. 1 believeit is educational and will go a long way towardbringing the city government closer tothe people who pay to maintain it, and 1 believefurther, judging from the interest and favorablecomment, that the programs are appreciated."Let those who doubt the tangible resultsachieved read some of the letters receivedrelative to the civic radio night programs.Here is an excerpt from a letter written by oneof the city's most successful insurance men:I had the good fortune to listen in on the civicprogram broadcast by the Sweeney radio stationlast night and feel impelled to write and say that Iappreciated it. It is of the greatest importance thatour citizens, who are all stockholders in this, ourgreat Kansas City corporation, should be informedfully as to all our civic affairs. The . . . programyou have outlined will accomplish this mostsatisfactorily, in my opinion.One could spend a whole day reading lettersof this sort sufficient proof that Americanpeople are willing to devote their time to astudy of municipal government, especiallywhen it isbrought to them in as novel andappealing a manner as that conceived and executedby Mayor Cromwell.BILLIE ORR, OF YOAKUM, TEXAS, REACHES OUT MORE THAN 1OOO MILES WITH THIS SETHe saved up for a few simple parts, wound his inductance on a salt-box, salvaged some old telegraph wire for an aerial,used his dad's auto storage battery as the "A Batt.", and pulled in Detroit, Denver, and Atlanta. He has left plentyof room for the stage or so of amplification which he hopes to add