Show t r on 12 1 o e eo jr o Y To 75 I I r PROGRESS PH t t Through the simplification of of receiving l sets and the cooperation tion llan ol of the manufacturers In pre pre- 1 outstanding entertainment hd educational programs the radio Industry has shown a 1 greater great great- er advancement during tie past pass paste dear year e f than In any period of the thel past l ast L. L M. M Willis of Los Angeles Angeles Ange Ange- 1 les s manager of the Pacific coast division of the Atwater Kent Manufacturing l company compan said during dur dur- durI I Ing ing- ing inga a visit to Salt Lake Friday I The radio has undergone many man radical changes In the past few years ars and has now been brought t to a a point where It can be successfully successfully suc suc- c operated by a child tr 1 Willis stated One of the theo o outstanding Improvements has been the elimination of batteries tend complicated parts The 4 The educational value of of- the radio has been recognized by the schools of the country and the government Most of the schools rind and colleges of the east are placIng placing plat ing radios In the Institutions while the the government gov Is using it to af aff afford af- af f ford rd assistance to the farmers and the housewives Millions of dollars a year are being expended by the leading ra- ra gl JIo fo manufacturers of the country to to place the worlds world's best artists before before- the before th the people over the radio During 1928 the Atwater Kent company alone will spend more moreth than th han n In presenting the stars of ot the Metropolitan and Chicago opera companies s. Be- Be sinning Sunday night and every hereafter the Atwater Kent company will give the people the best possible entertainment over a national broadcast 5 t It It will be bo Interesting to the radio public to know that the ther r radio dlo commission Is attempting to eliminate the common variety of Advertising through the radio and put In place of it radio programs which will prove provo to be a a. community community com corn service There has b been n a total of 9 radios placed In iri service up p to date by radio companies and about put together in the h homes ines Mr Willis vnus stated Out Out-of the total number of manufactured man man- sets his company has produced Mr Willis said During the present year eal the sales have V Increased more than per cent r I |