Show ae f r my IN an early broadcast station or simplicity OF RADIO by POWEL CROSLEY JR Alt although hoagh communication tills has bien been till an accomplished fact tile tho ni nineties nelles it Is oili since siline broadcasting came into to U use e that tile the great wave ac of radio popularity tins lins converted coner ted the american merliin mer kiin public into till an aminy ami of radio fans sonie sonic eight or ten years ears ago the hist broadcast broduk pio pro granis went ent on oil the alt they alit i a vastly different aln erent kind of entertainment than alint which alch Is tuned in iii by the radio listener today A epli wits elgg rl gg up lit lit in front of it a microphone anti and shrill screechy screech sounds oun da poured forth intermixed with will ell cat t calls and thunderous er eraslio aslie 4 ni as something went rong wooing with alth the it ap pai pa atus ratus or lit the microphone was jarred by the sudden movement of the oper antor lit in changing a phonograph record the few aveary ciri still help operators atio lio picked pl kid up till these con conceits corts cattle canio out of their lethargy with dutli a sudden gnap and allol slit sat up pressing tile receivers to their eins the air of savior faire dalre quickly faded fron their faces and their eyes ees popped forth in surprise they could not quite make out whether it was the lie vo ices of angels to which alch they were listening or a spell cast over oer them hi by the devil dell even the ships cat pricked up ins ills ears bellev ing that hint he fie recognized purring forth from froin the receivers roce hers and ami jumped up tip onto the tuble table to investigate As tile these concerts went on oil front from to to night glit however they callio caino to be welcomed despite e their imperfections factions by tile the still ship operators ai a pleasing pleading interlude lit in the monotony 0 regular duties amateur operators rs here and there impressed their ilick billeb with the marvels of radio by b iti inviting tapin to licar the calli loul ilaug music 1 ic and tile the general public hearing ruil rumors lors of tile tho vo tid erful fouts feats by tile new art began to ho be suspicions that it was lills missing sill something bilat something was being kept from it which it it biad ad a right to know tile more inquisitive individuals bought or hullt built cryst crystal til sots sets allot as tile the audience nud ienco grow grew the widened their scope or of activities introducing by wiy way of such novelties as tile the electric ae piano or the oli old indies choir from frolli the corner church j hut but matters went from bad to beelor instead of bad to worse anil find the public awoke olio in ili lall to a n sudden realization of the possibilities that radio held forth in the way ht enter vils 1 transformed front frona n esperi I 1 to a national nation a I 1 s service of f leilh illah standard t overnight tills thus I 1 it in 1 0 outlining q t g the alie liow how tind and why of radio as it li 13 l i known today we list attl study d Y it ceoil v C which lias has grown to maturity lit in I 1 li r short space of five vears tears or a allow sr which lias has blo bloomed ollied overnight |