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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1934
Page
5
Radio dealers open a city wide exposition of 1935 sets featuring all wave reception and standard broadcast in one instrument. The displays promise longer reach across seas with Berlin and London stations, improved tone, automatic volume, and better selectivity.
The Sunday Gazette notes firms showing at the Cedar Rapids Radio Progress Exposition this week. Participants include Standard Tire Prout Furniture Luberger Cedar Rapids Maytag Derr Auto Electric Goddrich Silvertown Checker Motor Supply Hall Ekfelt Newman's Easton Arthur Montgomery Ward Smulehoff Rude Auto Kresge Radio Hospital Heck Super Radio Service Paul W. Anderson Iowa Electric Light and Power. New radio cabinets feature space-saving tables consoles and living room enhancements. Advances cover car radios and all wave sets usable with batteries for rural areas.
The article notes progress in cabinet design for the 1935 radios aligning with modern vertical lines while avoiding radical changes. Cabinets blend with living rooms, feature colored dials and airplane styling, curved edges, matched woods, and new speaker grilles. All-wave sets influence front faces with colored dials and lights. tables remain popular and versatile.
Remote control of radios is offered in more developed form to aid invalids. The device lets patients change stations and adjust tone from bed or chair, reducing need for a second radio and increasing comfort for those with limited mobility.
Occasional inspection of sets over long periods is suggested as a safeguard against losing a swell program. Service men can check your radio right in your home.
The article explains that all wave radio telephony can be overheard but privacy is ensured by a speech inverter that scrambles the conversation. Only a receiving station designed for this purpose can unscramble it, making the transmissions private.
Boston conducts an experiment in two way short wave communication for the police department. A prowl car is equipped to talk back to headquarters with GE engineers aiding the project. Initial installation shows no visible evidence of converse capability.
Broadcast list shows Bernard, Dumont, Red Davis and others on NBC CBS networks with WJZ WLW WBBM WCCO calls. Various 30 minute and 8:30 slots feature musicians actors and plays across stations including WEAF WEAP WOC WHO and WMAQ.
A dense scanned radio programming schedule lists broadcasts by time and station for NBC CBS and CBS networks. Entries include talk shows, musicals, concerts, orchestras, children’s programs, dramas, and news segments with station call letters and times throughout the day.
Radio dealers urge periodic checks to maintain uniform reception and keep up with rapid advances in the field. Even reliable sets may benefit from service, as radio service men form a professional field with ongoing training.
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