FIRST BROADCASTERS USED PHONE (Sep, 1933)
Filed under: Music, Origins, Telephone — @ 11:22 am
Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Sep, 1933
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Sep, 1933
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FIRST BROADCASTERS USED PHONE
Who were the earliest broadcasters? Ten years before the first radio programs were put on the air, a group in Chicago., 111., regularly delivered musical programs and news bulletins over the telephone lines of many subscribers. The rare old photograph reproduced below shows these pioneers broadcasting from their studio. Each singer is holding a microphone, while other individual microphones are attached to the instruments. To listen to the music, a subscriber had merely to sit beside the telephone and hold the receiver to his ear. If he received a ‘phone call while listening, the musical program was automatically disconnected.
So…. Pay Per Listen?
As long as it doesn’t interfere with incoming or outgoing calls, they should have that again!
Comment by jayessell — February 4, 2007 @ 5:55 pm
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