NEWSPAPER BY RADIO.
ACHIEVEMENT IN TRANSMISSION
(United Press Association—Copyright.) NEW YORK, April 3.
A message from Schenectady states that the General Electric Company has announced that a complete page of a newspaper was transmitted from the "Sun," iSan Francisco, here by radio, For the first time, three hours after the journal was printed;, a distance of '2500 miles. The recording machine was developed by Charles Young, son of Owen D. Young.
It can be attached to any radio receiver, much the same as a loudspeaker. Engineers forecast that some day radio may deliver a large part of the business mail and bring tlie daily newspaper into the home, qnite irrespective of distance. Television has made such rapid strides recently that engineers expect that before this year has ended, radio listeners may also see a game proceeding as they hear the players called off.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 149, 5 April 1930, Page 5
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