The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 13, 1931, Page 9

C'S CF S|) CS) Cs) (2 A} Ps se It takes people to operate.a radio station, lots of them, and above are shown the staff of KFYR, Bismarck, the leading western North above show: No. 1, Ernest J. Grewer, control engineer; No, 2, Gleason Kistler, chief announcer; No, 3, P. J. Meyer, president of the THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRI rr ® ta broadcasting organization, together with the new plant, erected six miles east of the city. The pictures leyer Broadcasting company and station manager; No. 4, Paul O. Luther, announcer; No. 5, Stanley M. Lucas, “station director and chief engineer; No. 6, Clarion E. Larson, musical director; No. 7, Ila D. Moffitt, home economics director and station secretary; No. 8, Helen House, musical director; No. 9, Carl E. Bagley, transmitting station engineer; No. 10, C. F. Dirlam, prod juction manager; No.'11, John N. Henlein, radio technician; No. 12, the antenna system at the broadcasting station east of the city; No. 13, the transmitting plant east of the city. KFYR’S Broadcasting Station Example of Latest Radio Engineering Delicate Machinery Often Is Puzzle to Station Operators Even Though Local Engnieers Understand Difficulties Better, They Are Apt to Marvel.at Achievements More Than Ordinary. Laymen AMAZING.AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT NEEDED FOR AFFILIATION! f 4 j KFYR Officials give Brief Description of Intricate Equipment : Necessary for Local Station to Become Mem- ber. of National. Chain sila ge rl Every-time you turn on your radio it‘is just like opening an envelope containing words and music. That is what the radio understand is the manner in which programs originating in one place travel through the ether:and arrive in the living room of those folks who own radio receivers. _ It 1s a complicated process and requires 8 vast amount of delicately ad- machinery—and even when everything is going perfectly the radio in operation the pumps in the cellar ‘are used to supply the water to these FLeCUAtyASGHly i aes ate gree at any time. Plates Need Heat The high voltage current supplied to the tubes is necessary to heat ga5° He iis tte) hig H BE g i il eae ei ge he TEE 3 all aL g | i tl ie E Be iat tT rile Hate R i aed i i i li hi