Stiles.Ī license for radio station WOW was applied for with the US Department of commerce and ultimately issued on Novemto the Society for station WOAW, as the WOW letters were already in use by the steamship Henry J. "One just turned on the juice and started talking into the microphone" said Mr. In this period there were no radio laws, regulations or programming formulas. The transmitter was purchased at a considerable cost and the legacy began. Unaccustomed to doing anything halfway, the society decided to sponsor a BIG station. Further investigation revealed Western Electric was capable of building the Society a 500 watt transmitter. The "experts" advised them that it would be difficult to control any power beyond ten watts.
Patterson held lengthy discussions and finally called in the "experts". Orson Stiles, head of the organization department of the Society and Colonel T.E.
STEWARDS REST BASTION WOW FULL
It was their opinion this was no fad and a full investigation was called for.Īt the time, there were only a few stations in the country actually on the air. While the officers and directors of the Society approved a national advertising campaign directed at print and were fielding proposals from a national weekly publication, they stopped to investigate this suspected "passing fancy" called radio.
Fraser sensed the potential of the fledgling industry and how it could benefit businesses in the form of advertising and ultimately, the Woodmen of the World Society. Nearly 80 years ago, when radio was new, Woodmen of the World Sovereign Commander W.A.
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