| Plot | : | + Blue Network. Sustaining. Karen Kemple tells how she conquered her handicap of a collapsed lung and became a radio singer. Walter Compton (the host of "Double Or Nothing") tells a story about Lyle Talbot and "The Seeing Eye Institute." Dr. Lee De Forest's invention of the "audion" and the "wireless telephone" is dramatized on the thirty-fourth anniversary of the radio-telephone. Frank Butler (De Forest's assistant) is interviewed by Graham McNamee, Lee De Forest speaks from Los Angeles. Fascinating listening even though the De Forest segment takes some liberties with historical facts. An announcement is made that all radio stations "above seventy-two on the dial" will soon be moved to a new frequency! Lee De Forest, Mort Lewis (writer), Lester Lewis (writer), Walter Compton (moderator), Karen Kemple, Ernie Watson (composer, conductor), Frank Butler, Gilbert Martin (announcer), Graham McNamee (host). |
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