. Bell telephone magazine . the Great Lakes to the Gulf,and the Associated Companies haveInstalled hundreds of miles of circuitsto make local connections within the 126 Bell Telephone Magazine AUTUMN cities. Originally developed to meetconstantly growing demands for longdistance telephone service, both co-axial cable and radio relay can alsobe used to carry television programs,so that today 99 per cent of the coun-trys estimated 18 million televisionsets can receive the same program atthe same time. Behind this amazing expansion isa story of achievement possible onlyin America, under a free go
. Bell telephone magazine . the Great Lakes to the Gulf,and the Associated Companies haveInstalled hundreds of miles of circuitsto make local connections within the 126 Bell Telephone Magazine AUTUMN cities. Originally developed to meetconstantly growing demands for longdistance telephone service, both co-axial cable and radio relay can alsobe used to carry television programs,so that today 99 per cent of the coun-trys estimated 18 million televisionsets can receive the same program atthe same time. Behind this amazing expansion isa story of achievement possible onlyin America, under a free governmentof a free people. It is a story of de-sign, production, and installation;and of skillful maintenance and op-eration—all requiring a great invest-ment of effort, ingenuity, and money. Nov^^ the conventions are over, andthe participants have gone back the political campaigns continuestrenuously through the Autumn The Unseen Audience : : : : : BY H. T. Webster HM-M OA/eOF The buttons \ ON HIS VEST ISMISSING. months as the two Presidential candi-dates present themselves at every op-portunity before the voters of thiscountry—and communications con-tinue to serve them well. Telephone calls make and confirmarrangements and provide indispen-sable personal contact. Teletype-writers carry reams of news to thenations journals and their , debate, argument, ora-tion pour from the throats of un-numbered loud speakers. Above all,the candidates enter almost dailyinto American homes on the screensof millions of television sets to maketheir points, their pleas, their individ-ual impressions. When the electioncomes, and the voters have made theirchoice of a new leader for the nextfour years, his smile of victory and hispledge of service to the Americanpeople will reach infi-nitely more of themthan ever before in his-tory, through the me-dium of television. The influence of TV ON VOTERS ISUNCERTAIN /it^ Coprrighl, 195X N«« ywk H«><»44 TribMW I 9-3 R
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