COOLIDGE & DAVIS TO ADDRESS NATION BY RADIO ON ELECTION EVE
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On October 31, 1924, The Evening Star reports that President Calvin Coolidge and his Democratic opponent, John W. Davis, "will address the American people on the eve of the election Monday night through a chain of high powered radio stations stretching from coast to coast."
The Star says the broadcast will "reach the highest audience in history" and will "mark a new epoch in political campaigns."
"Radio," the Star states, "has never played such an important role."
The messages will be broadcast by WCAP* of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company and carried by twenty-two other radio stations.
*WCAP broadcast on 640 AM (1923-1926) a frequency shared by RCA's WRC. The station was sold to RCA in 1926. The C&P Telephone Co. was a subsidiary of AT&T.
SOURCE
"Davis Will Join Coolidge On Radio," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 31, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
