The Press: Ink v. Air (Cont'd)

To the U. S. Press, Radio is a chronic plague, and news broadcasting its most annoying symptom. Last week painful pangs were felt in Pittsburgh, and the Press once more wondered where to look for a cure.

Until a year ago, when the Press undertook to control news broadcasting, all three Pittsburgh newspapers put news on the air. The Press (Scripps-Howard) worked through famed KDKA, first broadcasting station in the world; the Post-Gazette through WWSW; and Hearst's Sun-Telegraph through Hearst's WCAE. Then came the Press-Radio "truce" which forbade radio networks to give more than...

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