The little-known story of the first U.S. Presidential radio broadcast was told last week in Movie-Radio Guide.
President Wilson was aboard the liner George Washington, returning from the Versailles Peace Conference. It had been announced that on the Fourth of July (1919) he would address the crews of all the convoying ships. The significance of this communication was noted by only a handful of newfangled thinkers radio men. Most U.S. newspaper editors, buried the news among their gall bladder ads.
Engineers John H. Payne and Harold H. Beverage (now of General Electric and RCA respectively) rigged up the equipment. President Wilson's advisers...
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