Muni; Miscellaneous; Dedication of Retransmission Time Signals for Naval Observatory, Station NAA

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Collection
Muni
Series
Miscellaneous
Episode
Dedication of Retransmission Time Signals for Naval Observatory, Station NAA
Contributing Organization
WNYC (New York, New York)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/80-42n5tx4d
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Description
Description
WNYC's inauguration of the retransmission of radio signals from the Naval Observatory in Arlington, VA. Reporter explains (verbosely) the benefits of doing so. Admiral Clark H. Woodward, Commandant of the Third Naval District (reporter calls him Clark B. Woodward), speaks on the history of timekeeping technologies, including the establishment of the Prime Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time and time signal transmission. La Guardia talks about the Naval Observatory's contributions to science. Captain Jay Frederick Hellweg, Superintendent of the Naval Observatory, inventor of the automatic time service device, talks about his work with timekeeping. Detailed explanation of the time signal, including the signal itself. Mark of the time, 12 noon, and station ID.
Date
1938-04-10
Genres
Event Coverage
Media type
Sound
Duration
00:10:31
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Credits
Publisher: WNYC
Speaker: La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947
Speaker: Woodward, Clark Howell, 1877-1967
Speaker: Hellweg, Julius Frederick
AAPB Contributor Holdings
WNYC-FM
Identifier: 70043.1 (WNYC Media Archive Label)
Format: audio/vnd.wave
Generation: Dub
Duration: 00:10:31
WNYC-FM
Identifier: 70043.2 (WNYC Media Archive Label)
Format: Data CD
Generation: Dub
Duration: 00:24:51
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Citations
Chicago: “Muni; Miscellaneous; Dedication of Retransmission Time Signals for Naval Observatory, Station NAA,” 1938-04-10, WNYC, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed October 17, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-80-42n5tx4d.
MLA: “Muni; Miscellaneous; Dedication of Retransmission Time Signals for Naval Observatory, Station NAA.” 1938-04-10. WNYC, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. October 17, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-80-42n5tx4d>.
APA: Muni; Miscellaneous; Dedication of Retransmission Time Signals for Naval Observatory, Station NAA. Boston, MA: WNYC, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-80-42n5tx4d