Edward Startz PHOHI 1927

1927: Announcement by Edward Startz for the PHOHI channel, spoken in Dutch, Malaysian, English, French, German and Spanish.  With a pause sign and various recognition melodies from Phillips Omroep Holland-Indië. In July  1927 , Philips established  PHOHI  (Philips Omroep Holland-Indië or Philips Holland-India Broadcasting Station). In colonial broadcasting Holland has always led the way, a short wave service to the Indies having been in operation at Eindhoven seven years ago. This description of the newly designed Philips short-wave station at Huizen shows that the early tradition is being more than maintained ...a dramatic wire flashed into the office of the Philips Radio Laboratory in Eindhoven. It consisted of these four words "We can hear you." This laconic message spelt the triumphant conclusion ot years of patient experiment. It came from Bandoeng, in the East Indies, and signified that the experimental transmitter PCJJ had established communication by short-wave telephony between Holland and her Colonial Empire. By this achievement Station PCJJ was placed on the road to success; and from the most modest beginnings the experimental transmitter developed into a noted radio station with a large listening public scattered all over the world. The little station received its due acknowledgment and reward when, on July 1st, 1927, the Queen of Holland visited the studio and spoke to her subjects through the PCJJ microphone, addressing a vast unseen audience divided between two hemispheres; one in the East Indies, where Holland has rich colonial possessions, the other in the West Indies, where there have been Dutch settlements since the 17th century. [shawweb myzen stephen/radio]

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.