Bringing in the Dempsey Fight The transmitter was an ambitious project. It had a normal daylight range of 25 miles, and a seventy foot wire cage aerial stretched between two wooden poles fifty feet high. The local wireless enthusiasts helped to set up the new station at Walter Burke 's residence on Upper Hillsborough street. When everything was in working order, the only thing needed was a licence. To operate such a station, there were two classes of licences: a com¬ mercial licence, and an amateur broadcasting club licence. To get the commercial one, the applicant had to have a bona fide business. Walter Burke , who did not own a business, did not qualify for a commercial licence. Dad visited several friends and a club was formed. Its formation was reported in the Charlottetown Guardian: Last evening a radio club, the Charlottetown Radio Association, was formed in town. President, Judge Arsenault , Vice-president, Keith Rogers , Secretary Treasurer , C.K.R. Steeves . Members at large are J.A.S. Bayer , Walter S. Grant , Walter O. Hyndman , Walter E. Burke , and Vivian Smallwood . The Charlottetown Radio Association provided the legal basis for getting an operating licence in much the same way as clubs are formed to qualify for a liquor licence. The club made its application, and on July 31st, 1923, a licence was granted under the call letters of 10AS. The installation and subsequent licencing of 10AS was a source of jubi¬ lation and pride to Dad , Walter Hyndman , Walter Burke and the members of the club. Walter Hyndman noted in his diary, "As of this day, 10AS is under club licence." The Burke household was a hive of activity. Broadcasting was taking hold on the Island. Dad was making his daily broadcasting from Rogers Hardware , and Walter Burke extended his sacred hour from Sunday to Wednesday evenings as well. All the enthusiasts were plan¬ ning, adjusting and rebuilding. Walter Hyndman , though, was with¬ drawing from wireless to devote more time to the family insurance business. In the meantime they planned the first church service broadcast for Sunday morning, January 25, 1925. All the previous week they set up, tested and re-tested equipment in the church. Mr. Ryan , the minister, 33