There were important quality advances in recordings specifically made for radio broadcast. In the early 1930s Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric announced the total reinvention of disc recording: the Western Electric Wide Range System, "The New Voice of Action". The intent of the new Western Electric system was to improve the overall quality of disc recording and playback. The recording speed was 33 1⁄3 rpm, originally used in the Western Electric/ERPI movie audio disc system implemented in the early Warner Brothers' Vitaphone "talkies" of 1927. COUNT 5
QSN1 When was the Western Electric System introduced? ANS1 early 1930s QSN2 What two companies worked together to develop the Western Electric System? ANS2 Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric QSN3 What system was used by Warner Brothers? ANS3 Western Electric system QSN4 What speed was used in the Western Electric System? ANS4 33 1⁄3 rpm QSN5 What was the Western Electric System believed to do? ANS5 improve the overall quality