Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1924, Page 33

Radio supervisors and inspectors r many queer tales as to strange ages, sounds and calls emanating from somewhere within th realms of radio Tlaints are weird, land. a few pathetic and Uil others almost convince one that are etherial boogles. Radio Is itself more or less of a marvel stery, with the rapid ad- me of its range, manipu- and scope, and it is small \der that in susceptible fans even aperators long in the game or imagine they hear curious ountable messages verging supernatnral re is the story of one oldtimer declared that he no longer ded beadphones, his ears having uned to the notes of code | I Juld pick up mes- | nywhere. s of these compiainants, roperly clussified as of th insist per- “bugs that an 1 control” not only influence but the heart 1 persecuted. C _problem refu nagination Sroe thing 4 power not | 2 ob- rm | 'h continually s when he unprincipled, serted, kept every and at tion. ' 1-wirel hree . Tadio exper! without | radio | They | tal point ite trip | {1 Canads “or photo TH od for th night, mplaints slight Signaly Cross Continent vmateur radio signals have ten| wusmitted across the continent in irnest Hobbs, operator of | M in Scheneetad: ¥, he recently received on amateur wave lengths| i stations 6XAD, owned and op- ed by Lawrence Mott of Catalina ind, soon after sunrise. | The tw mateurs had been con-' ing with each other by radio tel- aph as they had been accustomed rt’ time before not until the th xtati h up that Hobbs T failure of \ I succens the tting on meters > with one conditions rise ‘to both tes b 1t} vam § aly convel Tha original - tests wh were ipted and supervised by the tech- ment of the American Leagfe indicate that the + 4! daylight conditions follow about iety minutes after sunrise—except | cloudy days when the signals do fade out completely until some s 120 m “On ordinary day hnical editor “the very t west coast signals are received :bout nineteen minutes after the sun | «ts clear of the horizon, .'xl(hough iis may be Welayed tweniy minut @ cloudy day. After that the si als begin to die down slowly and <he end of the 120 minutes there a pears to be full noontime conditions, S. Kruse, | Copyrights and the Ether. Whether copyright laws will apply compositions broadcast in the| | dio, ether, requiring payments of royal- ties to the authors, composers and publishers by the broadcasting sta- tions, is now up to the Senate patent committee. Considering the mass of | testimony, pro and con, given in two | days of hearing on the amendment to the copyright laws proposed by Sena- tor C. C. Dill, which would eliminate broadcasters from paying fees to copyright holders, .it_may be some time before the committee can digest the matter and make a report. Senator Dill says he ix personally interested in keeping radio free to the people, and he means it. Like free speech, religion and the fresdom of the press, he wants radio unhan- and uncontrolled. If mov- pictures and automobiles took their people out of their homes, ra- he asserts, has a tendency bring them back. He blelieve listener-in_should nol be . ta is confident that througl universal language will deyel will better unite people tions and may pi Opposition to S ure is strong, howe s may be defeated in committee or lat- er.on the floor. Leading musicians, posers and_publish fore the Senate com opposition to the Di were member authors, com- appeared In generil . American rs, Authors and independents included Gene Herbert, president CHANGES IN WCAP STAFF ANNOUNCED W. T. Pierson, Broadcast Manager, Becomes Director of Programs. Gascoigne Business Manager. 0. Paul Gascolgne, who, with Wil- | liam T. Pierson constitute WCAP's battery of announcers, has been ap- {pointed business manager of the radio | station, it was announced yesterday | ternoon at the Chesapeake and Po- |tomae Telephone Company. Simul- taneously, Mr. Plerson named di- | rector of programs, discarding his| former title of broadcast manager. The work of the station has in- creased to such an extent due to the tremendous_interest In radio, It was | id, that it was found necessary to| d to the studio force. Although Mr. | coigne has devoted much of his time to the radio department of the telephone company since the estab- lishment of its broadcasting station, official position was rated as chief Kk to W. B. Clarkson, general com- cial superintendent. Alr. Gascoigne will handle the bus- |iness end of the radio station, while Mr. Plerson will devote his time to arrankmg and presenting the broad- ing programs. Both will continue Tn the capacity of announcers. chuirman of the administrati mmittee; Bllis Rarker president of the Authors' | John_Philip Sousa, Augusta T s n, attorney for the Mills, ion had imandecred ail of the worth while but that radio was putting writers and songs on the map. Mr. Cohen of the Motion ‘Pleture Association asked for certain amend- bl to the bill, claiming that the u : v tion was making of his s ¢, Swhich, s | 8 5 lackjaek.” | for the prevention of adversity. He | spoke of organization work, sta at hu(»\ ht association He said h Buck in an attempt to refute testimony given to the commit- recently by National Rroad- the Thirteen More Stations. irteen new broadeasting stations % | were licensed last week by the De- partment of Commeree The call let. | ters of tne stations, their location, | wave length and power, “ollow: ] r, Denison, . 10 watts ‘les forestry de- eles, Calit., and its DIl bill 5 to pay f ifterentiate ated by a perted by 1 th h Ross Motor Serv he conti m.n SR e quE S the air made the “ick | of Herbert and usa ulso opposed the the present cop be changed Is of the Publishers' explained that no well b broudc 1d ) publisher or » advertised | lills is looking when the radio | yatte fee for their | " W RV, o is| Tullahonia, John Philip | contend- w (g Church, | 0 watts. burg “r\nrtrxxk Goods Pa., 266 me-| v “.orces-} 0 watts. Wireless Supply Pa., 254 meters, 30 Radio Ciub, | meters, 1 mm.m._«-'. 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