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I RADIO GOSSIP A NEWS l (Continued from Page 30.) perfods, if they do not Interfers with 400 meters, but as yet it has not been one. When broadcast announcers are Forced to sign off due to distress calls it {s permissible, departmental radlio officlals point out, for them to an- nounce the rauss bricfly ro fans will know why the broadcasts cease. The simple announcement: “Ship in dfs- tress. Signing off temporarily. Sta- tlon WRC," s cited as a modol Some stations do this, but others stop so abruptly that fans are at a loss to know what is the matter. This is what happens when the operator on watch hears the distress call and pulls the main switch. It is believed that If he told the announcer to sign off as suggested above it would be a benefit to listeners, who often strug- zle for a half hour or so to get the tation back, wonder what is wrong with their sets, and when radiating sets are used they fiil the air with un- necessary squawks and whistles. The Fourth Educatfonal ‘The simple curriculum of old-time achooling composed of the “thres Rs” does mot sufMce today. “Readin’, ritin’ and ‘rithmetic” no longer cover the baslo educational requirements of the modern vouth, a fourth “R standing for radio, has been added High schools Dbroadeasting stations in radio as & major Through radio broas means of disseminating education in many forms is now used practically, and if a tabulation of students actu- ally attending classes at institutions of learning was made today and compared with a ce 8 of the stu- dents galning knowledge from the alr, so to speak, it is belioved those staying at home and listening in nightly to some 80 stations putting out radio education would outnumber the for- mer old-style students. courses Radio Grmnastlos. Radio broadcasting s being em- yed to get folks up early to take “daily dozen.” KYW, Chicago; WOR, Newark, and KDKA, Pitts- burgh, each conducts early morning gym classes by radio, with music ac- companiments and everything. Prof. A. E. Bagley of the Newark Y. M. C. A. who is master of & onjes at WOR, estimates that his ture class Is the larg: he knows it is over Teceived that numb A. Leonhardt, physlc Chicage Y. M. C. A classes for KYW daily at 8 am., except on Sundays Prot. 0. Shannon of tHe McKeesport Y. M. C. A. is the conductor of radio §¥ tics at KDKA. Outside Interference Remedied. Interfarence with broadcast recep- tion comes from many outside sources. Supervisor Beans from Chicago re- ports to the Department of Commerce that one source of trouble was recent- 1v traced to high mica segment in the commutator of a generator in a =il- vering plant located in St. Louis any complaints of this unidentified oise, which Interfered wi! broad- cast reception, wers recetved, and finally, Supervisor Beans traced the trouble to this faulty commutator. \When 1t had been turned down. s et the Tica insulating esmonts were even with the copper segments, the interference ceased. The power companies are co-oper- ating in some places. In an effort to eliminate Interference from faulty transformers or insulators, the Union Electric Light Co. of St. Louls re- cently offered @ reward of §5 for the exaot loecation of any fault In their power and light lines causing inter- ference with radio hrol..dout recep- tion. The Potomac Electric Power Co. of the District of Columbla, while offer- ing no reward, has promised to oco- operate In locating and eliminating remediable faults {n their lines and plants which cause interference. Radie Exports Total $6,000,000. TExports of radio apparatus from the T'nited States have Iinoreased almost $200,000 a month recently, and if the Tiecember exports increase in propor- tion, the total exports for the year will reach a value of more than six milllons of dollars. Last year the ex- ports totaled $3,448,112. So far, for 11 months, the total is $4,950,746, a million and a half more Department of Commerce experts Radio Value! $6. belleve that this years radio and wireless exports will be practically twice those of the year 1933, At the end of the seven-month perfod, 1924, radio exports were valued at §3,123,- 832, against $1,894,833 during the same period last year. During the past four months, however, these exports to- taled $2,836,914, inoressing 28 follows August, §641.238; September, §567,434; October, $769,249, and November, & record month, $348,993. In welght the November exports amounted to 593,636 pounds, com- pared with 507,193 pounds for Octo- ber ‘and §38,013 pounds for Beptem- er. _AIL eleotrical exports from the United States in 1924 will exceed those of 1923 in value by about $13, 000,000, the Department of Commerce states. With the increasing demand for radio apparatus abroad, due chiefly to the dissemtnation of radio knowledge, the increasing tendency in other countries to remove restrio- tions on tmports and the free- dom granted to broad seas, radio apparatus e; United States have Increased ma rially. The exportation of storage batteries, both primary and second- ary, also shows a decided increass in the past year compared with the 1933 figures, but batteries are not includ- ed in the total given above, as radio batteries are not segregated as such. Radlo College Courses. Complsts proof of the practical value of education by radio is ex- pressed in the announcement of the Spring term of the New York Uni- versity “Afr College” to bs broad- cast by station WJZ. The entire educational radie pro- gram, comprising 15 weeks of nightly lectures, was chosen by the radio stu- dents themeelves. This is the first time that o comprehensive a pro- gram has been scheduled solely in answer to popular requests. New York University has definitely included education by radio in its activities by Incorporating the “Air College” in the extramural division of the university. Chancellor Elmer Ellsworth Brown recently appolnted Prof. C. Hathaway as director of th “Alr College” to prepare the pDro. grams and outline future develop- ments of this new department of the university. The list of professors and instruo- tors who will deliver the radio lecture - | courses during the Spring term in- ;| cludes some of the greatest n the educational world. best known {s Prof. s. s | Brown, dean of the faculties of New York University, who will give the first part of the serles of lectures on American history. , This partictlar radio faculty will provide the radio listener-in with a more famous group " | of instructors ‘than 1s ordinarily en- joyed by college or students anywhere. Twelve sublects will be broadcast In courses of from 3 to 15 lectures during the 15-week term ending April 34 These will range In scops from the purely cultural subjects, as literature and drama. to the com- merclal phases of advertising and engineering. e e “CARMEN” GOES ON AIR. univeersity WIP to Carry Production From Philadelphia Thursday. The opera “Carmen,” sung by the Philadelphia. Civic Opera Co. at the Metropolitan Opera Houss in Philadel- phia Thursday night, will be broadcast by WIP. A microphone has been in- stalled on the stage. Special amplifying epparatus will transmit the voices of the stars through epecial telephone lines to the station. The cast is composed of Julla Claus- sen, who will take the rols of Carmen; Paul Althouss, Alfredo Gandoifi, Fred Patton, Jennts Kneedler Johnson, Ruth Montague, Valentine Iiganiak, Albert Mahler and Theodore Bayer. Alexande: Smallens will conduct the opern. The orchestra will be composed of members of the famous Philadelphia Orchestra. Radio Sets Registered. 1f you live in France and {f you want to take a radio recelver with you on your vacation, you must first go to the office of the governmental radio authoritiez and register your sot. the location st which you expect to use it, how long you will bs gone and all the rest of your plans for a radlo vacation 00 Potter Precision Head Phones Extra Special, 3 3.19 Here {s your opportunity to buy a pair of popular and very highest quality Radio Head Phones on the market, at about half thelr regular price, ia guaranteed perfect. A great purchase of 500 the special price mention Fours tomorrow, irs enables us to quote above. Be sure to get | RADIO DEPARTMENT Store No. 2 Only 7thand E Sts. NNW. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, JANUARY 18, 1925—PART T. 17N 3 TR A AN AT TN A SRR sEEzasH SRR PET TP PLE PR TR EPTT T AR AERANIE SRS AR SERARNAL AN TINARS, long in achievement! CF PRTOR TR LR PR TR rendered the public. 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