Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1925, Page 34

HOOVER HELPLESS | TOCLEARUPETHER i Only Possible Pressure of | Public Can Curb Irresponsi- ble Broadcasters, He Says. BY CARL H. BUTMAN. There is now a need for referendum in which every set owner shall have a voice. ing to many radio experts au Secretary of Commerce H checkmated on the great che: of ether, where il.!:fi:ss king's and pawn's broade 3 toa are interfering With cach other regardless of the value of their pro- grams to the radio public Officially the Department 0 merce can do nothing In re L two vers Important developments in the growing broadcasting game. It cannot refuse to license new stations which qualify under the 1912 law, and | neither can it censor programs. The cther 15 free, just like the press. Iur- thermore, the radio officials of the Commerce Department feel, due to a lack of more wave channels, that it i3 necessary to require stations in the| same district to divide a single wave length, perhaps three ways, even| though one station may be far i ferfor to another. Authority which would enable Mr. Hoover and his aldes to differentiate between stations | as to efficie or value of their pro-| grams is lacking, so all are treated alike. Despite Hoover's recent that the ether was literally that no wave lengths for transmission were available, cations continue to come in each week. even from the most congested districts. Procedure has been to call a local con- ference of broadcasters and try to further split the available etherial chan- nels and the hours of operation. The re- sult has usually been to decrease good programs from a station of known worth and add another voice to the saturated ether, an untried voice and one of questionable value. Tn districts where there are already several broadcast transmitters on the air, seemingly serving the needs of the radio public satisfactorily, and others have sought entry, local organizations of broadcasters or fans have endeavored to hold limited plebiscites to get the re- action from the immediats radio public. In these efforts the press has also aided, but so far no potential broadcaster has been intimidated or discouraged from coming on the alr. National Vote Needed. Apparently a nation-wide radio vote is needed. All interests admit that broadcasting is essentlally for the fan: consequently it is up to the fan to sy what he wants. The Government cannot take a hand, and so Secretary Hoover has put the question to the public. Hei says that if any ons can work out a plan which will establish radio control in the interest of the greatest number of radio users it would prove a most valuable eontribution to efforts of both the Gov- ernment and the industry. Tt some organization or combination of organizations composed primarily of fans can secure an unmistakable expres- I slon of opinion as to the value of sta- tions on the air, the necessity of new stations, if any, and in general which { stations should ba given preference, then the Commerce Department could prob- ably move definitely toward clearing up interfcrence between broadcasters. It could, verhaps, improve reception throughout the country from 50 to 75 per cent. Mr. Hoover admits that it is be- yond him to say by what means the opinfon of the radlo public can be used to induce inferior stations to cease broadcasting or to discourage new ones from. starting in. But he says it is the chlef problem before the department and country. Tt is rapidly taking the place of the prob- lem “Who will pay for broadcasting?” so frequently discussed. That some sort of censorship is necessary is evident, for the depart- ment is {n receipt of letters advising of salacious matter broadcast, but to date no official action has been taken. Letters and comments have been forwarded in each case to the owners of the broadcasting stations men. tioned, 5o that they might know how the public was reacting. This is a far too serfous problem to remain unsettled. Secretary Hoover has passed it on to the radio public, since he is without authority to go any| tarther under the existing laws. Most of the better broadcasters act as their own censors, the department points out, or leave it to the fans to' determines what shall be put out. Those stations tfy to please thelr listeners, but =0 many fail to respond that the method is not ideal. Ap- parently many fans complain when they do not like a number or a series of features, but few of them signify in any way what meets their ap-| proval, which does not give the pro- gram managers a definite knowledge | of how they are pleasing thelr audiences. Here is an opportunity for every set owner to aid the public at large; Secretary Hoover is asking for ald to find out what the fans want both as to stations preferred and as to programs desired. National and local organizations can co-operate in answering this new and baffing question. a radio receiving accord sver s | sboard of sta- wave £ Com rd to statem: filled broadeast new appli- Local Rafig Entertainment f Sunday, March 15, 1925. NAA—Naval Radio Station, Radlo, Va. (434.5 Meters). i 10:05 am. and 10:05 p.m.—Weather | reports. WDM—Church of the Cevenant (234 Meters). am-—Morning service; by Rev. Charles Wood, on and the World's Rulers .m.—Evenin ermon by | . Wood, on “Saving Time." Music by evening choir of 100 voices; tenor solo by Ross Farrar. 11 sermon “Christ WRC—Radio Corporation of America (4685 Meters). Silent Early Program Monday. 12:30 p.m.—Midday Lenten service under the auspices of the Laymen's Service Association, with the co-oper- ation of the Washington Federation of Churches. WOAP—Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- phone Co. (468.5 Meterw). 11 am—Service from the First Baptist Church of Washington. Dr. S. J. Porter, pastor, will deliver the sermon, his subject belng “The Light That Shines in the Face of Jesus.” Special music by a double quartet. Program as follow: “Great and Marvelous” (Turner My Faith Looks Up to Thee” (Schnecker), with violine obbligato by Miss Virginia Cureton, - and “The Volce in the Wilderness” (Scott). Organ selec- tions by Robert M. Ruckman. 4 pm. —Service at Bethlehem Chapel of the National Episcopal Cathedrsl at Mount St. Alban. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of ‘Washington, will deliver the sermon. 7:20 to 9:15 p.m. Musical program by “Roxle and His Gang,” direct from the Capitol Theater, New York City. 9:16 to 10:15 p.m—Organ recitaj gdirect from the chapel at Columbi University, New York City. b in jlender LONG RANGE RADIO SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1925. Prograins of Following Distant Stations 9 TO 10 Children's program; comic stories; musi 10 TO 11 9:00 10.00. wives by Mre. Anna B. Scott ... Radio chapel services from Omaha Gespel Taber. and Missionary Alllapce. WOAW Omaha nacle of the Christly 10:30- Sunday ook Concern .. Bethany Presbrterian 10:40- 1AM TO 00 Weet End Presbsteri Organ; First Christia Sacred music by Radio Lightbouse Choi S plscopal Church services First Prosbyterian Church services: misi th ( gational Chureh serr sol d” Christian ch_gervices . from People’s Libersl Church Sermon from People's Church: organ rec Sermon by Pastor W. R. French i Chureh services 11:30— 11:40- 13 NOON TO 1 P.X. 12:00—Services from the Chuteh recital: vocal Contral Chure of the Corenan First Presi Trinity ‘oncert from Halaban & Katz Theater rinphonic Society concert from Criterlon 1T0 8 1:00—Sermon from studio: organ recital Services of the Unity Church .. Los Angeles Church Federation oncert by Alien Theater Orchestra erian Church services . laying at the Local Theatérs First Methodist Episcopal Church services 2 TO 3 2:00 chestra concert; vocal solos by Charles Nunday hymn sing.” Greater New Yo ration’ of Chirches o ...l rt by Westinghouse Symphony Ore Rible class, New YVor arches munity choru exercises from Bethan: Afterncon program .. ......... Greater New York Federation o dresses; Alda Brass Quartet 370 4 Organ recital by Fdwin S. Seder . Queens County Christian 3:15—Civie Junlor Symphony. O 3:30—usical program from Plecadilly WGY Orcheatra: vocal solos People's Srmphony Orchedtra Tribune master actists’, concers ‘Twilight concert by Ivan Franclsc! and s Hotel Clevelund Orchestra “Practical Religian.”, by Dr. Harey, Fosdick. . Omaha String Club program ...... B45—Meny conterence in the Beatord i T M. C..A. address; answers t Gloria Trumpeters: songs: Special Christian Sclence services .. 4:00—8¢. George's Episcopal Church v Services under the auspice . Y. M. C.A.: musie by Yocal and instrimental program Organ recital Sermonette 4:30—CBapel ser delphia Concert by per d sacred chimes concert der the ausple ederation of Churche Band of the City of Granby, Mayor Bolvin . E Dhattan Be Shadyside Presbyterian Church vesper services 5TO S 5:00—House of Hope Presbyterian Church services..d Concert from Rialto Theater . Classical concert from Hearst Square . Vocal and {nstrumental artist an Vesper song service from First vocal wolos: plane ...... Radlo, recita armonlic ‘pipe organ Program by chlidren of Hol Kanass City High Sehool e oseland Dance Orehextra program ©:30—Olcott Vail and his string trio .... 6TO 7 6:00—Concert from auditorium . Musical program; organ reciial Sunday school lesson; Radio Quart 01d-time hymns and melodies: chim: sper service and talk from Eme: Presbyterian Chureh 50 Little Symphon: Dianer concert by Scalzo’s Orchestrs 7TO0 8 T:00—First Presbyterian Church services: m: Bivle study period by Mrms. Carl Gray on Nathan Abas” Hotel Fennsylranta Orche Vesper_services. 7:15—Holy Trinity Chureh services 7:20—Musieal program by *“Roxl from Capitol Theater, cast by WCAP, WEI WCAE, from ............ 7:30—Calvary Episcopal Church’ servies Organ recital; solos: Presbsterfan Church Organ recital: Apollo Quartet ... Musical program: Ford Hall mesting First Presbyterian Church services: 7:45—8ervices from Walaut Hills Chrd 8:00—American McAll Association program: vocsl solos... WIZ Forum Hall meeting Radio sunset service Chicago Sunday Erent chestra Hall; mus talk, “Real Ameri First Presbyterian Chureh services . First Baptist Church services First Christian Church services Wesley Memorial Church services First Methodist Kpiscopal C solos; cholr 8§:45—8ymphony concert fi 3 Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-Astos 9:00—Varied program, vocal and instromental Gardens’ 4 Church: _rervices . Independence Boulev Chureh services; musical program . Piano and violin solos: 1. A. Choral Rible lecture by Judge Rutherford Seaside Hotel Orchest 1 Musical_prog: *Raiph_Will and his Rainbo tra; v o115 Brockiy Mirk Strand Theater program :15—Organ ‘recital from chapel olum b ity New York_Cliy, WEEL, WIA WWJ, WOTS, WCAE, from 9:30—""What 1s Playing at the Tocal Theate m and Routhern Concert Orchestra Operatic night; Chorinters from Art Hickman's Concert Orchestra 9:45—KF1T radiotorial period ... Services of Unity Chureh . 10:00—Metropolitan Theater program . 0 recital from First M. E. sical musieal program ... Dinner concert by Colburn's Orcl Hampton Male Quartet, WGY and “‘Reminiscences of & Reporter'” Bible Students’ Associstion Razor entertainers Concert; WG 10:15—Address on ‘‘Weep Not for Me, Yourselres and Your Children’ English Lutheran Church service: 10:30—Musical program; weather . Juck Garden's Orchestra . 10:45—Janssen’s Hofbrau Commanders’ 11:00—Thil Baxter and his singiog orchestra Studlo of Albert Sand; piano selections Musical program by ‘muto dealers . Ambassador Concert Orchestra .. Program by Estelle Heartt-Dreyfus . Special musical program; molos; trio . Rudy Seiger's Fairmont Hotel Orchestra . 11:15—Counle’s 1aa refte 12 MIDNIGHT 12:00—Harry Richman and his entertaioers, wi Elking and his orchestra . Tos Angeles Examiner prograin Musical program by Ice Cream Co. Kerner's Orazy Hotel Orchestra .. 1708 “The Daily Menu and Intimate.” talk to hou instrumental aoion; Hiibie Tectare Sunday school conducted by the editorial staff of achool publications of the Methodist hurch services: orge Linwood Boulevard Christian Church service Church wervices . Church wervices: vocal solos; organ recital Musical program by Detrolt News Orehomay el . Federation of organ . Theater chimes molo service qf the Germ M.COA by Dr. Charjes Heinroth . of the 1Tila a5 Latheraa Behool KFUO Federation Church Musiclans. quartet from ‘Arch Street Ciub wttvices from O rogram and instromental program New Ariington Hotel Orchestra. ston Avenue Baptist Churel Singers: Drake Eosemble ...... but Weep for music Orchestra ENTERTAINMENT Scheduled for Eastern Standard Time Meters. 548 AN Miles. Wiz New York AN, _..WIP Pniladelphia 508.2 {WDWF Providence CWBBA Hossv'e.N. WLW Cincinnagi W0O Pl X L WHB 13 NOON. . Y Schenectady ios ... Springgeld U KDKA Pittebliegh WRBCX Chicago - WQY o Qlsage Ber. 8p., Mch. .WL¥ Cincinnatl RKYW Chicago WRD Atlant L..KTHS Hol Sps.. IWOCO Minnes; WRBAP Fort IWGN Ch JWGN Chicago WJZ New York ital’ organ Theater M CKHI Los Angeles Portl'd, Oreg. San Francisco Los Augeles . Ran Francisco Detrolt LWOC Davenport WEAF New York /KDKA Pltteburgh .WIZ New York W00 _ Philadelphia .WOAW Oma .. WEAF rk Fed- esira. . H New York X, @ Kansas City New York Philadelphia New York Pitteburgh Cinclanatt Philedelphia Montreal Chles oG New York Pittsburgh PN Minnespolis Fort - WHAS Loutsville WDWF Providence At. Lo 3 $32 . Ea 2 5238 WDAF Kanean Cit. WOO Philadelphla -WBCN Chics “KGO " Oakiand, Cal. {KDKA Pirtsburgh. K. ic. rt by Copley Plasa Hotel Orchestra: soios. stra .. New York Los Angeles Fhitadeipate -WEAF New Y KDKA Pirisbursh -WFI Philadelphi Chicage WLs WBZ w York “WBZ B ‘RRL Bpringteld ca polis Jefterson Atlages S Bchenectad; New Tork 268 ¥, orer. 09,1 natl singers;” - WBBR Rossv'e, N. WHAR Atianne Gy 22 ~WCBD Zien, Tl ~ Bise . Chica, 5 (W Newforr 855° 26 -WEAF New York \KPO San Pranciseo 5% . Iork 3ise Philadeiphia 5o s Cincin, 3 o 422, 8pe., Ark. 3745 » SanssE r*..»: 34 ies Ehuiol w4 'ortl’d, Oreg. New York . . ¢w York . W] Chicago 1o or 5238 saba 545 416.4 3282 Eatsd 3 8 5 £33, P T San Prancise WHN New Yorx T0 1 AX. th Eddie B3 New York Angeles 2 Al JWBAP Fort Worth 361.2 467 336.9 4T s isrs 32 AM. 1:00—Theron Bennett and his Los Amhelepos” Orchestra.. KPT WRC TO HAVE SPECIAL PROGRAM THURSDAY Will Broadcast Music From New Benjamin Franklin Hotel in Philadelphia. A special musical program from the New Benjamin Franklin Hotel at Philadelphla, broadcast jointly with WJZ, New York, will be one of the chief attractions on the broad- cast programs of WRC this week. By special arrangement WRC will pick up a dinner concert from 7:30 to 8:16 Thursday night and later will broadcast a dance program by Paul Specht’'s Benjamin Franklin Hotel Orchestra. Other features of the Thursday program will be a dinner concert from the Shoreham Hotel, and a dence program by the Vincent Lopez Mayflower Hotel Orchestra. On Tuesday night, the third of the concerts in connection with the March music memory contest, con- ducted by the Brunskick-Balke-Col- n C and a dance pro- gram by the Meyer Davis Le Paradis Orchestra, will be among the prin- cipal events on WRC's program. Other Tuesday features include the dinner concert from the New Willard g FOUR CLASS A STATIONS LICENSED TO BROADCAST New Plants Varying From 10 Watts to 50 Watts to Send Pro- grams on Short-Wave Lengths, | Four new class A broadcasting sta- tions were licensed last week by the De. partment of Commerce, as follows: WHBM—C. L. Carroll, portable eta- tion, Chicago, IiL, 233 mete; WHBEN—First Avenue Church, Bt. Petersburg, 10 watts, ‘WHBP~—Johnstown Aut Johnstown, Pa., 266 meters, 1o roats” —_— e e Hotel by the Meyer Davis Orch under the leadership of Auguetis Borguno: the political talk by Fred grlo, Williem Wile, and a alacussion e theater in W Leonard Hall. T On Saturdsy night the Crandall “Saturday Nighters,"” who made their radio debut last night, will again tertain the listeners-in wi late program, TS, 20 watts. Methodist Fla, 258 meters, D. ¢, MARCH 15 LICENSES ARE EXPECTED. KFRU and WEAY Are Due to En- ter Class B. Lists. KFRU, the Etherical Studios station at Bristow, Okla., probably will re- celve its class B license before the end of this weck. The station fs now operating on 500 watts. It has been assigned to the 6.9-meter wave length A second newcomer to the class B broadcasters expected to be licensed at an early date is WEAY, Houston, Tex. WEAY, formerly a class C sta- tion, was granted permission to ex- periment on higher power, ajthough not vet accorded its official papers. It probably will Jeave the 360-nicter wave when it receives its license. RADIO’S BEST OFFERINGS TONIGHT. Musical program by “Roxie and His Gang,” direct from Capitol Theater, New York Cit WCAP, Washington; ,, New York; WEEI, WJAR, Providence, R L3 WET Worcester ; WW]J," Detroit, and WCA Pittsburgh,7:20t0o 9:15 o'clock. Concert by Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Or- chestra, WJZ, New York, and WGY, Schenectady, 8:45 to 10 o'clock. Musical program from Brooklyn Mark Strand The- ater, WNYC, New York, 9 to 11 o'clock. Songs by Mrs. Melby. Mrs. Frances Befhune Melby of Whitehall, Wis., well known in Wash- ington musical circles, will give a program of songs fren station WTAQ, Osseo, Wis, tomorrow night at 9 o'clock, Eastern standard time. The station broadcasts on 2564 meters. Organ recital from chapel at Columbia University, N York City, WCAP, WEEIL WEAF, WiAR, WCTS, WW]J and WCAE, 9:15 to 10:15 o'clock. 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