Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1925, Page 25

BIG RADIO STATIONS SET UPIN SUBURBS Kept Away From Business Centers Because of Inter- ference by Buildings. Port Jefferson, Carnarvon, Nauen, reat Lakes, Nantes and Iwaki are unfamiliar names to most people. To vadio operators they stand for six of the world greatest cities, York, London, Berlin, Chicago, Paris s They are radlo gates to so cities, says w bulietin of the National Geographic Soclety from its headquarters here Because of interference 1dings, the wireless telegraph sta- ons for the great cities generally 4re away from tho business centers. Somatimes the city's radio gate may Ve 150 mies away, like the Cabo de Sao Thome station used by Rio de Janeiro. Japan offers another rea- for locating & radio gate far from a great city. When Yokohama ar 4 > fell in the cataclysm of Sep- tember, 1923, all communcations ceased. Civilization received the first K. O. 8. for help for the stricken dis- frict from a little ssacoast town nomachi, 100 miles north of Toklo, outside the quake area. This transpacific wireless station generally Eoes by the name of Iwaki, because ©f the province in which it lies Rome Station at San Paolo, “Saint Paul is believed to have been executed at a place now called Paolo, near the old road miles south of Rome. At this sacred place tall radlo towers today receive news from all Christendom. Ostia, once proud port of entry for Rome. Eives way to San Paolo, radio pert of nodern Rome. a'bel Catro’s the edge of the its towers look upon nearby olis, where Plato studied. In no less ng contrast stands the Carnar- von station, on which London depends Jargely 4 ic radio commun- Ycation rvon townspeople poi out, not their radio station, but grim Carnarvon Castle, said to be the most nearly perfect example of a medieval fortress in the British Isles. Carnar- its radio importance to its n westernmost Wale: Melays 1o New York Skyscraper. ntes is best known for the edict porarily granting religious to the Huguenots, in Franc operators are more as a radio station by tall “on San to Ostia, 2 is radio gate desert, Heliop- location free. . but familiar for Paris. fel Tower t Bordeaux sta- s east of Ber! o port of entry for 1 capital. New York r s message radio h it the get um- munica in Ker- and coming Island: Tu near Atlantic Ci they are automatically that they are all actually received in a New York skyscr “Wireless telegraphy throws a net around the earth. The South Orkneys, Off the tip of Tierra del Fuego, claim the permanent arest the south pole. In January the Na tional Geographlcal radioed Ereetings to the farthest north sta tion. the Bowdoin, Donald B. Mac Millan's ship fast in the ice, and d the gloom of Arctic night Harbor near Etah, Green- in Re land “Credit for the most northerl maner tion must go to for Kavoresand, which is Hammerfest, at the tip top Scandinavian Peninsula. The Vaigach Island post the soviet far North, Talks From Sahara. “It is not regarded as wise to cross the Sahara Desert in Midsummer The Sahara is more unconquerable than the sea, but radio now has done for the sea of sand what it did for the ocean. Last Summer an American newspaper man went overland from Algiers to the ger. Hazardous though the journey was, this traveler was able to communicate with his wife in the United States nearly every three days through the oasis radio telegraph stations established by the French. “Col. Claude H. Birdseve and his party two years ago up for weeks in the depths Colorac er Canyons. While their fate was debated in the newspapers the party at the bottom of the can- yon heard through their radio set the sad news of President Harding's death in San Francisco. “Could the great explorers come back they would find the scene of their exploits decorated with wirel towers. Darien, where Balboa di covered the Pacific Ocean, has wireless station. which Magellan w ports one. So does where Christopher Columbus landed. llan, golng through the straits, might radio a waiting world Am entering straits,’ and from a station at the other end re- port, windy passa Wil use nal next per- Norway North of of the lonely maintained by government is nearly as San Salvador Boston Anniversary Celebrators to Put Program on Air. W n othe from Bos erc a conjunction with i tions, wiil t Saturday g the ar ree broadcast night ex- one hun- of the and the led up to the. American Rev- 2 ddre; ent John J be held in the his- hurch, es will be made by Charles G Dawes The exerc wi srth RADIO’S BEST OFFERINGS TONIGHT Musical program by Ernie Golden and bis Hotel McAlpin Orchestra, WMCA, New York, 6:30 o'clock. Musical pro by “Roxie and His Gan AP, Wash- ington; WEAF, New York; WEEI Boston; WJAR, Provi- dence; WCTS, Worcester, and WW], Detroit, 7:30 to 9:15 o'clock Concert by Joseph Knecht's Hotel ~Waldori-Astoria Or- chestra, WGY, Schenectady, and WJZ, New York, 845 fo 10 o'cloc Musical program from the Mark Strand Theater, WNYC, New. York, 9 to 11 o'clock. Organ recital direct the chapel of Columbia Ur sity, New Y City, WCAP, WEAF, W and WW]J o'clock. irom Concert by Military Band, W York, 10:30 o’clock. Valles’ 5, New 1 | EXPECT TO THE S8 MAKE RADIO HISTORY Comdr. E. ¥. McDonald, jr., prewi- dent of the National Association of Broadeasters, bidding good-bye to Lieut. Frederick H. Schnell, trafic manager of the American Radio Re- lay League. who was selected by the United States Navy to accompany the United Statex fleet on it mancuvery in the Pacific this Summer. Licut. Schnell takes with him for experi- mental purposes a short wave radio transmitte pable of tranxmitting ax low ax 20 meters. ‘omdr. McDonald salls with the MncMillan Arctic Expedition in June, which expedition is alxo equipped with 20-meter short wave tranxmit- ters, and it developed at the meeting of MecDonald and Schnell that the | United States fleet in the Pacific will be off Tuasmania and Austral while McDonald with the MacMillan expedi- tion will be between 60 and 50 degrees mnorth latitude In Davis Straits in the Arctic Cirele in 24-hour daylight. In other words, at points exactly oppo- site each other on the earth, On these two expeditions radio his- tory will unquestionably be made. It in hoped, regardiexs of daylight, to establish communication between the two ends of the world. Schunell and MceDonald wished each other luck and expressed the hope that the next time they heard from each other it would | be over a distance equal to half the | eircumference of the earth. Schuell, left; McDonald, right. RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS tary Hoover ably will call nal radio conference this tinuation of his policy to feren annually. The defi- and date are vet un- it believed that invi- out calling the ses- Washington in November, before Congre reassem- hold nite decid. ans but rtainly bles, secured at been ecretary of Com the three past o valuable to rce that he is tions v of the ri representa ts from mercial co and listener cific au- Its ences hav sound out the situation b Only thre co-ope d and at past e been 0 radic All interest and it prob: subjects discuss > necessary congressional le the old 1913 radio law » that con able be represented up to d. Radiola T with two Radio- trons WD-11 and head- phones. It will get near sta- tions on a loudspeaker— distance on the headphones. WASHINGTON'S PREMIER RADIO HOUSE Exclusively LIBERAL TERMS o |the possibility of exten < | of authority for ning wave lengths |and power. to stations may be se- cured. Limiting the number of sta- tions In a certain class will also be brought up, as will International broadcasting and amateur regulations when such statlons transmit outside the limits of the country. High-power broadcasting. short wave omissions, | world-wide ship r tion and many |other angles of radio development will be considered. The question of separate wave channels for interna- |tional radiophone communication, transmission of pictures by radio, and ing the broad- cast band In the United States are Iso scheduled for investi | 1t will be beneficial to have the gen- | eral attitude of the American radio erests known before meeting the foreign repr here next Spring at the international radio conference. Broadeast Changes Few, Despite protests that a great r ber of changes | wave len of Class B broadcasting stations hav been made recently, the Depar {of Commerce announces to the con- | trary that only 16 stations have | changed wave length, explaining that Radiola ITI-a with four tubes, gets the distant stations on the loudspeaker. Radiotrons WD-11, and headphones, BIG VALUE! Radiola Loudspeaker, extra . ~ ET a Radiola Il now—at $35—and tune in on everything. You can’t get a better two tube set. It is an RCA product with all that that means. It is the achievement of famous engineers in producing qual- ity reception—and producing it at everybody’s price! Get distance—at $35. Get clear, true tone. Get real music. Get the station you want, too, for Radiola III is selective—tunes out interference. And it is supremely simple to operate. It is the set for summer camps—bungalows—city homes and country homes. It is low in cost and big in per- formance, Get yours now. Radio Corporation of America Sales Offices: 28 Geary St., San Fraacisco, Cal. Radio EG U.S. PAT. OFF: PRODUCED ONLY BY RCA 233 Broadway, New York 7]rRADI STUDIO ~e. 1403 ParxRoas WasnineronD.C. i Directly Beg UNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., five shifts were necessary to clear certain channels. Out of the 91 broadcasting stations in class B to- day, 46 have never changed their wave length allocation made immediately after the radlo conference last Octo- ber. The congestion in the cther today and the interference experienced fs undoubtedly largely due to the 29 new B stations which have gone on the alr since the conference. These 91 stations are all operating on 47 channels, nearly all of them doubling up; that is, sharing a single wave length. Technique of Radio Drama. For two years now we have been deserting the dinner table at the salad in order to be at the radlo in time for WGY's dramas. It must be admitted, even by the most intolerant observer, that WGY has once and for all time established the ear play in broadcasting. This accomplishment in itself should be attended with some honor and glory and in the radlo years to come per- haps the penetrating pen of some his- torfan of the theader will give decent recognition to the effort. This establishment of the ear play, with its carefully worked-out tech- nique of sound illusions, has by no means come about through unintelli- gent leadership or unmindful applica- tion to the problem of creating the atmosphere of the theater in the voids of space. The performers, the prin- cipal equation, have been selected with care and patlently trained. Their work, all considered, has been admir- able. Unfortunately for WGY, the tech- nique of the theater is strange to| the technigue of the studio and we can never hope to take & play pre- pared tc meet the needs of the legiti- mate stage and broadeast it without, in the majority of cases, confusing the listeners or losing their interest. The chief obstacle to the success of the transfer from the stage to the studio is not caused entirely, as might be presumed, by the total lack of vision. A play with a sufficlently small cast may be presented from either source with a large degree of success. The trouble with most stage plays adapted to the radio is that they have too many characters who, because they are not seen, cannot be readily recalled by the listener. The listener, unlike the theater- goer, must mark and follow his char- acters by voice only and when a large group of players with voicés differing only slightly in modulation appear, the radio listener divides his mental effort between following the plot and keeping tabs on the players. It is natural that he should lose much of the entertainment The only solution seems to lie in preparing plays espe- clally for the air with a small cast of characters with volces varying in modulation to a marked degree. Four players, or five at the utmost, would seem to be about the limit to this problem Parix Conference Date Set. international vention scheduled has been definitely September 1 The Telegraph for Faiis postponed u according to advices reaching Wash As it is be-| lfeved this parley will require at least | a month’s time, following which dele- gates will have to return to their own countries to report and for fur- ther instructions, the international radio conference here will probably not be called until after the first of | the year. It is probable that the date will be approximately a vear from now; in March or April, 18 1t understood that the United States will be represented at the tele- con- | With its four - 318 10 So. La Salle St., Chicago, Iil. Brunswick Radiolas graph conference by officials of the State, War, Navy and Commerce De- partments and that probably each of the communication systems also will send experts. phone Interests are certain to jour- ney practical certainty of radio belng in- volved along with other communications in the discussions, it is very likely that radio services hers will also be represented. such said that each government will draw up a set of suggestions as to questions to be discussed submitting them central bureau at Bern. RECORDS e Towers of Station WRC APRIL 12, private American commercial Cable telegraph and tele- to France, and in view of the types of Following the usual procedure of international conferences it is the in Parls, previously to the The bureau Cartler. 1925—PART 1. at Bern will compile the suggestions into a tentative The to Short Waves at Sea. The first ocean-going vessel to be equipped short-wave French meterological This ship will operate on 45 meters in daytime night, according to advices from France. interdepartme visory committee is working on a re- vision of radio policy which will soon be sub- mitted approval, the the following which probably serve as an outline of the American program to be discussed at both conferences. and radio 25 Bhe fs now operating in the Atlantie agents: Ocean between France and the Gulf of tal radio ad- . United &tates flagships have yet been authorized to employ short wave transmiseion, but it is under- stood that the McMillan Arctic Asso- clation’s vessel, Tho Bowdoin, will use a short wave of about 20 meters, when she again salls Northward this Summer. Her call will continus to be WNP, and she will also operate on 220 and 276 meters in communicating with American amateurs. proposed government State Department for it will licensed for utillzing channels s the steamer Jachues A Radio Gatekeeper. A radio thief-catcher is used in Ber- 1in, according to reports, It's an elec- trically wired gateway, which Is de- signed to be placed at the exit of and 115 meters at A gatekeeper ead phones listens as the w man passes out The elec- trical apparatus is so adjusted that vhenever an extra amount of metal is carried through the singing mnoi is heard i phones. Small metal pocket knife are not larger ameunts of on any work 1s tected. This app to stop the theft and tools by emplo: factories and mi with a pair of noti etal concealed immediately de- to be used of FEmous metals Miss Graee S. 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