Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1926, Page 38

MARCH 7, 1926—PART 1. adverse conditions that were general. Having tried the direction test with the stations, the next thing by way of evidence was to try the station power test. This was comparatively simple. First we selected a station near enough to be picked up under ordinary conditions, yet one that was low THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, John Smith and His Radio BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL Car owners throughout the world have followed John Smith in hix daily d shigi ke motoring—and have benefitcd thereby. He also ‘s a radio fan, and | |Powered enough to be In the ‘poor is willing that his fellow fns should be amused and profit by his | |class for radio fans except in i evening ezperiences. Smith has a faculty for “finding out things,” s0 mediate vicinity. alike 4t i ] o] Sundas Niq . “They all sound tonight it will pay radio devotees to follow him in The Sunday Star cack week Smith: Gommented when, after much fussing, he managed to get something that sounded like what the program indicated should be coming from the particular station at the particgar moment. ““When they're all off like this there is something wrong—out- side. Just see how high I have to turn the rheostats before we get any- thing at all. Let’s drop it, play a game and come back when the situ- ation clears up “Let’s tune in on our local,” T re- torted. “You haven't finished the sta- tion power test Reluctantly Smith turned the dials until something approximating our local appeared. It was surprisingly indistinct. Now, here’s where the station test elps vou,” 1 explained. “If there were anyiting wrong outside you could not possibly pick up the less powerful stations when the local is S0 indistinct. You could not get the ion wrongly located, with respect to the aerial, if the one in the right direction were poor. You could not get any distance at all unless the local wa up in here today,” Smith decided. ‘ “Probably,” I agreed. “But it cer-| * Th 1Y radio 1i la “The tainly helped dust up & lot of foolish || :;fh_"‘,‘":fi, e e L tesihs ideas about station troulles and the | Players from WR Monday, March weather." 15, at 11 ¢'clock. under the direction of Theodore Trvine. LONG RANGE RADIO ENTERTAINMENT Preseat Prize Flay. SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 1926 Programs of Distant Stations Scheduled for Eastern Standard Time 413 SEEK-PERMIT FOR RADIO STATION Although No Licenses Are Be- ing Given, Applications Con- tinue to Arrive. Next week, Tubes.’ (Copyright by the Ullman Feature Serviee ) WE SEE— WE HEAR— WE KNOW— WE SELL— WE SERVICE— Atwater Kent SMITH’S BATTERY AND RADIO SERVICE North 180 2119 18th St. “Trying New Transvaal last 4,000,000, Gold mined in the 8 TO 9 AM. year had a value of $2 8:45—Mooseheart, IIL.: Catholic Chugeh services. - 9:00—New York: Children's comic stories: music LY B c . B's) o 0—Philadelphia: M. E. Church services. G0—Chicago! Peoples’ Church servires . Atlanta Bapust Tabernacle servi Schenectady: Albany Sireet M. Cincinnati: Mothodist Book Co loilo-—lllkulweh(‘fl:.‘li’ ‘“ih l’nru‘ul.h#ll el ansas Ciiy: Christian Church - serv lo!‘&—l;’:!.lkfl‘lllflhéflx H(()‘I,V‘Tnllxl)ly Uhllr!;‘h serv antic City: Chelsea, Baptist Church services. 10:50—Springfield: Cougregution: Church _services. . | 11 A0, TO 12 NOON 11:00—Rossville: Bible Tecture: b1 4. A, Choral Sineer New York: West End rian Church serv Berri Springs: Trinity tet: Dulcians New Y tist Pittsburgh : Philadeiph 11:45—Chicago 12:00—Des s were hearing so indistinetly. Know- ing that pointing the rr of the aerial to the statfon is one of the ways of cutting it out, he was all the more puzzled because it was a powerful sta- tion and the technical point involved in aerial direction had never made any particular difference. “But this matter of aer should make w difference tonight, if there is something wrong with the station or with the weather,” 1 minded him. “Suppose we selec station that is just opposite the direc tion the free end of the uerial points in. We'll select a station of approxi- mately the same power. Despite the advantage of the aerial direction, the second station came in very poorly. ame as in the fi “Maybe we've caught it on a fade,” Smith suggested, displaying more evi dence of the radio sense he has been acquiring “In that e stay with tl : Making the Station Test. “I guess there's nothing on the ait Smith decided, failing to pick up the stations he was looking for. “1 guess it's gentle tip to check over' your set,” I retorted. ‘“‘When there seems to be nothing on the air most radio fans plug out and call off their plans for a radio evening. An perienced fan like yourself ought tu view this as an opportunit T suggested to Smith that he give is set the jon test What's that?” he asked. By mea of the station test,” I explaine u find out how your set is working. Just tune in on some station and I'll show you how it is done.” Smith did a little dialing and re: ported that the particular station was not on. “Just hold zested. taking o station is this time.” In a minute the voice of the an- nouncer was heard, but it was quite indistinct. Smith was sure this indi- cated station trouble of some kind. He even went so far as to lay it to the weather. Then Came a Surprise. His surprise, however, was complete when 1 sketched on paper a rough map of the country for 300 miles wround us. From this we could see that the free end of Smithis aerfal pointed to Baltimore Store 4 N. Howard St. ARAAAAAAY Open Shurch services. Sunday Scbool BY CARL H. BUTMAN. Applications for new broadcas station licenses from practic State « ue to flood the radio sec-| tion of the Department of Comumerce. To date there are on file 419 requests for per ' truct broadeasting stations, vith applications for the us lengilis or a share of the time channel through the etl Alt put out Fourth pointing onti Church servic : First Umtarian’ Church' ‘services. . Funnies read to t dren - ban - AR R e o) « : KTHS CWEBAP LWSB KYW LWeeo Y WLW Church S.Wnp WGN WHT WRE COWBAP SWGN Mois Hot Springs: Fort Worth Atlanta: On University First Baptist First Presbyteris First Presbvterian 1icugo ral Church services Ao 3 Minneapolis: Plymouth Congregational Churah *services. . .y Cincinnaty: Seventh Presbyterian Church services... s 12:15—Kansas (ity: Independence Boule Chirist services ..., AR : 12:45—Chicago: Musical’ program " from Chica 110 2 PM. 1:00-—Chi Yoeal and ert: Suni G Vocal and ir soloist _ Fort Worth: Kiddic 1:45—Chivago: Performance from Chigige T A O." sign was ccision of the Conference were all filled, deasters seem get on the ive stations and yet fr large city the daily mail to the Commerce De partment brings requests for permits 1o build stations 1d to broadcast. Instead of dying out, the inter in broadcasting, or perhaps the desire to get on the r for some particular ason, seems 1o be inc ng rapidly. During the past 10 days over 60 new applications have come to Secretary ver's office. All that can be done equests, after telling P ()r-‘hm(rl: e Biddia” of new jons that ‘hicago: Skeels-Biddle ~hour ted, and that there e ook Mok Sione 0D, Jeast channels avail lusively or by re have been too nd there are still too the department and the followir National ats in the tial owners ¢ nxiou it u moment,” I sug- 'he announcer probably is little . intermission, That listed as broadcasting at air <0 ent the thing to do is to ation for a few min. ute: 1 added. But I don't believe this is going to do any good. I believe simply we are proving that the set is not working properly. The station test shows It. The rcception is just| | about the same whether or not the station is in the right position with respect to the aerial.” Trouble Crops Up. He was convinced there nothing wrong with the set, having gone over it but a few davs before. Besides the set had performed excep. tionally well the night hefol here tin Coneert s g hour: Aerial Girls: Radio Rangers . urches: address: music tie Symphony Orchestra: solos Watchtower Orchestra; voc Hotel “Tric b forum. ... ... AR Wiz Sunday ‘School aervices. .. W00 & Orchestra, vocal and uistromiental LWMAQ Palace WGBS WENR talk 2:15—Adlantic City New' York: Radio 30—Philadelphia: Bethan, 45_Montreal: Jerry S . sololsts” ... ... 5 New York: Hulsmann's body,fit talks. .. 3 TO + PM. 3.00—Chicago: Organ recital from Lyon & Hi New York: Arrqwhead Inn Orchestra: 2 .. WBER SWHAR don't know whether it was idlo Z curiosity or luck, but I raised the hood of the phonograph which Smith uses for a loudspeaker horn, and there lay the answer The electrical part of the speaker proper had slipped away from the horn tube. We had been get- | ting the programs without a horn and | with the sounds muffied by the top of honograph. Seaside srmor studio “Crystal could be musical program D, from Al Soul’s Chureh ] WMC, JWFBL and WY WRNY WBER ¢ WEAF orchestra is satur; are no more bri 1hl use either e been du Philadelphia Store 605 Market St. ing orchestra talk; mi Program ; of Churches and nary dera many stations Fellowshi many to suit fans. Organ rocital Chapel se from studit 30—Chicago FITTeeeen Seek Higher Power. the enactment of which is expected fs sitting on the 1id the license box; even after the is amended it is doubtful if the lid will ever be lifted unless a large number of the present licensees sign off for zood. Few stations are quit- ting sther; they seem to like the wd ‘those which do close mostly 11 station: un- replaced 1 the im is served de- as City: University pre g0¢ Philharmonic” Orel 0: Vocal and instrum New York: St. Geor Mooseheart: Concert program Chicago: Boody Bible Institute hour. . New York: Dr. Reisner's hour of religion New_York: Men's conference in_the Bedford branc) Y. M. C. A.. Brooklyn. .WEEIL, WTAG, WCAE Minneapolis: Liitheran Bible Institute - Pittsburgh: Organ recital: Shadyside services ... S : Philadelphia: *Relixious 'falk 4:15—Atlantic Oits: Voeal and instrumental James' Episcopal Church 4:30—Philadelphia; Services from Y vocal solos;"Royal Trump 5:00—Kansas_City New York Moosehea Chicago Minneapolis Gineinnati Hartford, radio soon. Vending ftion, department Every the Ramy community deast veplacen the individuals seeking broad desire high power: 5,000 watts nother 1.000 al from St Evening Evening 816 F STREET N.W. Anniversary Sale Washington's greatest radio sale continues! Not only the articles listed below have been slashed in price, but hundreds of others not listed here have been cut. There is a bargain in our store every day for every radio fan. Come down and look our stock over. You will save something on everything LET US PEP UP you buy here. A SENSATION! YOUR TUBES ? (We test them free) @ New and mproved Distance stations are rolling in. Bureau of Standurds reports Fehruury and Mareh best months. If your set isn’t performing properly, your fuhes may need pepping up in the wonderful Post ot A, Central Branch n . not public tion. nd organi licenses two want wants 0 500 watts, and reque watts if they licensed. Besides these appli 3 existing stations have re 1 an inc in power during ix Demands for to be Inereas. » about 40 with now in existence, 16 of them using 5,000 or more Watgs. The raphical distribution of the 419 new requests for permits to broadeast are interest Numerical- WDAF WRNY WD St. Mark’ Twilight N Musical pro Housey of Organ _fecital from St. Conn.: Organ recital from Y Organ recital from St. Peter's E Recital: talks rumental’ concert arber Shop Three an Church services mands Orchestra. .. S Among tons any to use watts, WLW TIC pal Chiirch, WG Y one WCAU Two Jays . 5:30—Chicago: Studi Loulsvilie: Evensong _ Cathedral w rt; " Apollo Male Quarict ‘ehorall service from Christ Chiirch $12.50 Frost Musette Loud Speaker weeks. 1150 here, AF IREAY pist Haipert and Fryzel high pow ing, although 1.000 walts or Hear it! It gets the high tones and the low. And gets them purely and sweetly! Partic- ularly adapted to the RCA Radiolas, to which it is accurately matched' n York: Roemer's Homers WMCA York: Barrere's Little Symphony Orchestra WJIAR Musical program from WEAF ¥ Christian Chureh Choir. Now LJ e WEAF WL Wii 10 instrumental s6loists) W7 Hotel Orchestra WLIT WG Chicago: Atlanta: Springfield: Golden rule hour: vocal 6:30—Philadelphia; Benjamin Frankiin Baltimore:_Twilight program: WBAL WHT ly the ninth, or Middle-North, sec tion of the coun leads hwl(h 147 wplicat Chicagoans Seek 10 one in linols demand nother asks for 3.500 want 1,000 Chicago is congested traffic is statios 000-watter watts and fonr of the e the ions Asked Here. Inglund territory, desig radio district, fur tions, including a ter at Boston and | Laine rn section, nished potential another T 1.000-wa land, WBAL Chicago: Vesper concert Gl Philadelpbia: Organ recital Pittsburgh: Dinner _coneert 6:45—Philadelphia: Semail's Hotel Pennsyly 370 8 7:00—Miami_Beach. ¥] Chivago: Young Women's il Philadelphia: Benjamin Franklin Hote Spr v Pl Ghicugo New York: Ei Hotel MeAlpin Strin ik New York: Chamber musical, WJIAR! Chicago Bible Institute hour New York: Waldorf-A<toria Orchestr Dallas: Firet Preshyte T se Cleveland: Loew’s Sta Orche: Montreal: Organ recital Chicago: Littie Brown Chur kan recital . Omaha: Bible sty Tuinucu, Cuba: Musical program 15—Detroit: ‘Central M. E. Churel s St. Louix: Post-Dispatch C Piftsbureh: Chimes from <emitile tations, many of the from Florida, | 1the second 5,000 | sixth distriet, in-, difornia, and’ the Detroit, L An | Francisco’ 1t station is The fifth o d dozen | and its in_the pplications have ing among them Philadiphia, Baiti hington. The seventh district ks for 14 right in the ether While not asked by the department 10 do so, the writer is d ed to urge entlal broadeasters to become inter: 1 in existing stations, cither by one outright or arranging for space on the air occaslonally, rather ting in the long line of appli- cants in an effort to secure 4 new per- mit to start operations. It is almost hopeless to get on the air now, except in certain localities unserved by the present broadeasters, and such loca- tions are hard to find if they exis for 48 new applications « Gainsville desh watt station cluding hth ach el 3 i anted thousand-w W district 10 be located i environs, Ir been new i o and st LocalRadio Entertainment Sunday, March 7, 1926. NAA—Naval Radio Station, Radio, ¥ (1345 Meters). 10:05 a.m. and 10:05 p.m.—Weather reports. %:55 p.m.—Time signals WCAP — Chesapeake _and Potomac Telephone Co. (468.5 Meters). 11 am—Services from M United Brethren Church of Washing- ton. Dr. 8. B. Daugherty, pastor, will preach 4+ pm—Service from Bethlehem Chapel, Washington « 6:20 to 7:20 pm the Vesper String b Chamber music, rsemble. —Musical program Bowes and the Capitol nily,” direct from ie Capitol New York City he first part of the program will be taken direct fror age of the theater, consi by the featured Capitol Grand O sond part of the prog st of a spe. clal presentation by Bowes of vocal and instrumental artists direct from the broadeasting studio of the theater. 8:15 to 1015 p.m.—Atwater Kent Radio Hour, featuring Josef Hoffman, pianist, and Elizabeth Day, soprano. Program folic My Mother Bids (Haydn), “May ms Taylor), ““Brown (Haydn-Wood), "By the of Minnetonka™ (Lieurance), Me If All Those Endearing Young (Old TIrish), “Old Black Joe an). By Elizabeth Day, accompanist, Celius Dougherty. “Bailad fn G Minor” (Chopin), *The Minute Waltz” (Chopin), “Prelude in ¢ Sharp Minor” (Rachmaninoff), “Melody in ¥ Minor” (Rubinstein), *Caprice Esgagnole” (Maszkowski), by Joset offman. WRC—Radio_Corporation of America (1685 Meters). am will ‘Belleve Silent. Early Program Tomorrow. 11:55 a.m.—Arlington time signals. 12 noon—"Fifty Farm Flashes,™ prepared by the Department of Agriculture. 12:30 p.m\-Midday Lenten services, under the auspices of the Laymen's Service Association, broadeast from Keith's Theate: 1 p.m.—Sidney Seidenman’s Shore- \ ham lotel Qrabestra. :20—Minneapolis:_Second Chur New York: Musical program by M amily’” {rom Capitol Th WIAR, WTAG, WW Bethany Presbyterian Chiirch M. E. Chureh services Davenport B eervices 45—Cincinnati© Walnut Hills Christian (1 and’instrumental m Philadeiphia: Cathay C 50—Atlantic City: Chelsea :00—Springficld: Ford Hall Forum Chi Chi man's Orches New York: Paulist_Choristers San Prancisco: Organ recital Havana: Cuban Military B ght hour . gram ... 8:15—Berrien Springs ; vocal ‘solos: vi New York: Isaacson's de 8:30—Philadeiphia: Bouwit Teller Ensc Cinemnati: First Preshyterian Chureh First Baptist Church serviee Des Moines. Bankers' Life Trio: v Jefferson Cits: First Methodist Churcl Atianta: Wesley Memorial Methodist Cleveland: Organ recital . 5 8:46—Cincinnati: Chimes concert Montreal: CHYC Symphon: New York: Mavolians Dallas 9:00—Cincinnati: Sermonet s Philudelphia: Potash and Perimuiter Herrien Springe: ‘Orianprelude: serme New York: Hotel Havana: Cuban Military Band San Franciseo: Lind's Orehestra chestra ... . : Chicago: Crawiord's Orche. instrumental artists .. : Atlantic City: Seasde Hotel ‘Quartet Hartford: Coit's Band ... ... Atlantic City; Hotel Ambassador ‘Or Rossville, N. ¥ (hiower Violin C Kanvas_ City’ talk Pal WHR: h kervices . orus reading “The Aladdin Hou: 9:16—New York: Parody Orchestra . New York: Atwater Kent hour: Jianist. and JAR. WTA 9:30—Dallas Cincinnatt Los Angeles Los ‘Angeles, New York: The Berchman Dan " featy sop Pogue Co. Orchestra Unitarian Chureh of Ho Talk Oreh 0:50—Denver: First Church of Christ. Scientist 10 10 1 10:00—New York: Michel Dolmatoff: Berchm; Portland: Firat Presbyten New York: Musical comedy, “The Prin .08 Angeles: M. E. C| services Los Angeles mble: Ameri Atlantic City: 1: vocal so Philadelphia. joan hour Omaha: Zion English Lutheran Chure Hot_Springs: Arlington Hotel Grand vin' Orchostra ................ 10:30—Fort Worth: Texas Hotel Orchestra Chicago: Voral and instrumental arti New York: Twin Oaks Orchestra: Arthur TDNIG Chicago: Request program ...... 11 to 12 M 11:00—New York: Jack Denny's Orchestra . Tos Angeles: Organ recital Tos Angeles: Musical program . Hot Springs: Benny Ford's Music New York: Planista: solos .. ... Chicago: Songs: musical program Davenport: Palmer Little Symphon: soloists Cincinnati Chicago: Back-home hour . 12:00—Los Angeles: Blue Bird Band, Hot Springs: Benny Ford: Los Angeles: First Presbyterian Ch Cincinnati: Soloists: Marion McKay's Des Moines: Bankers' Dallas: Ligon Smith's Orchestra ty Club: Moulin Orchestrs O e Packard Orchestra - . Angeles JUNGLE INCIDENTS ON AIR. Adventures of Explorer to Be Broadcast by WRC. Arrangements have been made by station WRC to broadcast week by week the adventures and experiences in the African jungle of the exploring party headed by Dr. Willlam M. Mann, director of the National Zoolog- jeal Park, which will set out next month under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution. The accounts of the adventures will be contained in letters written by Dr. Mann to the radio audience of stution WRC and rushed to the United States from the interior of the African wilds. They will be read in connection with the “Zoo Talks" and broadcast under the direction of Dr. Mann and Austin H. Clark of the Smitl In- stitution. o6 : An Amerfean company is to develop lage mine in Abyssinia. ania Orchestra. m Hotel Orchestra: Ford Hall ‘s Hotel MCAipin’ Orchestra Evening Club services from Ord ¥ soloists Vit Chinton concert agemble ... “oncert Orch celestial bells of Melod . from and’ instrumental artists . wloists music appreciation talk Church services .. Vocal ‘and instriumentai nugmbers . 11:30—San Francisco: Rudy Seiger's Orchestra 1 MIDNIGHT TO 1 AM. Life Orchestra .. | the English city. Orchestra: s0i0s W00 KDKA JIWCAT P.M. LWMBF WHT . WETR orim 7 d: ‘choir! ‘eermon’ 1 Orchestra WGN and stra:” services KDKA LWECO ator, N Wi serviees . nireh services hoir: &srmon KFvicRE | ol servy hureh servi sketeh 0L on: vocal solos tr: e Hotel Coneert uartet; voral' and WP IWBBR WHE “WCBD LLLEGW L WMCA Hofman, WEEL Nesira: news hoir: questions ocal and i iring Jokep) ano, WCAP estra ... ... sorvices . 1P an_Orchestra neoss Flavia n’ Qui i - Ensemble St e West Sirens . instrumental Nane WO WEKR( JUKPO LWHT Orchestra . WINTER RECORD POOR. Complaints at Reception This Year Equal All Other Winters. The Winter that is drawing to a close has given future Winters a poor radio reception record to shoot at, ac- cording to Chitef Radio Supervisor W. D. Terrell. 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