Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1926, Page 38

38 e RADI INSPECTORS FACING MORE WORK Increased Duties Foreseen in Broadcast Districts Under Expected Legislation. BY CARL H. BUTMAN. | There will be increased work for the ! radio supervisors and inspectors in the nine radio districts as soon as remedial radio legislation is enacted | by Congress. Supgrvisory work to be ! done includes closer observation of all code and broadcasting stations, the de- termination of the causes of inte: ference both from radin and other electrical devices. frequent inspection | of broadcast stations, and the decision as to what is intentional or maliclous | interference. There are now quarters in the country. located at Boston. New York. Balti- more, Atlanta, New Orleans, Detroit. Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco. Extensive trips are required when in- spectors have to make tests or obser- vations in the wide territory covered. A possible development is the estah- lishment of suboffices in eral cities where radio activities are great, espe cially at some of our ports. Suboffices Now Limited. Provision for a few suhoffices wag made in the last appropriation bill, and aleo for three radio test trucks, but in view of the pending radio bills, one of which took from the Depart- ment of Commerce all control of radin, nothing was undertaken which might interfere with a new radio law. It is a well established fact that more observation points are needed by the radio supervisors, as well as additional suboffices where inspectors can he located permanently to carry on the tremendous amount of work in con- nection with the ingpection of all &hips, the giving of both commercial and amateur operators’ examinations and the conduct of regular busines: At least one radio truek in a distriet ie also necessary. Besides the ‘supervision of radio broadcasting, the radie officials of the department have considerable ta do, although the ordinary fan may not vealize it. They are charged with the fnspection, licensing and observation of all American commercial and amateur stations ashore and at sea, as well as the licensing and examining of all operators. This work is chiefly in the interest of the safety of life at sea and general international com munication via radio. . Answer Many Queries. Radio supervisors are not concerned with broadcast reception and do not inspect or adjust recelving set Despite this fact, they have to answer innumerable questions relating to hook-ups, interference and the wave lengths of broadcast stations from fans who write. phone or call. Under normal conditions, they not only inspect all broadcast stations prior to licensing, but assign them suitable channels when available and test the stations to ascertain whether they are keeping on thelr assigned channels. Just now part of this work i& eliminated, since the Department of Justice decision forbid the assign ment of wave lengths, except upon the request of the stations, but the field radio force of the department and those in Washington are still Kep: pretty busy with routine duties ana commercial and amateur work. When a new law is passed, it 1x possible that an entire reassignment of broadcast channels may be founa necessary, but certainly all stations will have to be inspected and observea frequently. More substations, radio trucks, inspectors and probably more money will be needed, if the work of properly policing the air traffie is to be carried on i nine distriet head They are Local Radio Entertainment Sunday, October 24, 1926 NAA—Naval Radio Station, Va. (435.5 Meters). 9:55 p.m.—Time signals. Radio, WRC—Radio Corporation of America (468.5 Meters). 11 a.m.—Services from Luther Place Memorial Church. Rev. George M. Diffenderfer. pastor. 4 p.m.—Services from Rethlehem Chapel. Washington Cathedral. Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington. will preach. 720 p.m.—Musical program cast with WEAF from the Theater, New York. Maj. Bowes, directing. 9:15 p.m.—~Charles Hackett, tenor. and Paul Kochanski. violinist, from WEAF, 10:15 ta 1115 p.m.—Maxwell Orches. tra, with Sophie Braslau, contralto, from WIZ Early Program Tomorrow. 645 1o 745 am.-Tower health exercises from New York City. Aritngton time 12 neon—‘Live Stock F from the Department of Agr 12:10 p.m.—Organ recital 1 p.m.-—Willard Orchestra . L Try to Raise Crops by Radio. A study of the possibility of increas. ing the growth of crops by subjecting them to radio waves is heing made by Prussian experts, and tests ave under way at two adjacent fields near I'ots. dam. So far the crops being ralsed under the radio wires are sald to hg the better. broad- Capitol Jdward o All Defective Tubes Destroyed. Deafective vaeuum tubes found by the inspectors of the Radio Corpora tion are destroyed and never reach the public as seconds. A heavy mechan. ical press crushes them to bi Miami Stations Again on Air. WIOD and WMBF of Miami are again on the air with their regular programs — in fact. WMBF hegan broedcasting the Saturday fallowing the storm. with an improvised aerial. and was soon reported as heard in Portland. Me. WIOD also early in its returr to the air. . Radio Specialist Going to Tokio. Dr. L. W. Avstin, a Rureau of Standands radio specialist. is en route to Toklo. Japan. where he will attend | with it many Programs of Distant Stations Sche O P:00—New York: Childran's program: funni N i 9:30—Cincinnati: Sunday whool by 1010 1 10:00—Detralt: Firat, Bavtiat Church roit: St Panl's Cathedial services 10:45—Philadelphia: Bothans Preabyisrian Atlantic Oity: Baptist Church servic "o 12 11:00—New York Crncinnas Cleveland Philpdelph Cinclnnati Schenactady formed Church serv Dittshurgh: Firat ‘Baptist Church se v New York: Christian Seience services Boston 40—Chicazo Baptiet Seventh Preshyierian Ch Church services. . First Unitarian Chujch S versity Chureh ” “hicago Central New York 1:30—Chicago: Church Federation Tan T ’.'ull——l:v-vmlg a'n;: Droheatra. .. . ..nn s 2:45—Chicago: Chapel serviess. Atlantic Oity: Sy Philadelphia’ 3:00—New York iz, Onged o e our: musical’ prog Muwical hrogram . Oty Organ recital atown Res Georze veaper ' Classical program. . York: Men's conference in’ ike M. C.A. Brooklsn. WEEI and WSAT “ffom. . New York: Evensong ttsburgh: Organ rec rvices wark : Guild e Oty York celiis New al: Shady: al’ and instriment wport talk 5 5:00—, i —New York: Roseland program: Chicaga: " Studio oneert o Philadelphia ws talks 5:10—Minneapohis 5:30—New' York: Walter Chapman. pianist 6 TO 3 8:00—New York New Vork: Philadeiphia: Orchestra Chicago ! Quintet Philadelph Clevelan timor Roemer's Homers The S Organ “recital " ollenden Orchestra M Sork: DrEAn. i Now York: Libbs's Orchesi 6:45—(Sneinnati:” Chrisiian Church s ' 3 :00—Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Orchesira: Cleveland: Stiliman Orchestra ... . New York: Golden's McAlpin G New York: Baptist Church C Chicago: Little Brown Church R T i oston: News' ' weather: (' ation 5—Detront: Central M. E. Chiren serv Philadelphia: Holy Minneapolis: S ke R WIAR 30—Cineinnati: Firat pringfie TO 8 in 13 2 ch of Christ WCAE. Preshyt Pre neinnati; Chimes concert BO—Atiantie City: Chelsea Bapti :00—Cincinn, Organ recital Artist program Studio " program “hurch services athay Orches( s &t . 30—Cincinnati: " ““Wagnerian _program Havana. Cuba: Cutourcom concert jankney : w York: Commodore Ore 00—Philadelphia: Vocal and instrumental Newark: Bamberger Symphony Atlantic’ (v Atlantic City Chicago: Instru prog St Louis: Fourth Church of Christ $ Portland: Church ser Zion, II1.: Male quar Trio: " soloiste 15—New York: Charles volintat: WEEL WCCO.. KSD. WEI from st 4 :30 v Four ‘Quartel Ludlow. " violi New York? Meiady New G Los Angeles: “Fanea: 1070 1 00—St. Louis: Sunday Night Club Chicago: f'n")e's and vocai soloiste ... L L upntie City: News: Traymore ¢on delphis: Zemsas st Orchestra etrout: Firat Baptigt Chuzch sons New York: Jimmy u rchestra. . e An mith's incinnati Wylie's Orohestr axwell hour. Portiand: Hinson Memorial Babtist ¢ 1" To recital Loons Angeles: organ Louisville Eriadland _Orchestra. Los Angeles Cinctnnati Portland Chicago: Harvey's Miss Marie Turner Concert program The Nutty Club: WBBM sta Orchastra ... Hlues 170 - 00—Chicago : TLos Angeles: Orchestra program: is willing ‘that his fellow fans sh evening experiences. Smith has a No. 87.—The Used-Set Problem, Like hundreds of thousands of other radio fans, Smith has an old radio set he would like to see converted by magic into a new and more modern one. But he has discovered that in radio he has the parallel of the used- car problem in motordom. The newer puzzle, however, is not such a conundrum hecause radio is a step nearer perfection. and it carries new ideas in problem solving. Progressive radioists can keep pace with the improvements in radio without taking the lomses that are customary in car ownership- But not all radio fans are as pro. gressive as they should be. Smith is neither one extreme nor the other. He has learned some of the tricks of | keeping up with the procession, but not_all of them hy any means. This was well illustrated by his re- mark the other day when looking at a new set in a show window: “I'd bu that it 1 didn't have to throw away my old set to do it.” he said. “Why not keap your old set and have the new one, t00?" I asked. “Two sets! Not much!" he retorted. “How about modernizing the old set until it becomes a new one?” I made myself clearer. 1t was a little too ideal for prac- tical consumption, but as I told him, if the ideal is kept in mind, any radio fan can make far hetter progress.| Working under the assumption that | the old set must be sold at any cost in order to enjoy advantages of new recelvers, the radioist simply puts himself at a disadvantage at the start. ““One of the chief ohjections to your old set Is its appearance.” I said, no ticing that Smith was particularly en vious of the of the one in the window you can get around this in a number of wavs. In the first place you can put the set, BAL Concert Orcheatra . Chitren service hureh ser Orches eeather: | ing { make and model a | ts THE SUNDAY LONG RANGE RADIO ENTERTAINMENT SUNDAY. OCTOBER 24, 1926 duled for Eastern Standard Time Stations. Met stories rM. es read: comic Methodist’ Book Concern. ... 1AM, services Church " services’ AM. Church services. . urch’ ‘services. arvices. Presbrierian Chirch of the Covenant - con. Cathedral Church of St. Paai servic nth Church of Christ Scientist recital el Orchestra. . x People's conference: address Mision* wrvices 594 branc) WTAG. WC nd” devoiton. .. - Al br 6 P, . WBRM siaff York: Klein's Serenaders: aiso ‘soio “soloi House of Hope Presbyterian Chu Orchestra concert with Frances Sehel, 204 [2T8 Cathany Orel 5 | KDKA. STAR, WASHINGTON, | Charles Hackett, tenor s Braslau, contralto prima d D. C, OCTOBER 24, loist with Chicago Civic Opera Co., id Sophie 1 of the Me n Opera Co., who are fea- | tured on the program tonight of WRO E ociated station CONTRALTO ‘N AR - INEAST TONIGHT Sophie Braslau of Metropol- itan Opera Company Fea- tured by Radio Stations. Sophie Rraslau, brilliant Metropoli- tan Opera contralto, will make her Eastern radio debut tonight as one of the featured artists on the program of stations WRC, WJZ WBRZ Supporting her will he a | plece symphonie_organization under | the direction of Nathaniel Schilkret. Another outstanding traction | scheduled by WRC will bring before 3 | the microphone Charles Hackett, tenor 4 0 cws. Scien ram_from Capitel The: WTAG from. G an’ Church _sarvices 5 44 204 403 204 204 Bug . WGY ‘and. 9 TO 10 PM. soloists. .. Panam fiers: musicai prozram: weaiher.'. 1P, vaudeville. .. ... . ....... arvey's Orchestra: string svmohonet 15 ance Orchesira. ... ‘ocal and instrumental soloixts. . WBZ WRC. WG and instrumental” artists Church services. Botiger's Venetians: dance 0 singer. . news #: others Vocal and instrumental program. .. blues winger John Smith and His Radio BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL Car owners throughout the world have followed John Smith in his daily motoring—and have benefited thereby. He also is a radio fan, and ould be amused and profit by his faculty of “finding out things,” so it will pay radio devotees to follow him in The Sunday Star each week. easier to move the speaker than the whole set with its heavy batteries and accessories. “If you don’t want to bother with the cabinet idea and feel that it isn't worth while to put much money into the old se:, even though you may want to keep it a while longer, why not place it in the den or the hall and use an extension cord into the living room? Extensions are a big advan- tage. They enable you to have radio upstairs or down, in the dining room, in the living room or on the porch. It's just a matter of keeping the set in some convenient nook and using a | portable speaker on the end of a long extension. “I know you get a kick out of show- vour friends new things in radio, but you don't always need a brand- new set to startle them. I'll bet if you put the set in some secluded place on the first floor, tuned it for a certain station and then some eve- ning leaned over and plugged in a cone speaker to a plug under the liv- ing room table, they'd be surprised. You would have radio without even %0 much as the set! “By adding a power amplifier vou can make vour old set do the work of the best of new sets and give re- sults that are not even approximated by many of the newer, cheaper sets. But before vou do anything at all there is one important suggestion I'd like to make. Look around until you find some one with a set of the same vours. Hear it it 1= any better Perhaps you haven't to consider it, but your set may not be working anywhere near as well as it did when new. If that's the case, all vou need is service, not a new set. Bring vour old set back to original efficiency and you will have many of the advantages you now desire and which you have forgotten and note whether than your own. stopped { [ish violinist. oloist with the Chicago Civie Opera Company, and Paul Korchansk Assisting these a { will be an orchestra under the di {tion of Louis Hdlin, former concert manager of the Russian Symphony {Orchestra _and the Cleveland Sym- { phony Orchestra. | WRC's program will he opened as usual with the Sunday night program |from the Capitol Theater in New | York. ervices at the Luther { morial Church will be broad {o'clock this morning. This _after- noon at 4 o'clock services at Bethle- {hem Chapel, Washington Cathedral, | will be broadcast. The sermon will he preached by Right Rev. James E. { Freeman, Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Washington. Place Me- st at 11 Radio Testing Truck Sent South. The Department of (Commerce radio ! testing truck has been ordered to At lania, from its home station in Detroit. Several tests will he con- ducted in the South, but the unique car will also appear at the loeal rudio ow. s Radio Aid in Railway Traffic. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. | Paul Railroad 1s reported as plamliq to build nine radio transmitters in connection with the handlinz of rail road :raffic and for entertaining pas- sengers. . Poland Relaxes Rule. Sotand ported to have modified tions regarding radio | reception, aith the penalty for air pirates is s=till in foree, We Can't Find a Man Who Can Clean Spots Off “Ole Sol” t —hut _when condi- tions_are “right” vou ean “pull” most any thing in radio with an Atwater Kent Phone Main 67 for night demonstration. Little @ Company 13th & Eye Sts. — ) \MASTERPIECES N FRESHEAN FASTERPIES The thing that makes it wpn- derful is its tone quality. The large cone speaker has been designed to match~ exactly Freshman's new Quarity Radio Receiver. 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In order to get the best effect from a speaker it i3 necessary to place it where the acoustics are best, and it's you once had.” Smith quite agreed. Perhaps poor | results from the set had been growing | on him until he reasoned that they | were merely a sign of the antiquity | of the set. “And if you decide to let the old set g0, a8 you must eventually,” I added, ‘vou will do better to advertise it and sell it yourself rather than to ask a'dealer to take it in trade. You are a better shopper when vou go along radlo row with the cash in your pocket and are not influenced by big allow- ances, which must of necessity be | made on sets which are sold on big margins of profit.” Smith went home that night a new radoist, which is hest of all. An im- proved fan is worth two improved sets. | (Copyright. by the Uliman Feature Service.) the Pan-Pacific Congress and present & paper on radio signal intensity and natural phenomena. 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