Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1927, Page 43

Radio is becoming more widely and more popular in Canada each year, just as it is in the U nited States, Although. not to as large an extent The annual report of Director C. P. Bdwards. of the radio branch .of “the rtment of Marine and Fisheries | of the Dominion shows & gain in the Rumber of transmitting and receiving | Stations in the use of radio compasses and in revenue from licenses and fees. There were 998 transmitting and 134,488 receiving stations in operation | at the end of the fiscal year. Of the transmitters 4 ir aticns and 8 beacons. the latter oups serv ing as na distributed on the co nd the lake shores, While iic equired.and are collectes ' t they amount te ) pay $50 for commercial licens nd $10 for ama teur sendir the past Auring the preceding vear ase from | licenses alone was an $25,000 Despite bad receivi ing the early pa receiving sets w the extent of the interfere which might be caused by such a set, a Standard 201-A re was carefully hooked up und was heard at miles, or » Adelaide i operated to get maxi on, it is reported that the adiating receiver is found ob jectionable at a distance of a quarter if not operated properiy jevelopment of the year - | thvity e desirable wn, replacement of obsolete spark sets | with modern tube transmitters ast Interest High. the new year, and it happens that the last of these newcomers carries the nd total of | and, Ohio, and New York City | interests. Colorado, North Dakota, II- s |linois and Tennessee each gained a | adaitional or, | tions. Boston and New THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. JANUARY 16, 1927—PART 1. intererence among existing stations on neighboring channels, but the de- pent is powerless to do anything pt issue the license for the.wave ths selected by the new broadcast er during the first week of Station WTAB, at Fall River, , ceased broadcasting. hough the complete district re- ports are not vet in the hands of the chief radio supervisor, increased ac tivity among those planning to enter the broadcast field is reported from most radio supervisory districts. A gain of 19 stations under con Srtiction 18 Ind! while about 34 be contemplating th to be South S Miations smitted, their .efher Is, three reducing their wave nd two going up: chiefly in educe local interference, it President to Broadcast Again. President Coolidge will be heard over WEAF and WRC January 29 at 7:30 p.m.. when he addresses the gov ernmental business interests at the semi-annual session of the - Budget Rureau at Memorial Continental Hall On this occasion the Marine Band will play, and Director of the Budget Gen. Lord will speak on ‘“The Na EXCESSIVE ACTIVITY ::5;3;:'"21“’"Fr::;m":.*"s.‘:: ; IN BROADCAST FIELD | %% s tontrultion and | Vanderbilt's Ara Will Be Bquipped Thirty-One New Stations Reported S et to Commerce Department Dur- ing Late December. Excessive activity in the broadcast fleld was noted by the Department of | Kflmmerrp dnrln‘ the last two Wi r\'kl‘ M when there was @ gain| A Great Lunar Rainbow. jashon of 31 new l!n'lnn! construction on ‘ ta-| 16 ‘more was hegun, rair ! | the proposed list of probahle and pos- | contly oy sible new stations to 374, hesides the | the Kilauea Volcano ir and 30 joined The "umwu interest wax In tho | and 13| ing flared in a myr b district | hrightest portion be v ol |m more broadcasters ar T Dt portion. Jaspar | 46 are heing erected | distriots stand as follows: Seattle under_construction_and 19 prospects: |in_the reflected light. emploved. sther YACHT RADIO CALL. and 24 with indefinite plans 4 in_ prospect; Baltimore, 3 beir withk New Apparatus. cted and T prospects, and Atla : o PpRDeCE and AUANYG | william 1. Vanderbilt's new 37 Stations being | Ara is to operate under the call KFEO, as soon as the newly acq \pparatus is installed ¢ | 8: califorr has 3 ncrease in radio homa v has two tr: An fmmen | 1sfands. The are is The complete 1927 line now avail- able on our Budget Plamn. Musiv Store—618 F Street And | (he fire-pit of Halemaumau, where the | Depart : to be used *1 | steam column from the grottos played 2Ll ' » . | meters, alth operation than ever - b i red new thousand watters, (m tional Budget. \ wave length of . Nearly 12,000 husbands are report | ed missing from London. the authority o partment of ( radio broadcasting, espec )qU the con trol of the ether channels, Canadian broadcasting stations no longer enjoy freedom from interference ¢ the six exclusive channels set aside by a for mer interdepartmental agreement. | However, Mr. Edwards sayvs that ef-| forts are being made to remedy the | situation. . This complacent view of the situation on the part of the Cana dian official does him credit hen even the fans in the States hoil ing with indignation over the many shifts. of the American stations and Authorlzed Dealers RCA Radlos A WAAAAAAAN DEMOLL rlr¥NiTuREo. Twilfih and G Sts. their trespasses into the ether terri tory ceded to the Canadians Maving due authority, and also the reapect of the Canadian industry and the broadcasters, the Canadian radio office has been able to reduce inter ference considerably through the co. operation of the interests and fans. hree more trouble-shooting trucks Were put in service during the past year, with headquarters at Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. The original radio truck operating in Ontario and Quebec visited over 100 villages in three months and. located 203 sources of interference, 114 of which e remedied or removed immediately. 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