Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1927, Page 49

A * CARLIN PREFERS GRID BROADCASTS Announcer Says Foot Ball ! Lends Itself Better Than Other Sports to Radio. Correspondence of the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK.—Foot ball fever, which is adding thousands of victims to its list each Fall, has a powerful ally in radig. While universities and colleges con- tinue to build huge stadiums to aceom- modate record-br rowds of en thusiasts, gridiron thrills in the “amphitheater of the air.” they cor ound_right end 1zan is carrying the ball behind : He cuts in— 20—30 yard king millions Dame’s ball on Army’s 15-yard | Carlin Prefers What ot Ball. matters Anno; T hough the radio N he som r their hoof the th Phillips Carlin, prefers to cover “There is more and color in bro: game than I've b either base ball savs. he game lends its reporting better than the othe because of its pa Boxing is almost 0o brisk and a b: ame seldom has more than ¢ two high spots. But in foot ball a climax usually oc- curs every three or four minutes. Must Fill in Time. er is unme: thunderi imes fancies e major sports hroadcast, annos he a foot savs sinsm foot ball to find in Carlin radio two, ometimes an an cifully panned by ics following his report of a ba 1 or boxing event because they charge he touched many irrelevant topics during his hour -or so at the microphone. These same critics would be the f to howl if nothing came out of the loud speaker for scveral when nothing w aippening on the @iamond or in the “In foot ball, however, Imost continually in play. Here vou outh. The setting and cheering picture that would the ball is any” one. e found that the eve and mind probably five times more alert uring the broadeast’ of game than before or after. snaps into play, a fizure catches it is off, around right or left or zures grab at this is ‘seen almost instantly. After a game I do not recall details, names or any particular feature about it. It's strictly an_eye and fongue as- signment, and if any one doubts m just let him come along and sit in With me on a game and try it himselt.” NEW DANISH STATION. Improved Radio Built at Kollund- berg Replaces Soro. The old broadcasting station at Soro, Denmark, has been closed and its place has been taken by a new and improved one at Kollundbers. The new station relays the Copen- hagen . service on ' the same Wwav Jength that Soro used—1,150 meter: But it has.a potency of seven kilo- atts, as compared With only one at Sor MODEL 7-AC-3—Th electric Tube Control Freshman M. picce is a value. Tt is built minutes o remarkable broadeasts this week lau, upper left, guest artist Maxweli hour Thursday; Sstrid soprano, upper right, who will be ay, and Irene Scharrer, log.er inglish pianist, soloist in the Aeolian recital. RADIO COMMISSION REPORTS RESULTS | Board's First Statement to Con- gress, Covering Three and a Half Months, Optimistic. Although the Federal Radio Com- mission was in existence for but three and one-half months of the fis- cal year 1927, concrete advancement of the desire to straighten out the radio situation, expressed by Congress in the enactment of the radio law, is shown in the report, which will be submitted to Congress this month, ted July 1 and signed by the late r.Admiral W. H. G. Bullard as man. sion was inaugurated it found a cha- otic_condition prevailing in the radio " it is pointed out in the report, made public, “for after Govern- control broke down in 1926, broadcasters jumped their king more desirable chan- of their existing oc- ven the channels re- served for Canada were appropriated, frequencies were used, with ) ht separation of from one ive kilocycles in many instances. The problem confronting the com- mission was to try and bring order out of chaos by placing the 732 broadcasting stations on $9 wave {lengths, so as not to create serious interference.” “Fan” interest has been consistent- Iy helpful to the commission, it is com- mented. While many of the sugges- tions sent in by listeners were vision- and impractical, others proved of great value and have been adopted. Radio engineers, broadcasters and others who participated in public hear- ings held by the commission also have contributed materially to the progress made. Panama Restricts Radio. Usa of radio in Panama is restricted in order to prevent interference with the United States Government wireless When the Federal Radio Commis- | stations on the Isthmus. There are reported to be only about 130 receiving ts in use in all the Canal Zone. + THE SUNDAY ARTISTS IN BROADCAST FEATURES 1 the opera “Der Freischutz,” | RAIL PROGRAM OI! RADIO. Station KDKA to Be Used in Cele- |z bration ITxercises. Anniversary of the first all-rail line between tidewater at Philadel- phia and Pittsburgh, by the Penn- sylvania Railroad, is to be celebrated next Saturd with a radio program to be broadcast from station KDKA, at Pittsburgh, by Pennsylvania Rail- road employes. The Harrisburg-Pittsburgh line was completed on December 10, 1852 and for the first time a continuous journey by rail across the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania was pos- sible. Much of the construction work was of the most difficult char- acter. Completion of the line not only made possible quicker and more efficient movement of traffic between the Atlantic seaboard and the Mid- dle West, but stimulated the general economic life of the country. Prior to the advent oif the Pennsylvania Railroad, transportation across the State between: Philadelphia and Pittsburgh was provided by a system of canals and railroads, known as the “Mail Line of Public Works of Pennsylvania Nairobi License Granted. 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