Evening Star Newspaper, March 4, 1928, Page 35

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., MARCH 4, 1928—PART 2. 7 RADIO COMMISSION |ANTENNA PREVENTS| % s s been very satisfactory for a week. OF SYNCHRONIZATION ;¢ ‘Siation Heard Abrosd. Two letters, each postmarked Vice toria. but outside the United s"',‘" - have come to WJR, Detroit, reporting Miami Station, Radio Com: | reception.” ‘One - was from Vi ~d | Chile and the other from Victoria Park, Builds Huge Radio Station As Hobby | e | LONG RANGE RADIO ENTERTAINMENT SUNDAY., MARCH 4. 1928. repared by the Associated Press. Scheduled for Eastern time. Mcters on the left of call letters. kilocycles on right. ATHATER KENT WRC Programs NBH in Reception Tests With! standar mission Told. FEATURE TONIGHT World-Famed Artists Listed for Broadcast—Specialties by NAA and WRHF. Two world-famous artists of the vocal instrumental realm, Mme. Frances | lda, soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Co., and Frank La Forge, pianist- composer, will participate in tne At-| water Kent Radio Hour, to be heard through WRC at 9:15 o'clock tomght. These artists will be assist by the Atwater Kent Singers of 16 voices the Atwater Kent Orchestra, under direction of Robert Hood Bowers. With Janet Beecher, noted Broadway star, playing the leading role, that of Dehlan, the National Plavers, under the Girection of Gerald Stopp, Will portray for the radio audience, the biblical the and | e + Family David Law ’ W WSR.WRT. W Atwatin Ko kS J i W6 Y i SR i hour | | of “Samson and Delilah.” at 10:15 | I The part of Samson will be layed by Charies Webster. Two of John Philip Sousa's marches will be heard during the program of the Accousticon Hour at 5:30 o'clock. These are “The Washington Post March™ and “Pan Americana The Accousticon Quartet will be heard in & medley of | Ernest R. Ball ballads. ; | Egypt will be visited by the listeners % the Cook’s Radio World Cruise, which will be broadeast by WRC at 6:30 < @clock. In his talk Maicolm La Prade. “The Man From Cook's” will dwell wpon waich cent civilization of the Wi bren unable to alter. There will be several musical interludes in which mu- §ic typical of the country will be played One of the outstanding musical events in Washington today, a concert | by Curtis String Quartet, will be | broadcast by NAA. The concert wili be given in the auditorium of the! ‘brary of Congress, and is scheduled to begin at 3:30 o'clock. The second of the series of meditation hours will start the Sunday program oi | WRHF. This attraction will go on the sir immediately after the close of the morning church services broadcast | by WRC. % In the evening WRHF will broadcast its regular sacred song service and a) rogram by the International Bible tudents, which incluces a talk on by J. W. Stephenson. solos | s Rice, soprano, and a science by invention report. a LocalRadio Entertainment Sunday, March 4, 1928 G! d NAA—Washington Navy Yard (434.5 Meters—640 Kilocycles). 10:05 a.m.—Weather Bureau reports. 3:30 pm—Concert by Curtis String Quartet of Philadelphia, broadcast from the auditorium of the Library of Con- ess. $70'55 pm.—Arlington time signals. | 10:05 p.m.—Weather Bureau reports. ‘WRHF—American Broadcasting Co. (322.4 Meters—930 Kilocycles). 12 noon to 1 p.m.—Meditation hour. Note: This program will start imme- diately after WRC concludes its broad- | cast of the morning church services 5:30 10 6 p.m.—Program by Interna. tional Bible Students’ Association. Talk | y J. W. Stephenson on “The Mil- lenium”: science and invention report; selections by Miss Gladys Rice, soprano. | 6 to 7 p.m.—Sacred song service. Early Program Tomorrow. H 10 am—Household talk by Miss | Glady: Young. { 10:30 am.—Smith's half hour of music. | 11 to 1130 a.m.—Advertisers’ period | of music. | WRC—Radio Corporation of America | (468.5 Meters—640 Kilocycles). i 11 am.—Service from First Presby- rian Church; Rev. N. R. Patterson ference with each other and with less will preach 1 pm.—Chamber music with Kath- erine Palmer, sopiano. | 2 pm.—The Roxy Stroll. H 3 pm.—Young people’s conference | with an address by Dr. Danlel A Poling. 4 pm—Service from Bethlehem chapel. Washington Cathedral: Right | Rev. James E, Freeman will preach. | 5 to 5:30 p.n.—Motion picture guide. | $:30 pm.—The acousticon hour. 6 pm.—National Symphony ehrstra £:30 pan.—Cook's travelogue. 7 pm.—Frances Paperte, mezzo-so- prano 7:20 pm.—Musical the direction of Ma). Edward Bowes | from the Capitol Theater, New York % pm.—“Our Government,” by David Lawrence. 9:15 p.m.—Correct time %15 pm—Atwater Kent radio hour, resenting P Metropolitan Opera Co., La Porge, pianist 10:1% pm.—Biblical drama, and Delilah " 10:45 pm Early Program Tomorrow. €45 am —Tower health exercises am —Federation moming devo- and Prank mson Weather forecast 5 a.m —Parnass 6 th 845 am 10 am —Dr. Roy m.—8tudio am. —Radin Cheerin & Copeiand hour gram Household In nist v Dr. Joseph R Biwn. pasior York Avenue Preshylerian Archie Blater and his or- by Health Radio-Phonograph ons of radio and phono- e become psslnr @ wttraced much alten cent demon on des s Grand Pala s exnib v of tone etely filled the pees KW marene WEES W Wy Wik Wi WERH i WA v WIIC WIAR Wi WERY Wi WA Pivater snd La WEEL WKL WO WOAE WEAL WOGN waT Kent Fory S WIAM WisM W WWJ WER Witk 1he it WAL WA wesgap 30wt Home " Cpamien WAL WFE! i s WEAN WOA WAL Che | U orchestra Kent hour the changelessness of the East| uries of association with the | tern woria have | O0ZWOR program 12 hours) 535 4—WTIC Martford—560 3 00— Youns people’s conference, rence R E—WGRS New Vork—860 153—Strests of ¢ Recital . ar | 394.5—WHN New )ork—360 00—Lova’s Sheridan Theater. urch mervices —WOR program “Church serv program (2 hours) hiladelphia—3 10 Biblical drama. M) Philadelphia—860, h services 3—cCoiher 3WJZ program 4R3.6—WJIAR Providence—620 0 —Men's conference amint Theater ¥amily —Orchestra RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS‘ A plan for accommodating a million more radio broadcasters without inter- interruption from static than hereto- fore krown has been developed by Dr Lee De Forest, popularly known as the “father f radio,” through an exten- sion of the short wave length channels and receiving apparatus. “There is plenty of room for every- body in the short wave field. inventor of the radio tube. from 200 down to 10 meters, if the transmitters employ a_system of ‘dou- ble tuning.' 1 have figured this vary conservatively in placing the number | apparatus, city and other officials to program under of channels below the million mark.|improve radio reception What this system really represents in channels is a figure # large that it for the elimination of preventable radio | A close esti- | interference staggers the imagination mate of the maximum number would probably pass many millions. “Bhort wave assignments are now ests. stors chains. mining companies, broad- casters, police and fire departments and all manner of other institutions and enterprises requiring means for wireless communication. Under present operat- ing methods for short- cation 1t is barely posiible to 6095 channels betwen 200 and meters, and these waves must be di- vided among the nations of the world Henee it 15 impossible for the Federal Radio Commission to assign the desired frequencies 1o the ever-growing multi- tude of applicants now askine for these #lintments “But, by mesns of a double tuning.’ this problem wlved very satisfactoriy for all, Tak- ing the rajlroads as one group. for example, the 50-meter wave would be ufficient, with this system. o ¢ the needs of 100 or more railway ory szations. Another wave, only a few kilo- cycles ava ght b= assigned to an- other industty and by means of ‘double tuning’ become available o more than 100 different companies in that activ- v, And so the assignments might on slmost indefinitely throughout immense new ficld ope pplication of th 50 meters, under this system, th of operation ix about 606 wnd hence channels 10 kilo- namely 6010, 602 ot conservatively assigned, could be mad U carry 100 oF more messages each AU a sepuration of 5 kilocyels s Low practiced on short ep. about 5900 channels would be ble, # ingle one of which would be for the needs of an entire hirough the double tuning system ot can be AL freqaeicy klloeycles eyeles w part Industry methoa 3 A pros €A Assets Increare eome from operations ot 265082004 wnd w net ncome of L1199 650, 5 seported by the Radio Corporntion of America for 1929 O the giew e 82471930 1 been st anide s opeserve for tlazes wnd sanortizston of patents, and $950.000 W torcign Investments and for the em ployes pension fund, leaving s ne um of 8848, W be tansferred Ui surplus account Wi conspleuous radio development of the yeur, wecording o the corpori e wnnal report, was the directive, A4 tansmisslon by low-power istallations The report emphissized that the granting of enven under e tined radio fie aquensy patents of the corporstion o 2 manfeciuners of vadio receiving sets s done much b sabilize the 1adio ndustry mnd pat 1 on e sound snd pramenent bakis Noo Heenser e b grantea under the superhetero- Gyne palents however. the exclusive Hght o produce and sell thia type of Lieceiver having been ietalned by the corporation wrneral reserve wnd reserve wgainst | R0.2—WHAM Rocheater—1. —WRZ Springfield-—p00 Church services National tehzions sarvices. Riue Gold hour Symphony Theater Eamly. ABLA--CFCA Toranto— G690 Chureh Clhurch se ambonre 06H—WW N 04— Church emvice BO—Church eervice Adheville—1.010 ter Family t hour. Chureh Noval eveisons Atwater Kent b —WSM Nashille—810 Church services chestra ter Famils. hour a0a- 3 00 v nin: Home Folks, 43D Chicngo—870 —WGN-WLIR Chicago—320 13— Atwate 15—Biblica 199 8—WTAM Cleveland—130 musical Listeners’ Organization Planned. A movement is now under foot in Des Moines, Iowa, to form a national radio listeners' organization. Its pur- pose 15 to work co-operatively through- out _the country for better radio. The Des Moines Chamber of Com- merce and the lowa Radio Listeners' | by “double tuning” in both transmitting | of Des Molnes Is president, proposes " said the | ciation, which is the name suggested “There are | for easily between a half million and a | Austell, Or- million channels immediately available | vidual station. St. Austell said the ob- | ces Alda, soprano of the being sought by communication inter- | which has 10 branches in Iowa nnd‘ railroads, newspapers, department | affiljations in 15 States, is circulating | I League, of which Francis St. Austell | a national convention to organize. The National Radio Listeners’ Asso- the new organization by Mr would not oppose any S8t | indt- | jects of the group would be: To work co-operatively with public utilities, manufacturers of electrical To employ skilled engineers to work | | Lafount. | extension measure is pass { the country To present public opinion on radlo questions to radio authoritles The lowa Radio Listeners’ League. | 450 petitions in lowa for requests to| the Federal Radio Commission asking | that direct selling by radio either be curbed or eliminated. | Radio to Link Colonies. French military radio soon will be | transmitting to every one of the French eolones, according to Gen. Ferrle, head of the service. Short-wave transmission and relay from point to point, he be- leves, will enable Madagascar to listen with ¢ to Paris concerts and lec- tur RADIO SERVICE CHUBER RERVICE IN RUPER AERNICE Connected with radio since its Inception ‘Trained, practical men; ex- perienced in repatring and in- stalling all makes of radlo setx and accessories DAY ANI NIG T NERVICE J. FREC {UBER 1217 H . N.W. v Foank Nile Frunk taNi A Y [REUELY W on all kinds of RADIO RECEIVERS Tntel SERVICE | nt Fxperienced Men it Your Call SMITH’S Battery and Radio Service 2009 1mh Se MW, R S Narth 4nin Fa Beat Wailin Ber n Town BATTLE S RAGING “Equitable Distribution” Bill Faces Many Foes in House. With Secretary Hoover on record that he has not taken steps toward assum- ign control of radio March 15 because he believes legislation extending the life of the Federal Radio Commission will be passed by Congress. the stage appeared set today for a fortnight of bitter fighting on the issues raised by the “equitable distiibution” measu introduced in the House by Representa tive Davis, Democrat, of Tennessec. “Termed an “inecquitable” scheme by members of the commission, and a plan {o keep broadeasting from control of the “radio trust” by those who sponsor it, the Davis proposal to redistribute power to brondcasting stations through out the United States and apportion ' cqually among_the five radio zones coupled with Commissioner Caldwell's denunciation of Congress for with- holding funds from the commission for its work, has stirred up the situation to a point where radio is rapidly as- suming & major part in current dis- cussion at the Capitol. Confirmation Sought. The commission will expire M 15 unless Congress extends its po for a vear. This measure also carries with it confirmation by the Senate of Commissioners Caldwell, Pickard and On March unless the ed, control of vadio will pass back into the hands of Secretary Hoover, from which it was taken last_February after radio control by the Commerce Department hac failed and a radio commission had been h | set up. Indications now are that tension measure will be reported to the House tomorrow or ‘Thursday and brought up for discussion on the floor. Meanwhile Representative McKeown, Democract, of Oklahoma has served notice that if the House fails to adopt the Davis distribution plan, he intends to offer a resolution calling for an in- vestigation of the “radio trust,” which he charge dominates the broadcasting field The present broadcasting power of is about 550,000 watts Under the Davis scheme, each of the five zones would get 110,000 watts, and the congested arcas around New York and Chicago would each get a fraction- a' part of this amount. In two stations alone, under the present arrangement, New York State has 100,000 watts WEAF with 50,000 watts and WGY with the same. See Failure of Rill. Members of the Radio Commission do not share the same optimism re- garding extension of the life of the commission that Secretary Hnover holds. They take the view that the commission will not be confirmed and that its life will not be extended, basing their opinion. they say, on indications at_the Capitol. In addition to substantial reductions in’ power of all stations in the con- | gested broadcasting areas, elimination of many stations would be necessary, in view of the commission, under the Davis plan. The Southern zone, st present, is using but 45,000 watts, and pending applications for power increeses total 10,000 or 12,000 watts. Under the equal distribution plan. the other four zones could not utilize more power than | the power ailotted to another zone, so that instead of the standard 110,000 watts to cach zone. if power were equally distributed on the 550.000-watt basis, the congested New York area would have for all ts stations only a little more than one of its two super- power stations now has. 2 e Stations Conducting Tests. WTIC. Hartford, Conn., is conducting a number of experiments looking toward elimination of heterodynes or squeals. The teats are being_made in conjunc- tion with WHO, Des Moines, lowa, which I5 assigned to the same wave length. Chain Program Changed. A number of changes have been made in the programs of the Columbla chain, whose key station is WOR, Newark. Be- sides the Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday broadcasts, an additional feature 1s 1o be presented on Thursday evening. The Paris-Bordeaux express s the ! first train in France to be fitted with radlo recelvers for the entertainment of travelers. RADIO SALES & SERVICE BRING YOUR TROUBLEN TO LES KOHLER Battery Nerviee A CONN, AVE, CLEVE. 814 S | tween beacons as the airways through- the ex-| BEACONS ON' SHIPS | Extensive Equipment Has Hampered Use of Radio Devices. By the Associated Press, Although satisfactory results have | been obtained with radio beacons as | direction finders for Army and mail | planes, experiments reveal that they| are not yet adaptable for general use with naval aircraft, One of the principal reasons for th naval radio engineers declare, 1S tha the installation of a radio beacon aboard ship is not feasible, due to the cxtensive antenna system necessary. Action Found Erratic To date the only frequencies which Navy radio men have found possible to utilize for transmission of beacon sig- nals are those in the intermediate fre- quency band. High frequencies have been tried, but the action of the beacon s been very erratic. The engineers ert that while the radio beacon is xcellent on a straight airway, as it only necessitates the carrying of a small Yecciver by a plane and requires practi- cally no radio knowledge by the pilot, it is not useful on an airway that is curving or otherwise irregular. Tnterference also may be caused be- | out the country increase, causing an | increase in the number of beacons es- tablished on these routes, the engineers | point out. However, be: ns at coastal | air stations will be very valuable in time of war for aircraft patrol opera- [ tions, as they will insure that the pa | trolling eraft cover the sca sectors des- ignated, the engincers say. Two Other Methods. There are two other general methods in use and under development for de- | termining the position of airceaft. They | are radio compasses installed at_shore stations and on boa ships which take bearings of transmitters carried by air- craft and radio compasses or fixed | compass loops instalied in the aircraft | which take bearings on radio beacons ansmitters on the ground or on surface ships. 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