Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1928, Page 32

SMITH CEREMONY LISTED FOR RADIO Extensive Broadcast Hook-| Up Arranged for Notification Addresses This Evening. Democratic not Alf: d ate Capitol | Albany this evening by an extensive | hing from WRC will nental hook-up tha vied ance speech to d Raskob will 3 ; r of Albany ollow with 1 be followed by oid opereita b 2 Co., which tonight van's satire on f and the Palmer an listeners notific: turn to the a i cast three musical features and the Barber weekly concoction erary Lather.” The Panatrope Hour. Ann Arlen's Orchestra and the Ind half hour of dance mu cal attractions. WTFF's chief contribution will be the concert of the United States Army Band at the Sylvan Theater, Incidentally. this station's broadcast of the band's concert last week was heard ite static interference as far south y West, Fla.. as far north as the Rouyn sect: Quebec Province, as far west as Oklahoma and as far east as New Brunswick. At the time WTFF used its new 10,000-watt tubes. Upon Dance LocalRadioEntertainment Wednesday, August 22, 1928 NAA—Washington Navy Yard (4345 Meters—690 Kiloeycles) . 45 pm—Weather Bureau reports. :55 p.m —Arlington time signals 0:05 p.m.—Weather Bureau reports. E3 1 WRHF — American Broadcasting Co. 322.4 Meters—930 Kilocycles). 5:15 pm.—Kloman musical. 5:45pm—The Town Crier. 6 p.m.—Dramadio. 6:30 to 7 p.m.—Riggs musical. Early Program Tomerrow. 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.—Musical clock. 10 am—Household talk by Gladys Young 10:30 a.m.—Advertisers’ period. 11 am—Lost and found. 11:10 a.m —Household economy period. WMAL — Washington Radio Forum (241.8 Meters—1,240 Kilocycles). 6:40 pm.—Thirty Club, conducted by . Cloyd Gill p.m.—Silent during the broadcast by WRC of Gov ceptance. 8 p.m.—Correct time. 8:01 pm—Ann Arlen’s chestra. .30 pm. E Dance Or- Brunswick Panatrope Lather, by 9:45 pm.—Industrial _bankers' half hour of ‘music. 10:15 to 10:30 p.m.—News flashes. WTIFF—The Fellowship Forum (202.6 Meters—1,480 Kilocyeles). 7:30 pm.—Concert by Army broadcast from Sylvan Theater. 8:30 pm.—Resume Of the political situation 8.45 pn.—Virginia Buford, pianist 9 p.m~—Chick” Godfrey, tenor. 9:30 pm.—The Hio Boys, Hawallan Band. \ington College of Music WRC—Radio Corporation of America 465.5 Meters—640 Kilocycles.) Conversations with pn tamous Sereen,” by d Minor Boy and Jan: t Astoria Orck , picture guide Il scores, courtesy and Eve- music forecast Iy Program Tomorrow ] Health Exercises Charm Iprane tion cere- | E. Smith | party’s nomi- | » WRC for the | Brunswick | istrial Bankers' | are the musi- | tonight | show cause why Smith's speech of ac- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WED] DAY, AUGUST . 22, 1928. ’ LONG RANGE RADIO ENTERTAINMEN WEDNESDAY, Programs prepared by the standard time. | | 4913—WEAF New Vork—610 | Waldorf Astoria Orchestra 00—Ipana Troubadours. 8 30—Paimolive Hour 9:30_National Light Opera 1030 - Waldorf Astoria Orchestra | 434.3—WIZ New York—i60 | §ge—Barteils Qrchestra; poems | | | | | Hall's Orchestra 30—-Smith notification 8 00— Philco hour 900 Orchestra 30— Wavside Inn 00=Slumber music. —WOR Newark—3 dance ation. | 30—United Military Band. 00" Kolster Front Porch | 30— Buccaneers | 05 JDance: Witching hour. i Atlantic City—1.100 Dance music 1203 hourk 283.3—WBAL Baltimore—1.030 the | 30—Smith notification 20—Philco hour 00 Vi 8 30— Atlantic Organ 3—WNAC Boston—650 program Bond Dance Orchestra 369 1—WABC New York—970 s (2 hours Orchestra —WFI-WLIT Philadeiphia—3i10 Smith notification. 8 00—Theater program 9:00—Palmolive program 9:30—National Light Opera 315.6—KDKA Pittsbursh—950 30—KDKA Ensemble 30—Smith notification. §.00—tuilco hour 00— Happiness program. 9:30—Power period 483.6—WJIAR Providence—620 ) WCOT IS ORDERED 10 STOP PROGRAMS | Censorship of Radio Begins: | When Commission Re- vokes License. | | | | Government censorship of radio pro- | | grams is specifically forbidden in the radio law. Nevertheless, the most ef- fective kind of censorship rest: with the Federal Radio Commission in its | | power to discontinue a station's license | | to operate. | An important case in point was de- |cided by the commission yesterday in | ordering station WCOT, Providence, R. 1., to quit the air after September 1 This is the first decision rendered in | the hundred or more cases of small| | broadcasting stations recently cited to they should be re- licensed ‘The commission took the occasion of | this decision to issue a “statement of | principle,” which may be construed as its first definition of the embiguous “public interest, convenience and neces sity” phrase of the radio law The only other decision yesterday | was favorable to the station involved It assured the renewal of the license of | KGDM. Stockton, Calif., subject to the reallocation now in progress. The commission incidentally gave | clear indication of an intention to foster | the development of low-power stations 1 for localized broadcasting In the case of WCOT the commis- | sion stated that the evidence disclosed the station was used by its owner “as & means of direct advertising, for the | promotion of a candidacy for mayor, for the expression of views on all pri- vate matters, and as a_medium for at- tacks on personal enemies.” In the opinion of the commission, there is no convincing evidence regard- ing any educational or esthetic value of ‘the programs rendered 1t is apparent that should the own- ers of the station decide to appeal to he courts they may ralse an issue on the score of an indirect and arbitrarily dangerous exercise of the censorship authority . 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Meters on the left of cail letters, kilocycles on right Scheduled Eastern for 319.5—WGY Schenectady—390 Dinner music Smith notification Ipana Troubadours, 5:30 Tio. §30—8mith notification 8:00—Philco hour 9.00 - Dance music 516.9—WTAG Worcester 380 ith notification Ipana_Troubadours Palmolive hout 134.3~CFCA_ Toronto—690 3 45—Dinner dance. .00 Sta 630 800 330 5.00 700 500 SOUTHERN. 206.9—~WWNC Asheville—1.010 Orchestra. 435.9—WSB Atlanta—630 700 “Paimolive hour National light opera 3905~ WIAX Jacksonville—880 Smith notification Palmolive hour WHAS Louisville—930 630 830 Light Opera. 146.9—WSM Nashville—890 Smith 1 a0 2 WCOA Pensacola—1.200 §:00—Dance mu 1000 Music 11:00—-Ori 1—WRVA Richmond—1,180 630 800 8:30- Crosley 930 Prof K Yariess Smi Ran 6:00—Safe L Coney Island Orchestr 309.8—WTAM Cleveland RADIO’S BEST OFFERINGS TONIGHT 6:30—Gov Alfred E. Smith noti- fication ceremonics at Albany— WADC, WSB. WPG, WBAL, WCAO, WBZA, WEEI, WNAC WGR, WMAK, WB’ KYW WKRC, WLW, WAIU, WGHP WJR, WWJ. WEDH. WSAZ, WJAX., WTIC, WHAS, WS WOR, WSMB, WEAF, WJ WCAU, WFI, KDKA, WCAE WJAS, WCSH, WEAN. WJAR, WHAM, WGY, WQAN, WMAF, WBZ, WFBL, WDAE, WSPD, WRC, WTAC. WRVA. WDOD, WBRC, WMSB. WTAM 9:00—Kolster program The Grand Duchess”—WOR, WCAU WNAC, WEAN, WFBL, WMAK. WCAO. WJAS, WADC, WKRC, WGHP, WSPD, WMAF. 9:30—National Light Ope “Patience” WEAF, WLI’ WRC. WGY. WGR, WCAE, WWJ, WSAL WHAS BARBER WMAL Tonight, 9:30 Presented by SERVICE CAFETERIA “MERVIS FOR SERVICE” 1712 14th St. N.W. Just Above “R" HARRY MERVIS. Prop lis Own Place $ toon flome man I resuit for You Acme Rug Renovators Sanitary Carpet & Rug Cleaning Co. 106 Indiana A 3257 and We Are Now SHIFTING OF WAVE - LENGTHS IN SIGH ! | Changes by Nearly Every Station in U. S. BY MARTIN CODEL. Still deadlocked over the | tssue, members of the Federal Radic | Commission, nevertheless, are confident that they will agree upon a plan for | revising ing structure by September 1 I ary changes. they fully expect to m: their reassignments effective October 1 | The revisions nece wave length shifts by n tion in the United Stat commisston is generally ag principle of makin possible among the leading stations The_present tangle is larg about the fourth zone, wh the States of Illinofs, Indiana in, Minnesota, North Dakot Dakota. lowa. Nebraska. K | Missouri._ With more than in those § around 5 exc 1f they wrly every a, South Kansas a 200 stat wave ed those of practically every nee of op sonstruction of the Davis equ ment. Commissioner enting the fourth zone allocation plan which would e more full-time operating to the 5.000-watt stations in his zone than to any of the other four zones. Doesn't Help Problem. wave lengths are accordingly ion within Nore | needed, tent ths be greatly impaired. The fact that Allocation Plan Will Require allocation | jnson, is said to be pre d improving the broadeast- not ready then to order the neces- arily will demand sta- though the d upon the | as few changes as | ly centered ch includes Wiscon- length assignments unless the larger stations shail be required to divide time to such ex- | their commercial value will 25 stations in his zone recently defaulted their licenses and that some of the 59 cases of questionable stations recently tried at public hearings may be decided adver: . and thus reduce the number of stations in his zone, does not miti- Pickard's | gate Commissioner \ appreciably. He proposes an equalization based on | |area covered and on aggregate power, | |but not on an equal division of wave| | lengths, Both Commissioner Caldwell |and Commissioner La Fount oppose the | Pickard plan | Caldwell and La Fount, who are elec- | trical and civil engineers, respectively, | want a definite plan which will give all | zones exactly the same facilities. except | | for occasional “borrowing” among them, permitted by the law h has| bmitted several plans of his own The commission chal Judge Rob- | ed to presen ) | still another plan which an engineering adviser has worked out for him. | Through th» maze of technicalities | lit is apparent from the attitude of the | dissenting commissioners that a com- promise will be resolved soon with the | aid of the commission’s new chief en-| gineer, Dr. J, H. Dellinger of the Bu-| reau of Standards. 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