Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1928, Page 44

"ADIO BODY I]ENIES{ UTILITY STATIONS, Coard Scans Broadcasting Applicants Carefully to Pre- vent Propaganda Spread. BY MARTIN CODEL. Under fire in Congress and before t1e Federal Trade Commission for their ~opaganda activities, pubiic utilities ire undergoing severe scrutiny when aey are applicants for radio broad- «sting privileges from the Federal Ra- «io Commission. The Radio Commission’s decision yes- tcrday against extending a permit s-anted to a Richmond concern to erect broadcasting station at Roanoke is e culmination of a rigid inquiry which eveals an attitude, until now unex- pressed, against public utilities. engag- ing in broadcasting. Flat statements to this effect were made by two Virginia members of Con- gress, Schuyler O. Bland and Clifton A. ‘Woodrum, who appeared in opposition to the propased Roanoke station. The »ttitude is further revealed in the sharp interrogation of the applicant by Chair- man Robinson of the radio board, who commented on the possibility that the < ation might engage in spreading pub- Zic utility propaganda. Chairman Robinson, stanch opponent of high-pcwer radio, showed in the nhearing and in a statement accompany- ing the decision in the Roanoke case that he has been following closely the Federal Trade Commission’s utility in- quiry. The case was decided by a 3- to-2 vote, Robinson joining with Sykes end Pickard in opposing renewal and Caldwell and Lafount favoring it. Hav- ing delayed progress in building the station since March, when the permit was first granted, the company must now forego the project entirely. Congressmen Oppose It. ‘The decision calls attention to the fact that Congressmen Woodrum and Bland testified that “since the Rich- mond Development Co., the applicant, is a subsidiary of a public service cor- poration, it should be against public policy to permit it to operate a broad- casting station.” The commission majority then makes the statement that the consideration that {eizhed most heavily was that Roanoke must not have two stations if other communities in the State are to obtain a fair share of radio facilities. However, the statement accompany- Ing the decision makes point of Chair- man Robinson’s doubt whether the charter of the corporation, closely af- filiated with a water works company, authorizes it to enga?e in broadcasting. Because the apnlication for the station states that it would be used to “pro- mote better understanding between the public and public utilities generally,” Robinson is quoted as being of the cpinion that this “indicated an inten- tion to engage in a type of propaganda extensively condemned after revelations uncovered by the Federal Trade Com- mission.” In broadcasting some stations oper- ated by public utilities are recognized as_rendering public service. The Roa- noke decision came out the same day that the commission refused the appli- cation of Station WNAC-WBIS, Boston, for a prior right to the channel ob- tained by WEEIL Boston, under the forthcoming reallocation. The latter station is owned and operated by a large electric light company. “Good-Will Builder.” ! In the course of the Federal Trade Commlsslnns investigation last Spring t is interesting to note that Station WEEI was described as the company’s “greatest builder of good will.” A docu- ment introduced in evidence -nd signed by E. 8. Mansfield, in charge of WEEI, ctated that the $100,000 lnves'.ed in the apparatus has been charged against advertising, because it was used “to improve public relations.” One of the most persistent appli- cants for high power and more time ggs v.:ll:eln.tier uu: station owned by the 'rests, WENR, Chicago. Now operating with 5 kilowatts, bu built to use 50 kilowatts, it is asking for the higher power and more hours of opera- tion, and will soon have a hearing be- fore the commission. At present it has only two-sevenths fime on a wave length on which it ‘must divide time wi W'LS Chicago. he askance with which the public service corporations &ré being eyed on account of the Federal Trade Commis- sion disclosures should, in the minds of many radio observers, serve to lend impetus to the prospects of “wired ra- cio.” Power companies have immedi- ately available to them: the lines along which programs can-be directed into homes and received either on_ordinary radio receiving sets or on specially in- stalled sets, the service to be furnished 2t 2 small monthly charge. One of the largest of the public utility groups, the North American Co., has long been on “wired radio,” and proposes early next year to try it out in Cleveland. (Coprrient, 1928, by Nort New mm'.uu Sl e l’loodlightl for Castle. the celebration in Germany this year in honor of the memory of Albrecht Durer, its famous artist, Nu- remburg held special festival nights when the castle was flooded with lights. 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IM s——w.vz Ne- York—660 8:00—Tipics orchestra, 1:00—Summer music. 422.3—WOR Newark—110 3:00—Musings; newscasting; talk. orts; bar § 30 SPeee ‘stufl: dinner concert. §i45—Grenadiers. 7”0— -rle g ita) ers. n—nevuh c-'n%fi {nal committee. =y Bited aOReE nsstc. 309.1—WABC New York—970 $:30—Festure; Brosdway Chat. 0—Musica folio. - 10:80—Qrehestrn: Repubiican. 212.6—WPG Atlantic chy—l.wo 6:55—News: dinner concert. 7:50—Dance_orchestra. 8:30—Concert orchestra. .00 Piayaround Fals:. studio. 10:00—Dance music (2 hours.) 285.5—WBAL Baltimore—1,050 P ll(dn? Dgfiouflsm- Dixie Circus. 00—0ld dances: gu- ers. Reyi ‘3 mocm'{c eational committee, 508.5—WEET Boston—3% §:00—Big Brother Club; news. wfimn Drosram. rvice hour. @ehmm in Paris. Musical programs. 0—Concert Bureau. 461.3—WNAC Boston—650 §:00—Qrehestra. v ay: quartet. 7:50_News Review: string enumble. 8:30—WOR programs (2! hour: 13i00—News; "dance music. 202.8—WGR Buftalo—990 00—Wonder_prograt F00"WEAF prosrams (1% hours). ¥ no—goncert ‘Bureau hour. :00—New: 515.1—WMAK Buffalo—350 §:30—Como orchestra. $30—SioR o pmlnms (2% hours). 11:00—News; orchestra. 535.4—WTIC Hartford—360 $:30—Trlo, dmnex;he'xtmmble. 10: Anni‘vemnl in Paris. :30—Miss Minneapolls, 10:00—Concert Bureau hour. ..—wcm mlnd-lnh—l.lu §:30—Music: lght o 3 Mhelienbure. prosram; Felin's hour. 1$i30—FOR prozrams (2% 'hours). ince music. 403.2-~WFI-WLIT “ll‘ltlll!ll—'lu .M— n e}e.ffnlcfn Faris. ncert Bureau hour. 215.6—~KDEA Pittsburgh—950 14, Spot, Pals. m_&é"q Shegs: quakers. lev 3 muum:. ll N—B:l'&l‘l orchestra. 483.6—~WJAR Providence—820 A eveniny in Batts 398 Musical brogram. 280.2—WHAM Rochester—1.070 :30—Gole t Pals. no—m{u'mne Slate committee. akers. i’e?: 198BS Sixtiona committee. 379.5—WGY Schenectady—190 BRUL " dler must. m EI (entuu 03—Musical program. eful upe. ert Bureau hour. 333.1—WBZ Springfield—000 3 'n‘é‘#‘u‘n‘uc.'n"{'m, Pals. Circus. lers; Dixie Oid" Qunces: Quakers. glew. ocu}lw“uoml committee. 516.9—WTAG Waorcester—380 7:00—Weekly news review. 7:30—Dance music; studio. R:n“nnn‘ Serenaders. An Evening in Paris. 30—MAC Ban 1600 bomcert Burean_hour: news. ican news; orchestra. 475.9~WSB Af 1 [ hr a: Dixie g 0 tromher SQ ratic nmonnl committee, 1R s 310.3—WJIAX ncmnvlll.—m 5_Children: orchestra, 3224—WHAS Loulsville—930 7:38-Dixle, Circus, 8:00—0ld dances; Quakers. 9:00—Wrigley Review. 1088 —Bemoeratic mational it Yatlo mationa 11:00—Orchestra. b 336.9—WSM Nashville—890 7:00—Orchestra; newscasting. 7:30—Dixle Circus. 13 Gances: Quakers. Togram. igley %.e b 83:3’&%5«: rosvam, CENTRAL. 526—KYW Chicago—570 12:00—Chamber music orchestra. 1:00a—Insomnia Club. 428. l—WI.W Cincinnati—700 6:30—Dine G O0—Orchestra: diners. 7:30—Dixie Circus. :00—0ld dances: Quakers. 9:00—Wrigley Review. 10:00—Sextet; Democratic. 11:00—Amos-Andy; Slumber hour. 361.2—WSAI Cincinnati—830 7:00—Singing School. 399.8—WTAM Cleveland—150 8:00—Orchestra, 7:00—Feature; €. W, Hamp. ities Service hour. 9:00—Trappers; Friday frolics. 10:30—Danee: 410.9—WCX-WJR Detroit—680 §:00—Qrchestra: Pals, T Dl Cleet e 8:00—OId dances: Quakers, 9: no—wmley Eevlevl 00—S 1 Sextef 1§ e Sational committee. 11:10—News; dance music. 352.9—WWJ Detroit—8s0 10:00—Concert Bureau hou 11:00-Dance; mvomm organ. Uniforms for Referees? ‘Whether foot ball referees should wear uniforms is being ducumd in England, the question being raised as the result of a gridiron match played on a very hot day. The referee wore blue shorts and a white tennis shirt, with no hat or coat. 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