Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1928, Page 45

SEEK HIGH POWER FOR REMOTE FANS Heavy Wattage Proponents to Base Claims on Needs of Rural Radioites. BY MARTIN CODEL. Protagonists of high power broadcast- g find thelr chief argument in the ssity of serving rural and remote radio audiences. This will be their re- ly to the strictures being heaped upon the use of superpower during the pres- ent session of Congress. In addition, eoring evide output ¢an be controlled so that the dial spread of superpower stations will not ba great. Although some sweep of the dials may be expected in the immediate vicinity of transmitters emitting heavy wattage. it is contended that the high powered | stations on the 40 cleared channels are spaced sufficiently far apart under the reallocation to prevent interference with each other or with the lower powered stations on neighboring channels. All these involve engineering consid- erations, which embrace technical de- tails very difficult for the average radio | RADIO’S MAJOR FEATURES TONIGHT. 8:00—Concert Orchestra and Cavaliers; hour of variety— WEAF, WEEI, WLIT, WRC, WGR, WCAE, WTAM, WWJ, KYW. 8:00—United Opera Co.; “Der Freischutz,” in English—WOR, WCAU, WNAC, WFBL, WCAO, ‘WADC, WKRC, WGHP, WSPD, WHK, WLBW, WMAL. 8:00—Old Dances; novelty pro- gram —WJZ. WBZ, WBAL, WHAM, KDKA, WJR, WLW, WHAS, WSM, WSB, WBT. 8:30—Quakers; old favorites— WJz, WBZ, WBT, KYW, WBAL, WHAM, KDKA, WJR, ‘WHAS, WSM, WSB. 10:00—Sextet; instrumental solo- featured — WJZ, ‘WSB, WBT. ON FRAUD CHARGE | Four Officers of Defunct Brokerage House Accused of Scheme to De- fraud by Use of Mails. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, December T7.—Roy C. fan to understand. Complain of Spreading. The fact remains that legislators like | Senator Dill and Representative Davis | jury Wednesday on charges of using the have their own experiences and that of many complainants to prove that | high powered stations are spreading their programs over many points of | Statements exaggerating the assets and the dial, either blanketing out other reception or holding their _programs faintly in the background of those com- | ing in on different wave lengths. | Leading radio engineers seem to be of one accord in favoring high power on the cleared and exclusive channels. | This often has been attributed to the | fact that they are frequently retained | as station engineers or consultants for | the interests operating the high pow- | cred stations. Such a charge, however, | cannot be held against Dr. J. H. Dell- | inger, radio chief of the Bureau of Standards and chief engineer of the | Federal Radio Commission, or Capt. Guy Hill, an active Army Signal Corps officer temporarily detailed to aid the commission in its broadcasting prob- ‘oms. Both favor high power and say it can be controlled within reasonable limits. There are now only four stations in the superpower class, that is, using 50,- 000 watts. y burgh; WGY, Schenectady; WEAF, New York, and WLW, Cincinnati. They are KDKA, Pitts-|By the Associated Press. Seven | tent with the result of their preliminary | others have obtained construction per- | search, i x| Toombs and four fellow officers of the | | defunct brokerage house of Toombs & Daily were indicted by a Federal grand mails in a scheme to defraud. They were accused of issulng false financial understating the liabuities of the con- | cern. | Named with Toombs, who also for- | merly headed the International Life | Insurance Co. of St. Louis, were C. R. Daily, vice president and treasurer of the brokerage house; Claude E. Clark, vice president; Richard R. Daily, sec- retary, and_George E. Kidd, an ac- countant. Bonds of $10,000 were set | by the grand jury for four officers and | Kldd's was fixed at $5,000. 1,700 BOTTLES OF LIQUOR| FOUND ON FRENCH LINER| Customs Men Seize 700 on First Search, and Then, Disguised as Longshoremen, Get 1,000 More. NEW YORK, December 7.—Not con- | which yielded 700 bottles of | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, SUZANNE KEENER ON WRC TONIGHT Coloratura Soprano, Ameri- can Singers and Cello Quintet Program. Suzanne Keener, diminutive colora- tura soprano, formerly with the Metro- politan Opera Company; the American Singers, a concert orchestra under the direction of Cesare Sodero; and some- thing new in instrumental groups—a cello quintet—are the features of the National Broadcasting and Concert Bu- reau Hour to be broadcast tonight by WRC and associated. stations. An unusual assortment of operatic airs and folk songs will be sung by Miss Keener, accompanied by the full orchestra. “The Laughing Song,” from Massenet’s opera, “Manon”; the “Air and Variations,” by Proch; Chauson- ette’s “Mon Petit Coeur,” and Reiman's “Spinning _Song” are included. ‘The American Singers will be heard in the old English hunting song, “John Peel,” while the cello quintet will play special arrangements of Granados’ panish Dance,” Debussy’s “Minuet,” Stravin- sky's “Berceuse,” and Friml's “Love Call.” WRC's added attraction tonight will be a broadcast of the proccedings at a banquet in New York in honor of foreign delegates attending the Inter- national Conference on Citil Aviation ‘The speakers include Orville Wright, Maj. Lester Gardner, president of the Acronautical Chamber of Commerce, and Assistant Secretary of Navy Warner. The Happv Wonder Bakers, as usual will open WRC's evening program at 7 o'clock with a medley of old time songs. The Cities Service Hour at 8 oclock will feature a special arrange- ment of Kreisler's “The Old Refrain.” “A Bunch of Roses,” by Chiappi, will be heard as a xylophone solo by Sam Herman, who also will play a special transcription of Taylor's “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.” “The Flop of the Flapper” is the title of the weekly comico-musical pre- sentation by Larrv Brier's Tuneful Troupe, scheduled at 9:30 o'clock. The other program features include, an- other Evening in Paris episode and dance music by the Lotus Orchestra. Carl von Weber's romantic opera, “Der Freischutz,” by the United Opera Company will be WMAL's principal at- traction tonight. This feature, as well as several others. will be drawn from the Columbia Broadcasting System. These include the “Then and Now Hour,” in which old time and up-to- mits from the Federal Radio Commis- | liquor ‘aboard the French liner Ile de|date songs will be contrasted, and the sion to build 50,000 watt stations. They | France soon after the ship landed, cus- | True Story Hour, featuring a historical are WTIC, Hartford; cago, is built for 50,000 watts, but has WBAP, Fort | toms men continued their search all Worth: WFAA, Dallas: WCFL, Chicago: | night and were rewarded by the dis- WSM, Nashville; KMOX, St. Louis, and | covery of 1,000 additional bottles yester- KFT, Los Angeles; station WENR, Chi- | day. tablea Members of the Customs Department | not been authorized to go up. The next | Enforcement Bureau made their first highest powered station in the country |find yesterday. Four of them posed as is WJZ, New York. longshoremen and made four trips On the Radio Commission, the chief | aboard the vessel during the night. | ~dvocates of high power are the two Early this morning a number of can- | ngineer commissioners, O. H. Caldwell | vas bags were found near a porthole on f the first zone, and H. A. Lafount of |a lower deck. he fifth. The commission as a whole, | bottles of champagne, The sacks contained | brandies and 1owever, is more or less committed to | liquors. v'igher power. The only limit it has ver imposed fixes 25,000 watts as a ~ximum, with exceptions for experi- | rental purposes. But the exceptions 0 10150.000 watts promise to become | * rule, One member of the commission ~nds out as a consistent opponent of sh power. Chairman Robinson is on 1o side of those opposing power of “ore_than 5.000 ‘watts. And he will °1l the members of Congress so when » is called at the public hearings soon | > be held on radio. He has invariably | ~ted against all construction permits | r licenses authorizing power in excess ! the limit he proposes. 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