Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1928, Page 40

RIGID REGULATION OF DO PLANED Representative Huddleston Proposes Permanent Board With Added Authority. Taking the “jazz and piffie” out of the fadio programs and subjecting the sia- tions themselves to rigid regulation under a permanent Federal Radio Com- mission with authority to fix retes for broadcasting time and otherwise keep stations “within bounds” as pubiic util- ities and Instrumentalities of interstate commerce is the aim of Representative Huddlestoh of Birmingham, Ala, The author of the first bill to be introduced this session to make the THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO to eliminate the hetero- | dyne on WRC's carrier | wave, WMAL is now experiencing | | similar trouble which will have to be removed before the broadcast- | ing situation in Washington meets | the general approval of critical listeners. The interference with WMAL is more pronounced on Sunday | i nights, which indicates that a sta-| | tion operating apparently only on that night is responsible to some ! extent, at least. An investigation !by commission engineers would undoubtedly disclose the source. The noise sounds like the whis- | tle of an old-fashioned steam pea- nut roaster; it is not of the howl- |ing, shrieking, blood-curdling type | ) ZITH the Federal Radio \ Commission still striving | Behind the Microphone BY THE RADIO EDITOR above the age of 16 find the ceaseless throbbing of an aver- age dance jazz (not jazz itself, which has its own beauty) . monotonous and dreary in the extreme, but it constitutes, with market reports, the alter- native from 5 to 6 o'clock, an hour when, after the rush of the day's work, music is par- ticularly enjoyable. Many Washingtonians dine early and delight in subdued orchestral music with dinner, but recently the practitioners of music all seem to have chosen 6 to 7 o'clock as their own dinner hour. “We have a number of pur- veyors of radio entertainment in” Washington, and several in Baltimore, to say nothing of more distant places which can Coolidge’s Speech Before Parley to Be Broadcast Here President Coolldge's address be« fore the Pan-American Confer- ence tomorrow at the Pan-Amer= ican Unlon will be broadcast by WRC and assoclated stations. The President is scheduled to begin speaking at 11:10 a.m. knows something of Italian, French and German celebrities, and who is an almost unconscious exemplar of good English speech. There are more than 600 radio stations in the United States with nearly 2,000 official announcers whose voices are heard by ap- proximately 40,000,000. In this almost universal dependence on radio for entertainment, the part which the announcer is to play becomes more and more impor- tant. He comes to be a teacher, in some cases, a hero to his list- eners. D. C., DECEMBER 9, 1928—PART 1 ***************************************************I STAR RADE 409 -1 St. MW ~~ 13850-F Se. MW, Washington’s Largest Radio Stores, Equipped to Serve You Best A TIMELY MESSAGE * For Prospective Purchasers of High-Grade Radio | that once tore asunder the pro- grams of WRC. Last Sunday| be depended upon at that hour. ! night, in particular, the whistle| It Seems to many patrons that | spoiled reception of every attrac-| a little co-operation, merely What the effect of this compe- tition will be, no one can prophe- sy, but the value of the discussion which will arise and the interest commission & permanent agency, Mr. Huddleston hopes to get its prompt enactment. In the opinion of legislative wiseacres, however, his chances are “slim.” The bill has been referred to the House committee on the merchant marine and fisheries—the normal pro- cedure. Senator Hits Reallocation. In the upper house Senator Watson of Indiana, chalrman of the commiitee on interstate commerce, is much riled | about the reallocation ‘and announces his intention of instigating an investiga- | tion of the radio situation. This dove- | tails with the views of Senator Dill of | ‘Washington, to have listeners, engineers | and others testify on the reallocation. particularly with reference to what he| believes the “insidious effects” of opera~ tions of stations with high power Senator Watson is particularly in-| dignant about conditions in Indiana, | which, he holds, did not get its just share of channels under the new s up. He already has asked the comm sion to reconsider the allocation as it | sffects that State, which request is ! *“under advisement.” But the genc radio situation is what would be in- vestigated by the committee chairman. | Huddleston Demands Outlined. Radio broadcasting service to the general public without discrimination #nd for reasonable rates is demanded by Mr. Huddleston. At present, he says, “enormous charges are made for time on the air. out of proportion to the services performed or the amount of investment in the stations.” In his proposed amendment to the radio act, which first would make the commission A permanent agency, the Alabama member proposes that all stations “shall | serve, transmit and broadcast, without discrimination for all who may apply for same, for a just and reasonable charge and compensation to be fixed from time to time by the Federal Radio | Commission.” Says Stations Need Regulation. The tremendous force of radio in the dissemination of information seems to require rigid regulations of stations, he | asserts. This, he recalls, was evidenced during the presidential campaign, dur- | ing which several stations are declared to have turned away persons who wish- ed to campaign via the radio for one party, while they gave free rein to the opposing party. “Broadcasting stations have too much | power to be left entirely in private | hands,” says Mr. Huddleston. “It is absurd for them to exist for private purposes with no real regulation. In the course of time I hope to see them devote their time to public education and information, for they are too v uable to be wasted on jazz and piffi «Copyright, 1928, by the Consolidated Press.) PARIS NOW REPORTS SENDING OF MOVIES Inventor Claims Pictures Are Not Limited in Size by " His Device. PARIS (P).—A device for the trans- mission of moving pictures by radio, in which the size of the image trans- mitted is not limited, has been de- veloped by a Luxemburg scientist liv- ing near Paris. While the transmission and repro- Jection of fllms by wireless has bo accomplished by various methods, th inherent limitations of previous experi- ments have prevenied them from at- taining commereial importance. With the device of the Luxemburg man the perfection of the image reproduced in- creases with the size of the screen, it is said. The inventor says the reverse has been true in former experiments. the size of the image being limited to dimensions of a few inches and in- capable of enlargement without loss of | clearness. Another advantage is that the use | of a positive film is eliminated, the transmission being accomplished by using the negative film direct. This is said to be an important consideration in the rapidity with which pictorial news items, for example, could be dis- played after the original picture has been taken and the negative fllm de- veloped. The transmission and reproduction of the film do not necessarily take place at the time the negative is pro- jected into the apparatus. mitted and magnetically conserved ol a series of fine metallic ribbons to per- | ! | stations are _still ‘The impres- sion of the film is electrically trans- | | tion broadcast by WMAL in con- junction with its associates in the Columbia Broadcasting Sys- | tem, being particularly noticeable | during the dialogue between | Moran and Mack, the “two black | crows.” The heterodyne on WRC's fre- quency persists, despite the efforts of the Radio Commission and engineers at the station to de- termine the cause. The reduc- | tion in power of the two Kansas City stations, which share the WRC wave channel, reduced the interference somewhat, but it is yet strong enough to constitute an_annoyance. A test was supposed to have been conducted in the wee sma’| hours of last Monday morning to | learn whether the Kansas City causing th2 | trouble, but the result was nou Capt. Guy D. Hill, | | made known. {engineer of the Radio Commission, | had planned to listen-in during the test, but he failed to hear his | alarm clock when it went off about 5 am. * % X % Among the unending vortex of mixed criticism and commendation | of the Radio Commission’s Arm- | istice day broadcasting upheaval there came last week a letter of | an entirely different tenor —one that contained a genuine, con- | structive suggestion on a subject so vital to hundreds of Washing- ton radio listeners who have come to regard music as much of a component part of a dinner as the dessert. Radio is largely responsible for this, as the radio program makers no doubt realize, but in working | out the difficult and exacting schedules it is apparent they have ‘ at least overlooked one important factor—the time that most local listeners sit down to their dinner tables. ! The letter came from Robert Sterling Yard, member of the executive committee of the Na- tional Parks Association, with headquarters at 1512 H street. It follows: “Many Washingtonians above the age of six have lost their ability to enjoy Jolly Bill and Jane as a daily portion, but no alternative is available at their perhaps, a slight.rearrange- ment of programs might at no additional expense supply many thousands with the means of rare enjoyment during the rest- ful hours between 5 and 8 o'clock—between the rush of the day and the occupations of the evening. “We all very heartily appreci- ate the splendid service of the radio companies. This is not written in criticism but sug- gestion. Great are the accom- plishments of rivalry, but greater still those of co- operation.” Dinner concerts have an im- portant part in the daily radio program, but the dinner hour in Washington varies. cannot the program managers of WRC, WMAL and WOL get to- gether and arrange their sched- ules so that Washington listeners will be given a continuous pro- gram of dinner music between 5 and 7 o'clock, instead of two of the stations, at least, broadcasting dinner concerts simultaneously between 6 and 7 o’clock? * Xk X X Radio announcers who speak English as she is supposed to be spoken are to be rewarded by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, according to an announce- | ment yesterday by Hamlin Gar- land, chairman of the academy committee in charge of a good diction contest, the details of which are to be broadcast next Sunday night through the Nation- al Broacasting Co. and Columbia net works. 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Why, then, | taken in it, cannot fail of helpful- ness. * ® XK Edwin Hadley Smith, 341 Hamil- | ton avenue, Clarendon, Va., is ap- preciative. The following com- munication was received from him last week: “Thank you for the pleasure 1 get reading your radio page. I particularly enjoy the chain programs and the long list of station programs which The Star publishes. “Please continue your efforts to get clear transmission on WRC and WMAL. Even though KMBC and KLDS have been cut from 1,000 to 500 watts, we still have every night a con- stant annoying whistling inter- ference on WRC which we never had before the wave lengths were changed Novem- ber 11. I also hear an occas- sional whistle on WMAL.” * X k x The first of a series of morning | concerts by Washington's three service bands—the Army, Navy and Marine—will be broadcast to- morrow by WRC at 9:30 o'clock. The Navy Band, under the direc- tion of Lieut. Charles Benter, will have the distinction of opening the series. 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