Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1928, Page 40

COLUMBIATOHEAD [Behind the LARGESTSYSTEM | New Nation-Wide Hook-Up, Will Encompass Biggest | Chain in Radio. ‘ BIER RN | The largest regular chain of broad- easting stations in radio history will be operating under the banner of the Co- Jumbia Broadcasting System beginning Tuesday, January 8. a cording to an announcement yesterday by William S. president of the United Inde- t des srating the tions a letters | thereof. BY THE RA of the 48 States have about exhausted their vo- cabularies, worn out their | | pens and spent the surplus of their Christmas savings telling the country in general, and the radio editors of newspapers in| particular, what they think of the wave length shake-up of Novem- ber 11, the Federal Radio Com- mission finally has come forth with a pronunciamento outlining | its views on the situation. Despite the wails, the howls and the bitter criticism that followed | in the wake of the frequency re- distribution, the country now, ac- | cording to the commission’s offi- cial statement, is supremely satis- fied that a decided improvem(‘n[: the Dbroadcast | resulted in situation. Extracts of 'scores of are quoted in And modestly the com- ssion accepts the congratula- has Iy ¥ | tions, pointing out that it expect- affiliated. The first of the three new Southern groups to be added to the ba January 8 includes powerful s Richmond and Norfolk and As y a for network lation_covered | ceds five mil- Jions in the inia, North snd South tucky and a The secor group will carry Columbia _pr further into the South with strong transmitter outlets in the cities of Nashville, Chattanooga, Birmingham and Memphis The third of the Southern groups western e to b with_powerful stations in Hot Springs Oklahoma City, Wichita, Dallas. Fort | Worth and San_Anton| this area has been served spasmodically on special events of national importance by other natworks, the entry of the Co- Iumbia System into this area will mark the insuguration of a nightly chain brordcast. service there, where almost %.600,000 persons long to b2 entertained | with ‘the finest talent available in the ed little or no favorable comment on the theory that pleased listen- ers would not take the trouble tc lle, | write. “Following the broadeasting re- allocation of November 11, when the wave lengths and dial po- | sitions of nearly all 600 stations were changed (in order to comply with the redistribution of wave lengths according to population by States) it was naturally ex- pected that a large number of complaints would flow into the Federal Radio Commission’s offices at Washington,” the statement declared, “These complaints have materialized, but analysis of the letters reaching the commission shows that the complaints have been chiefly centered about five or six local cases of station time- sharing or interference, while comparatively little general pro- test or complaint about the allo- | cation has developed in contrast that the radio listeners | support | THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. DECEMBER - 16, Microphone NEW FACES BEFORE THE MiCROPHONE ‘ | i i DIO EDITOR | ] that the same mail bringing th= | commission’s statement also prc- | duced a report from the National | Electrical Manufacturers’ Associa- tion containing what purports to | be a comprehensive review, from | the listener's point of view, of tlie present broadcasting situation and the fundamental broadcast- | ing problems. | While the committee commend- ed the Radio Commission for hav- ing reduced the number of sta- tions broadcasting simultaneous- ly “with the effect of lessening the | prevalence of heterodyne whistles and cross talk,” it declared the commission failed to accomplish | the prime purpose for which il was organized—namely, the re- duction of the actual number of stations licensed. “While the effect of license | revocation is obtained, so far as reducing interference is concern- | ed, by the extensive time sharing | and power reduction put into ef-| fect by the commission under the | |new allocation plan,” said the | committee, “yet, because of the economic hardships forced upon | | station managements thereby, the | means to accomplish that result | aliigers (ot Castillani biw who are as- reduces the program standards of | jjgjing the Ipana Troubadours. On the broadcasting and _therefore the | sage they are known as the El Trio desirability of ownership of radio | Garnica ~Ascencio. Lower: Cornelia receivers. | h er, daughter of Otis Ski . | “A powerful station with a large | j} ot Ut | operating staff compelled to op- 1:',:::,_;',"',”:&;0,,‘:'" B R |erate half time is in no better| _ | position to expand and improve - % the character of its service than | the reception of WBAL, in Wash- | a skyscraper office building com- | ington, is not due entircly, to iis | pelled by law to keep half of its|new wave assignment, according | offices empty.” {to a letter received last week by P | Radio Commissioner O. H. Cald- | Six other important | well from®Frederick R. Huber, di- - recom- | rector of the station. mendations bearing on the bread- | “ypjle the reallocation eliminat- | casting situation are made by the leq a pronounced heterod: E g s i yne on | | committee, as follows: | WBAL's carrier wave, Huber re- |clared that except for the Wal- 1. Adoption of a standard basis | vealed that a new crystal control | dorf-Astoria dinner concert, the and modulator panel have been |programs between 5 and 7'o’clock : A trio of Mexico’s foremost — | for rating of broadcasting stations WIRELESS ENHANCES Services for Vestris Sender Inter- interference of wireless code has en- ercises in memory of a hero who had 1928—PART 1. hanced -rather than detracted from a radio broadcast. MEMORIAL TO OPERATOR | ,During the solemn memorial services | at Trinity Church, New York, in honor | of Neil McLaughlin, heroic wireless | |operator of the steamship Vestris, broadcast through a Boston station, the sharp dotedash-dot of a steamship's wireless off the New England coast cut into the program. Intermittentl l.h]rough‘r)lut‘the‘ broadcast the wirel telegraph signals came through, add BOSTON (#).—For once the staccato |5 touch of dramatic realism to the ex- New Heater Tube Introduced. been introduced by Raytheon. rupted by Signals From Ship at Sea. metal in insulating corks. Crosley Dynacone Power Speake: Dynamic Type A-C Electric GEVIBOX Power Speaker roused the world with such dots a dashes in the last moments n{d ?-nla ll?ed. A different heater type AC tube has Instead jof the usual insulator tubing threaded with the heater wire, the tube has a tal cylinder inclosing a centered helical heating wire, supported at top and bottom by passing it through holes ) WITHOUT TUBES | with what might have been ex- |for the purpose of deciding the pected from a radio audience | relative service of two or more | numbering 40,000,000. {stg‘uo:i. et s s “ 2. option of a plan of broad- On thefther e had}casl allocations which calls for |50 cleared channels. The com- | mission’s plan of 40 cleared chan- Iand. The fourth eroup, that of the Far West and Pacific Coast. is not a total stranger to the Columbia network. The stations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, | A Portland, Seattle and Spokane have been supposed that little or ro been linked with the New York key sta- | favorable or approving comment S s M e ety T Oty | would find its way into the com- the last three months. Denver and Salt | micsion’s mail, on the theory that Lake City. however. the i a- - tions in’\he Far West :;rr:\:p_m:gus t|';g§pleased listeners would not take Here again joined in on Columbia programs for the | the trouble to write. installed with a resulting increase | are “a washout.” in modulation. | We are still waiting for the pro- “The increased modulation has ' gram managers of WRC, WMAL | certainly been responsible for a and WOL to get together and | good part of the improved rccep- | work out a schedule that will give | | tion of WBAL,” Huber wrote, “but | Washington listeners dinner mu- e 1- | we feel that the absence of heter- | sic during the dinner hours. | nels, the committee pointed out, is | odyning on our carrier wave also | — |a step in the right direction but| has been responsible to a grea A Big Brother program, under the | it does not go far enough in mak- | degree in improving reception.” irection of Paul M. 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Senor Bo- lrgnini, member of the famous Colon Orchestra of Buenos Aires, will play his own compositions and arrangements of | the folk music of Argentina. The United Service Orchestra of 83| pieces, composed of members of - the Army and Navy Bands, will play several Latin American compositions, ineluding | a native dance rhythm of the Mayan ‘peoples. The concert will be one of the events honoring the delegates to the Pan- | American conference on arbitration and conciliation, and diplomatic representa- | tives of 50 countries will be present. Digging into the ground for the fossil | Temains of extinct animals may seem | like the deadest of occupations, but it | really .contains lessons for the future, thinks Dr. John C. Merriam, presiden of the Carnegie Institution of Washing: ton. 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For the delecta- tion of those listeners who have not yet found solace in existing conditions, we quote a few picked | at random: “I am very well pleased with | the wonderful improvement * * *” “Radio is great now.” “I must express appreciation of the new line-up.” “The first night we didn't like the changes but each night re- ception is getting better and better.” “The writer has been selling radios for eight years and is well qualified to tell you of the im- provement you have made in the reallocation.” “The new allocation is working “We find reception 100 per cent better than before.” “Last week I wrote you com- plaining about the new alloca- tions, but now I want to retract most of these complaints.” “There is a really tremendous mprovement in broadcasting con- ditions. 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