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| 38 OPINONS CLASH " OVER TELEVISION ) iConference in Capital Indi- f cates Visual Radio Trans- mission Is Coming. BY MARTIN CODEL. ‘The radio set of the future—one that will combine the reception of visual with audible programs—was pictured at 'the conference on television held with - 'dhe Federal Radio Commission yester- ay No better indication that practical television is coming sooner or later was needed than the mere presence at the conference of so many of the best minds in radio and the evidence from their own words that they are now in- tent on the problems of visual broad- casting and confident of results. . Their respective accomplishments in the field of television and their views on the subject were discussed by such outstanding men in the radio art as Dr. Lee De Forrest, inventor of the vacuum tube which makes modern radio possi- ble and who is often called “The Father of Radio”; Dr. Frank Conrad, inventor, known as “The Father of Broadcast- ing” for conducting the first regular broadcasts not farther back than 1921, and C. Prancis Jenkins, noted Wash- ington inventor and the pioneer in what he chooses to call “radio-vision.” The question before the conference was whether television signals should be allowed on the broadcasting wave lengths to which the average audio re- ceiving set can tune. Because the rat- tles and whirrs that must be translated into light images at the receiving end are a source of interference with sound programs, the Radio Commission has tentatively ruled that visual broadcasts may take place only between the hours of 1 and 6 a.m. Opposing Schools. ‘Two oppasing schools of thought de- veloped with respect to the order in the course of the discussions, pro and con. Many essential details about the pres- ent_state of television cropped out, in epite of the obvious unwillingness of the rival experimenters to tell each other what they are doing. The non- technical man visiting the conference was struck by the earnest belief that Beemed to actuate all these leaders in radio—the belief that television is mround the corner, even though, as one of them said, that corner may be many miles away. Some of the experts, like those back- ing the Jenkins' silhouette and cartoon fadio receivers, about to go on the mar- ket, wanted television to be allowed within the broadcast band, so that ordi- hery brgadcasting stations could send out the signals on schedule to be picked Lp by the sets. Dr. De Forrest, Mr. Jenkins, A. J. Carter and M. B. Sleeper }:;‘gcd that a minimum ol restriction be posed upon this art, Dr. De Forrest gedlcflng that its progress would be ore rapid than audio broadcasting be- cause millions of radio listeners are Blready “radio wise.” The other school, chiefly composed of Radio Corporation of America, General Electric and Westinghouse scientists, opposed having '.elevmon in the broad- CIH band at all. Backed by the lon’s engineer in charge of bmdustlnx. Capt. Guy Hill, U. 8. A, they pointed out that the broadcasting band is already overcrowded with ludlo tations. They insisted that television is not ready to come out of the labora- tory, urged that standards of perfec- tion be fixed before televisor sets are placed on the market, and declared that the short-wave bands being reserved for television are sufficient for the immedi- ate progress of the art. Encourage Experiments. Within the commission there is agree- Ment that television experiments should be encouraged, but there is hesitancy to place an apparent official stamp of in- dorsement on particular kinds of com- mercial sets that can be tuned only to particular wave lengths by granting the us: of those wave lengths for transmis- n. The present public utility of tele- ‘vision is questioned, Chairman Robin- 'son holding that relatively few persons, :nd those only experimenters, would be illing to install and operate such sets at the present time, with the prospect iof scrapping them when more progress is made. Commissioner Caldwell, along with such men as John V. L. Hogan, Edgar Felix, Oswald Schuette and Hugo Gernsbach, is for permitting the devel- ‘opment in bands of waves within the tuning range of the average receiving &ets, 50 that attachments to sets now in use will bring in the image radio. Five bands of high frequencies, or ;‘ht.rn waves, each 100 kilocycles wide, ave been set aside for picture broad- wcasting in the impending continental hort-wave agreement, It is yropflled ‘ry some of the experimenters to confine those non-interfering inds and to place televisor apparatus on the market only after certain stand- Rras concerning detall and clearnsss of pictures have been established. Wave Lengths Scarce. ‘The scarcity of wave lengths will re- kuire the confinement of television ftransmission to comparatively few chan- mels. C. E. Hoffman, chief engineer of the Jenkins Television Corporation, re- ported that a 48-line image, with a definition sufficlent to distinguish a rope with which a girl is jumping, can be #een in a black and white silhouette on ? rexziver that attaches to a set like a oud speaker by utilizing a band of only 10 kilocycles. The picture would be about 6 by 6 inches, he said. On the olher hand, Julius Wein- berger, test chief for the Radio Cor- @poration of America, described objects fthat can be transmitted within the narrow limits of 10 kilocycles as “crude and simple,” and declared that com- mercial television cannot be accommo- dated without a band 50 to 100 kilo- cycles wide. Harry Hadewater, engi- meer of WGY, Teported that the Schenectay station of the General | [Electric Co. has given up truumlttlnn jits late-hour television p: lcause they lacked entertainment v-lue 'ax;: a wide audience at the present . The report of the National Electrical Manufacturers’ Association, opposing Television during the broadcasting hours, \was presented by Edgar Felix, the radio jconsuitant. He stocd with the nthers ‘for authorizing television during “ob- scure hours” and against what A. J.| Carter of the Carter Television Cor- poration called “regulating to death,” ‘es in foreign countries. Prequent allusions to the unforeseen developments in the telephone sound radio, talking movies and the airplane since the early days were made by vari- |ous men during the course of the hear- ings. The commission was urged not to assume that “today’s limitations are the | limits of possibility.” Another reaeuch man remarked that “anything :;n visualize can be lceompluhed ln ime.” '(Copyright, 1929, by North American News- paper Alliance.) MARSHAL FOCH BETTER. \\ l‘hyuciam Remme Issuing Official Bulletins o Condition. PARIS, February 15 UPL— -Marshal Foch again showed an overnight im- provement, according to his three phy- siclans, who this morning resumed is- suance of official bulletins as to his con- dition. Their communique said: “There has been an amelioration of the pulmonary symptoms. The state of the kidneys is Today on THE EVENING the Radio PROGRAM FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1929. (Meters on left of call letters, kilocycles on right. Al time p.m. unless othérwise indicated.) LOCAL STATIONS. 434.5——NAA—690. (Washington Navy Yard.) 3:45—Weather Bureau reports. 7:45 to 8:00—Public Health Service broadcast No. 332: Etiquette.” 9:55—Arlington time signals. 10:05—Weather Bureau reports. 228.9—WOL—1,310. (American Broadcasting Co.) 5:45—The Town Crier. 6:00—Nuggets of knowledge. 6: 03—'1‘11{ on Susan B. Anthony me- morial celebration, by Mrs. Fran- cols B. Moran and Lady Louise- Montague. 6:30—Cook's Savoy Musicomedians from the Belasco Theater, 7:11 to 7:21—"Amos 'n’ Andy.” 10:00—Dance music. 10:30 to 12:00—Chantecler Ensemble. Early Program Tomorrow. 7:30a—Musical clock. 10:00a—Household ~ chat Clarke. 10:30a—Advertisers’ 205.4—WJ (Independent Publishing Co.) 7:00—Bran Hughes' Orchestra. 7:45—"State Flower Legends,” Crissie J. Anderson. 8:15—Costlow's Banjo Quartet. 8:30—Clarence Walker, tenor. 8:45—Harmonica solos by Tester. 9:00—Two Black Humming Birds. 9:15—Emil Jolson, tenor, 9:30—The Gondoliers. 10:00—Request program. 10:30—Bill Thompson's champion fid- dlers. | Early Program Tomorrow. to 1:30—Farm news, current events and music. 475.9—WMAL—630. (Washington Radio Forum.) 3 OOAL Apre‘ Midi (CBS). 3 C. A. talk. 4 D—Rooscvelt Ensemble (CBS) 5:00—James E. Beckert, jr., oellist. 5:20—Farm Hints for the Suburbanite, 5:30—Program by the Institute of Mu- sical Art of Washington. 6:00—Venus Orchestra. 6:30—“Why Husbands Leave Home,” by A. Cloyd Gill. 6:45—Enna Jettick melodies (CBS). 7:00—Flashes from The Evening Star. 7:15—Jimmy and Jane. 7:30—Correct time. . “Sanitary by Peggy by Jimmie 12:30 7:31—The Melody Girl songs. 7:45—"Plans for Entertaining Wash- ington’s Inaugural Guests by E. C. Grahem, chairman general entertainment committee. 8:00—Close-ups (CBS). 8:30—Veedol Vodvul (CBS). 9:00—True Story hour (CBS). 10100 to 11:00—United Opera Co. (CBS). Early Program Tomorrow. 11:30a—Aunt_Jymmie and the Totty- ville Tots (CBS) 12:00—A1 Lynn and his (CBS). 12:45 to 1:15—Agricultural (CBS). 315.6—WRC—950. (National Broadcasting Co.) 3:30—Marshall Durante, baritone (NBC). 3:45—Rita Stonefield, soprano (NBC). 4:00—Pacific Little Symphony (NBC). 5:00—Florida_Citrus Growers (NBC). in popular orchestra program 6:00— Waldm'[ - Astoria BC). 6:30 Rny-Bes!os Twins (NBC). 7:00 Happy Wonder Bakers. 7:30 Lotus Orchestra. 8:00 Cities Service Cavaliers and Or- chestra (NBC) 9:00—An evening in Paris (NBC). 9:30—Schradertown Brass Band. 10:00—Weather forecast. 10:01—National Broadcasting and Con- cert Bureau Hour (NBC). 11:00 to 12:00—Slumber music (NBC). Early Program Tomorrow. 6:45—Tower Health Exarcises (NBO). 8:00—On the 8:15 (NBC 8:15—Federation ‘Wornlng Devotions (NBC). 8:30—Cheerio (NBC). 8:50—Parnassus Trio (NBC). 9:00—Studio program (NBC). 9:15—Harry Merker and His Orches- tra (NBC). 9:30—U. S. Army Band. 10:30—LaSalle String Quartet (NBC). 11:00—Parnassus Trio (NBC) 11:15—Radio Household (NBC). 11:30—Studio program (NBC). 12:00 noon—Parnassus Trio with Rich- ard Maxwell, tenor (NBC). 12:30—Waldorf - Astoria Orchestra (NBC). ¥ 1:45—Foreign Policy Association Luncheon (NBC). Orchestra " Institute :30—Parnassus Trio (NBC). OUT-OF-TOWN STATIONS Programs prepared by the Associated Press. Scheduled for Eastern standard time. 454.3—WEAF New York—660 5:30—Blill and Jane. 6:00—Dinner music. 6:30—Mechanics of Mirth. 7:00—Bakers. 7:30—Hotel orchestra. 8:00—Orchestra and Cavaliers. 9:00—An Evening in Paris. 9:30—Band. 10:00—Concert Bureau hour. 11:00—Dance Hour. 394.5—WJZ New York—760 6:00—Novelty orchestra. 6:30—Eight. 7:00—School House; health talk. 7:30—Circus. 8:00—May Singhi Breen. 8:30—Quakers. 9:00—Review. 9:30—Light opera. 10:00—Challengers. 10:30—Dance Music. 11:00—Slumber hour. 422.3—WOR Newark—710 2:30—Afternoon features. 6:00—Honolulans; Fire Prevention. 6:30—Uncle Don. 7:00—Tuners. 7:30—Orchestra. 8:00—Close-ups. 8:30—Vodvil. 9:00—Story hour. 10:00—United Opera Co. 11:00—News; dance hour. 348.6—~WABC New York—=860 6:45—Melodies. 7:00—Fashion show. 8:00—Aviation activities. 8:30—Band. 11: oo—Nzgro achievement hour. 272.6~WLWL New York—1,100 6:00—Entertainers. 7:00—Paulist League hour. 272.6—~WPG Atlantic City—1,100 5:30—Organ recital; news. 8:00—Dinner music. 8:30—Talk: Playground Pals. 9:15—Studio program; minstrels. 10:15—Organ recital. 11:00—News; organ; dance. 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Met. 2150 806 12th St. N.W. 282.83—WBAL Baltimore—1,060 6:00—Sandman; pageant. 7:00—Gtants; circus. 8:00—WBAL Ensemble, 8:30—Quakers; Review. 9:30—Light opera; Challengers. 10:30—Orchestra. 256.3-—WCAU Philadelphia—1,170 6:30—The Mystic; melodies. 7:00—Instrumental Trio. 7:30—Orchestra. 8:00—Feature. 8:30—WOR Programs (2! 11:00—News; dance music, 305.9—KDKA Pittsburgh—980 6:30—Orchestra. 3 00—Studio; health talk. : ‘WJZ program. 8:30—Quakers. 9:00—Review; light opera. 10:00—Challengers, 10:30—Orchestra. 260.7—WHAM Rocliester—1,150 0—Orchestra. 0—Newscasting; health talk, 30—Minstrels; studio program. :30—Quakers. 9:30—Light opera; Challengers. 10:30—Cello; slumber music; news. 379.5—WGY Schenectady—790 6:30—Mechanics of mirth. 7:00—Talk; dinner music. 7:30—Minstrels. 8:00—Musical program. 9:00—An Evening in Paris, 9:30—Band. 10:00—Concert Bureau hour, 302.8—WBZ Springfield—990 6:30—Adelphians. 7:15—Health talk; Circus. 8:00—Bing Family. 8:30—Quakers; review. 9:00—Light opera; Challengers. 10:30—WJZ program; sports. 10:50—Orchestra; news; orchestra. 2 hours). 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