Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1929, Page 39

PRESS INTERESTS BATTLE FOR WAVES Various News Groups and Radio Companies Fight for Rich Monopoly. BY MARTIN CODEL. Discordant elements in the flelds of fournalism and communications, working at cross purposes, the short waves reserved for the Amer- | ican press at their joint hearing before the Federal Radio Commission yester-| day. Recognition of radio’s actual and po- | tential value as a medium for the dis- patch of foreign and domestic news | now presents the commission with an- other of those complex situations which it must work out in accordance with known legal precepds or with new con- cepts of law needed for governing the new-born communications art. As a fundamental principle, the com- mission is holding over the heads of the dissenting groups the demand that the | 20 short waves reserved for transoceanic news-carrying purposes and the 20 more for intracontinental wrod traffic, shall be utilized only on & public util- ity basis; that is, that all the American press must be served, regardless of who owns or operates the stations to be built for transmitting or receiving on the 40 channels, This was acceptable to the American publishers’ committee, initial applicants for the waves, and this committee worked out an agreement last Decem- ber for dividing the use of the chan- nels among the dozen or more press assoclations and large newspapers which had affiliated with its American news | traffic associations. Most of these ! newsgathering associations and news- f\apers have already arranged to estab- ish stations to be operated on a pub- | lic utility basis. for their own and for | other press traffic. Breach of Faith Charged. ‘The first note of discord developed when John F. Neylan, representing the Hearst newspapers and news services, as well as proxy representative for other scattered newspapers, charged a breach of faith in working out the agreement which the commission has been asked to indorse preparatory to actually assign- ing the channels. Mr. Neylan charged that the agree- ment was designed to retain to a group of affiliated newsg:pen the control over the use of the nels. He suggested that only the major press associatiohs be assigned to use the channels and proposed to exclude individual news- papers, ‘The reply by Louis M. Loeb, counsel for the American Publishers’ commit- tee, was that the agreement was ac- ceptable to all the affiliated press as- sociations and newspapers and con- formed entirely with the commission’s | proposals. The Hearst services, he! averred, have been allocated three | transoceanic and three domestic chan- nels, but are dissatisfied because they ‘were not given four domestic channels. | Mr. Loeb denied the charges of con- nivance or breach of faith, and ex- plained to the commission that the Journalistic groups, party to the agree- ment, were entirely independent of each other. Papers on List. . The American Publishers’ committee includes the United Press, Hearst serv- | ices, New York World, New York Times, New York Herald-Tribune, Chicago ‘Tribune, Chicago Daily News, Christian Science Monitor, Consolidated Press As- sociation, San Prancisco Chronicle and | Los Angeles Times, among others. The plan is to have ‘eseh establish its own station or stations, but each must hold the service open to all press traffic on g ual basis. | addition, it is proposed to reserve some channels for a mutually owned and operated string of stations for use where conditions of rivalry render it unlikely that a correspondent will file a news dispatch with a station owned by & competitor. ‘The fight for the channels was not only a fight of the Hearst interests against the others in combination, but resolved itself at the hearing into a presentation of multilateral claims for ch;%:el.s. Associated Press, for example, asked for an allotment of channels for its own use, independent of the Ameri- can Publishers’ committee and free from public utility restrictions on the ground that its non-profit-making co-operative basis of organization precluded it from owning or holding stock in a subsidiary corporation. It has been unable, ithe Associated Press contended, because of its -charter requirements, to join with the others in working under the agree- gsgt for the use of the reserved chan- New Project Asks for AlL An entirely new radio news profec the National Radio Press Assoglnjlo:: Tepresented to be headed by Herbert Bayard Swope, recently executive editor of the New York World, asked through its counsel that all the 20 domestic wave lengths be granted to it alone. This company proposes to gather news throughout the country, transmit it via the short waves to subscriber-broad- casting stations, or others willing to purchase it, and to have these stations disseminate the news to their listeners. Local advertisers would sponsor the reading of the news flashes, it was said. This proposed new development in American journalism found all the printed press elements at the hearing . combined in opposition, despite their other differences. The “radio press” project contemplates the establishment of 18 stations of 10,000 watts power and 2 of 40,000 watts. It was represented to be underwritten for $2500,000 and to have $500,000 already in escrow. Another dissenter was the Labor Daily and Weekly Press, represented by Hope ‘Thompson, counsel for station WCFL of the Chicago Federation of Labor. The Chicago labor station has long been seeking a band of short waves to link other stations. While remaining silent as the press interests waged their internecine quar- rel, the Radio Corporation of America and the Mackay Radio & Telegraph /////////////llllli\\\\\\\i Good Musiel Sunday Evening at 10 P.M- Fouol M AUDIONS A 43 plece miliary band tagelphic: office PR 3 L.:‘.‘\u‘mw:."“':m 1908 Phofies: L1117/, all | presented ! their respective cases for allocation to | | tions, such as chembers of commerce, . NY | 10 COMPAN | By the Associated Press. | The village vulcanizing station, the metropolitan department store, the so- clety resort hotel, the Boy Scout coun- cil and the theological seminary are |among the enterprises of all kinds which operate broadcasting stations for { financial or benevolent purposes. Two hundred and thirty-eight of the 600 stations in the United States, which broadcast programs to about 50,000,000 listeners are classified by the Federal Radio Commission as general commer- cial stations. Educational institutions, ranging from high school to State uni- versity, own 68 stations. Religious or- ganizations broadcast the gospel and music irom 46, and 32 are operated by | publications, the majority of which are | newspapers, One hundred and thirty-nine mer-| chants, nineteen manufacturers, six in- surance campanies, nine hotels and three banks mmintain stations. Ten public utility compantes, seven civic organiza- and four State departments are in the Bankers, Bakers, Miners and Movies - Among Interests Owning Radio Plants broadcasting game. Eleven cities and | towns boast municipal stations. A large percentage of the commer- clally owned stations is the property of radio or electrical companies. The manufacturers include makers of bis- cuits, batteries and stock medicine. The oll industry is represented by three re- fining companies, and broadcasting is & sideline with an investment company, a mining concern and a building con- tractor. Three stations are run in connection with theaters, two with moving picture | producing and one with a dance studio. The Pennsylvania State police have a station at Harrisburg. There is one | political station, WEVD, the Debs me- morial station at Woodhaven, N. Y. sponsored by the Socialist party. The! Boy Scouts of Pueblo, Colo, own and operate KGDP. On the educational station list are liberal erts colleges, three high schools, agricultural colleges, missionary schools, technical schools, a military academy and a school of chiropractic. Co. had their representatives at the hearing. The Radio Corporation, it is" understood, is prepared to propose that it will handle all press traffic, both for- cign and domestic, on a special rate basis, if sufficient channels are granted to it as a public service communications company, unaffiliated with any individ- ual press associations or newspapers, but prepared to serve them all. ‘That the press interests are intent on operating their own radio stations, how- ever, is evident from the tenor of their repregentations. Many already have had considerable experience in radio com- munication, which has been found in many cases to be cheaper and faster than other services. 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