Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1930, Page 64

Behind the Microphone ‘THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., BY THE RADIO EDITOR. network broadcastin, stations and a majority of the independent stations throughout the country will Ey tribute on Armistice day to ose who were lost in France during the World War. The most mngreulvc part of the ceremonies will be complete silence of all sta- tions for two minutes beginning at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning. Speeches, military pageantry and silent tribute will distinguish three programs which the Na- tional Broadcasting Co. will pre- sent. In addition, both Columbia and National Broadcasting Cos. will broadcast the Armistice day memorial services at the tomb of Woodrow Wilson. Radio’s observance of the pa- triotic anniversary will begin at 11:45 o'clock tomorrow night, when an Army bugler sounds “first call” for the massing of the colors at the tenth annual Amer- ican Legion victory ball at the Hotel Astor in New York. The broadcast description of this cere- mony will last for 45 minutes. Gen. John J. Pershing, Secretary of State Stimson and Secretary of War Hurley will close the Armistice day observance on the| to networks by broadcasting from Washington. The memorial serv- ices at the tomb of Woodrow Wil- son in Bethlehem Chapel of the Washington Cathedral will come in the afternoon at 3:30 o'clock and will be featured by a com- memorative tribute by Bishop rabbits in Northern Canada. In the Jsopuln mind almost every worls catutnr?hc has sooner or later been attributed to sun spots, from a Florida hurricane to the at World War, both of which, y the way, did culminate around a sun-spot maximum.” Magnetism, Northern-Light dis- gln:ys and radio reception, Dr. tson points out, have been definitely shown to be related to sun-spot activity. Proof that radio reception is affected by this ac- tivity has been established through long periods of observa- tion on broadcasting stations and has definitely shown a rise and decrease simultaneously with the fall and increase of sun-spot ac- tivity. The station used in the tests was WBBM, in Chicago, and . . § reception has been checked in| | ' £ 5 Massachusetts. £ p s i o i It is recalled that when broad- 4 3 g E 5 X : casting first gained impetus, the major interest of listeners was to receive only ‘distant stations. In 1923 reception conditions were ideal and listeners were able to tune in signals from extreme dis- | {} tant points. As broadcasting prog-| EEEETE— ressed, distant stations seemed be less numerous and listeners contented themselves with the re- ception of local stations. Today, with the sensitive and selective receiving sets available and high- er-powered broadcasting statlons.’ even greater distances may b predicted as minimum activity is BLIND YOUTH STANDS approached 4n 1934. AMATEUR EXAMINATION * X X % e e . The Pythian Ramblers, left, who are giving a series of concerts over WMAL. The next program is scheduled for November 19. - Composing the Ramblers are Gretta Wainwright Ludwig, contralto; Dell Gilbert Sale, soprano; Kathryn M. McCaffrey, accompanist: Fred E. Gross, tenor, and Guiseppe Bruno, baritone. On the right is Jean Sothern, former motion picture and vaudeville star, who is devoting her talents to radio. 'She plays the shopkeeper’s daughter in Majestic's ‘Old Curiosity Shop,” which is broadcast over WMAL and the Columbia network every Sunday night at 9 o’clock. teur radio operator’s license and ex- pects to be on the air shortly to com- municate with fellow “hams” through- out North America. ing of an amateur station license to the blind youth, who expects to operate the station, as do other amateurs, purely as & pastime. The Federal Radio Commission will doubtless au- James E. Freeman and choral in- terpretation of hymns and pro- cessionals. The Columbia Broadcasting Sys- tem will transmit President Hoo- wer’s address before the World |Alliance for International Friend- ship in Wi morning at 11 o’ B o'clock in the afternoon a peace message written by Zona Gale will be read to the children of the Nation. Throughout the day a major number of the sponsored pro- gu.mx will have Armistice day as e general theme. Tribute will be d in the form of musical se- ections and dramas. * * ¥ % affiliation of the two national networks and their various station units apparently is becoming an important factor in chain broadcasting. Through a movement which has been under way for some time, arrangements are being made to insure program outlets within a certain territory at any time with- out the bility of a chain fea- ture being canceled because a Jocal sponsored hour has been billed for the same time. Under this plan six stations in various parts of the country have been placed under direct manage- ment of the National Broadcast- ing Co., while seven are more or less similarly affiliated with the Columbia Broadcasting System. The N. B. C. chain now has di- rect charge of program direction of WTAM, Cleveland, which was recently leased; WEAF, whi is owned outright; WJZ, New York; WRC, Washington; KOA, Denver, and KGO, d. The last four are individually owned, but are under N. B. C. management. WJZ and WRC are Radio Corporation of America stations. . In the C. B. S. set-up, besides ‘WABC, the New York key station, and owned outright, there are six stations which either are directly managed by the network or are affiliated in an official ca- ty. They are WPG, Atlantic which is under lease; WBT, C.; WCCO, Minne- lml:a; ‘WBBM, Chicago; WCAU, Philadelphia, and KMOX, St. Louis, which is partly owned. ‘This closer ation between station and chain is not to cause any change in relationship be- tween the networks and the nu- merous other broadcasters which comprise the bulk of the present coast-to-coast set-ups. That will continue as heretofore, with a whatever chain station taking features it believes of entertain-| g ment value to its local audience. ¥ * % ¥ % Excxu.nrr reception of distant broadcasting stations will be forthcoming this Winter as a re- sult of the present decline in solar activity, according to both as- tronomical and radio experts. The main peak of sun-spot activity, which is known to have a detri- mental effect on radio reception, was passed in 1928 and 1929, and as the decline is reached improved reception of more distant pro- grams is predicted. Dr. Harlan T. Stetson, director of the Perkins Observatory at Ohio Wesleyan University, in an article in the Journal of the Franklin Institute, published in Philadelphia, declares that by the time Winter comes there will be a noticeable improvement in r ception conditions. He says, how- ever, that while sun spots effect radio reception, and Northern Lights, too, many things are blamed on this activity. “The mention of sun spots in- wariably raises the question of a n-lble connection between spots the sun and terrestrial ph mnu,” he says. “Some ‘statis- ns with an tiable appetite gor correlations have attempted to connect with sun spots almost every cycle in world affairs, from fluctuations in -the New York Stock Market to the fecundity of S ———————————— ‘William J. 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This compares with their combined income of $18,- 729,571 in the whole of 1929 and $10,252,497 in 1928. These figures also are exclusive of the cost of program talent, from which the chains, which now have become among the largest talent booking agencies in the country, derive a neat income. The $18,798,359 for the nine months ending September 30, 1930, already constitutes a record year for chain broadcasting, with the prospects _excellent that both chains will exceed their previous average monthly incomes during the remaining three months. The nine months’ income of N. B. C. was $14,161,875, while C. B. 8. had an income of $4,636,484 for the first nine months of this year. The N. B. C. average monthly income " this year has exceeded $1,570,000, e the C. B. S. aver- age has been slightly over $515,000 per month. N. B. C. TO INAUGURATE 26 WEEKS OF PLAYS Coast-to-Coast Network to Carry Series in Which Famous Actors ‘Will Take Part. 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