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THOMAS WILL SING IN TWILIGHT HOUR New York Symphony Opens | Concert in Afternoon Over WMAL. OHN CHARLES THOMAS, famous American baritone, will present the Twilight Hour program today WRC and a network of other 1 Broadcasting Co. sta- WRC's other outstanding N. B. G attractions include the Frolic, - with Ferdie Grofe's Orchestra; the Tree Hour and T's Orchestra w Cantor as master of ceremonies. WRC | also will broadcast the National Ora- | torio Soclety's versi of "The New ! World" and the w feature known | e Al 1 Album of Familiar Tree Hour program is e up of & number of oldstime melo- | lude “Juanita” “Annie Bells” and “Let Me Call Sweetheart.” The Sentinels of the Republic pro- gram at 1 o'clock will present as the speaker Representative Horr of Wash- ington. His tople is “Liberty in the Reverse.” He will contrast the réstric- | tions on liberty with the ideals of in- dividual freedom | Concert by Jubilee Singers. i Frem own studies WRO will | roadcast concerts By the National ce Bingers and the Jeweled Violins telk on “Our QGovern- rence sympheny Orchestra this afternoon over WMAL and other Columbia stations with the “Concerto Grosso in A Minor | for Strings.” Other numbers include Haydn's “Symphony in B Flat Major” and the orchestral scherzo “L'Apprenti” of Dukas. Viadimir Horowitz, Russian pianist, is to appear as sololst with the orchestra, but his offering will not be played until the final/half of the con- cert, which W will not broadcast Sir Basil Blackett, director of the Bank of England, will speak from Lon- don during tional broadcast He will discuss the economic outlook for 1932 Roxy Orchestra to Play. Wagnet's “Siegfried Idyll” will be the outstanding work in the concert by the Roxy BSymphony Orchestra. Other numbers are the overture to “Mirella.” | by Gounod, and “The Valse Pathetique” of Maurice Baron The opening allegro from Mozart's “D Minor Concerto” will be filly!d by Ernest Hutcheson, pianiat, in his weekly radio recital. He also will play the “Scherzo in B Flat Minor,” by Chopin. Columbia’s morning Church of the Air period will bring a sermon by Dr. Allan K. Chalmers, pastor of the Broad- way Congregational Church of New York. The afternoon petiod will be conducted by Rev. Joseph E. Oregory of St. Gregory's Roman Catholie Church of New York The morning service of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church will be broadeast by WOL in addition to its other regular features. Among them are & concert by the Mem‘::om:{n ?n.dl a ular _program by e Musict Petnove he * Washington _Oatholi® Hour, from 5 to 6, will be conducted by Very Rev. Ignatius Smith The Crescendo Male Chorus, the Metropolitan Dance Orchestra and the Sea Isle Moaners will contribute to the program of WJSV. Thie station 8lib will broadeast programs from the Fox end Howzard Theate EXPORTS OF SETS GAIN Cent for 10 its e 'MAL ncrease of 47 Per Months Reported increase of approximately 47 per ¢ in exports of radio receivers for e 10-m period ended in October, as compared with the corresponding period last year, i reported by the Electrical Division, Department of Com- merce. The value of exports during October was $1,757,183, as against $1,357 424 for the same month last year. The total for the firet 10 months was $11,737,342, as against $7,965618 Major Radio Features INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTS. “The Economic Outlook for 1932, Sir Basil Blackett, WMAL, 12:30. BPEECHES. “Liverty in Reverse,” by Representative Hort of Washington, WRC, 1:00; “Are Qovernment Publications Use- ful?” by Dr. Jullus Klein, WMAL, 7:00; “Devils, Drugs and Doctors” v Dr. Howard W. Haggard, WMAL, 8:00; “Our Government,” by David Lawrence, WRC, 9:00. CLASSICAL. New York Philharmonic S8ymphony Or- chestra, WMAL, 3:15; John Charles Thomas, WRC, 5:30; Through the Opera Glass, WRC, 7:01; Roxy Sym- phony Orchestra, WMAL, 9:00 VARIE The Frolic, WRC, 4:00; Rubinofl’s Or- chestra, with Eddie Cantor, WRC, 8:00; South Sea Islanders, WRC, 11:1% by | WRC, , WRC, 17:30; von Luck- Moonshine e Al Count HIGH LIGHTS ELSEWHERE. phony Orcles- WBAL, WEBZ, | and Chauncey ] WJzZ, WBAL, BZ Malcolm La Prade VJ2, WBAL, WBZ and WLW by Rev. Charles E ughlin_of the Church of the Little Flower—WOR, WGR, | WCAO, WFBL, KMOX, WORC | and WCAV | 4:30—Musical Showmen; George Mar- t wspaper reporter, and t Brusilofl’s Orchestra—WJZ, BAL, WHAM and KDKA al Vespers; Dr. Har KDKA 4:00—Se: C w guitar el lidad Espinol WJZ, WBAL, WBZ and old Stokes and his Orches- —WJZ, WBAL, WSM and WJR. | 7:30—The Three Bakers and Billy | Artz’s Orchestra—WJZ, WBAL and WJR. | Betsy Ayres, Mary /| and Ensemble—WJZ, WBZA, WHAM, WJR, KDKA and KYW Magazine hour; Dramatirations Emnest La Prade’s Orchestra— WJZ, WBZ, WBAL, WHAM, KDKA, WJR and WMC, The Stag Party; Male Quartet Brusilofl’s _ Orchestra WBAL WJZ, WBZ, WBZA, WHAM, KDKA, WJR and WLW. 9:45—Slumber Music; Laurier's String Ensemble WJZ, WBAL, WHAM, WJR and KDKA fl:»—flw} Theis and his Orchestra —WJjz, WBZ, WJR, KDKA, ‘WBAL and WREN, 8:15— | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C JANUARY casting Artists Popular Broad % W STARRED IN NATIONAL BRO. Nan Dorland (left), dramatic star, ADCASTING CO. FEATURES. and Jane Froman, “blues” singer, who contribute each week to several outstanding network programs. Today on the Radio. (All Programs Scheduled for Eastern Standard Time.) 315.6 Meters. WRC 950 Kilocycles. £:00a—Melody Hour. 9:00a—Chiléren’s Hour. 10:00a—Mexican Typica Orchestra. 10:30a—Clyde Doerr and his Saxophone Octet. 11:00a—Neapolitan Days 11:30a—Maj. Bowes and his Capitol “family.” 30—Tales of the Emerald Isle. 00—"Liberty in Reverse.” by Repre- sentative Ralph A. Horr of Washington 15—Trioka Bells :30—The Silver Flute. ‘45—American Singers, with Willlam Wirges' Orchestra. :18—Sunday Bright Spots. :30—Moonshine and Honeysuckle. :00—The Cosmopolitans :30—Dr. 5. Parkes Cadman. 00—The Frolic, with Ferdie Grofe's Orchestra. 30—Tree Hour :30—Twilight Hour, Charles Thomas 00—National Catholi¢ hour. 30-—National Jubilee Singers. :45—Jeweled Violins. 00—Correct, time 01—Through the Opera Glass. 30—Club of the Air. 00—Rubinof’s Orchestra, with Ed- die Cantor. :00—"Our Government,” by David Lawrence. 15—Album of Familiar Music. 45—The Revellers. 15—National Oratorio Society. 45— Sunday at Seth Parker 15—Last-minute news 17—South Bea Islanders. 30—Weather forecast 31—Jesse Crawford, organist. 00 to 1.00a—Palais d'Or Orchestra. Early Program Tomortow. 45a—Tower Health Exercises. 00a—Gene and Glenn 15a—Morning Devotions. 30a—Cheerio. 00a—Le Trio Charmante. 15a—Tom Wating's Troubadours. 45a—Food program 00a—Mrs. Blake's Radio Column. 15a—Dr. Copeland's Health Clinic. 0:30a—Breen and de Rose. 10:45a—Kay Reid, contraito. 11:00a—Sonata recital 11:30a—4Hugo Matiani'’s Orchestra. 12:00m—The Home Circle. 12:15—"The Real George Washington,” vy Charles Colfax Long | 30—National Farm and Home Hour, 30—Palais 4'Or Orcthestra 00—"“Whooping Cough,” by Dr. Louls C. Schroeder. 15-—The Nomads. 45— Henrietta Schumann, planist, 00—United Btates Marine Band. 00—Pop Concert. 30 to 5:00—Spitalny’s Orchestra. "OL 0:0 12 1 featuring John 2 i 2 2 2 3 4 4 228.9 Meters. 1,310 Kilocycles. The Metropolitans Purple and Gold,” Brooks Setvices of the New York Ave- nue Presbyterian Church, | 5—Birthdays. 12:30—In Funnyland 1:00—The Btevens Bisters 1:15 to 1:45—The Musical Pelzeys. 4:30—National Hawalians, 4:45—The Entertainers 5:00 to 6:00—Catholic Radio Hour. W 10 by 11:001 12 Early Program Tomorrow. 7:00a—Musical Clock. 8:05a—Musical Clock. Modern Melodies, Novelettes Festival of Music. 11:302—Dance tures 12:00—Well Hastings, planist 12:30 to 1:00—Luncheon music. 3:00—Variety Hour. 4:00—Vocal Gems. 4:15 to 5:00—Children’s program. Folks Behind The Microphone BY THE RADIO EDITOR. | OBERT HUNTER MACGIMSEY whistled through his Tuesday night bath and considered the new academic theory that whis- | tling denotes a befuddled brain. | Mr. MacGimsey, attorney, cotton planter and champion Whistler, who whistles to the Nation through the Na- tional Broadcasting Co., had read the | opinion of Prof. Charles Gray Shaw of New York University that “whistling is an unmistakable sign cf the moron.” “Yes, 1 whistle,” Mr. MacGimsey ad- mitted, “I also chew gum and the ends of pencils in moments of thought, but I don't believe in signs. Prof. Shaw must be spoofing. Whistling {s a nat- ural expression of contentment and happiness. In its higher forms it may even be called an art “The surest sign of a moron is how he thinks and not whether he whistles, plavs the fiddle or indulges in mumbly | peg. He may be an Einstein with his great mind and still play the violin, well or poorly. He may bé a Hoover and be interested in the harmonica, & Musso- | lini and sing, or a philosopher and play the &hon -aph. “Pro! w could not. world leaders whistling. ne our e professor 475.9 Meters. WMAL ¢35 Kiioeycles. 9:00a—Land o’ Make Believe. 10:00a—Columbia Church of the Afr. 10:30a—Dance Marathon. 10:45a—Community_Center recital. 11:00a—Ducts by Julia Mahoney and Charles Carlisle. 15a—Watch Tower Serviee, 30a—Voice of 8t. Louls. 30—Rebroadeast from London: Economic Outlook for 193 Sir Basil Blockett. 45—The Street Singer. 1:00—Cathedral Hour. 45—Wee Willie Robyn, tenor. 00—Pastorale. :30—Columbia Church of the Air. 00—Ann Leaf at the organ :15—New York Philharmoni¢c Sym- phony Orchestra. 00—Evensong service from Washing- ton Cathedral. 5:00—Dance Marathon, 15—Wardman Park Orchestra. 00—Mayflower Orchestra. 30—Quiet Harmonies. 00—"Are Government Publications Useful?” by Dr. Julius Klein, 15—Songs our mothers used to sing. :30—Rybb's Novelty Orchestra. :00—"Devils, Drugs and Doctors,” by Dr. Howard W. Haggard. 15—Manhattan Serenaders. 45—"Your Child,” by Angelo Patri. 00—Roxy Symphony Orchestra. :30—Adventuring with Count Luckner. 00—Edna Hopper's Variety Show. 30—Ernest Hutcheson, pianist. 00—Th~> Gzuchos, 30—California Melodies. 00—Weather forecast 2:01—Midnight Reveries. 30 to 1:00—Nocturne, with Ann Leaf at the organ. Early Program Tomortow. G0a—Morning Devotions. 15a—Salon_Musical 45a—The Dutch Girl. 9:00a—Opening the Morning Mail. 30a—Tony's Scrap Book. 9:45a—The Ambassadors. 00a—Chatting with Ida Bailey Allen. 15a—Sweet and Hot 45a—Madison Singers. 00a—Musical Alphabet 30a—"Front Page Personalities,” by Anne Lazar. 45a—Ben Alley, tenor. 2:00m—Don Bigelow’s Orchestra. 30—Columbia Revue. 45—Dance Marathon. 00—Taft Orchestra 30—Savoy Plaza Orchestra: 00—Chamber Music Concert from Library of Congress 30—American School of the Afr. 00—Four Eaton Boys 15—The Electro Ensemble. 3:30—Arthur Jarrett. 45—Sam Prager, pianist 00—Bert Lown's Orchestra. 1: 1 a1 Von 205.4 Meters. 1.460 Kilocycles. alon music ch Tower Service. 5—Services of the Fourth resbyterian Church, 00—Church of the Afr. 2:30—Metropolitan Dance Orchestra. 3:00—Crescendo Male Chorus. 30—Mayfair Dance Orchestra, 00—Gospel Twilight Hour. 4:30—Tango Troubadours. )0—Sea Isle Moaners. ading Association. Concert Ofchestra. /heeler, tenor Pirst Chur¢h of ot h pel Echoes. eal Church of the Afr. spel Tabernacle Bervice. Howard program. Program Tomorrow, Breakfast Club, Treasure Musical p Peggy C Por your Program women's Chibe. Sacred Hour Luncheon music. Time signa Vva y Ho Bchramm's_Trio, Luncheon Music Bhoreham Orchestra Barly At gIRm rke's Chat. mation Pederation of 00 F “Scrambling Machinery” Set Up. | Speech ‘“scrambling” machinery to insure privacy on the radiotelephony between Holland and the Dutch East Indies has been installed. The equip- ment is much like that used on the American-European circuits. cannot be serious, but if he is, it calls for a poll of the National Congress. I wager that 75 per cent of our great House and Senate are habitual whis- tlers. Whistling is what this depression needs. It would be better to declare & orfum oh talking. Il stick to ing.” Afe for MacGimsey, in fact, has been one long whistle. He was born near the whistling posts at Pineville, La., and could whistle as far back as he can re- member. In the Summer he is Robert H. MacGimsey, attorney of Lake Provi- dence, La., former secretary to the former tor Jose, ell, cotton planter and sixth Tessor of mathemsatics. ! peak of 733 when 24 RADIO STATIONS SILENGED N 133 [Dozen New Ones Authorized. New Year Finds 608 Under License in U. S. BY MARTIN CODEL. WO dozen broadcasting stations in various parts of the country were ordered off the air by the Federal Radio Commission dur- ing 1031. About a dczen new stations were authorized to be con- structed out of a thousand or more ap- plications, most of them local low power affairs in communities regarded as x‘wL Teceiving adequate radio service. The New Year found exactly 608 stations under license in the United States, & rather substantial decrease from the the coramission took over the regulation of the American ether five years ago. Led by Maj. Gen ltzman, its chairn e “bad actors” of radio, the commission during 1921 embarked upon a “cleanup” of the broadcast wave lengths designed to free them of the technically inefficient and those deemed as failing to meet their public service obligations. By some the commisson’s newly belligerent policy is regarded as an arbitrary usurpation of its authority under the law, while others look upon it as a wholesome thing for radio in that it may keep broadcasting in the hands of trustworthy and public-minded en- terprise That many others wi eliminated during 1932 is O dicted here. Broadcasters Put on Mettle. Charles is freely If it has done nothing else, com- mission’s policy has placed almost all broadcasters on their mettle to guard against ineffcient operation and insuff ciencles in their service to the public. Eight of the stations ordered off the air are still broadcasting, pending the outcome of appeals to the courts. Other appeals are certain, One—KGEF, Los Angeles, formerly operated by Rev. Robert P. Shuler, militant pastor—has appealed to the United States Supreme Court on the free speech issue. In the meantime, however, it must remain silent, having failed to secure relief from the lower courts Latest to feel the ax were WOQ, of the Ur School of Christianity, Kan- sas City, which last week was ordered to relinquish its tims to KFH, Wichita, with which it has been sharing a wave length, soon after January 1. It is cer- tain to appeal. Also deleted last wee! effective_immediately, is WMAK, Bu falo, N. Y., now silent but also prepa ing an appeal. The former was ordered off the air to give its time and quota to an under-quota status of Missouri and because Kansas City is regarded as adequately served already. The Buffalo station was ordered off for failure to me-t certain technical standards Like the Shuler station and like the Brinkley station at Milford, Kans., which lost its license in 1930—only to lead its owner, Dr. John R. Brinkls go to Mexico and budid a 75,000 station there to serve the American dience — Station KTNT, Muscatin Iowa, was taken off the alr last year because it was being used as a “per- tonal mouthpiece.” It failed to secure even temporary relief upon appeal and remains silent, as its owner, Norman T. Baker, appears unable financially to press the appeal further in the courts Others Ordered Silenced. Ordered silenced also, and still silent, are: WMBJ, Pittsburgh,. the Rev. Sproul etation, which failed on appeal and whose time was given a 100-watter, WWSW; WJAZ, Chicago, the Zenith Radio Corporation station, whose time was_allocated WCKY, Covington, Ky.; KFQW, Seattle, who failed onappeal; WIBR, Steubenville, Ohio, found to be operating contrary to regulations; WMAF, Round Hills, Mass, Wwhose cwner practically surrendered his license voluntarily; WMAY, Bt. Louis, a church station that had used another station’s transmitter and possessed only “‘phan- tcm” eall letters; KZM, Hayward, Calif for technical reasons; KFHA ni Colo.; WBBS, Beston, and KPSN, Pasa- dena, Calif. The last-named is 'one of the few newspaper-owned stations to | leave the air. It did not appeal from a commission decision deleting it for in- adequate technical equipment. Station KFQU, Holy City, Calif., operated until last week pending a court appeal from an order taking it off the air for poor service. It is now silent ‘The commission also refused to license KPFW, Los Angeles, planned as a high- power educational station, when its pro- moters revealed that they had insuff cient support for its authorized con- struction. Two stations which gave u the ghost voluntarily were WSSH, Bos ton, a church station, which surren its time to WAAB, in the same city the consideration of specified period: the air, and KFIU, Juneau, Al a, which could not stand the strain of centinued operation. Many Improve Service. Ordered off the air, but still operating pending appeals, were: WIBO and ‘WPCC, Chicago, whose time was allo- cated WJKS, Gary, Ind., because Illi- nois is overquota in radio facilities and Indiana underquota; WCHI, Chic cperating under a Chicago court’s or staying a commission decision base its " alleged broadcasts of quest medical advice; WNJ, Newark WKBO, Jersey y, whose time was or- dered turned over to WHOM, Jersey City because of the latter’s alleged su- perior service; WLBX, Long Islan City, for fallure to provide public serv- ice, and WMBA, Newport, R. I, for poor technical and program showing All the appealing stations have a chance to retain their licenses if the courts so rule. So have a dozen or more other stations cited for inefficient oper- ation or other causes, whose operators must appear at hearings before the com- mission to shaw cause why their licenses should be renewed. Many of the latter group have improved their equipment or service and will undoubtedly win re- newals, even though they are Now oper- ating in durance. There were a number of consolida- ns during the year, which took a more stations off the ai phis, merged with WNBR, WHDI, Minneapolis, with WDGY, Min- neapolis, and WISJ, Madison, Wis., with WIBA, Madison. Early in the year the commission authorized WCSO, Spring- fleld, Ohlo, and WFJC, Akron, to merge and form WQAR, Cleveland, now on the air with 1,000 watts. Most of the stations that felt the commission's ire during 1931 are in the low-power cate- gory, only WIBO, Chicago, having as much as 5,000 watts. FORTY LICENSES LISTED for T on able Forty authorities on_economics, psy- chology and related flelds will speak over a National Broadcasting Co. net- work in its weekly coast-to-toast edu- cational feature for the Spripg term of The speakers will be presented by the National Advisory Council on Radio in Education as a continuation of its “Listen and Learn” lecture series inau- gurated last Fall. An economist and peychologist will speak for 15 minutes every Saturday at 8:30 p.m Special Radio Features WRC | 5 P.M.—Studebaker National Jubilee Singers and Lueilie Pierce Ferguson, Pianiste be | pre- | and | ] Featured in New Year Network Radio Programs 32—PART FOUR POPULAR BROADCAST ARTISTS TO BE HEARD OVER NETWORK AVID GUION (left), American “cowboy-composer,” who will direct his 6rchestra in a new series of programs start- ing on an N. B. C. network Wedn plorer, who will contribute to the ht), erstwhile ‘Adventuring w von Luckner (i dramatic series, esday night at 10 In the centef s G ith Count Lutkner.” “Bath Club” program on Columbia Friday night at 8 o'clock. erman naval commander, who is taking a leading part in the‘new Columbia | RO evorsonmrurer Lady Wilkins, wife of the famous ex- Count Felix Behind the Microphone RADIO EDITOR. BY TH ADIO is In the Metropoli- tan Opera House to stay. During the holidays three operas, representing widely separated schools of musical tech- nique, were broadcast by the National Broadcasting Co., and thousands of letters from radio listeners and musical authorities testified to their artistic success. But behind the voices of the singers and Deems Taylor's run- ning account of the stage action stands a little group of unsung men who made the broadcasts possible—the engineers and tech- nicians of N. B. C. Who are they and how did they accomplish their difficult feat? : Chief credit for the engineering achievement goes to O. B. Hanson, manager of plant oper engineering, and Gerald Chatfield, technical art ditector. Between them they drew the plans and ar- ranged for the installation of the equipment which convinced Giulio Gatti-Casa general manager of the ope company, and his as ant, Edward Ziegler, that Metropolitan Opera could be { faithfully and accurately trans- ported over the air. It was Hanson, a wartime radio operator and former engineer for the old M planned the technical equipment now in use in the N. B. C. Build- ing, at 711 Fifth avenue, and with the assistance of Chatfield de- signed the N. B. C. studios in Chi- cago, Washington and San Fran- cisco. The present control system used in all stations owned and op- | erated by N. B. C. also was de- signed by Hanson. n adapting the Metropolit: broadcasting he was faced the problem of getting adequate equipment into limited space. There was no room for the con-| struction of a control booth, so| Hanson arranged a system of wiring whereby the mu‘rophonm‘ could be controlled from a box in one of the tiers, and the actual monitoring of the program done by himself and Chatfield in the . B. C. studios, at 711 Fifth ave- nue, New York | Hanson'’s decision to utilize only one microphone at a time is also largely responsible for the clarity of tone, which music_critics have praised in _the Metropolitan broadcasts. When the Cmcago[ Clvic Opera first went on the air, in 1927, 18 microphones were used. | In the Metropolitan there are only 6, and Hanson really uses but” half this number. Three of half dozen are merely precau- tionary equipment | For ~ practical purposes, then there is one microphone in the footlights on each side of the stage, and cne suspended over the orchestra pit. The orchestra | microphone remains open, of| course, throughout the r(orm~‘ ance, but only one of the stage microphones is used at a time. | The reason for this, Hanson ex- | plains, is that the same sound reaches a near microphone and a far one the barest fraction of a| second apart. While this brief| variation is not sufficient actually | to distort the program, it does in- | terfere with the sharp lucidity of tone attained by a single micro- phone, | And clarity of tone was one of | the chief things for which Han- | son’s associate, Chatfleld, was| striving. As technical art direc-| tor, it is Chatfield’s duty to co- ordinate the artistic and technical | interests of N. B. C. programs. It is Chatfield, who works with Ed- ward Ziegler, tant manager of the Metropolit in selecting the portions of operas to be broad- who as N. t, and representative at an to with | general Metropolitan Chatfield, who recently returned from an inspection tour of Euro- pean radlo stations with Hanson and 8. L, (RRoxy) Rothafel, is an old hand at opera broadcasting. When the Chicago Clvie opera first went on the alr, he was the N. B. C. production representative, and during the second season of Chicago brondeasts he commuted from New York ench k The N. B. C. national opera series from the New York studlos wer under his general super vision, and when the time came to put the foremost opera com- pany in the country on the alr he| had a wide background of experi- | ence. He advised Hanson during| the early preparations, and later suggested shifts in microphone locations which helped to obtain the proper balance between or- chestra and voice. The actual installation of equip- adioTrouble MEoL 8900 EXPERT SERVICE MONARCH 5 1617 Adoms Mill Road ’31 e v B ation and | ! | farconi Wireless Co., who | ment, all of which had to be done | at night to allow for the Metro- })oman's heavy schedule of per- ormances and rehearsals, was directed by Vincent J. Gilcher, N. B. C. plant engineer. Gilcher, who installed the equip- ment in the new N. B. C. studios in Chicago, succeeded in complet- ing arrangements which eliminate practically al® visible signs of| | broadcasting In the auditorium. | Two microphones hanging over the orchestra and a small black | box and a glass door in one box are the only things indicating to | the audience that the perform- | ance is being put on the air. * ok ok % F all the cities, towns and counties canvassed by the { census takers for the 1930 census, only one community reported that it had no radios ‘hat was Young | County, Texas, where not a single | home having a radio was counted among the 599 families comprising its'population. Competent opin- |ion is inclined to the belief that | & few of these homes at least had radios, but that the natives failed to answer the radio question in the census for fear that it mean more taxes. Loving County, Texas, reported {only 3 radios among its 55 homes, and in the same State Yoakum| | County reported 4 radios in 267 | homes, and Kenedy County had 7| | radios in 155 homes. The State, | {as a_whole, showed 18.6 per cent |board, the Hartman device | of all its homes had radios, or a | total of 257,686. ! ‘The highest proportion of radios to homes was revealed in Yellow- | stone National Park County, Mon- tana, where 10 out of the 11 resi- ported owning radios. In Mon- tana, as a whole, 32 per cent of | the homes, or 43,809, had radios. | By far the highest proportions | of radios to homes are shown in | | dent families, or 90.9 per cent, re- | and Milwaukee, where 60 to 80 per the wealthy suburbs of certain | large cities like New York, New- ark, Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh cent of the families counted re- plied in the affirmative to the radio question. The cities them- selves also generally ranked 50 per cent or better, meaning that | at least one out of every two homes had radios. months since the census taken the totals and proportions are known to have increased ap- preciably. * Aok TELEVISION'S amazing possibil- ities, once it is perfected to the point where it becomes an ac- ceptable medium of home eén- tertainment comparable to_home | talkies, are not being overlooked by the explorers who probe the| far corners of Mother Earth. Dr. H. Hartman, noted submarine ex- plorer of New York City, now pur suing researches in the Mediter- | ranean, is one of those who looks | forward to the day, not far dis-| tant, when he can employ tele-| vision from the bottom of the sea.| A sound broadcast by divers at| the bottom of the Atlantic has| already been acomplished in| network radio. Dr. Hartman's “submarine television apparatus,’ which he has embodied into a patent just issued by the United | States Patent Office, combines| with a motion picture camera which reproduces the submarine images so that they can be tele- vised for distant reception. As described in the international television engineering section of Radio Industries, a periodical that has leading television experiment- ers of the United States, England | and Germany on its editorial] 1S equipped with powerful special submarine illuminators, consisting | of a steel globe, wherein are ar- | ranged the television mechanism | and a motion picture camera. | These are driven electrically and | controlled from the vessel above, | where observers, assembled in a | darkened cabin, may watth the | images upon a screen just as they would a motion picture. As soon as something worth T 7 PUBLIC TELEVISION STILL IN FUTURE | Leaders of Rival Chains Dif- fer as to When Operations Will Be Feasible. BY ROBERT MACK. HE new year still finds radio leaders agreed that television will be the next radio bonanza, but a divergence of opinion ex- ists as to how and when it will be_achieved. Particularly interesting are the views of the executlves of the rival broadcast- ing networks—M. H. Aylesworth of the National Broadcasting Co. and Willlam S. Paley of the Columbia Broadcasting System. The former makes no predic- tion as to when “public television” will | be feasible, while Mr. Paley hazards the® guess that television “of a genuinely en- tertaining character” will be available in a few large cities in 1832 Five-Year Plan Urged. Coupled with these comments is the significant proposal of the Radio Manu- facturers’ Association that a plan be adopted covering the wave-length allo- cations for television that would care for development during the ensuing five vears. There is no immediate prospect of ‘“commercial” television, since the Federal Radio Commission steadfastly has refused to heed the demands of some experimenters that the existing hon-commercial experimental restric- tion be lifted, and that television ad- vertising be parmitted to help defray the cost. of ch and development A half dozen manufacturers now are flering television receivers to pick up aperimental visual broadcasts. A dozen of the 30 licensed television stations are synchronizing sight with sound and are, Cperating on regular schedule. The.. visual stations. While the view unquestionably is dis- = puted by some experimenters, the con=- sensus of radio opinion seems to be that. at the present stage of development television has little, if any, sustained en- tertainment value to the public. Simply to see the rather crude, dim images of- the radio performers, synchrenized with: | their words or music, cannot be consid= ered radio service of a character com=; parable to sound broadcasting alone. Divergent Views Given. Concerning television prospects, Mr. Paley has this to say: “My own judgment is that there is & In the 21|commission, as the licensing agency, is., WAas | being besieged with applications for new,,; rather promising prospect some time< g the coming year that television durin, 1 character a of a genuinely entertaining will be avallable in a few large eities. That this more broadly entertalning type of program will be available to the ' country at large within the next year, I doubt very much.” Mr. Aylesworth makes these observa-’ ticns ““Various interests alteady have placed television apparatus on the market. The. broadcasting of television programs has. been undertaken by others. But from | the N. B. 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