Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-04
licensed STATIONS
INCREASE RAPIDLY
DURING PAST WEEK
Both Commercial and General
BrOadcasters Swell in
Number.

On May l.. 175 commercial and spe-.
cial radio transmitting stations had
been licensed by the radio section, De
partment of commerce, since June 90.
1921. These new stations include rs
commercial land stations broadcastlng
news and government reports; two ma
val land stations, A~magansett, \. T.,
and Jupiter. Fla; the naval ship apo;
IA special land stations and 30 private
ships. Other licenses issued since May
II, however, bring the total figure for
commercial and ship stations to 3,5I2.
not counting 15.495 amateurs. During
the past month six radio stations were
opened for the season in Alaska at
Port Moller, Pirate Cove. Nelson La
COON, Uyak, Kussilof and .Chignik.
OF the broadcasting licenses issued
from June to date, Los Angeles leads
with ID. San Diego got 6, Minneapolis
5. New Orleans 4 and st. Louis 3. VI
the total 20 were issued to colleges.
10 to newspapers. / each to a police
force. a church, a theater. a bank. q
public market and a chamber OF com
merce. Among the special stations IL
censed was the Delaware. Lackawanna
& Western II. r. Car No. 7S2, which
has the call 2XAJ. in the second radio
district. New York.
800 B~roadcasting Stations
Twenty-six new broadcasting sta
tons licensed during the past week IN
IS different states bring the total sta
tons broadcasting news and entertain
ment to 300. Five of the new stations
are located in California. which leads
the list, with a total of SO stations.
Ohio is second, with %. Pennsylvania
has 90, and New York. IS. Texas is
no longer the Lone Star" state. ac-
cording to the map of broadcasting sta
tons at the department of commerce.
Maryland, Utah, North and South
Dakota each have a single star for one
station.
Today every state except New Hamp-
shire. South Carolina, Delaware, Mis-
sissippi, Kentucky, Wyoming n ldaho
has one or more broadcastlng sta
tons.
Although the prospective bill to give
the secretary of commerce more con-
troll over radio transmission stations
has not yet been introduced IN con-
gress. work is progressing and 1t is
still felt that the measure will be pass
ed this session. Little opposition is
expected, as all but seven states are
interested. and support is guar
anteed by nearly 10000 amateurs,
newspapers and all the other
broadcasters.
This weeks list included five news.
paper broadcasters, bringing the total
70 43 publishing houses releasing news
and entertainment through the ether.
26 New Broadcasters
Between Nav. 90 and 81. the follow
ing limited commercial stations were
by the radio section of the
department of commerce:
Call Station
KDZA Arizona Daily Star, Tucson,
Ariz.
WDAO Automotiye Electric Co, Dali
las, Texas.
VIDAL Florida Times-Union, Jackson
vile. Fla.
Glsnwood Radio Corp, Shreve-
port. La.
wDAQ Hartman-Riker Elec and
Mach. Co. Brownsville. Pa.
Lit Bros. Philadelphia. Pa.
WDAP Midwest Radio Central, Inc.
Chicago, III.
KDZB Frank +. Siefert, Bakersfield.
Cal.
wDAM Western Electric Co, New
York. y. Y.
WDAT Delta Electric company, Wor-
c%ester, Mass.
WDAW Georgia Railway and Power
Co. Atlanta. Ga.
WDAK Hartford Courant, Hartford,
Conn.
WDAU Slocum & Kilburn. New Bed
ford. Mass.
Samuel A. Waite, Worcester,
Mass.
WDAX First National Bank, Center
vile. Iowa.
Kenneth M. Hance, Fargo.
n. u.
KIDD W. r. Mitchell, Los Angeles,
Cal.
WDAv Muskogee Daily Phoenix. Mus
kogee. Okla.
KDZE The Rhodes Co.. Seattle. Wash.
kDZF Automobile Club of Southern
California. Los Angeles. Cal.
WEAC Baines Electric Service Co,
Terre Haute, Ind.
KDZG Cyrus Peirce & Co, San Fran
cisco. Cal.
KEAA Fallain & Lathrop. Flint, Mich.
Fresno Evening Herald, Fres-
no, Cal.
Northwest Kansas Radio Sup
ply Co, Atwood, Kan.
WEAB Standard Radio Equipment
Co. Fort Dodge, Iowa.
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