Evening star., 1923-12-11
RADIO NEWS

Out OF thousands who listen In on
WRC. few know that WRC. as well
as all brOadcasters near the coasts
also listens in constantly, not on its
own stuff" speaking Informally. but
for ships. As the law requires. every
hour of the day. while the big class
b stations of the Radio Corpora,io,
In Washington is on the air. one on
orator is listening in on 600 meters
the ship emergency wave. for s q &
Calls hen one comes in, broadcast
ing is smut down until the air is
station.
One Friday during the midnight
snow the operator on watch at WRC
heard an o from a ship off the
coast OF New York, and Immediately
pulled the switch. cutting OF the now-
er in the midst of a number by a
local orchestra Later. when NAH
ana MAO. naval stations at New York
and Charleston reported "aII Ok"
RC went on with its show. This
was the third S call heard while
the station was brosdcastinE. and
shows the necessity Of keeping a
watch on the 600-meter wave. II
broadcasting kept up during the
transmission Of distress calls it is
doubtful if the calls would get
.
brought to the ship, the law requires.
however. that coastal stations cease
operation when an o S call is heard.
Radio Editor:
In reply to Earle +. Mottern.s
request In last nights Radio News
column. ] wish to state that l
received station XII twice re-
Gently, using a detector and two
stage set. / have never received
FRANK W. SCRIVENER.
ll5 Kentucky avenue southeast.
Radio Editor:
Saturday night. December .,
from 1850 to am, on a wave
Eeles, l heard % singing ap-
parently by a chorus. (2) lady
speaking for considerable time,
'3D man speaking, D piano
solo. and (6) several musical in
struments. Reception was faint
and static heavy At the same
time Kansas city came in loud
with little static. What station
was his? ALB
Radio Editor:
Replying to Francis c. Brah-
ler's request in this column
Saturday evening. 1t is probable
that he heard stations WOS. JEFF
lerSon 'ltE. MO, on Wednesday
night of last week That station
was broadcastins programs of
old fashioned square dance music
old Fiddler's Night" I believe
the the cali ALL it1and ,sI, the annaqnee
No Bananas" and You've Got to
See Mamma Every Night" had
been requested. but because these
numbers would be out of place
in such a program, the request
LIsTERNER-IN, Harndon. Va.
Radio Editor:
In reply to F. L. Morgan's re-
quest published in radio news yes
terday. ! believe the station he
heard was kOP. Detroit police
headquarters. l happened to he
listening in at the time Mr. Nor
gan mentioned and heard the an
nouncers statement concerning
the stations inability to broad
cast dance by the Fifth 90 Ar
mory, Band because of wire trouble.
However, Ehonograph selections
were broadcast in groups of two.
One record had evidently been
scratched. because IL reapeated
ed the same note several times be-
fore it was taken off. KOP broad
casts on 2S6 meters
In reply also to T.. +. Mottern
] would like TO say that ] recently
received XIII, Los sAngeles, on
One-tube, single-circuit set. Two
sets of headphones were attached
TO the set at the time and my
cousin and ] heard several selec-
tions and announcements.
] would be pleased If you could
tell me the location of WWAE.
PEARCE DAVIS.
900 11th street southeast.
wwAE is located at Joliet. ILL.,