Evening star., 1924-10-07
Proposed Station Would Be
Near New Y0rk-No In
reference Locally.
RATING OF so KIL0WATTS
IF U. S. APPROVAL GIVEN
Conference Asked to Consider
Radio Problems in Conjunction
With Canada and Mexico.

=. plan Of superpower broadcast
ing proposed by the Radio Corpora
tion of America was outlined by
David Sarpoff. vice president and
general manager. at the initial ses-
sion of the third national radio con-
ference today at the New National
Museum.
Radio broadcasters, manufacturers
and technical experts from all sec
tions of the country are attending
the conference, which was called by
Secretary of Commerce Hoover to
work out a solution of the myriad
problems that have grown up with
the rapid development of radio
telephony.
Station Near New York.
The Radio Corporation of America
is prepared to inaugurate the super
broadcaSting system, Mr.. Sarnoff ex-
planned. by the installation of a great
experimental station at some point
outside of New York city. The pro-
posed station, he said. might have a
power rating of as high as SO kilo-
watts il no regulatory proposals are
adopted that would limit the art.
When the range and usefulness
perimentally," he said, the Radio
Corporation of America would begin
the construction of another super
power station at some point where
the limit of reliable effectiveness had
been reached by the initial station.
Thereafter, in close technical and
practical cooperation with it's aSso-
ciates, the system would be extended
to cover every nook and corner of
the United States"
No Harm Seen Locally.
Fears expressed in some quarters
that superpower broadcasting
system might interfere with the ef-
fectiveness or destroy the function Of
the local station were characterized
by Mr.. Sarnoff "as groundless as
would be the belief that national
highway would obviate the need of
local roads. The local station will
remain the voice of the community
which it serves, just as the local
rneNspanesei eis~-the expression of its
be made along the lines of the super
broadcasting plan, and according to
members of the conference would be
of the type to which opposition has
already been informally voiced at the
conference.
Our plans are to add vastly to the
facilities which now exist, in order
that any national broadcast program
yet to be organized might reach ulti-
mately to every home in the United
States, and even make our voice
heard in countries beyond the seas"
continued Mr.. Sarnoff. Not only is
it proposed eventually to intercon-
meet this great group of superbroad-
casting stations, but interconnection
would also be made with local sta
tions in various parts of the coun-
try"
Wants Broad Consideration.
w. D. Terrell. chief radio super
visor, ned the great demands be-
ing made on the ether by the increas-
ing number of broadcasting stations
and declared that opposition Of
broadcasters to any plan to shar e
the day and night with other stations
has given rise to the demand for sep
arate wave lengths for each station.
He urged the conference to consider
the radio problems of Canada and
Mexico in conjunction with those Of
America to avoid any potential con-
f1ict between stations of these coun-
tries.
c.. p. Edwards. chief Of the Ca
madam radio service, also asked that
in the ALLEGATION of wave lengths
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column p