Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-10-19

The third annual radio battle is over.
and the cleanup squad of supervisors
and technical experts finished its work
rezoning stations and reallocating wave
lengths. Unlike the world series. 1t
was not a very bloody battle. and few
casualties have been reported. Prac-
tically everything went through, and
in general the radio public and, in fact.
the whole industry, will be better served
in the future.
Although the Government refused to
take off the lid in regard to power limi-
tations, experimental licenses for high
power broadcasting are assured, and it
is up to the radio engineers to show
the radio supervisors and the listening
public the benefits of high-power broad
casting. The engineers Of the Radio
Corporation. who propose to erect
30 to so XIV station outside of New
FORK in the near future, are going for
ward with their plans and will request
the first superpower broadcasting license
under a revised Class D or development
permit. AS soon as the technicians
work out the details of minimum inter-
ference and set up the station the pub
lie, within range Of !, 900 miles of New
York, at least, will have an opportunity
Of listening in on the r. G.. A. super
broadcaster No doubt it will also carry
as all over the United States. If the
inspectors or the public find that this
station interferes with the reception
of other stations seriously, the depart
ment will cause the expeHmenterS to
close down the station, since this is
requirement of the special permit. But
if the station becomes as popular az
KDKA and WGY, engineers feel sure
it will stay on the air
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broadcasters will also apply for per-
mission to broadcast with 5-kilowatt
sets under the same conditions, and.
as was pointed out, a broadcasting
system of pure radio may soon be
competing for popularity with the
chain Of inter-connected stations
served by the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company. which has
made possible nationwide broad
casting.
Among the important decisions
reached were: The addition Of 80
wave channels for broadcasting sta
tions, bringing the total to 100; the
removal of the marine sparks on 800
meters from the broadcast band, and
the designation of 600 meters for dis
tress calls only, clearing the air pro-
grams of code interference. A re-
classification OF broadcasters and the
transfer Of all class G stations from
$50 meters. improves the situation
further. while the re-zoning of the
country into six zones will further
aid broadcast operation. This, it is
planned, will provide separate zone
| for the New England States, includ-
ing New York City and part Of New
Jersey; zone will comprise the rest
of the Atlantic States, Pennsylvania.
West Virginia and the western part
of New York; zone 3, Michigan, Ohio,
Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, West
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi;
the Central States are divided hori-
zontally, the Southern States forming
zone 4. and the northern, zone 5: all
the Pacific States, with Idaho, Utah
and Arizona, constitute zone s. When
assigning experimental stations power
higher than now permitted. the de-
partment intends to use this system
and ir assigning new class 1 station
waves.
Marine communications will be
handled on $50. $50. s75 and 7o6
meters, giving the ships five chan
nels instead Of two, also removing
coastwise interference and conges-
ton. Amateurs retain substantially
the same wave bands as heretofore,
but benefit by low wave lengths as
signed temporarily by the department
recently; all Of which assures the
amateurs an increase in channels
over what they had a year ago, and
permits greater latitude in 24-hour
operation.
The ceafezenee voted Ast 70 h.