Evening star., 1924-01-19
RADIO NEWS

Ine urge to broadcast. and listen In
has reached Hongkons, China, where
a few foreigners interested in radio
got together about eight months ago
and formed the Hongkong Radio So
|ciety, membership In which now num-
bers more than 100, Consul Weber re-
ports to the Department Of Commerce
Today there are more than 500 listen
ers-in, but 1t Is estimated that this
will be doubled in years time.
SO FAR there are only two broad
100-watt American set and the other
1O-watt Canadian set.
A program by the Sterling Quar-
tet will be one of the features of
WCAP's program tonight which will
be broadcast jointly with WEAF. in
New York. Representative Celler of
New York will speak on "Selective
ton"
w. III. KAUFMAN, 765 Quebec
street northwest, conveys a sentiment
In letter to this department which
is being expressed by numerous radio
enthusiasts since the thrilling expe-
rience OF the Shenandoah Wednesday
When WRC came on at 10:45
Wednesday night they announced
that, owing to a distress signal, they
had remained silent during the even
ing and that all stations east of the
Mississippi river had also remained
silent. There was evidently a mis-
take somewhere, because 1 picked up
many stations during the evening,
among them being WTAMr>s sWWJ,
WGI. WV, PWx and the govern
ment station NAA, at Arlington. The
latter was broadcasting the civil
service examinations.
why should the crystal set own
ers be deprived of the local stations
concert by a government order when
they (the government) continue to
II believe all stations should shut
down when a distress signal Is given,
and l congratulate WRC for abiding
by the rule, but / should think they
had as much right to the air as NAA
and all of the other stations / have
mentioned.
Il am the owner of a three-tube
set. but am not in favor of silent
night. WRC is getting better and
WCAP is SO good that if they were
not on the air I would tune in to
WEAF>to get It,"
BENJAMIN L. BUTCHER, the Ken
sington, 250I 18th street northwest.
asks r. D. WOOLRIDGE to please in
form him of the hook-up he uses for
his set, the stations received by
which were published in this column
January Is.
RAY T. CAMPBELL 1437 Pennsyl-
vania avenue southeast, informs Mrs.
l. E. MURRAY that station WHAS.
signing off at one minute past nine.
We hope to have brought you pleas
ure and wish you all very good
night"
ST. L. s. wishes to know what
station broadcast a concert last Mon
day night, shortly after 10 o'clock.
in which Miss Nina Gordon played a
piano selection by Chopin.
TroN \ o Y Miss k Lena Geiser % niaHed
several Chopin numbers at the above
time, and there is a similarity in
the names of tha pianists mentioned,
the correct name. perhaps, not flav-
ing been clearly heard.
j. C. A." there is no station wADL.
1t is likely that you heard WABI4
Connecticut Agricultural College.
Storrs, Conn.
q, The aerial put up by your neighbor
two feet away from yours may act
either for the better or for the worse.
Since your neighbor's set is stronger
than yours. he may help your recep-
tion through re-radiatiOn, that is
strengthening your signals. On the
other hand. should your neighbor be
careless ,,g in tuning there viii ,, be no
ton will be the best teacher in your
case, and the proper cooperation be-
tween your neighbor and yourself, in
case of trouble. will work to the ad-
vantage of both.
FRANK K PATTERSON would like
to know "the station which signed off
at 1890 am. Monday. January a.. /
received what was evidently the tall
end Of concert. and in signing off
understood sender to SAY Rio de
JaneirO. though could not plainly
catch the initials of sending station"
f. c. MoRIARTY.. 1861 18th street
northwest. answers several queries
regarding a station heard the evening
of January 9. He says:
"The station that signed off in st.
Louis about pm. on January 8,
lady announcing, was WICK, Stix-
question, between 8 and 10 pm. I
listened to nine different class c sta
tions. all at $50. WICK was among
signed OFF. lady san The Old Re-
frain' and q gentleman sang Under
the Lilac Bush" WIN. New York;
wDAP, Chicago. and WAR. Provi-
dence, all at $50 meters, were close
to WICK. The voice of the lady an
nouncing came in very clear and
louder than the songs I think from
my log that the orchestra music came
from one of the other three stations"
JOHN H. WILKINS, JR.: GLENN c.
STRONG, ROBERT II. KANTZ AND
THOMAS F. BENNETT. employees of
the John H. wilkins Company, offer
a substitute for silent night proposals,
as follows: g
Realizing. that large amounts of