Evening star., 1924-01-02
RADIO NEWS

Gen. Frank T. Hines, director OF tn,
United States Veterans Bureau. will
speak to the radio audience from
wRC tonight on ''The Rehabilitation
and Employment OF tho Dfsables
Veterans" One Of the features OF
WRcs pro.nam ~, VII & be n dance music
Paul W. Mulhern OF the marine
barracks answers tho query OF j. =
NJ. regarding station KFKo. which
he says, is operated by the Conway
Radio Laboratories At Conway. Ark.
Louis H. Grohs. jr.. reports picking
up WLW. in Cincinnati, Monday niGhi
on a crystal set. The station signed
OF At le:ol PM. central standard
time, he said.
ID. Dunn asks II tho readers OF
this column can inform him as to the
station which broadcast q chorue
singing Tho Toreador." about 1:is
o'clock sunday morning. and again
about 1880 o'clock Monday morning
Radio Editor:
On New Year eve picked mp
WBZ. WGY and KDKA on q
homemade crystal set while
WCAP was brcadcastihg. How does
this compare with the record OF
other crystal set owners? o. H. r.
Radio Dditor:
Having read Of the various sta
tions that have been received by
diaie dia section fans aoa oa s.E IN ihs wish
to state that I own q three-tube
set and have received since De-
cember l the following: KDKA.
KFKK. KOP, KSD, KYW. WRAP,
WIT. wBz. WCAH. WCAF, wCAU.
wfsP; wGsP. wEzk, MsX wr2. WPAT; Vel ~Rak, Rak,
wiP. wn; WAR. aRAS; WAN. < 1sI W5Az. VIII. III.
wMc. WsH; W.T. WIT, WNAc. wMAe WoAW.. aAa.
voc. WOO. woR. WoS. WRC.
WsAp. WsAI, WsR. wTAs.
also several stations that were
testing which did not keep q
record Of.
Some time ago several COM
pIsints were made relative to the
use of the code which interfered
with the oroadcasting programs.
and ! wish to state that tonight 1
to call ones attention by pressing
down on his key. and he kept It
up for period OF fifteen minutes.
with a very short pause between
dashes. Some OF these dashes would
last for fifteen minutes.
Relative to the stations given
above, l wish to state that several
of them have been received while
the local stations were on the air.
therefore ] am not In favor of a
silent night
II radio fans have not got
cast, the same can be obtained
from tho government printing
office, or any OF the radio monthly
magazines usually has a complete
list every quarter.
L J. HINNiAN.
Could any fan tell me what sta
tion was broadcasting g. prize
fight between Rosenberg and
Strieling December 81. at S:15
pm? HENRY HERZOG.
Radio Editor;
VIII some fan tell me IL sKw
OF Trtnucu, Cuba, was broadcast
ing music between 10 and 1880
Sunday evening. December 30?
Baek foSsa PoyeS .na srned h.See on on sss s
1880. enjoy the Radio News COL
~ '' JOHN JOHN R. woopHED.
Radio Editor:
! am sending q list of stations
weeks. using one tube and the
VIII. MA. wRc, wcAP. zRi. ri
DKM. WOO. KDKA. WGY, WAX.
VIZ, WEAF. WIP. KYw. WIFI,
W5AP, W5A w1p mpAR, RrVs WsB, wsfe! VOC, w Msz'
WFAA, WAR, .WMAQ. WGAM,
WHAz, WICK and wDAR.
PAUL MICHEL ?
Radio Editor: -
Could you inform through the
Radio News what station was
woman speaking in negro dialect.
1t was broadcasting between l0:i5
and 11:15 pm. Sunday, December
80. I would appreciate this infor-
nation very much, as I just got
nssrs ny set ,s. two .fans wseas age Wos waT haye
voc, WWJ. WDAP. WAX, WJAZ.
wcAP, wRC, WSB. WIP. WET.
WOO, WDAR, WIZ, WEAF, KDKA.
WGY and NAA.
always read the Radio News.
and think it Is very interesting.
which has twelve members. all of
which are in favor OF a silent
night. We think Monday. We'd
nesday or Friday nights would be
hest because WRC broadcasts In
the evenings and afternoon both
and WCAP broadcasts so little.
Radio Editor;
Will some one tell me If they
heard WMAB sign off about 9:45
pm. Sunday evening. 1t was very
faint at the moment and the an
nouncer didn't mention the city.
Speaking of a silent night in
Washington. / am not In favor Of
1t because of the set owners who
cannot reach distant stations, but
do believe that the local stations
should sign of early. A two
any one so listen is long ae enosgh os ,of
speaking for myself. own
three-tube set and In three
months have had sixty-three diff
ferent stations. including two in
Cuba and two in Canada. all
while Washington was broadcast
out local stations on my set.
Your radio column is one of the
features of your paper. Here is
to a successful year. A FAN.
Radio Editor:
p" Hllc listening III on christmas
night about $40, after having re-
ceived some station in California,
] tuned into some station as he
was announcing and the last part
of the announcement was, THE
world crier signing OF at 1:42
western time" Can you tell me
what station this was?
GEORGE COOKE.
Radio Editor:
In reply to George Z. wilcox's
letter In Sundays Star. I am sure
he heard 6KW at Tuinucu, Cuba,
as / heard the call letters from a.
station at 7:45 pm. which were
6KW. ! am q daily reader of the
Radio News and enjoy 1t very
much. I own a 5-tube neutrodyne
circuit which ! got Christmas and
have heard fifty different sta
ttons so far in fifteen states. two
in Canada and two in Cuba.
Following In n list. WTAS Kr.