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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
INDUSTRY NEARING
MUCH BETTER BASIS

Radio as an industry VIII go
through a greater year Of stabiliza-
ton in 1925 and 1926 than ever be-
fore. Clarence Il. Ogden, president of
the Kodel Radio Corporation, told more
than 200 representatives from all over
the world at a convention held in Gin
cinnati. .-.... -.....
"The public and radio dealers will
affect the sterilization Of the industry
by recognizing only that merchandise
which is backed by an organization
which is financially responsible and
able TO carry an advertising message
to the consumer which conveys this
confidence" Ogden said.
"The small radio manufacturer or
the manufacturer who is not financed
properly will disappear, ms did hun
dreds of small manufacturers in the
automobile industry 20 years ago
when the growing pains first developed
in the automOtive field.
There will be no sensational de-
Velopmcnts in radio during this period,
although the elimination Of batteries
and the substitution Of units or tubes
in their places may come.
Advertising must be used exten-
sively to build M and create addition
al buyers and the desire TO own q
radio receiver and enjoy the free en-
tertainment which radio broadcastinp
stations provide. Without advertising
no radio manufacturer can hope to be.
come successful" Ogden warned.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
ARMY EXPERIMENTS
WITH SHORT WAVE

In furtherance of experiments that
are being made by the Signal Corps Of
the army in the use of short wave
radio, a receiving set of this kind
capable Of reproducing wave lengths
Of various frequencies has been ship
ped TO Fort Sam Houston and win De
put into operation as soon as it ar
rives.
The experimental work in short
wave radio is being done by the army
in cooperation with naval stations
and has for its purpose the collection
of data on the dead zones" that lie
between the points where the waves
leave the ground and where they are
again reflected to the earth.
2 The army and navy are working
together in an effort TO gather data
with which to utilize short wave
transmitters in the government radio
nets,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
QUESTION BOX TO
ASSIST RURAL FANS

Enlarged responsibilities are being
undertaken for radio as the friend OF
farmers following announcement that
KOA has introduced a question box
for rural listeners which is being fea-
tured over the Denver microphoncs ev-
cry Thursday evening.
During these programs, which last
from 80 to s o'clock, mountein time,
questions from listeners are read aloud
by a member of KOA's announcing
staff and are then answered extern
poraneously by an authority on agri-
cultural problems, George G. Wheeler,
managing editor Of Western Farm
Life magazine. Subjects already dis
cussed include poultry raising, plant
insects, animal diseases and injuries
irrigation problems and the treatment
Of soils.
During the last four weeks women
have led in the number of questions
from our audience" Mr.. Wheeler ex'
planned. "Where correspondents re-
quest il. We will withhold names, how
ever all inquiries must bear the sigma
ture Of the writer"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
Classes Enabling
Youths to Study Radio
\ at First Hand.
Are boys radio bugs?

Are DOyS rGulO OuSS
Drop in any Saturday at a meeting
of the Boys Radio Club of the Y. NJ.
C. A. and note the interested faces
and intelligent remarks of the boys
gathered there.
Or any evening the boys room at
"Y" during a baseball game between
the Bears and another Texas League
club and watch the crowd of boys
listening to the game inning by inning
as it is received over the six-tube set
from the San Antonio Lights station.
amDlified by the louG speaker.
The Boys Radio Club of the "Y'
now numbers fifteen members and its
membership is growing. 1t is at pres.
ent studying the theoretical side OF
radio and each week 1istens to n lee
ture on radio by one of the city's ex-
perts.
Later the practical side will be taken
up and the boys will be encouraged to
build their own radio sets. When these
have been perfected the club plans to
hold a long distance receiving contest
and award a prize to the best operator
receiving the most distant message.
In spite of the heavy static present
during the summer members Of the
club, through their receiving set, have
been able to get Philadelphia, Chicago,
Denver and San Francisco, Mexico
City and Havana.
Every Tuesday evening concert is
given BY radio to the members Of the
~" Working Boys Club in their club
rooms and the packed reception room
is evidence Of the interest taken in
radio by the boys of that club.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
FAR Off
IN RADIO DEVICES
By PEARCY w. MACK

Rapid as the increase in the number
of radio receiving sets has been in the
last few years, it would be still more
rapid if a large section Of the public
had not unfortunately gained an idea
wholly erroneous that the present
types Of circuits were likely to be
superseded by some new and wonder
full set which would render those now
in use obsolete.
This fear of Obsolescence has IN
doubtedly had an effect more far
reaching than generally realized. Many
people harbOr an idea that next wees
or next month some inventor will
come out with a new set which viii
make all Of the present ones junk.
No one has the slightest reason o
look for a revolution in radio, and
there is absolutely no basis for think.
ing that any new and remarkable in.
yentiOn in radio is likely which viii
affect sets now in use.
To be sure, radio parts and radio
sets are improving all tie while, but
the fundamental principle does moi
change any more than it has in the
automobile, the steamboat or the gas
engine. Radio sets built three or fOui
years ago. along sound lines, are still
giving excellent results and will con
tinue to do so.
DO not let the hugbear Of a set get
ting out Of date or becoming complete
" passe prevent anyone from enjOyin.
radio. ObSolescCncc is the last thini
one need fear about n well constructs
radio set made from standard parts.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
EGYPT TO TRY FOR
AMERICAN STATION

From the Rock of Gibraltar comes
the latest report of reception of West
inghouse Station KDKA programs.
c. w. Biddulph, an Irishman at
tached to n British army organiza-
ton at Gibraltar, has written TO the
station 10 say he hears programs re-
lnyed on the stations international
short, wave relay system, on single
tube hookup at comfortable phone
strength"
By using a loud speaker with five
tubes, the signals are audible 60 yards
away. Fading is very rare, and then
only in dry weather, he says.
Mr.. Biddulph expects to be located
at Alexandria, Egypt, in n few months
and will listen for the station there,
he says, although Egypt viii be 5000
miles from Pittsburgh.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
WORLD WIDE RADIO
To AID EDUCATION

NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-The serv-
ice Of international broadcast toward
the betterment Of the world is lauded
in a letter sent By U. J. Hermann,
managing director Of the Radio
Worlds Fair, 70 radio station 5XX,
recently opened in the Daventry, Eng
land, and the present most powerful
broadcast station in the world. IL
formerly was located in Chelmsford,
and continues 10 s-nd on 1900 meters.
The letter in part:
"Please accept our most cordial
congratulations on the opening Of
your wonderful new radio station. We
hope and pray that radio will prove
the greatest fundamentally for driy'
ing out ignorance, bigotry and dis
trust.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
" OMAN Filler
AIDS LEGION
CAMP A|GN
Sweetheart Of the Air"
Makes Tour of Four
teen Cities.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 22.-
Latest in an extended series of air
craft stunts to stir public interest in
the American Legion S5,000,000 en-
dowment fund for disabled veterans
and orphans of the World War is
flight made by Maxine Brown, the
Sweetheart of the air" and one of the
best known broadcasting artists in the
country.
Miss Brown made a flight starting
on August IL from Newark, New Jer-
sey, and ending up at Jersey City
on August 81.
Miss Brown was in a Sikorski -
passenger all-metal plane. She broad
cast from the air over IA cities. She
also broadcast from land stations at
the cities where she landed. The cities
on her itinerary were New Brunswick,
Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Baltimore,
Washington, Harrisburg, Altoona,
Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Rochester, SYRIA
cuse, Albany. New York City and Jer-
sey City. She sang and entertained
and made a plea for the fund.
USED IN TEXAS.
Aviation has played large part in
the campaign for the fund, it was said
in announcing Miss Browns flight,
perhaps the largest part ever played
in a similar campaign in the country.
Brigadier General Paul B. Malone
broadcast from the air in the coursel
of the Texas campaign. He com1
mands the Second Division at Sa1
Antonio. All Rio Grande cities and
towns were covered in a Kelly Fyeld
plane by Paul Jordan, field secretary
for the fund. and Department Adju-
tant G. J.. Folbre, Of Texas. They
landed and organized the towns.
The "Keno Four" official American
Legion quartet, made many jumps by
.airplane on recent tour through the
south. Judge Kenesaw NJ. lands,
commissioner Of baseball, toured the
south in the interest of the fund in
large part by plane.
CAMPAIGN ELSEWHERE.
Planes flew over the Twin Cities
and the southern part of Minnesota
during the campaign! This stunt will
be repeated soon as the campaign
gets under full Roadway in st. Paul.
The dirigible Los Angeles dropped
proclamations explaining the need
and purpose of the fund to mayors
Of cities between Lakehurst, New
Jersey and Cleveland, Ohio.
A Massachusetts national guard
plane carried message from Gov
lprnnr AIvon IT Eullpr of that state
OF President Calvin Coolidge at
Swampscott. announcing the COM
pletion Of Massachusetts, net quota
of 100000.
c. +. Young, a flying officer in the
reserve and manager Of the Keno
-Four" flew from Kansas City to
indianapolis to arrange a future fy-
ing itinerary for the quartet.
Captain Charles Nungesser, French
ace, flew over st. Louis for the fund.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
SAFETY TALKS ON
PROGRAM FOR WLW

Safety is an important thing. IL
saves lives. To reach great number
Of Automobiles and pedestrians,
WLW super-power station broadcast
ing station sends forth brief talks
about safety.
Herbert Hoover, head Of radio in
the United States believes IL is best
10 try 70 save the life Of a least
one child a year and that q campaign
for safety carried on by radio will
aid in THE work.
The Radio Safety Committee OF
the Cincinnati Automobile Club is
headed by Powell Crosley, Jr., and he
has requested the radio audience to
send brief talks about safety in traf-
fic. These talks sent to WLW Gin
cinnad, will be read to the radio
audience.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
WIRELESS AND MOTION PICTURES TO BE LINKED IN TEST
Radiogran,
SerDice for
Auto Camps

MILWAUKEE,, Aug. %. =
Fred w. Catel, owner Of anna
teur radio station 9DTK OF this
city and a member Of the
American Radio Relay League,
has arranged, in cooperation
with q local newspaper, to take
messages from motor tourists
for transmission . other parts
Of the country. The newspaper
provides message blanks and dis
tributes them in the motor camp
sites near Milwaukee. The mes
sages are gathered each day and
turned over to CateI, who puts
them on the air for other men,
bers Of the league engaged in
relay traffic.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
Tune In Tonight

SUNDAY, AUGUST 20.
1900 a. m: Baptist Church. KFRU,
services. KTHs. services. wBAP,
services. wOAI. services. WsB.
Presbyterian services.
1900 noon KOA. services.
1900 n. m. Voc, concert.
$500 .. m: VICAR, Texas League base
ball.
500 .. m: KOA. music. KFRU. sery-
ices. WSB, services
$3.50 ?. m: WFAA. Bible class.
700 .. m: WTAS, concert.
7:l5 .. m: WSB. services.
$500 p. M. WFIM. services. WFAA.
Presbyterian Bervices woo, sery.
ices. WOAL services.
g:1j p. m: WHIT, program.
s:l5 KTIis. scores. concert.
$3.50 p. m: KFAA. piano. WOAI, con-
cert.
1000 p. m: KITS, concert
1900 p. m: WBAP. frOlic.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
new VOICE ON AIR
FOR LITTLE FOLK

There is new voice in the air.
1t belongs to Mrs. Bertha w. Ed
monds. and she sends it forth into
the ether through WLW super-power
broadcasting station every Tuesday
evening at o'clock. This new voice
is especially for the little ears Of
children about to be tucked into bed,
for she tells them delightful stories
and wishes them sweet dreams. Her
stories are sometimes given in dialect
which pleases the grown-up children
as well as the smaller ones for whom
they are intended.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
WORLDS FAIR TO
BE BIGGEST EVENT

What is said 20 be the biggest event
in the radio industry, is the annual
"gettogether" Of all leaders durinl
the Radio Worlds Fair. 1t takes th'
form of a dinner on the openinl
night
The dinner is TO be held in one Of
the hotels in New York City, durini
the week Of September IS, while thu
radio show is in progress.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
MAKE CONE sPEAKERs.

a fifth company has been licensed
10 manufacture a new cone type OF
loud speaker which is distinguished for
its quality Of tone reproduction. The
latest company TO produce the device
also makes a horn type Of loud speaker
which il recommends as superior 20
the monograph has never adopted the
cone, but that it has the advantage OF
being compaes
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
COLLEGE STUDENTS
ARE HARVEST HANDS

MONTREAL, Que, Aug. PIN
answer 10 a recent address delivered
from station CKAC, La Presse,
Montreal, BY a government represcn-
tative, scores Of letters have been re-
coived from an parts Of eastern Can
ada and the United States asking for
further particulars concerning a spc-
ciai harvesting trim 10 western Can
ada. which was part Of the official lee
turA
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
AUTO BATTERY CAN
OPERATE ANY SET

An automobile battery will light
the filament Of a radio set by a sim
pie connection made to one Of the
lamp sockets On the dash. Plugs to
fit in these small six-yolt lamp sock
cts are easily obtained and with them
an extension cord which is used TO fur
nish light for making repairs. The
battery Of an automobile is the same
as that used for radio sets which
operate with six-volt tubes, and IS
usually larger so that it has longer
life.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
PLAYERs SEE sEEvEs.

Ch2h1 1<Ds
An interesting phase of the expert
ment is the fact that Mr.. Cody and
Miss Shearer viii be viewing a pro-
lection of themselves in the film at
the Examiner broadcasting station Of
XII as they are talking through the
microphone.
The words as they utter them at
XII viii time exactly with their lip
movements on the screen Of a theater
miles away.
I'VE believe this experiment, made
By M-G-M and the Examiner viii fore
shadow something revolutionary in the
entertainment world" said Louis b.
Mayer, vice president Of Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer Corporation. "We can be-
gin 10 visualize the time when motion
pictures and the radio will make it
possil,ts to sit in a theater and not
only see the players before us on the
screen, BUT hear their voices from the
stage through the aid of the radio"
Sol Lesser. head of West Coast The
aters, has called a meeting of his pro-
lection experts for tomorrow at the
M-G-M studios in Culver City. at
which time the mechanical workings
Of the plan viii be explained TO the
men who will play an important part
in the program.
I'VE are proud TO be able TO con-
tribute our share to this experiment, &"
said Mr.. Lesser. West Coast Thea
tiers always is ready to advance a pro-
gressive thought, and we believe our
patrons viii be keenly interested in the
linking Of the radio with the movies.
an idea which undoubtedly will effect
the future Of these two great enter
prises.s
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
sAYEs TrBE FILAMENT.

When searching among the cOnncc.
tons for a fault in wiring. al bat
teries should be disconnected 70 avoid
blowing out the tube filaments.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
A VALUABLE AID.

One Of the most valuable ncces-
series to a tube set is switch BY
means Of which the batteries may be
readily connected and disconnected.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
IMP ROVEMENTS
PLANNED FOR
WIRELESS

The nearest approach to perfection
that radio has yet enjoyed will be
realized in the coming season, accord
ing to William II. Press. engineer
manufacturer. In his opinion, i'm
provements have been general all along
the line, but most markedly so in re-
ceiving sets.
at is a mistake to believe" he said,
"that progress originates in the minds
of the few and then is passed on to
the public. The reverse is the fact.
An idea is usually practicalized by the
few, but it originates with the public.
BETTER EQUIPMENT.
progress primarily does pot stimu-
late demand, it follows demand. OF
course, this works both ways. 1t
may be true that the radio public is
charging because apparatus is better,
but it is even more true that apparatus
is better because of popular demand
that it be made better. In radio, as
in every other science, Necessity is
the mother of invention"
eve have in America the most alert
radio public that exists in the world.
Lfs varied tastes prove an inspiration
to the broadcasters: its eagerness to
be in universal touch with the best of
broadcasting proves a similar inspira-
ton to the engineers who must provide
the apparatus that will cancel the
barriers of distance.
MEETING DEMAND.
"The reason the coming season will
set a new record of achievement rests
on the demands voiced by the public
last season. In the long run, science,
no less than commerce or politics,
shapes its development to the only
command that endures-the command
Of the most people,"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
DROADCAST|NG
POWER CALLED
WONDERFUL
People Can Gain Informal
ton Without Any
Effort.
By C. BROWN HILL

l believe that the fact that broad
casting is tremendous power is recog-
nized by all. Why? Because with
out exertion, not even having to read,
anyone listening in can absorb infor-
nation and entertainment. People who
have not attended musical comedies in
ten years have gone after hearing a
show broadcast. Probably nothing else
could have drawn these people.
1t is my firm belief that broadcast
ing is and will continue to be the great
est broadening influence in our lives.
People who are narrow minded on re-
ligion must, when they listen TO ser
mons not of their own faith, feel that
the rest of the world is not so bad
after all. One of the most popular
services we broadcast from WNAC is
the Jewish service from Temple Israel.
The response to our first broadcast
from the Temple was most gratifying,
hundreds of complimentary letters be-
ing received, and over 80 per cent were
from Gcntiles. Can you conceive any
other way of accomplishing the broad
cning and beneficial results that this
broadcast did? An amusing example
of this broadening influence is con-
tanned in the following true expert
ence: One day last fall two typical
prim New England maiden ladies call
ed at our studio and one of them un-
burdened herself to the station secre-
tary like this: "Sister and / always
thought football was most brutal
game, but after hearing you broad
cast we are going to gamc"-thcn,
in whisper, when are yon going to
broadcast a prize fight" Now those
two elderly women had believed all
their lives that football and many other
sports had a dcbasing effect, but ra-
do has changed their minds. Radio
has done more to educate the people
to appreciate better music than any
other agency.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
VOICES MAY Be
sYNCHR0N|zED
With ACTION
Radio Experim emit Will
Make Silent Drama
Speak.

Radio and the motion picture viii
be linked in a plan to be executed
under the auspices of the Los Angeles
Examiner and the Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer Pictures, which promises TO be
one of the most interesting expert
ments in recent years.
Through the cooperation OF the
Examiner, West Coast Theaters and
the Freed Eisemann Company, the
experiment will take place Monday
eevning, August "a, when the
voices Of Norma Shearer and Lew
Cody, appearing in Hobart Henley's
"A Slave of Fashion," at the Loew
State theater. will be broadcast from
XII, and synehronize with their ac-
tions in a special film produced for
the Examiner on the screens of West
Coast theaters in southern California.
RECEIVERS ON STAGE.
Freed-Eisemann receiving sets viii
be installed on the stages of the thea
tiers alongside the screens on which
win be projected a film in which Miss
Shearer and Lew Cody appear, pro-
duced under the direction Of Edmund
OOUlQluks Il HIS - AlALu pAVuhSNN &c
pecially for the experiment and among
other thirys will show Miss Shearer
and Mr.. Cody in the Examiner broad
cast room of XII as they appear in
the film on the screens of the theaters
their voices will be heard in synchro-
nism with the action of the picture.
The experiment, il is expected, viii
mark an epoch in radio and film
roles and will be Of interest to every
fan of the movies and the radio
throughout the country and especially
in southern California.
The plan involves an exact mechan-
ical timing of every inch of film that
is projected with every spoken word
of the players, and has been worked
out by Douglas Shearer, brother Of
Norma. and well known engineer, with
the assistance of radio and film projec-
zion engineers.
Ingenious devices have been per-
fectcd to make exact synchronization
possible and the entire idea viii have
reached the practical stages during
the next few days.
Experiments which have already
been made at the Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer studios show an approach
within 5 per cent perfection and
every assurance is extended by ex-
perts now engaged on the plan,
that il viii be perfect on the evening
Of the experiment.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
VARIED PROGRAMS.

A station which broadcasts only dur
ing the winter season and is off the
air in the summer, or one which runs
only one or two nights a week and
those irregularly, is not the fixture in
the minds of the public, nor has it
the power of a station that serves
its audience at all seasons, day in and
day out.
Our effort is to have our audience
count on us for as many different fea-
lures as possible, run regularly, such
as news service every hour from 10 80
a. m. to 80 p. m, daily woman's
clubs talks, daily dinner dances, etc.
All stations cannot run the same
type of entertainment and variety is
of course needed. WNAC has, how
ever, striven to give to its audience all
the variety possible so that no mat
ter what the taste Of those listening
might be, we would often have some
thing to please them. Broadcasting a
prize fight one night, two church SER
vices the next day, and a burlesque
show direct from the stage on the fol-
lowing night, then a grand opera or a
classical program from the studio on
the next night, is just sample of
the different types of broadcasting
we do.