Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-05

d. c., THURSDAY, F
s:4s pm. 1t was on about 40 meters.
WILLIAM T. CHARLES.
wDwF is the station you heard.
The station Is located in Cranston.
r. l., but broadcasts from Provi-
dence. Its wave band is 400 meters.
Radio Editor:
Could some radio fan tell me what
station was broadcasting a talk on
California and it's opportunities Sun
day morning at about 1890 o'clock.
I could hear the talk plain, but the
call letters were lost, due to code
interference.-F. G, L.
XII, Los Angeles. broadcast a talk
on Southern California and its oppor-
tunities early Sunday morning.
Radio Editor:
Referring to the inquiry OF J. 8.
Mccoy in The Star of January 90, ]
wish to advise that I, too, received
the station referred to. which came
in on about 400 meters, perhaps as
much less as $50, and heard the man.
woman and music Mr.. Mccoy heard.
], too, failed to get tho call letters.
However. CYB. Mexico City (37o
meters)i was due off the air at 10
been on. CYZ programs are not
available, SO far as I know. but ]
assume this is the station heard
B. S. J..
Radio Editor:
note that in answering John w.
Teepelis query in Sundays Star you
advised him that 1.-THE enemies OF
sleep" is the slogan OF the Kansas
City Star "nighthawks." While 1t is
true the 'nighthawks" answer to the
description conveyed by the slogan. it
really belongs to wLBL, Stephens
Point, Wis. I got this information
from the stations announcer early
Sunday morning while listening to a
part of a program Of dance music.
Mr.. Teepell probably will be glad
to get this correction.-J. A. r.
Radio Editor:
Early Sunday morning. about 1880
o'clock, heard a station broadcasting
a program of songs. Two men were
singing as follows: odd Black Joe"
Garry Me Back to Old Virginny" and
The Pal That Love Stole the Girl
That Love" The call letters sound
GU iihS " It al, OUT, que 10 COQe, L
couldn't understand them clearly Can
you or any OF the radio fans tell me
what station l heard?-L. r. COOKE.
The station you probably heard was
WSAI, Cincinnati.
Radio Editor:
For the beneft of DIX fans who FISH
for Oakland, Calf, KGO was on the
air early Tuesday morning and an
nnnnreH ,f l1r =
effective February 4. In the test the
station came in as strong as KOA,
Denver. What l wish to ask is on
525 meters l caught a rebroadcast of
KGO's program, but could not make
out the call letters or the place.
Several references were made by the
announcer as to WANG, Richmond
Hill. Could you help me out? KGO
has a. new wave around 400 meters.
Also, please tell me the air line
distance from Washington to Calgary,
Canada, and Mexico City,. Y.
MEADE.
WANG. Richmond Hill. n. Y. re-
broadcast kGOs program late Mon
day night. KGO transmitted on a
Sl2-meter wave and WANG on sos
meters. Calgary. Alberta, Canada, is
1874 miles from Washington. The
air line distance to Mexico City is
Radio Editor:
Sunday night at ll:20 o'clock ]
picked up station on a wave length
of approximately SIS meters. There
were two selections by a quartet, then
l understood the announcer to say
WO-. Here the incessant code and
loud cracking. crashing noise, which
had bothered me at that particular
qot nf a q Ia in do
than ever. and on higher waves most
of the evening. / did not experience
it on the lower waves and would be
glad If you could give me the sta
tons location.-A FAN.
WGY and WIZ were scheduled to
broadcast jointly Sunday night a pro-
gram by the Hampton Institute
Quartet. No other stations had a
quartet scheduled on their advance
programs. The radio editor, however
is not certain you heard either OF
these stations, and will leave the
query to the readers to answer.
Radio Editor:
Using a fiYe-tube set 1 heard sta
ton 2XCJ on 24o meters at 2 o'clock
Sunday morning, broadcasting Jazz
nouncer failed to give the stations
location. Please let me know through
your query column it's location
W. H. MORRIS.
Have no record Of station with
the call 2XCJ.
Radio Editor:
I am writing to see il 1 can se,
information leading to the identifi-
cation of the station broadcasting
Sunday night, or rather early Mon.
day morning at 1910 o'clock. There
was violin solo followed by ar
announcement, which was wholly In
Spanish. The wave length used was
395 meters, or very near it. The
station was not PWX. Near the con.
clusion of the remarks 1 heard the
word Madrid very clearly. 1 hardly
think this can be the locality of the
station, but may furnish a clue as &c
the subject matter of the announce
ment.
I may add to give an idea of equip