Evening star., 1925-09-20
BIC RADIO WEEK
IDEA IS ADVANCED
Cooperation Throughout
Whole Country Need to
Put 1t Over.
BY CARL III. BUTMAN.

"Whv doesn't the radio industry
start a national movement for a bet.
ter and greater radio season. at least
a greater radio week." This question
was asked of the writer recently by
E. r. Haas. director of the National
Radio Institute, and an exponent of
improved radio.
THE moving picture industry, ne
continued, has secured the jump on
u.s. but 1t is not too late to tnaugurate
a campaign for better radio. his
plan included securing the co-opera-
ton of broadcasting stations. radio
manufacturers. radio dealers and fans
as clubs and individuals. first to
create a greater radio season and
eventually make radio a year-round
proposition.
Through the cooperation of. many
interests in New York City SINH
lar but local scheme has been effected
and radio week was inaugurated there
recently In the Fall, or perhaps in
January. when the second interna-
tional radio broadcast tests are
planned a committee headed by II. ).
Frame, elso proposes a special radio
week.
Wants Cooperation.
These activities are in line with Mr..
Haas proposition. but he wants CO.
operation throughout the whole coun-
try, and. If possible, for the entire
season. Cooperation, according 10
Secretary Hoover, was the key-word In
establishing the present successful
and efficient radio broadcasting sys-
tenn in force today. 1t required con-
siderable cooperation from the indus
try in the absence Of definite laws, TO
enable some 512 stations to operate
simultaneously, not forgetting the CO.
operation from the amateurs.
Even greater cooperation would be
required in the plan proposed, but
the institute suggests we start in a
modest way seeking perfection our
ing one season; expanding the IDEA
later on. -. ---
BY better and greater radio, we
mean better reception, better broad
casting, including improved programs.
greater supervision, better sets and
more reliable set guarantees.
Such a plan, affecting the whole art
and industry, would tend to promote
radio to even further excellence than
1t has already reached in Its short hIe.
IT was only four years ago this month
that KDKA went on the air as the
first licensed broadcaster.
Primarily improved reception Is up
to the fans themselves, and that legion
of listeners will have to look to their
sets, setting them in good ORDER 80
that they can pick up any new ana
entertaining programs offered TINS
season. Without thorough set cieah-
ing, renovation and possibly some I'M
provements, the programs, no matter
how good or unusual, will not come IN
any better than last Fall. Radio lis-
teners must also see to 1t that they
are not creating interference by poor
operating of regenerative sets. Inc
manufacturers this season promise us
many improved receivers at no appre-
cfable cost, and while we do not urge
the purchasing of new sets, 1t may be
more practical for a fan to buy new
outfit, suiting his own purse. OF course,
than to try to patch up or add to his
present equipment.
Broadcasters Aid.
Broadcasters are cooperating in
many ways and doing what the other
elements of the industry cannot do
transmitting good programs well. That
is, many stations are keeping the
cheap and trashy acts off the air.
transmitting clean entertainment and
instruction at standard freQuencies or
wave lengths. with added power to
overcome static and carry to fans
farther and farther distant from their
stations. Twenty-three stations OF
Glass B. status are using 1900 watts
or more in an effort to reach farther
afield and provide national broadcast
ing. The commercial stations. as well
as those of the Army and Navy, are
taking steps to create less interference
for the broadcast listeners. and the
Nd md fhrnIIRh
their Radio League are making re-
markable progress in a new short
wave field which may eventually re-
move them farther from the proximity
to the broadcast band.
Just what can be done during this
greater radio season cannot be an
nounced at this date. 1t is certain,
however, that many features of the
plan would be well worth while to all
interested in radio. be they listeners
or embryo radio experts. The idea IT.
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