Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
SANTACLAUSF|N
! RADIO FANS HAPPY
TangIe of Ether, Due to Inac.
tivity of Congress, Is
Only Handicap.

Radios sixth Christmas finds Santa
Claus riding through tangled ether.
That is radios major handicap today,
and Congress las so far been un,
willing to ASSURE the Santa role ana
legislate to clee.r up the interference
situation. ,
But the radio industry and the radio
public as a whole never before were
in q happier and more prosperous
state Reports are that sets nave
lpeen more popular as Christmas gifts
than during any previous Christmas.
There is no question that broadcast
ers are presenting to their public the
best programs of all time.
The programs this Christmas eN-
en1plify the high class of entertain
lnent ard instruction being transmit
fed through the ether to listeners IN
ali parts Of the land. The Iuletlde
refrain through the whole day ranges
from HYMNS and carols and sermons
from the churches to special talks
snecial music and jazz from the
studios.
Few broadcast stations are suspend,
ing for Christmas day, despite ths
fact II means that their personnel
must forego some of the joys OF the
day. It is one of radios duties, the
broadcasters deem, to add its cheer 10
the Yule spirit, and it is one OF theh
hest 'at-home" approach days.
one of the most popular parts Oh
the DAVIS broadcast will be played by
saint Nick for the children. HIS
voice will carry the fireside tales Oh
Christmas time, serious ana hSi''
ont at College Park, Md, the
Bureau of Standards is lnstalhns
models of three types of radio Aus
In aviation as an experiment deslgneu
IN HELM the AeronauticS Branch OF the
Department of Commerce in ITS work
of promoting commercial AIRCRAFT
operation.
The radio aids include a radio teieph-
ony system from ground 10 piano.
the direction beacon for guiding ar
craft and system of marker peacolis.
Scientists are studying closely types
Of receiving sets in order to determine
the best kind for use on an alrplane
to receive both radio telephone mes
sages and the bason signal.
The experiments on directive pea
cons REQUIRE the erection OF beacon
towers with generators and equip
ment, and one Improvement Is ex-
pected to enable the aviator simply
10 watch a light on his instrument
board in order to determine whether
he is following the proper route. Inc
marker beacOnS are small fdulo II diio-
mitters to be placed every % miles
along the route to tell the aviator how
far he has flown.
Not only at College Park, but at
two points on certain of the air routes
established by the Aeronautics Branch,
supplemental experimental work is
being done by the scientists.
Instead of curtailing its program for
the holiday, WRC has augmented its
regular Saturday broadcasting sched-
ule and will be on the air continuously
all afternoon and night, closing on
the stroke of midnight with the final
strains of music from the Frivolity
Club in New York. The salient added
attraction will come this afternoon
from Cincinnati, where WLW, linked
with WEAF and 13 other sta
lions, including WRC, will distribute
Powell Crosley's Christmas greetings
to the Nation in the form of recital
by one of the country's best known
organists.
WMAL also will be as active as
usual tonight. This station has sched-
uled a f1ve-hour program starting at
o'clock