Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-16
ASKS WAVE LENGTH
FOR EACH STATE.
House Member Makes Novel
Suggestion at Radio
Hearing.

reservation Of a. least one wave
length for every State in the Union
is the novel suggestion made by Rep
resentative Mckeown of Okla homa to
his fellow members of the House COM
mittee on merchant marine and lish-
cries. which is conducting hearings on
the White radio bill.
The only State which at present is
without II wave length or IL broad
casting station is Nevada. A check
on revised list of stations shows,
however. that there are Is States
which are without a broadCasting sta
I ton that is licensed to operate on
/ class wave length--one of above
$50 meters. These States are Ala
| bama, Arizona, Delaware. Indiana,
Maine. Maryland, Mississippi, Mon
tana. Nevada, New Hampshire. North
Carolina. North Dakota, South Caro-
lima. South Dakota. Vermont. Virginia,
West Virginia and Wyoming.
No Distribution Made.
According to Judge Stephen B.
Davis. who replied on behalf of the
Department of Commerce TO the sug
gestion of Representative McKeown,
no attempt has been made to distrib-
| ute wave lengths Ivy States. 1t has
been the policy of the department to
(
applications received and according to
| the area of service OF the licensed sta
tions. Under the present distribution
OF licenses every part of the United
States, with n few exceptions In the
West, is seryiCed by stations either In
their own or adjoining States.
New York and California maintain
the largest amount of broadcasting
| at present, each State distributing
programs on eight class b wave
lengths. New York divides these
lengths among II stations. whereas
in California each of the eight wave
lengths is used by only one station.
Following New York and California
comes Illinois, with nine and a half
stations on six high wave lengths;
Missouri with eight stations on five
wave lengths, Texas, with six on five
wave lengths; Ohio, with seven sta
tions on four wave lengths: Pennsyl-
Vania, with six stations on four wave
lengths: Nassa chusetts. with three
and one half stations on four wave,
lengths. Nebraska. with three and
one half stations on three and one
half wave lengths: Michigan. with
five stations on three wave lengths:
New Jersey. with two and one half
stations on two and one-half wave
| lengths. Minnesota, Arkansas and
/ Oregon. with two stations on two
wave lengths each, Iowa, with two
| and one-half stations on one and
one-half wave lengths; Rhode Island
! with one and one-half stations on
| one and one half wave lengths. and
| Idaho, Utah. Louisiana, Colorado.
| Kansas. New Mexico. Connecticut,
! Oklahoma. Florida. Kentucky and
! Georgia, with one station TO one wave
! length each.
Two Stations Here.
The District Of Columbia presents
two stations on one wave length and
/ Wisconsin has one station on one-half
| OF a length.
Station KNOX. the Voice of St
! Louis" which has been hunting for
a berth among the lower wave bands.
is at present operating on $50 meters.
Should it be found that operation at
! this point causes interference to sta
tons already assigned to ESQ meters,
t KNOX must seek another place, or go
back to the 233-meter length which
! was assigned in December