Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-22
, operate on the International Radio

operate on the International Radio
Week Movement.
The, complete cooperation of the
American and Canadian broadcasters
was attested to by the secretary of
the radio week committee who pro-
duced more than four hundred signed
pledge cards from broadcasters
agreeing to cooperation as well as Il
number of kilograms.
Wireless messages from Eric
Palmer of the Freed Eiseman Radio
Corp, and Thornton Fisher the we'll
known radio lecturer on sport
| topics, were presented to the COM
mittee. These messages confirmed
earlier reports from overseas that
programs would be of the highest
and that great power would be used
in transmitting.
ing posts located at strategic points
announced by Paul b. Klugh, eX
ecutive chairman of the. National
Association of Broadcasters. These
listening posts will endeavor to check
up not only overseas programs, but
broadcasters in the United States.
The Radio Week schedule calls for
broadcasting from American Cuban
Mexican and Canadian stations be-
tween the hours ten to eleven eastern
time each night Of the week of jan
uary oath, with all stations overseas
silent.
On Sunday, January 25t!l between
II and u eastern time all broad
casters on the North American
continent will be silent to permit re-
ception of special programs broad
cast by stations in England.
On Monday broadcasters on the
Continent will transmit special pro-
grams for American fans in the
eleven to twelve hour, with British
stations on the air in the same
period on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, January 9th be-
tween II and IL eastern time Con-
tinental broadcasters will entertain
the American listeners, while on
Thursday the 2Sth both British and
Continental stations will be on the
air.
Broadcasters in Lima. Peru, and
Buenos Aires, Argentine. will also
| transmit special programs for Amer
| lean Listeners during the eleven to
| twelve hour for the five nights of
! the test period.
| On Friday, January Goth a varia-
| ton of the plan will be made. bring
! ing American continent stations into
the silent hour in what was termed
! an american DIX" contest, by the
committee secretary in his report.
At IL .. m. eastern time all broad
casters in the United States, Canada
Mexico and Cuba will sign off as
usual. except only stations in the
Atlantic and Eastern time zones
who wiz operate for fifteen minutes
being the only group on the air. At
, the end of this period broadcasters in
| the Central time zone will go on the
| air for fifteen minutes to be followed
! by Mountain time stations with the
! Pacific Coast broadcasters having the
| air to themselves for the last quarter
| of the customary silent hour.
On Saturday another varia ton of
| the silent hour scheme will be fol-
lowed with Canadian broadcasters OF
| the air for the first fifteen minutes of
! the silent period. When these sta
| lions sign off at 11:15 eastern time
| broadeasters in the northern half Of
| the United States will come on the
| air for a quarter hour. At II 80
Eastern time broadcasters in the
| southern half of the United States
| will transmit for fifteen minutes
while all broadcasters in the United
| States and Canada will be silent in
the last fifteen minute period while
Mexican and Cuban stations enter
tain the listeners of the continent.