Evening star., 1926-05-16
600 SEEK PERMITS
FOR BROADCAST|NG
Many Churches Are Among
Organizations Asking
Station Licenses.
BN CARL VI. BITM.i\.

BY CARL vi. BUTMiN.
MANY prospective hroadcasters.
whose applications for licenses now
total more than 600, may take heart
If the Senate radio control bin passes
Congress. Proponents of the amend
ed Senate bill claim that. by a real
location of the broadcast channels,
many more stations may be accom-
modated. They go so far as to state
that something like 5000 stations
could he licensed without materially
affecting the service of those 500 odd
now on the air They believe this
will he done if the commission form
of radio control is enacted into law.
Although many experts have en-
deavored to plan practical systems OF
reallocating the ether channels so the
broadcast band could he expanded
without crowding the other services
off the air. no system has been tonnd
feasible when tried out in pracuce
Increased interference was the chlet
stumbling block and it may be re-
called that the last radio conference
voted that there were already too
many broadcaSterS or the air. recon-
nending that no more applicants be
licensed.
Ho,vel el'. if the commission bill will
inspire some genius to evolve plah
whereby all applicants can he accom-
modated in the interest of the listen
ing public and without undue inter
ference. the industry and the rams
would certainly not oppose this deNel-
opment.
AZ Churches Seek Licenses.
An ANALYSIS of the Gil potential
hroadcasters who have Gied requests
with the Department of Commerce lot
licenses is of interest i'll TINS conhet'
ton. Fans are anxious, perhapS' 10
know what interests desire to broad
cast. Most applications appear 10
come from organizations when Woulu
nut on a good class of entertainment
and of public interest. OF the lnul-
yidual classifiCationS. radio dealers,
shops and companies lead. with
total of 81 applications; churches anu
religious organizations come SecoHu
with 42: universities, colleges anu
schools have IS. and electric ana pal
terV stores or companies are loulth'
having SO listings
Since many complications are hled
without detailed information as to the
business or industry represented.
comDlete classification is lmpoSSlDle.
There are over 200 letters from prl
vate individuals. while more than oo
firm or trade names are signed to re-
quests for as many broadcast licenses.
These two groups undoubtedly IN
clude butchers. bakers and candle
stick makers, as well as every otner
industry, although a large number OF
strictly private stations are known TO
I,e desired Some of these unclaSSlncd
aDDlicantS NAV he planning CONNER
cial broadcast stations. which are now
becoming quite general. For exam
pie, it is asserted that there are only
two broadcast stations in New YORK
CITY which are not broadcasting for
nrofit; in other words, they are prac-
ticallv all commercial stations, Whlch.
fortunately for the fans, carry good
programs as indirect advertising fea-
lures.
Publishers Among Applicants.
Continuing with the analysis of ap-
plicants. publishing houses and news
papers have applied for 81 Licenses IN
about the same number of localities
Chambers of Commerce in 20 cities
seek licenses and 19 organizations and
clubs, including several radio clubs,
desire broadcast stations. Analysts
are interested in the tendency among
community interest, such as tne
above, together with nine separate
municipalities, to undertake this moo'
ern type of public service. They pc
lIoSe IndI SUCH SldLlOIlS' fAAOAA6
those of religious and collegiate instl-
tutions. would put on programs max
ing for better broadcaStlng. TWO
eroups-hotelS and resorts and auto
mobile and accessory dealers-each
ask that 18 stations be licensed thelr
members, Fourteen music and pho'
nograph stores are ambitious TO Dfoau-
cast. There are also 10 banks ana
financial institutions. Among the
smaller groups are elSht Iealtors'
seven theatrical enterprises, five lab
oratories and public service organiza-
tions and five hospitals. Department
stores and haberdashers seek TOUR
1icenses each, as do four broadcastlnS
corporations or associations, Wnlch
NAV be municipal or commercial.
Other interests represented In the
many applications on fle inciuoe
stock farmers, markets, coal and OIL
dealers, manufacturers and one hre
department.
The North Central States lead as to
number of radio broadcast appllca-
tions on file The district known as
the ninth, with headquarters at Chl-
cago. has filed 215 permits to broad
cast from the citizens of the II states
in this district. The eighth. or De
troit district is next, with 40 appll-
cations. and the fourth district, In
Cludlng the SouIHHdSlelh oNHeo', 40
third, with ga. The other districts line
up in the following order: New Or
leans, or Southern. 81: Boston, or New
England 5S: Southwestern, or san
Francisco, So; New York. 81; Seattle'
or Northwestern, 27, and Baltimore,
o5.
distribution of applications by prin-
cipal cities shows that Chicago wants
"a. Los Angeles 13. New York 10.
Boston and San Francisco each ana
Denver and Milwaukee each. Four
stations are requested by st. LOUIS
Miami, Memphis, Nashville and Bir-