Evening star., 1927-03-30
RADIO FIELD MEN
AIDING NEW BOARD
Supervisors Called in from
Various Districts to
Tell Conditions.

Expert advice from the field is being
given the Federal Radio Commission
by district radio supervisors of the
Department of Commerce. who have
Asaen called to Washington by William
d. Terrell chief of the Radio Division.
1t is anticipated that no small degree
or consideration will be given the suS-
geStions and recommendations OF the
supervisors respecting broadcasting IL
cense applications, for no one knows
better than each supervisor the serv-
ice being rendered by various stations
in various regions and the amenabll
ity to reasonable restraint the station
owners have shown in the past.
Bringing his aides together from
each of the nine zones OF supervision
is in no way connected with the pubilc
hearings on radio called by the COM
mission. MIR Terrell says. They have
come to consult concerning the re
gional situation in their respective dis
tricts and To he instructed as TO the
administrative phases of radio control
they must carry out under the com
missions orders.
Seven supervisors have come to
Washington from the following dis
trcts: {. c. holster, Boston, Arthur
Batcheller, New York; ". Van Nos
trand, ir.. Atlanta: Theodore q. Deiler,
new ~ IEdilS. ~. H. AA'NF~et IL A'NNNNNi>'
s. w. Edwards, Detroit, and f.. a.
Beane, Chicago.
Commissioner j. +. Dillon, appointed
to the commission from the post OF
radio supervisor of the San Francisco
district, viii consult with his col
leagues on conditions there, while B.
III. Linden, acting supervisor, remains
I'm charge no successor to Mr.. l)lllon
having as vet been named. The Baltl-
Tod
Washington by l.. &. Herndon, assist
ant supervisor. WIZ Supervisor r. Y.
Cadmus is absent on an inspection
trip.
There is some question whether the
fact that the new radio law describes
five radio zones viii not cause fusion
of the nine districts under the Depart
ment of Commerce into five zones. On
the other hand, it is stated the five
zone provision was simply a Sectonai
device for the purpose of selecting as
many regional Representatives to com
prise the commission, the law specii1-
cally stating that one commissioner
must come from each zone.
On the other hand, the law is inter
preted as contemplating five districts
for supervisory and administrative
purposes as We'll The present district
division is deemed most convenient Tor
purposes of easy and quick accesslbli-
fly from the headquarters points TO
the scene of radio difficulties which
the supervisors must inspect.
1T is possible that five headquarters
points might be established With vari-
GUS branch points where assistant IN
spectors might be stationed. 1t is
pointed out that the present nine dis
tr-icts were, after all. established when
radio communication meant largely
maritime communication. eight or the
nine headquarters points being ports.
To-day the necessity is as great, il not
greater, for inland supervision. in
view Of the great increase Of program
broadcasting.
With its usual array of Wednesday
night attractions augmented by
concert by the Army Band and
resume OF the political situation in
Washington by Frederic William
Vile. WRC will be on the air con-
tinuously tonight from 6:45 to 1880
o'clock.
Heading the features which VIII be
drawn from New York is the Natlonal
Light Opera Co.'S Interpretation OF
the Gilbert and Sullivan funeral satire
on British respectability and the ex-
aggerated moral sense of the Nic-
torian era known as the Pirates OF
fractions include the Smith Brothers,
the Davis Saxophone Octet, the lpana
Troubadours and the third of the
series of BallIite Cycles of Romance.
Aside from Mr.. Wile's talk on
politics and the Army Band concert,
there viii be another outstanding fea-
ture of local origin, program by the
Perfect Diamond Entertainers, which
is advertised as distinctive radio
novelty, The artists who viii give
this program are two prominent
Washington pianists. one of whom mas
d national reputation as composer
Roaming the wavelengths was an
engrossing pastime last night, and
productive of excellent results. Sig
mails of most of the out-of-town sta
tious came through with good volume
aud audibility. Occasionally. however,
n barrage of code would threaten the
euiet of the fireside, but there was
consolation in the fact that static had
absented itself The dot-and-dash at
tack was particularly bad on the 59O
and 410 meter channels.
our nightly excursion over the
wavelengths produced the following
results: WTAM, Cleveland; WRNY,
New York: WILT. Philadelphia;
WKBW, Buffalo; WJR, Detroit; WIS,
Chicago; WIZ. New York; VITO,
Hartford: WGBS. New York; WSM,
Nashville: WWNC. Asheville, y. C..
and WLBW, Oil City, Pa.