Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-04
STATION VARIANCE
BLAMED ON OCEAN
Unique Claim Made by Coney
; Island Radio
Owner.
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lion has been deviating from IT'S as
signed frequency. {. IL thEer' y" NJ
~ wCC;I-. at Coney Island. \. v. has
c;.od a unin,Ie situation to the Fed
erad Radio Commission. Located ohlN
100 feet away from the ocean. ne mas
found that his trauSmitter "wobDles
with the ehh and flow of the tide
Station WCGU was among the ~
stations of the New York metropolitan
area which were cited speClncaitN hN
The commission this week as NloiatorS
of the order requiring All stations |"
remain on their wave lengths uuotl
main Of possible revocation nl 'nei'
hroadrast licenses. The actual public
naming Of the stations and the deSls
nation Of the amount of deviation re-
corded by radio Supervisors cheek
ms was the beginning Of nation
wide campaign by the commission 10
eliminate the interference that -
being caused by stations which VIII
not stay on their waves.
Mr. Cnger's explanations. IN me
opinion Of the commission. * or real
interest 10 radio scientists IN that II
reveals A condition that probably on
tains in numerous places where
hrnadcastinc is done alonG the sea-
hoard. The Coney Island station said
that as the tides rose and fell. the
heicht of the water with respect 10 his
nrtenna wires changed the capacity
Of the condenser action. causing wide
deviation.
The 3ntenna towers range about
$50 feet in height each. As the ocean
rose or fell. an action was set up I'M
der the towers because Of the false
ground Accordingly. the radio waves
emanating from the station deNlated.
f.at. q y
kilocycles.
The commission advised Mr.. tnser
that ship radio must make ADJUST
meuts to ocean changes. and that the
transmitter condenser can be adjusted
TO meet the condition. The commits
sion's ruling is that no more than a
half-kilocycle deviation is permissible.
Station WCGU was ar applicant
Tuesday for the frequency of 1.o2o
kilocycles. on which VIGIL. New York.
and WODA. Paterson. y. D., are op-
Grating. Both opposed the change.
The commission also took under adj
visement applications ~ WCAM,
Camden. y. j., and WMBS. Harris
burg. Pa, both of which sought to
60 on the 1,000-kilocycle frequency.
Their desire was opposed by stations
now on that wave-namely. WBAk,
Harrisburg; WPSC, State College, Pa.
and kMOX, st. Louis.
A varied array of musical attrac
tions, featuring the National Light
Opera Co.'S tabloid version of THE
Daughter of the Drum Ma jor, and
the Kit Hour with Charlotte Klein.
pianist organist. will be broadcast
tonight by WRC.
The major portion of the program
will come from New York, although
the Kilt Hour and dance music by
the LIE Paradis Band. the closing at
traction, are of local origin.
Bill Whipple of Sweat Meadows
will start WRC's evening broadcast
with some more of his rustic phil
osophy. The light opera will he
broadcast at O'Clock, and two hours
later David Lawrence will present
another of his series of talks on Our
Government" A Commute musical
discourse by Randall Hargreaves,
concert baritone, will Immediately
follow.
the Clique Club Eskimos,- the Wall
dorf- Astoria and Hofbrau Orchestras.
The Army Band and the Imperial
Male Quartet will provide the prin.
cipal part of WMAL's broadcast to-
night. The band concert will come
from the east plaza of the Capitol,
beginning at 7:30 O'Clock. The quar-
tet is scheduled to face the stations
microphone at $50.
Edith Reed pianist. and Phil
HAYDEN and Les" Colvin, popular
radio entertainers, also have promi-
nent part in the program. In addi-
ton there will be scientific talk on
FLOATING Islands for Airplanes."