Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19

The number of radio broadcasting
stations is expected to reach the 700
mark this week. Today there are ex-
actly $50 stations licensed to go on the
air, using whatever power wave
length of broadcast time they please.
From the time Department of Com
merce control of broadcasting broke
down, which was about July /, up to
today there have been exactly 1T new
stations licensed and Ill have changed
wave length. There is no definite fig
ure on power changes, but it is known
that these numbered around $50. Most
of the changes were to the higher
channels and the higher powers.
The greatest number of additional
stations have been reported from what
Is known as the Chicago radio district.
Up to January there were AZ new
stations which took the air in that
district, So of which changed their
power and % of which changed their
wave lengths, while 46 stations were
under construction in that district.
The Detroit district had 25 new sta
tfons, 81 power changes, wave-length
changes and 10 stations under con-
struction; Seattle, % new stations, ID
power changes, 10 wave-length changes
SRnd 81 stations under construction;
New York, % new stations, IL power
stations under construction; New
Orleans, 10 new stations, 6 power
changes, wave-length changes and
16 stations under construction: Boston,
13 new stations. power changes, IA
wave-length changes and IA stations
under construction; Baltimore, new
stations, 6 power changes, 2 wave
length changes and 3 stations under
construction, and San Francisco, 6
aNok nn
wave-length changes and IL stations
under construction. These cities are
centers Of the country's nine broad.
cast areas defined by the Department
Of Commerce for supervision purposes.
While this census is interesting, in
view of pending legislation, estimates
just reported from Canada by Lynn
W. Meekins Department of Commerce
trade commissioner at Ottawa, are I'M
portant because American broadcast
ing is proving to be of real concern to
Canadians Mr.. Meekins reports that
Canada has 4S broadcasting stations
and some 800 900 listening sets The
latter figure compares with an approx
imation of 100000 in the United
States.
The appearance of the Smith
Brothers, TRADE and Mark" on the
program of WRC again tonight re-
calls several requests made for the
publication Of their Introductory song,
which apparently has caughb the
fancy of the radio fans. The words
to that unique piece, rushed here
from New York by special delivery,
follow:
have a brother. Mark Smith. for whom
He has such terrible whiskers they're
always in the way.
CHORUS.
They're always, in the way: the cows eat
They hide the studs on the front Of our
They're always in the way.
When Trade Smith. swan the Channel
He wrapped his whiskers around his
waist and boldly walked right in.
When we go to bed at night. so many
Whether we sleep. with the whiskers
Or w imasF 'n we sfsep with them out
Again returning to WRC's program
features tonight. we find that New
York viii provide, in addition to the
Smith Brothers, the weekly concerts
of the Davis Saxophone Octet and the
Ipana Troubadours and Ia tabloid
version of "Manola," which will be
sung by the WEAF Light Opera Co.
The chief attraction of local origin
will be a concert by the United states
Army Band. The band Will play 40
minutes instead of the usual abbrevi-
ated SJ-minute program. There also
will be recitals by Emile Henning,
contralto, and Elizabeth Gardner
Coombs, pianist, and a talk by Doris
NJ. Cochran of the National Museum
on african Reptiles"
Sporadic barrages of code and IN
creased manifestations of fading last
night tended to counteract the good
reception conditions so prevalent for
the last few days. Yet fair results
were obtainable from all sections, with
the possible exception of the Midwest,
where the stations seemed to be more
affected by fading than usual. Sig
nails were sharp and came through
with good volume.
WLW and WKRC, two of Cincin-
MATHS high powered stations, We're
heard with good volume. but the lat
ters signals faded badly at times
WLW was not affected by this
phenomena. however. This station
was broadcasting a concert by the
Italian Melody Trio, one of the fea-
lures Of the night. Not far away
at Columbus, WIAU was broadcast
ing an interesting musical program.
Some of the late dance programs
picked up came from WQJ. Chicago;
WMSG, New York, and WMAK. at
Iockport, n. Y.