Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-06
i'" DX' FANS PROTEST
| LATE BROADCASTS
Plea Asks Commission to
End Program Time at
Midnight.

Radios march of progress, which
at the outset afforded the great Amer
lean public no particular service
beyond the thrill of hearing signals
sent through the air without the use
of a continuous wire connection ant
which now provides the listener-in the
finest in the way of musical and other
entertainment, has not entirely killed
off the rabid DIX fan who gets more
kick out of hearing a call letter from
a station a thousand miles away thar
he does from a symphony orchestra
concert from his local station.
Pleas from individual fans trickle
into the Federal Radio Commission
deploring the existing conditions that
Illustrate their attempts to get dis
lance until the wee hours of the
morning. With stations broadcaSting
after the midnight hour and we'll into
the morning in all parts of the coun
try, they contend, the probability of
getting distant stations is diminished
because of the interference from local
broadcasting stations.
One DIX" fan, p. j. Soper of East
Orange, n. j., in a letter to the com
mission. suggests that it might aid
the cause of the distance getter to
have all stations in each time zone
sign off at midnight. Most of
these after midnight programs" he
AYERS, "are night club advertise
ments."
Mr.. Soper's suggestion, one that no
doubt will receive the whole-hearted
approval of thousands of fans in the
country, undoubtedly would enhance
the detectives of the distance-seekers
to a large degree. Following out his
suggestion, all stations in the East
that is, those on Eastern time-would
quit at midnight, and permit the
Eastern ok" enthusiast to work the
Central area for an hour, Eastern
time being one hour ahead of Cen
trail. At midnight Central time, the
Eastern and Central fans would have
one hour in which to exploit stations
in the mountain time section, and then
at midnight mountain time, which
would be 2 o'clock Eastern time,
and 1 o'clock Central time, an add.
tional hour would be afforded in which
to strive for stations in the Pacific
time area. which would Sign off" at
am, Eastern time.
Joe Hopkins and his Virginia
Refers, an aggregation of old-time
musicians from Clarendon, Va. will
provide WRC's principal attraction to.
night. T. A. Sullivan, a member of
the group, won second prize in a
fiddler's contest conducted last Winter
by WRC.
Elizabeth Hanna Davidson and
Marion Law will give dramatic
touch to the program by producing A
one.act playlet, 1.-THE Open Door"
Their initial offering several weeks
ago brought a request for more of
the same kind by the same
performers.
The Ipana Troubadours, the South
Sea islanders, and a quartet of or
chestras, also have prominent places
on WRC's schedule.
The wave lengths gave up their sig.
nails willingly with good volume and
clarity last night, and DIX dialers had
an exceptional opportunity to roam.
Static and fading were both prevalent,
but neither was severe enough to IN
terfere seriously with reception. The
atmospherics cracked continuously.
though feebly, while fading seemed
to be most pronounced on the signals
from stations in the north.
A duplicate of the Crosley radio ex-
hibit which attracted considerable at
tention at the recent radio trade show
in Chicago win be exhibited at a con-
vention Of radio dealers tomorrow and
Friday at the Willard Hotel
The convention will be sponsored
by the Doubleday-Hill Electric Co.
Dealers in Washington and contigu.
Gus territory have been invited to
attend.