Evening star., 1927-04-28
TWO-TH|RDS OF i. S.
TO HEAR BULLARD
23 Stations Will Broadcast
Radio Chiefs Talk
Saturday Night.

Radio fans in at least two-thirds OF
The United states will be able 10 re-
ceiye at first hand the exposition of
the national radio situation as broad
cast hv Rear Admiral Bullard, chair
man OF the Federal Radio Commls-
sion from the National Press Club
Saturday night. The latest report
from the National Broadcasting Co.
shows that a chain of Fl stations VIII
he hooked up on this. the first evening
program broadcast from the National
Press Club.
1t will be the first time that Admiral
Pullard has spoken directly TO the
listeners since taking over the CON
troll of radio in the United States. Be
sides the address by the chairman OF
The Radio Commission, several Tauo
stars are scheduled to be heard. Ihe
present program lncluEeS SeNefal Sc
lections hv Allen McQuhae, Atwater
Kent tenor. and Yascha Bunchuk, Ia
NOUS cellist of the Capitol Theater
'.family." Caroline Andrews, one OF
Mai Bowes' stars. also may take part.
The program will he broadcast from
4ha following stations: WRC, Wash
ington: WEAF. New York; WAR,
Providence. WEEI. Boston. WCSH,
Portland Me: WTAG. Worcester:
VITO, Hartford; WGR. Buffalo; WIFI.
Philadelphia: WCAE. Pittsburgh;
WTAM, Cleveland; WWJ, Detroit.
WSAT, Cincinnati; WGN, Chicago
kSD. st. Louis: Voc. Davenport;
WDAF. Kansas City; WGY, Schenec-
tadv: WSM. Nashville: WSB, Atlanta.
and WCCO. MinneapQlis-St Paul. 1t
IS possible that WMC, Memphis. and
WMAQ. Chicago. also will be connect
ed in the chain. making a total OF
% stations. reaching from Maine 70
Davenport and from Atlanta to Kan
sas City.
The Federal Radio Commission is
planning to be a little more lenlent
with the portable broadcasting sta
tions, at least during the Summer
months. and will grant some OF the !
owners permission to broadcast any |
where in the United States with 100 !
watts power in the low end of the |
broadcast band Instead of making |
them all anchor" as one commission |
nr put it, to prevent local interference, |
It now appears that if the portable |
station owners agree they may broad |
last anywhere on frequencies between |
lao and 490 kilocycles, or in the |
band between 204 and 201-4 meters |
These licenses will be limited to peri |
bds of 120 days. depending upon |
whether they interfere with fixed local |
broadcasting stations in the neighbor- |
hood they operate in.
The orchestra OF the s. S. Levia-
than, flagship Of the United States |
lines, headlines the program tonight |
bf AERC. 1t will present a concert |
and dance program. Between several |
of the numbers there will be short |
talks by Brig. Gen. A. c. Dalton, |
president of the Shipping Board and |
Merchant Fleet Corporation. and Com |
modore Herbert Hartley, master of |
the big ship
The Kit hour of music, featuring |
Mary Duchon Deal, soprano, and Ger |
.rude Smallwood, pianist, and the lie
Paradis Band are among WRC's other |
eading attractions. DIR. Louis Stanley |
pf the Department of Agriculture, will |
ppen the program with a talk on |
Better Homes" A dinner concert by |
the Raleigh Orchestra and the regular |
weekly offering Of the Clicquot Club |
Eskimos will follow.
The City Clubs final musical of the |
season viii be broadcast by WMAL |
tonight as the chief attraction of its |
lhree-hour program. Dorothy Sher- |
pan Pierson. soprano; Henry Smidt- |
aregor, composer-pianist. and Violet |
Warren Pierson, dramatic reader, are |
he artists, who will take part.
''Dorsch's Dough Boys and 'Auth's |
Husical Ensemble" also are featured /
IN addition there will be an entertain
hent by silk Buddy" and his ukulele |
Ind Shakespearean recitations by |
sergt. r. Stanley of the Metropolitan |
Police Department.
Radio reception conditions have been
worse than they were last night |
Static rumbled and cracked contin. |
sously and fading seemed to be more |
prevalent than usual especially on the |
NAVE bands lower than 300 meters. |
Outside stations were easy to tune, |
towever, and in most instances their |
ignals came through with good VOL |
sme. The strongest signals came from /
lhe Midwest sector. particularly in |
iowa, which was represented in the |
tir last night by VOC at Davenport, |
md WHO, at Des Moines.