Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-12
Variety Of OPINION
| ON WAVE SHARING.
Two Small Stations Placed
on Frequency Assigned
! to WGY.

There Is considerable variance of
opinion as TO the practicability of the
Federal Radio Commissions order
transferring two comparatively small
Nebraska broadcasting stations to the
frequency of 100 kiocycles 8795
meters). formerly exclusively occupied
by station WGY. the General Electric
Co.'S 30-kilowatt uansmitter at
Schenectady.
The action is significant in the
broadcast realm in that II will test
the simultaneous operation of high
and low powered stations on the same
wave length. viii station WGY's
very high power of 10000 watts. the
maximum now permitted any station
under licenses issued by the commits
sion, set up perceptihle interference
with station WCAJ, Lincoln, Nebr., or
NMNfJ, Clay Center, Nebr., which are
TO divide time on that wave each with
a power output of 500 watts?
VIII there be interference on the
programs Of WGY? Admiral Bullard.
the chairman Of tho Federal Radio
Commission. says that the Nebraska
stations cannot hurt WGY's broad
casts. but admits it is uncertain
whether those stations. although more
than 1000 miles from Schenectady,
can get out verT far against the power
used by WGY. 1t was. however, at
their own request that they were
transferred to the 100 frequency. said
Admiral Billiard. They suggested to
Commissioner Bellows, who recently
inspected the Nebraska station, that
thsy would like to try it out for sew
eral months. and a quorum of the
commission. comprising Commission
ers Bullard. Bellows and Caldwell.
agreed by an exchange Of kilograms
TO authorize them to do so until
August IS, at least.
Station WCAJ's reason for prefer
ring to forsake it's former assignment
to $50 kilocycles (S4S.6 metersl, gen.
orally deemed a very favorable wave,
is unstated. but il is obvious why
kMMJ, formerly on 1910 kilocycles
(22S.9 meters) should want to change
from this low channel.
Unquestionably the Summertime is
the most propitious time for such
shift. There are those who think that
Winter broadcasting, when WGY's
programs are known to have a ire
mendous range, will undoubtedly spell
trouble for the stations concerned if
the same arrangement continues,
Meanwhile, however, radio observers
throughout the country will watch
carefully the results of the tests.
The action of the commission in
putting other stations on the WCY
channel is further significant in that
it reveals an attitude among the COM
missioners not to permit any station,
however large, to retain exclusive
place on a particular channel. In
practically no instance has a station
been given sole rights to a wave
length, the assignments ranging from
2 to 20 to frequency. OF course,
some Of the leading stations have eX-
elusive place on the wave for a par
ticular area, as has WEAF, for ex.
ample, or $40 kilocycles (491.5 meters)
in New York City. But half way
across the continent. at Bay City,
Mich, is another station on that chan
mel, and on the Pacific seaboard KGW
also broadcasts on 610 kilocycles.
An organ recital will be part of
the Eveready Hour which WRC will
broadcast tonight at 8 o'clock. The
selections that will make up the pro-
gram are designed to emphasize the
fonal depths and attitudes of the
organ, and include I'm a Persian Mar
ket." THE Evening Star" and Rubin
STEMS ''Kamnoi Ostrow."
The Radio Calvacade, another WRC
attraction, will feature Ray Scudder,
virtuoso Of the double Hawaiian gui-
tar. The Calvacade program, Incl
dentally, will be varied, bringing be-
fore the microphone a large group of
popular artists. Among them are
Augustine Jacquillard. soprano; Peter
Narrower and Dorothy Hemenway,
the parnassus trio, Mack and Lennie
and Horace Taylor.
Other attractions include the Medi-
terraneans, the Four Bards, the Coco
brau Orchestras.
THE Necklace" a playlet written
by G. A. Lyon, which will be enacted
by Maude Howell Smith and Caleb
OConnor, and the weekly radio movie
club are the principal attractions
scheduled tonight by WMAL. Bell
and Christie, entertainers; Rosa Pol
lilo Jarman, meZzo-soprano; Leslie
Coyle, tenor, and Isabel Pechin Nc.
Arthur are other prominent artists
who will take part in the broadcast.
Two talks will be broadcast. one
concerning alfalfa in Maryland and
the other on the timely subject of
protection from poison ivy.
Dialing last night was not produc-
tive of satisfactory results. The wave
lengths gave up their signals reluc-
family, and most of those that were
tunable with sufficient volume for
identification came from the super
power stations. Fading also was
quite prevalent, and static sputtered
and cracked throughout the evening,
int CO yc1N
with those stations that could be
tuned.