Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-18
LEW ALLEGATIONS
WIN APPRECIATION
fadio Changes Draw Praise
From Field, Federal
Board Reports.

Early reports to Washington are to
fle effect that the June Is broadcast
lg ALLEGATIONS have already brought
] .rceptible relief to the interference
tuation. At least this is the pre-
] ninary version given at headquar-
RS of the Federal Radio Commission,
here it is stated that kilograms of
Dpreciation and personal expressions
Il satisfaction have been received by
members of the commission.
Generally, it is said there, the fire.
Quency shifts, the wider separations
tween frequencies and the many
C-its in power have improved not only
cal reception but DX-ing or outside
J rception. On the other hand there
f: 9 communities where stations for
erly heard cannot be picked up now.
ill others report little or no differ
tnce discernible.
Practically all stations in the United
states conformed with the terms of
operation stipulated in their 60-day
j censes, according to Commissioner
Fellows. Yesterday he received a
tNlegraphed report from the office OF
the radio supervisor at Chicago,
. here much dissatisfaction with as
8 gnments had been expressed, stating
lat all of the so or more stations in
that district had gone on their new
'
ltputs as ordered.
The New York situation is clouded
o1ly by the injunction action begun
! = station WMSG, owner of the Madi-
s'sn Square Broadcast Association, one
q a group of stations Directing to the
1mmiSSion'S orders. Station WMSG
1nounced it would not change to its
row assignment of 1870 kilocycles
''36.1 meters), but Supervisor Batch
v,ler of New York reported it was not
IN the air on the evening of June Is.
Judge E. o. Sykes, commissioner
rom Mississippi, announced today
'oat an agreement had been reached
'>atween David Podell, counsel for
WMSG, and B. M. Webster. counsel
" signed by the Department of JUS
tee to handle the commissions case,
whereby the hearing on the motion
TOR restraining order to prohibit
The commission from enforcing it's re-
cuirement on WMSG will be post
roned for a week, if agreeable to the
Supreme Court of the District of Co.
!Imbia, where the action has been in
stituted. The avowed object of the
nwners of WMSG, as stated in it's
complaint, is to prove the radio act
of 1927 unconstitutional
Meanwhile, however. the commits |
sion is insisting that WMSG, like all |
other stations, has to shift to its new |
frequency if it intends to continue |
"perating. Otherwise it's license will |
he revoked promptly and it must |
cease broadcasting. This, the COM
mission states. will be the procedure |
against any station defying the June |
ID ALLEGATIONS, and other violations |
will likewise make them amenable to |
such procedure by order from Wash |
ngton. All of the district supervisors |
IF the Department of Commerce are |
'nder instructions to check carefully |
the operation of the stations in their |
respective districts.
Will p. Kennedy, political writer |
for The Star, will give another of his |
talks on proposed plans for the de. |
velopment and Identification of Wash !
ington as a feature of the program |
tonight of Station WMAL. The agi- |
tation for the establishment OF |
municipal airport is expected to figure |
prominently in his talk.
Musical attractions on WMAL's |
schedule include selections by Leslie |
Mack, a joint recital by Thelma Mills |
Rector, soprano, and Margaret Cooper
Tolson, concert pianist, and dance
chestra.
The Week-Enders with their usual |
presentation of synthetic symphony |
and a concert by the Goldman Band |
are the outstanding offerings tonight |
of WRC. Lolita Madden, soprano,
will appear as the guest soloist with
the band and sing 'Ritorna Vincitor"
from Verdis Aida" Frank Malloy,
who possesses an almost weird faculty |
Of mimicking dialect characters, will |
be the guest artist with the Week |
Enders
Orchestras predominant on WRC's
program. Starting with o'clock the |
Waldorf Astoria will play a concert of |
dinner music. and at 9:15 Eddie Elkins |
and his orchestra will present a dance |
program, to be followed at 10 o'clock |
with another dance program by the |
Palais dor Orchestra.
Fairly good reception conditions pre-
vailed on the wave lengths last night
and enabled dialers to locate in new
positions some of the stations that
were shifted from their former chan
rels in the reallocations of June Is.
Static continued to remain in the
BACKGROUND, but fading was prevalent.
in greater degree perhaps than on
other nights in the week. The volume
OF some of the stations was weak, but
there were a few whose signal
strength was good, particularly WGN,
Chicago; WTAM, Cleveland, and
KDKA, Pittsburgh.