Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-15
RADIO COMMISSION
IS NOW COMPLETE
Members Assembled Here
h Ready to Announce.
f General Policy.

The complete Federal Radio Com.
mission Is now gathered in Washing
ION and about ready 10 announce its
general policy regarding reallocating
blpadcasting channels and policing
the ether Admiral W. H. G. Bullard.
L. s. y retired, has reported for
duty. having journeyed from China TO
take up his Work as chairman of the
commission
Somewhat loath To discuss what had
already been done by the four commits
sioners, who have been serving since
early in March, Admiral Billiard eX-
pressed himself as delighted with his
colleagues and pleased with what they
had already outlined in connection
with the extensive details to be worked
out In general the admiral says, he
IS a Arm believer in the freedom of the
ether. and particularly interested in
the listeners end; more 50 at any rate
than the broadcasters' end of the in
Visible circuits His own interest in
radio dates from 1898. when he Sc
cured from Marconi three radio re-
ceiving sets for the use of as many
vessels in the Navy, the first to be
Installed. Ever since he has followed
radio: as he puts it, growing up with
its development"
Admiral Billiard believes that Amer
leans would never stand for a national
tax on radio receiving sets, as is done
in so many foreign lands, and admits
that he doesn't quite see how so many
broadcasters can manage to keep their
transmitters in operation. 1t would
he against his best belief TO tax radio
reception, and he hopes it will never
be done in the United States. AS
IL. IA L., 49,.
sent the radio listeners on the Federal
Radio Commission. He never goes to
bed. he says. until most OF the broad
casting stations have shut down for
the night Listening in on the radio
sets, according 10 this distinguished
retired naval officer, is what has kept
him off the streets.
When he expressed a definite desire
not to discuss the present situation
in the ether here or the plans of the
commission, he let it be known that
he would soon familiarize himself with
the general policies. and when he
could do so would broadcast" his
views, since he is q. believer that the
Government belongs TO the people and
that they should know what was to
be done by this Government board.
In this connection it is understood
miral will appear before the micro
phone of WRC. and perhaps a ma
tional hOokup, for the purpose Of tell
ting the millions of radio fans some
thing about what the commission
plans to do for them as fast as the
situation can be gotten in hand.
Static almost completely absented
itself from the wave lengths last
night. but reception conditions were
far from satisfactory. Instead, there
was a barrage of code, considerable
heterodyne whistling and a peculiar
type of fading which caused signals
alternately to die and come to life
in rapid succession. Fading was
particularly bad among the stations
in the North.
There were plenty Of signals in the
ether and they were comparatively
easy to tune. The fading, the whist
ling and the code, however, took the
pleasure out of dialing.
Programs in keeping with the
spirit of Good Friday will be broad
cast tonight by WRC. One of the
principal features will be a play,
1.-THE Terrible Meek" with its author,
Charles Ram Kennedy, in the lead
ing role. There are only three char
acters in the play-an Army captain,
a peasant woman and a cockney
soldier.
The Goldman Band, which also
has a prominent place on WRC's
schedule, will temper it's concert with
appropriate Good Friday music. One
of it's selections will be Ave Maria"
Rossinis cantata "Stabat Mater"
in tabloid form, will be the National
Broadcasting Company's offering to
the Good Friday broadcast of it's red
network" stations, with which WRC
is affiliated. Special soloists and an
orchestra have been engaged for this
attraction.
The Lord Calvert Hour of Music
and the Whittall Anglo Persians are
other WRC features. A new attrac-
tion to be broadcast at so o'clock is
entitled whats in the Market To-
day" which will be presented by
Anita Hawkins after tour of the
Center Market.