Evening star., 1927-05-16
new RADIO WORLD
SEEN IN z WEEKS
Fans Look to June | for
Clarity, With New Frequency
Assignments.

Within about two weeks it is ex-
pected that radio broadcasting will
take on a new lease of life; the ether
will be cleared of practically every
thing except static, and what might
be termed a new radio world will be
opened for exploration.
While the temporary permit system
established by the Federal Radio Com
mission has improved broadcast re-
ception conditions materially in New
York and Chicago. and to certain
extent throughout the country. listen
ers are looking forward to June /,
when the new national frequency as
siynments become effective. These re-
ALLEGATIONS will make it possible for
all the present 684 broadcasting sta
tions on the air to continue opera
tions. but will show many shifts in
channels. drastic cuts in power, par
ticularlv in municipal residential dis
tricts. and the combination or joint
operation Of numerous stations on
single wave length.
New Ether Map.
Sixty day licenses will be issued to
virtually all the present stations ana
renewed from time to time, it is un-
derstood, but no long-term licenses
will be written until it is definitely de-
termined that no other shifts Will I'M
prove conditions in the ether. AT the
same time it is made clear that not
many newcomers will be licensed. al
though a. few of the stations, ready to
operate but not licensed prior to Feb
the nresent stations are readlusted on
their more or less permanent chan
neis.
The new plan of broadcast traffic
regulation will make new ether map,
and the radio tourists will find plenty
of interesting routes to try out. Many
Of the old, favorite stations will be
operating on new channels, and conse-
quently will come in on different
points on the dials. In fact, all the
Oh hog books will be found useless,
ne(w ones will have to be secured and
tbs dial readings recorded. at least
by those fans interested enough to
chronicle their travels, so as to be
able to pick up desired stations with
Gtlt loss of time.
On Exclusive Lengths.
Some improvement is noted since
wobbling has been stopped, separa-
tions standardized, power has been
reduced in many instances where sta
tions not distantly separated were OPP
Grating on the same channel, and be-
cause fewer stations are now oper-
ating on the same routes. The great
est number to a single channel is ~
on 277 meters, although there are 70
on 254 meters and 19 on 260 meters.
The present assignments then drop
off to a few stations to a wave length.
but only two stations, kDkA and
WCDA, are operating on exclusive
channels Under the new scheme II
is believed a few old reliable stations
may operate on exclusive wave iengtns
within their cities or States, but that
even fewer will enjoy nationally ex-
elusive channels. Most stations, both
large and small, will share time II
close together, or wave lengths II they
are far enough apart to operate simul-
without interfering.
The distribution of broauosS-- sta
tions by States is interesting and Will
no doubt remain unchanged In the
new and virtually permanent scheme,
Illinois is first, with 81 stations: New
York comes next, with 50, and Cali
fornia ranks third, with 50. Pennsyl-j
vania has 43: Ohio, 81. and Texas, ~;
Iowa, %: Washington and Michigan,
"a each; Missouri, p, and New Jersey
20. The other States follow with de-
creasing numbers. ending with one
station each for Delaware, South Caro-
lima and Wyoming. Nevada. the only
state without an active station, may
have one;.interestS In Keno
have applied for a construction per-
nit. which will no doubt soon receive
favorable consideration from the com
Chicago Has 25.
An analysis by radio centers Of 100
miles radius shows that New York Is
first, having 80 stations in It's vicinity
Chicago comes second, with 50 broad
casters: in each district 19 channels
viii be utilized. The following dis
tricts are next in order: Boston, 81;
Baltimore, 80: Cleveland, 27; Los An
reles. rs; Detroit, %: Pittsburgh, Gin
cinnati and Omaha with 21 each.
In the cities proper the broadcast
eituation is quite different; chicago
ranks first with 25: New York has "a
philadelphia and Seattle have IL each
Portland and Los Angeles IL eachs
and ST. Louis has 3.
Anita Lowell, soprano, will be the
Individual star Of the weekly program
tonight of .Roxy's Gang" which
wRC will broadcast from $50 to f'5o
o'clock. Supporting her will be a
number of the popular members OF
the gang" including Gladys Elce.
Florence Mulholland, Daddy Jim
(oou1bs. Douglas Stanbury and
Mickey Mckee. The large organ in
the Roxy Theater, the 110-piece sym.
pbony orchestra and the chorus OF
100 male and female voices also Will
be heard. :.
WRC's other musical attractions
will be provided by the A. & ?.
CSypsies. Hires Harvesters, the Palais
Dor Orchestra and the Nationa,
Grand Opera. Co., which tonight will
present a tabloid version of Bizet's
'sThe Pearl Fisheries James Barnes
Wells, lyric tenor, will have part in
the program of the Gypsies. The
Haryesters will cast off for a musical
journey to Italy, accompanied by the
Cibelli brothers, popular New York
vocalists, who will sing several groups
of Italian folk tunes and Neapolitan
songs.
Favorable reception conditions mark
ed the advent of the new week.
Signals were unusually plentiful and
responded TO careful dialing with fair
volume and clarity. In fact, most
of the high-power stations east of
the Mississippi, north and south, We're
tunable.
Static, however, rumbled ominously
over all the wavelengths. but it's mani
festations We're far too feeble to inter-
fere seriously with the incoming sig
mails. The lower wave bands seemed
TO be affected more by the atmos-
pherics. than those above 400. Among
the stations which came through with
good signal strength We're WOOD,
Chattanooga; KYW and WIS, Chi
cago, and WAX, Jacksonville.