Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-17
Is BROADCASTERS
GIVEN WARNING
Allowed 80 Days to Prove
Ability to Stay on AS
signed Frequency.

Something like - hroadcastinC sta
tionS in the United States are in i'm
minent danger Of what the Chairma n
Cf the Federal Radio Commission. Ad-
nniral Bullard. likes Ia call "decapita-
ton. That is. they are soon likely To
he ordered off the air. The reason is
that they have been fragrant ViolatorS
of the oft.repcated admonition To stay
on their wave lengths.
Admiral Ballard said yesterday the
stations on the list. which is kept So
cret, have boon given "a days to prov"
their good faith. At the end of that
time their licenses automa ticallN eN-
pire, and if they have depressed from
their assigned channel the permits
will not he renewed. In some eases
licenses thus cancelled viii be given
to other stations.
Nine or ten of the culprit stations
are scattered throughout the country.
York metropolitan area. The others
are scattered throu2 hout the county
and the information regarding their
'WohhinG' comes from r"poytS based
on check -upS by the district radio
supervisors of the Department Of
Commerce.
Hope for Little Trouble.
1t is the commissions hope and plan
to take summary action in few or no
cases. giving the stations every op-
portunjty To Justify themselves. Ac-
cordinCly. the St-day licenses are be
ing issued to some stations to place
them on trial The - are not alone
Violators Of the commissions order
requiring stations to remain within
one-haf kilocycle of their assigned
frequencies. There are many others
hut those on the danger list are the
ones which have deNiated as far away
as ~ kilocycleS.
Aside from dealing in quite certain
terms with the deViatofs the commits
Eions chief pursuit at present is con
Quoting its public hearings on apphCa-
tons for changes. other adminiStra-
tive problems have ueceSSitated new
division OF work among the four ac-
tive commissioners. Mr.. Dillon still be
ing hed-ridden in san Francisco.
Admiral Billiard himself is taking
over the details of administering pro-
gram broadcasting in Pacific Coast
States. and may pay a visit to the
coast in the latter part of september
after he has made a special inspection
at Cleveland. The admirars westward
trip, however. may he postponed until
October or November, he has init
mated.
Commissioner Bellows temporarily
IS adding to his district the Rocky
Mountain States. and late in Septem-
her expects to go to Denver for a spe-
rial investigation. Commissioner Ca ID
well. besides watching New York and
New England problems. is paving at
tantion to eastern PENNSYLVANIA. and
Commissioner sykes is handling the
problems OF Virginia. West Virginia
and Kentucky in addition to his south
ern district.
The Mediterraneans. under the di-
rection OF Hugo Mariani. will open
pRC's program this evening with
numbers of the rhythmic sort at &
O'Clock. Selections include Poldini :
March. Mi2nonne" and WaldteufeIs
waltz. starry Night.
WRC will present an hour of local
features. including Vladimir Nasa. con
cert pianist; the Payne sisters. popular
entertainers. followed by a dramatic
reading by Jessica Calhoun SWartz.
Other features on WRC's program
include the South Sea Islanders. or
gan Masters: Ipana Troubadours.
Jack Albin's Orchestra. Park Central
Orchestra. talk on False Prophets.
by John r. Kennedy, and The Cabel-
lero's Way" a short dfamatical story.
WMAT.'s musical program features
Dick I.iebert's Trio, Bell and Christie,
popular entertainers: Janet Coon
novelty entertainer, accompanied by
MARGARET Cooper Tolson; Mrs. Leo T.
Tooley, meZzo soprano, and MISS
Emile Mann, pianist, and Royal Nj.
Tinker. baritone. The weekly science
talk. at 7:45 O'Clock, will describe Our
New Airship."