Evening star., 1927-05-02
NEW RADIO SCHEME
APPROVED BY FANS
Federal Commission Told
BroadcaSterS Also Are Salts
fled With Wave Lengths.

o. Ifle BeUelai tkauiO AyOillIillSSEUu e
convinced that already the traffic in
the ether is becoming less congested
and that the broadcast stations on
standardized routes are beginning to
come in better. There are certainly
fewer heterodyne squeals and better
separation between the broadcast
ether lanes.
A review of what the commission
has done already shows that theoreti-
cally the situation is considerably i'm
proved. The six Canadian channels
are clear and reports from various
places in the country indicate that
practically all Northern stations now
can be picked up readily. A message
TO the commissioners from Baltimore
cOmmends their recent acts and states
that now all Canadian stations can be
heard, whereas formerly our own sta
tions drowned them out. This i'm.
proved situation is also reflected in
correspondence from listeners in many
other quarters of the country. 1t is,
of course also pleasing the Canadian
listeners. some of whom couldn't get
their own stations 4 month ago.
Thank Commissioners.
Many station owners, after protest
ing the changes in channels and re-
ductions in power. are now thanking
the commissioners for heir far-sighted
plans. They say the standard chan
nelS non-varying frequencies and de-
creased power are making for better
transmission and reception throughout
the country. A representative of a
Newark. y. J., station says that his
listeners are writing in that the
changes are most agreeable. Citizens
OF Bridgeport, Conn, report that, re
gardless of what is done with the local
station, they find broadcast reception
an Improvement over what 1t was
few weeks ago.
other station owners who fought for
Independent wave lengths and high
power have agreed to share wave
lengths and accepted reductions i'll
power. and find that they are pleas
ing their audiences better. both far
and near The Grebe Station, WABC,
reports that it recently received 45S
very favorable replies TO a query as
to how the rearranged traffic in the
ether lanes was coming in. Many
other listeners are commencing the
commissions recent actions, stating
that they are hearing more stations
than ever before, although there are
actually less in operation. Some say
they never knew they could pick up
so many distant broadcasters. Very
few complaints are being filed now.
Improvement i'm New York.
The New York situation Is, of course, |
greatly improved and local fans are
now. getting many outside stations
they never could hear before. Com |
missioner Caldwell will go to New
York this week tC make final ar !
rangements there The Chicago sys !
TEN is rapidly being cleared up. The /
latest plan includes the sharing of
% wave lengths by ID stations. What |
win become of the other eleven is /
uncertain; seven are portables, some !
Of them licensed, but outside the Chi /
cago picture now. Some are reorganiz- /
ing and Others have failed to apply |
for licenses. AS in New York, tenn /
poraTy relief has been made possible |
by shifting a number of stations so |
that now all Of them are separated !
by at least 10 kilGcycles and most !
Of them by 20 or 3r
Eventually it is pinned to have the
spacing of city stations 40 or so kilo-
cycles, so that the local listeners can
have open spaces on their ,dials to
pick up outside stntions. Some 80
letters from Chicago advise that re-
ception there eiss ne II ef tiiafi for two
or three years. both from the local
and distant stations, Commissioner
Bellows expects, to 60 there very soon
to complete his local R'location scheme.
Margaret Mckee, internationally
known whistler and Sften described as
The California Mca$xing Bird will |
he the featured artis.i during the pro- |
gram tonight Of saoxy" and His |
Gang" A number cS other prominent |
members of the gam" will take part |
in vocal and instrut, sntal solos, sup
ported by the 11Rsliece symphony
orchestra, the studiss string ensemble |
and the 100-voice niSed chorus.
Other outstanding musical attrac |
tions scheduled by .WRC include a
tabloid version of I.1ssini's Barber |
OF Seville" by th2 National Grand |
opera Co: the atskly travelogue |
by Hires Harvest'3& and a concert |
by the A. & P. GyHs@s. Mime. Maxi |
nova Sharova, Erssian dramatic |
soprano, will assis: fthe Harvesters, |
who plan to make%tHis musical visit |
tonight in Russia.
Frederic William sWile will step out |
of his usual role ias an Interpreter
Of the political sitlRt3on in Washing
ton and speak tonight in the interest
OF the District wa memorial. His
talk will be broadcast, at 6:20 o'clock !
Plans for moving WRC from its
present location ia the Riggs Bank |
Tompkins Building. at Fourteenth !
street and Park rgad, into the new
National Press Clur Building at Four
teenth and + STREETS, have virtually |
been completed, according to Merlin
IL. Aylesworth, president Of the Ma
tional Broadcastin& Co.
Engineers Of the company will come
to Washington this week to make
survey of the new building with a
view to selecting quarters for WRC.
The station will he enlarged and its
pOwer Increased Tor its debut from
the new club building.
May made an iaauspicious and al
together unpropiti0us start as far as
broadcast reception conditions are con-
cerned. The wave lengths last night
were noisy and unresponsive.
Only a few signals were available
and they were difficult to tune salts
factorily. Moreover, the volume was
insufficient in most cases for loud
speaker reproduction.
Stations in the south seemed TO be
able to get their signals through with
better strength than those in other
sections. One Of them was WSMB at
New Orleans. which kept its listen
ers informed throughout the evening
Of food conditions in the lower