Evening star., 1927-05-05
CURB ON STATIONS
USE OF AIR IS SEEN
Commission Asserts Limit of
400 a Night Win Be
Established.

sage an official cut in the number OF
stations to be licensed to broadcast,
the latest statement from the head
quarters of the Federal Radio Com
mission is significant in its assertion
that under the e.reallocat' On plan OF the
commission no more than 800 or 4o0
stations will be on the air any one
night.
11ha issuance of licenses which arc
to replace the temporary permits re-
Gently granted to all applicant sta
tions will begin before the end Oh me
month. It may take until FEBRUARY
o. 1ooe the date when the commits
sjon's duties advert to appellate Juf's-
diction over the Department OF Com
,,erca radio authority, before the u
cense task is completed, since taSh
statiol's case must be taken up aiiu4-
vidually. .,,.o ,,,;l, ba
M reduction in the number OF sta
tlons by the commission itseh' Iol
ordering stations off the ar peru ,
nentIy for any reason at all may 49,
70 Irrigation, which the commission
~, ilI afford TO undergo, in view OF
t,,a nress of its present duties. Some
ono NAV seek to test its powers undef
the new radio law, which mas not Ne'
haen interpreted by the courts
Rut the commission IS apparently
sn+or1incr TO dictate broadcast houIs
that will take a large share OF the ~
Snoedca s+ers off the air during the
,,aore favorable hours; that 49, dutlnS
the evenings. Some stations wiz pe
crdered to use their assigned Il0
ouencies only during the Gay tlIiie ei
presumably these Will be Chiely ~ ~
a,eo stations which furnish speclaI
{,
and weather reports. Thls VIII 80
-. a. craves free for the use u othei
stations at night. ooI,aa
sts,o,T observation-disclosures Bellows has calieu
.t+on+ion 10 the fact that While II Was
avnected the ALLEGATIONS uIoel ~
tan,norarv permits would feheNe -
!pfa.ence situation somewhat IlsA
.,'ara primarily designed to clear iit oiit
Ce,,odian channels, even the sPi.s
I,;locvcles. and deal Win ceI o',,n e,,1ta
ahnses of power, .and at Ino ,,ena1.
tin,a nrotect broadcasters aroiii LIE ip.,,,,ie.
t;as under the new law. 1ne on4;nns
sion nromises nothing 10 tno aIloca.
&C vet under the new n1eh0 0o,.bough
.lonS .rr ,,rav;ouslv been stated tnat e .he
II Ns;ss;on nas proposes to follow ene
Conn ,,ower and frequency assisn
!a.ents as nearly as posslpie Il
work we'll.
r,,a Howard University GIse Ig rihbs
..dar the direction OF ,Roy w. 70.
Iii make its second appea - Sta.
r;ebt before the mlcropliomT;, .,r;,, he in
tion w., w. of an encore in view U
tte .ne r,anv letters of appronatloiia l. tt,a T
.mnH sI,T ~ iisteners which follower 'ne
.r,- sui+ioI radio program
In, Ja Sale symphony Orcheaens
4ba c,liouot Club EsklInos Sc az
anu er erat+ractions featured by VIZ.
s.,lr 0sl,e, o,cbestra, will give its concert 9
> no o.cIock- and the Eskimos VIII NC
heard from to y. .rx;,,, Carroll.
Trma Calvert and KIN 4p- II, -
ronular radio entertainers: anu em at.
Paradis Band are WIZ . o'aio
fractions Of local origin
proceedings at the banquet OF Ine
ps,ais Roval Boosters Ciun at ln
1;tw cluh tonight will be proaocase
hv wMAL as its chief feature. 81, An
eiahorate entertainment program iiS''
been arranged, ,to 7orsch's
po,,rhboys. and Anna Mendei @ anu
Marion MoreIand, known as 1ne
Record Breakers" also nave d pIoiIri,
;nent place on the program OF WIlAn. =.
The station will open It's prosIa q
$50 o'clock with news flashes! pro-
gram by "Silk Buddy Will loilo"'
Reception conditions last night Were
.,ad;ocra at hest. While the strength
~ the signals Of the out-of-toWn sta-
tiors was good, static beat conlinu-
ous staccato into the loud speakers
and permitted only mere snatches Oh
the programs to come through Win
audibility. 4if,,,
in ali directions, and comparatively
easy to find, but those originating
an the Middle West seemed to nave
the greatest volume. Chicago ana
Davenport were especially vigorous.
Fxnorts of radio equipment from
the United States in March totaled
ss46. .4oO. being $173,566 less than in
the corresponding month of 1926, but
SIS. .236 in excess of the February ship
nlents this year. The only gain IN
value over the exports in March,
. 1926. was in radio tubes, which show
ed an increase Of $8,6S4.
The radio call of the airplane Co
lumbia, to be flown in the trans-AI-
iantic race to Paris this Summer, has
been changed from KHAA to WTW,
I it was announced today at the Depart
{ rnent of Commerce. The change was
made at the request Of the American
! Trans-Oceanic Co.
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