Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-31

network, which will cover most of the
country from the Canadian line to At
lanta, Ca, and from coast to coast,
will be made February %, when Presi-
dent Coolidge delivers his Washing
toms birthday address before 81 joint
session of Congress at Washington.
Temporary facilities are being ar
ranged for the occasion.
100 Stations Apply.
IF the service on the Pacific Coast
and in the Northwest proves success
full" Mr.. Aylesworth said, New York
programs will be carried direct to San
Francisco by wire and distributed to
the stations on the Pacific Coast, while
programs from San Francisco and
other points in the West would be
transmitted to and rebroadcast in the
East"
Mr.. Aylesworth's announcement
made it clear, however that no
change of policy on the part of the
National Broadcasting Co. is involved
in the arrangement just completed.
The company, he pointed out, contin-
ues to own but one station, WEAF,
in New York City, although it directs
the operation and program activities
of stations WIZ, in New York, and
WRC, Washington, owned by the
Radio Corporation of America, as well
as of station xxx, at Hastings.
Nebr., owned by the Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing Co.
Policy Is Outlined.
THE National Broadcasting Co,
Mr.. Aylesworth declared in his state
ment, lis committed to the policy of
developing the best possible broadcast
ing service and of making this avail
able to the largest possible portion of
the 100 100000 people in the United
States. 1t was expected that this
might be a task of many months, but
the countrywide demand that the
great stars of the opera, the eminent
artists of the concert hall and the ma
tional features which have marked
the outstanding broadcasting pro.
grams since the establishment of the
National Broadcasting Co. two months
ago be made available to the West
and to the South on the same basis as
in the East has quickened this process.
More than 100 broadcasting sta
tons in the United States to date
have applied for the network service
Of the National Broadcasting Co, and
we are extending our program serv-
ice wherever the public demand is
sufficiently great and the facilities for
wire interconnection are practicable.
1.-THE National Broadcasting Co. s
plan Of operation provides for suf-
ficient networks of associated stations,
so that the listener may have wide
diversity of programs"
Conference i'm New York.
The arrangement just announced
brought together in conference in
New York the owners of leading
broadcasting stations on the West
Coast, including KPO, Hale Bros, San
Francisco; KGO. General Electric Co,
Oakland, Calf; XII, Earl G. An
thony, Inc, Los Angeles; KOMO,
Fishers Blend, Inc, Seattle; KFOA.
Rhodes Department Store, Seattle;
KGW, the Portland Oregonian, Port
land, Greg, and KHQ, Louis Washer,
Inc, Spokane.
Early in April an inaugural pro-
gram will be broadcast by the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. from studios
to be established IN San Francisco
for the Pacific and Northwest net
work
George j. Pedeyn Of the executive
staff of the National Broadcasting Co.
has been appointed Pacific Coast man
ager, and a staff of engineers and
program builders now are at work
forming a Pacific Coast organization.
The necessary preliminary arrange
ments will be completed within two
months for linking the seven stations
by special telephone circuits.