Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09
BATTLE FOR WAVE
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Many Stations Seek Permits
to Change FIRE.
quencies.

Radio stations now operating on
some of program broadcasting's most
popular and populous wave lengths
are under fire by other stations seek
ing shifts to those waves. The new
schedule of hearings to be held before
the Federal Radio Commission, sup
plen1enting the docket of 20 cases COM
pleted during the last two weeks, in
wolves the present operating condi'
tions of stations in all sections of the
country.
This week. for example. Station
VIGIL, New York. the same that re-
Gently dropped its appeal to the courts
from an adverse decision of the COM
mission, is again to seek a change Of
frequency Having been denied its
previous request for a better wave
length, y now wants to shift to $40
kilocyci " 1901 metersl.
Staten KOHL, Council Bluffs, next
week will ask to be permitted to go
10 100 kilocycles (394.5 meters), and no
less than 10 stations must appear to
fight against or accede to the addition
Of another broadcaster on or near
enough to their present waves to set
up possible interference.
The record number of stations call
ed to defend their assignments is In
the case of WBAW, Nashville, sched-
uled for next week. 1t wants to boost
its mower from 100 to 10000 watts on
1s2l0 kilocycles eats meters). Nine
teen stations are affected.
Under the commissions procedure,
stations on or near the frequences
sought are notified to appear or sub
nit affidavits to show why their pub
lie service is superior to the station
seeking their wave. Six hearings are
fal furn CO -
for next. The schedule:
August g. Station WICC, Bridge
port, Conn. Hearing on request to
move transmitter to Sport Hill, near
Bridgeport, over neighborhood objec-
tions. To appear: Town council Of
Easton, Conn; Boardman & Grout, at
tqrneys, Bridgeport.
August 9-Station WORD. Batavia.
Ill Asks 720 kilocycles. To appear:
WHO and WHIT, Chicago.
August 10-Station WFBM. Indian
apolis. Asks 1000 kilocycles. 1000
watts. To appear: WTAS. Chicago;
Haven, Conn; WCAC, Mansfield,
Conn; WAR, Norfolk, Va; WWL,
New Orleans.
August 11-Station KMA, Shenan-
doah, Iowa. Asks division of time
with WSUI, Iowa City. on frequency
of 10 kilocycles, using 1000 watts
daytime and 1000 at night. To ap-
pear: WSUI, Iowa City: WHIT, Chi.
cage: WOR, Newark; KPO, San Fran
cisco.
August 12- Station wBNY, New
York. Asks 920 kilocycles, 500 watts.
To appear: WABC and WBOQ, New
York City.
august 12- Station VIGIL, New
York. Asks go kilocycles. 1000 watts
To appear: WPCH. New York; KFAB,
lincoln, Nebr.; WRNY, New York;
WTAW, College Station. Tex.
august 16-Station KOHL. Council
Bluffs, Iowa. Asks 760 kilocycles To
appear: KTW. Seattle, Wash: KOB,
State College, N. Mex: WBBM, Chi
cago; kWSC, Pullman. Wash; KFDY.
Bookings, S. Oak; WTAM. Cleveland;
KWKH, Shreveport. Iowa: WIN,
New York; WQAO, WPAP, Cliffside,
N. J.
August 17-station wBAw, Nash.
Vile. Asks increase in power from
100 to 10000 watts. on 1910 kilocycles.
To appear: WCAT, Rapid City, s.
New Orleans, La, WABY and
WFKD. Philadelphia; WABW, Woos.
ter, Ohio; WFBE, Cincinnati; WOOD.
Chattanooga. Tenn; WLCI, Ithaca,
n. Y; KGCA and KWLC, DEBORAH,
Iowa: kFJB. Marshalltown, Iowa;
WEBE, Cambridge, Ohio; WEBC, Su-
perior, Wis; KFED, Denver; WHO'D.
Miami Beach. Fla; WRAM and
WFBz, Galesburg, ILL.,, and WMAY,
st. Louis, Mo.
Among the features on wRC's pro-
gram tonight will be the regular
Tuesday evening Eveready concert
An organ and two pianos, assisted by
Shilkert's Orchestra, will open the
program with selections from the pop
ular Peer Gynt" suite, by Grieg, and
Ethelbert Nevin's suite, "a Day in
Venice; Scenes Pittoresques, by
Massenet, and Victor Herbert's
March Of the Toys" Dance num-
bers will also be given.
Other features on the program are:
The final episode Of the 'Coca-Co
Girl" Hansen, Howard and Brennan,
vocal trio; a talk on Strange HUI
man Impulses" by DR.. z. Boyd Bar
rett; the Pennsylvania Orchestra,
Songs Of the City, by the -Four Bards;
The Radio Cayalcade," Janssen's Or
chestra. and concert by the May.
flower Orchestra of local origin.
WMAL's four-hour array of enter.
la1LIIIeHI FEATURES d program OF music
by the Washington Male Quartet.
Kin" Carroll and Erma Calvert, pop
ular entertainers; the "WMAL Radio
Movie Club Alice B. Harvey, pianist;
Ina Holtzscheiter, soprano, and AL.
bert w. Summers, baritone; the
Screen Letter Box" conducted by
Colby Hartman, and two talks by
Louis Rothschild, manager Of the Bet
ter Business Bureau, and Sarah 3.
Robinson will conclude the program.