Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-05
COMPLETED RADIOS
is AIM Of MAKERS.
Sarnoff Believes Factories
Will Turn Out instruments
With Accessories.

The day Is not far distant when the
radio set manufacturers. like the
makers of automobiles, will equip
their. product with the principal aces
series at the factories instead OF sell
ing the stripped" article. This is the
opinion of the vice president and gen.
eral manager Of Radio Corporation of
America, David Sarnoff. who has is
sued a statement to clarity the policy
of r. G. 4. on points involving the
licensing OF its patents to other manu-
facturcrS,
If the equipment policy is sound in
the automotive industry. Mr.. SarnoH
believes. it is many times more neces-
sarv in the radio industry. where
vacuum tube. for example, may make
all the difference between an opera
tive and imperative set. Accordingly,
r. G A. is advising the lobbers OF its
tubes that il has recommended It's IL
censes--mostly smaller manufacturers
of Sets-equip the sets they manu-
facture with its standard vacuum
tubes FOR the purpose Of making these
sets initially operative,
This is only one of the points de-
veIopei however, in Mr.. Sarnof's
statement. which was made primarily
to prevent apprehension among the
iohhers Of its tubes lest the +. {. AS
policy should mean that the licensees
too. are becoming johbers Of these
tubes. Such is not the case. Mr.
Sarnoff declared. and in answer IT,
what he STYLES 'haseleSs rumors and
speculation" which followed the
licensing OF 25 manufacturers in re-
cent months to use Il. {. y. patents.
Mr.. Sarnoff says further:
"RegarileSs Of the royalties received
from licensees. the Radio Corporation
OF America, in addition to its com
munication interests, will remain
development and sales organization,
vitality concerned also with research
and manufacture, and engaged in the
development and sale Of broadcast
receivers and other radio devices. Its
presen. plans call for greatly increased
programs of research and production"
mother words. the corporation is per-
uniting others to use its patents. but
is itself in the radio manufacturing
and selling business to stay. Those
who license r. e. A. patents pay
royalty of 7la per cent on the gross
income from the sales Of sets built
equipped with the license patents.
AS to the licensing agreements
themselves. made after multitudinous
court actions threatened endless litiga-
ton, Mr.. Sarnoff says that r. c. A.
has reserved exclusively to itself the
superintendent circuit. which is the
basic feature of its line. Only tuned
radio frequency receivers and power
supply devices are included in the
grants of rights to other manufac-
turerS under the patent agreements,
but r. G. A. retains the right itself
to make and sell receivers Of the
tuned radio frequency type.
The initial clash between the Yam.
KEGS and the Pirates this afternoon
found Washington radio listeners ade-
auately served with a play.by:play
account Of the game. Both WRC and
WMAL are broadca sting description
of the game direct from Forbes Field.
The former. of course. is connected
with the National Broadcasting Co. s
network, while the latter is a link in
the recently organized Columbia sys-
TEN.
Graham McNamee and Phillips Car
lin are describing the games for the
National Broadcast Co. Stations. The
Columbia system has Maj. ]. Andrew
White. YeteraR4- radio sports an
houncer. at the microphone,
These two stations have planned to
continue this arrangement through.
out the entire series.
Aside from the opening of the an.
nual base ball classic. WRC has
scheduled another important sport
event-the ten-round bout tonight be-
tween Henry Lamar, Washington
athlete and Western High School
alumnus.. and Marty Gallagher to be
held in the Armory at Silver Spring.
lid. Incidentally. 1t will mark the
first broadcast by WRC of local
fistic encounter. John B. Daniel will
describe the fight, blow by blow, from
the ringSide.
Outstanding among WRC's musical
attractions tonight is the first of a
series of midweek radio concerts
sponsored by the Aeolian Co. The
opening program will feature Rudolph
CAM. celebrated pianist, and the Phil
adelphia Chamber of String Sim.
fonietta, which is composed of ID
members of the Philadelphia Sym
phony Orchestra.
Other musical attractions include
the Goodrich Orchestra. the Ipana
Troubadours, the Waldorf-Astoria Or
chestra and Trial by Jury" by the
National Light Opera Co.
The second of the series of Pana-
trope Hours and the opening musical
from the City Club, featuring the city
Club Revue" are the only attractions
scheduled tonight by WMAL. These
two attractions. however, will run
from 1870 to 10 o'clock.
Amid the cracking and suffering
of static. stations up and down the en-
tire range of the broadcast scale could
be tuned last night with sufficient
volume to penetrate the disturbance.
It was one Of those unusual nights
for reception, when noise seems to
have little effect on the incoming sig
nails, and almost any of the active sta
tons, as a result. would respond quite
readily and without painstaking dial
adjustments. For instance, brief ex-
cursion over the wave bands produced
the following results:
WOOD, Grand Rapids, Mich;
WJAZ, Chicago: WCDB. Zion, ILL.,;
WEBH, Chicago; WFAA. Dallas:
WOW, Omaha; WBOQ, New York;
excl, Toronto; WIKI, Cleveland, and
WPG, Atlantic CITY,