Evening star., 1927-04-16
IMPROVED ETHER
CONDITIONS NOTED
Broadcast Issues Gradually
I. Clearing Up, Official
Reports Show.

Already it is noted that the situa-
ton in the ether is improving. Al
though the independent listener may
not note nor believe it, governmental
officials and expert analysts of radio
interferences assert that gradually the
conditions in the broadcast band are
Gearing UP. This is partly due to the
clearing of the Canadian channels ana
the movement away from the Spht
frequency channels. or non-standaru
frequencies, by many broadcasters VINO
desire to comply at once with the ueci
sions of the Federal Radio Commission
The tendency today is TO comply
with the Federal regulations as last
as they are made known. and as one
commissioner puts it, most stations
are now on their good behavior. inns
is big help to the commission, Wh2ch'
after all is a duly appointed coihhilS-
sion. with the national radio laws oe-
hind it. and which will no doubt have
the full cooperation of the Depart
ment of Justice and the Federal law
courts in prosecuting all cases or sta
tIons which attempt to avoid the law
some rr1lnbling is to be heard al
ready. One Southern station is report
ed as ready to take its case to court
This particular station has been or
5ered with about 40 others, to Vacate
the Canadian channels and seek non
interfering channel if II can ma one.
1t is anticipated that several cases OF
this sort viii have to be tried in court
but the outcome is not in doubt, Tor
The 1927 radio act confers full author
ity upon the commission to reaiiocate
the broadcast channels and police the
ether.
AS the regulations of the commits
sion are made known and the tempo
rAry permits for stations to broadcast
are issued IL will be of interest to the
listeners to watch the gradual clearing
m of inter-station interference ana
note the Improvement in distant fecep-
ton. 1t is anticipated that many old
DIX fans who have ceased to roam
about in the ether since the conges-
t4nn became so severe will return TO
their sets in an effort to again cruise
about in the ether lanes to find old
friends, as well as to pick up new ana
shifted stations.
So far the temporary permits issued
have indicated no shifts in channels,
hIa two stations believed TO be Great
ing fnterstation interference have been
reduced in power and more are unoer
consideration, as well as many changes
announced from day to day, and are
likely to make for considerable ian
interest The listeners will want to
locate the new station frequenc1es on
their dials and note whether some IN
reference is eliminated. Many new
listeners will be encouraged TO explore
the now supervised ether channels IN
an effort to see for themselves What
is To he heard and who is broadcastlng
&
sion active for couple OF months ana
their curative orders in effect, gen.
eral return to the broadcast receivers
is believed imminent, starting thlS
Summer and reaching a maximum
early this Fall.
Waves of static swept into loud
sneakers with rad fury last night
and submerged virtually every radio
signal that dared venture into the
ether, except those sent out by such
slIper.power stations as VIZ, kDhA
and WGY.
Combined with the atmospherics
there was considerable code inter
ference. The dot and dash disturoers
began activities early and continued
throughout the evening, even inter
fering at times with the programs OF
the few stations that could be tuned
ana lu6ullliSu NAlAouN 90 1N4A%NAA9
ears.
Altogether, the night was decid-
edly poor one for reception OF distant
stations. And if the Weather Bu-
feau's forecast holds good, there VIII
be no Improvement tonight.
WRC's listeners will be acquainted
tonight with the preparations Whlch
have been made for the attempted
nonstop New York-to-Paris airplane
flight, Lieut.. Comdr. Noel Davis,
U. s. N, who with his plane, the
American Legion, hopes to blaze the
way for the thousands of delegates
who will attend the Legion conven-
ton in Paris in August, will explain
the plans in a 10-minute talk, begin
ming at 8 o'clock.
The chief musical attraction tonight
will be provided by an old-time orches-
ira. under the objection of Il. S. Reese.
The orchestra is composed of seven
pieces, a guitar, fiddle, piano, banJo,
harmonica, saw and whistle.
Other attractions on WRCs sched-
ule include the Week Enders, Wheeler
Wadsworth and his orchestra and the
Burlington Orchestra, with the Bel
Canto Quartet as its solo group.
The Army School Band. the City
Club Syncopators, Frances Gutelius,
concert pianist, and Mrs. Walter r.
Hilton, soprano, win provide WMAI's
musical attractions tonight. There
also will be a talk by WKl p. Ken
uedy, political writer for The Star,
and an entertainment by Bell and