Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25
RADIO LAW VO|DS
STATION LICENSES
BroadcasterS Have so Days
to File Requests for
New Permits.

WHEN TTGSIOSnL dIIlACQ HIS
signature to the new radio control act
the licenses issued to all broadcasting
stations in the United States lapsed
automatically. All of them within the
next so days must make application
for new licenses, which will be granted
by the Federal Radio Commission for
a period of three years for the pro-
gram stations and five years for all
other stations.
A census of the radio stations shows
that there are now 1913 program broad
casting stations in the United States,
14,76S amateur stations, % trans
oceanic stations, SO general public serv-
ice (coastaD stations, 207 limited COM
mercial stations. 179 experimental sta
tons, SO technical training stations
and 2.035 ship stations.
Applications for the new licenses
must be made to the Radio Division
of the Department of Commerce, which
will turn them over to the commission
for consideration when that body Is set
up by appointment of the President.
These five men for the next year must
unscramble, so to speak, the maze that
has prevailed in the ether these last
eight months or so.
The geographical distribution of the
program stations. with which the radio
puUllC Is I1lOSl COI1C6II1Su. anu WHICH,
will offer the chief problem for the
commissions solution. reveals in
measure how acute must be the inter
ference situation in some sections. New
York City, for example. has 81 stations
hroadcasting within a radius of so
miles of Times Square--and reports
that come to Washington are to the
effect that good reception even of local
stations is virtually an impossibility
there.
Chicago has So stations within the
same area, and suffers from the broad
casts from both side of the continent.
Boston has % within its environs or
nearby, Philadelphia "a, Los Angeles
%. Seattle % and San Francisco 20.
The State distribution Of the pro.
gram broadcasters tells it's own story.
This is how the stations are scattered:
Illinois, "a: New York, So; California
81; Pennsylvania, 46; Ohio, SO; Texas.
"a, Washington, 81; Michigan, 26;
Iowa, 26: Missouri, "a; New Jersey, "a;
Wisconsin, 10; Massachusetts,, 20: Ne.
braska, IS; Minnesota, II; Florida, II;
Colorado, u: Indiana. 16; Tennessee,
IS; Oregon, IS: Louisiana. 10: Oklaho-
ma, II; Virginia, 9; South Dakota. 8;
North Dakota, S; Kansas, I; Utah,
Z: Rhode Island, 6; Maryland. 5: Ala
bama, 5; Arizona. 5; Georgia, 4; Maine,
A. North Carolina, 4; Connecticut, 4;
Idaho, 4; Montana. 4: District of Co
lumbia, 3; New Mexico, 8; Alaska, 8;
Arkansas, 3; New Hampshire, 8; Ken
lucky. 8; Vermont, 2: Mississippi, 2;
Delaware, /; South Carolina, /; West
Virginia, /; Wyoming, /; Porto Rico.
1, and Hawaii, /.
Three youthful and distinguished
American artists of opera and concert
will take part tonight in the fifth of
the series of Victor radio concerts,
which will be broadcast by the blue"
network of stations Of the National
Broadcasting Co. Outstanding among
them is Marian Talley, soprano,
whose triumphal entry into opera a
year ago is still fresh in the minds of
the entire Nation.
Associated with Miss Talley in this
concert will be Lawrence Tibet, bari
tone, and Richard Crooks, tenor. Tib-
bett and Miss Talley are members of
the Metropolitan Opera Co. Mr..
Crooks Is we'll known concert artist
The concert will be broadcast begin
ming at o'clock, Eastern standard
time, through the following stations:
WIZ, New York; WBZ, Springfield;
kDKA, Pittsburgh; KYW, Chicago;
wHAS. Louisville: WSB, Atlanta;
VINO. Memphis, and WSM, Nashville.
wRC's chief offering tonight will be
the second of the series of concerts by
the Goldman Band of New York. Sew
eral other of it's attractions also will
come from New York. These include
weekly program of the Anglo Persians
and a joint recital by Devora Nadwor-
ney, contralto, and Guiseppi oil Bene.
detto, tenor, whose voices are familiar
to radio listeners, due to their connec-
ton with the WEAF Grand Opera Co.
The principal attraction of local
origin will be concert by the Lord
Calvert Ensemble. There also will be
special program by the Burlington
Orchestra, with which Gretchen Hood,
soprano, will appear as soloist.
Static moderated somewhat last
night and gave DIX hunters an op-
portunity to roam the wave lengths
without much interference. While re.
ception conditions were far from nor
NAL, some Of the high powered sta.
tons were heard with clarity and
fair volume.
Signals from the Southern stations
seemed to have more strength than
those from the North and West.
WSMB, New Orleans: WSM, Nash.
vile, and WITH. Clearwater, Fla,
were easily tuned at all times. How
ever. careful dial adjustments were
necessary TO bring in some of the
Northern stations. especially WICC,
Bridgeport; WRNY, New York, and
WOR, Newark.