Evening star., 1927-11-19
p!|AD|O Commission
CLEARS e BANDS
Elimination of Interference
Will Aid Listeners.in
rs Getting Distance.
~ tha Associated Press.

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By the Associated Press.
As a result of it's most recent gen.
eral order, aimed at facilitating long
distance reception. the Federal kadlo
Commission was enabled today TO
announce a list of % radio channels
and the stations working thereon
which will be cleared of interference
NV December /. These % channels
take in most Of the space in the
hroadcasting band between 500 ana
! 900 kilocycles, in which area the
commission has resolved to stop inter-
ference from hetero6yning and all
other causes that can be reached.
"A glance through the accompany
ING list of channels shows that the
newly designated band includes I'M
nortant stations scattered throughout
1he United States" the commission 5
statement said.
DIX Hunters Aided.
"over these cleared channels it will
tbus he possible for rural and remote
,;steners to nick up stations in all
sections of the country Listeners
with a particular taste for DA VIII
also find the tracks cleared for them
all the way across the continent IN
1ba case OF several of the Paclnc
coast stations which have adequate
mower to deliver signal IN the East
under good reception conditions
"San Francisco can be heard 1of
4brao hhurs after Newark shuts down
on 710 iSiIocycles. and Portland VIII
come in on WEAFSs wave length
after the big Long Island transmitter
has closed for the night.
''KOA, Denver. as mlle-post lot
cross.continental radio tourists. VIII oe
heard when two 500-watt statlons ia
New York City are of: ana Folao
Rico, which shares Loulsville.s .l cnall'
mel will prove a long distance South-
ern test when the Kentucky bfoad'
caster has closed down.
Cleared for New York.
-Four cleared channels have been
provided for four high-powered New
York stations. WEAF, WIZ, Woh
and WABC, the last named assign
ment becoming effective with the De-
Cemher | changes. in order to secure
for this 5.0G0-watt transmitter clear
ed channel across the continent.
Chicago has been assigned some
five cleared waves, and, whlle TINS Is
the largest number given to any single
community, it must be remembered
that Chicago. by its central location,
is in a position to furnish proSrams
for the entire United States, both East
and West. and for this reason. con.
sidered from the standpoint of the tre-
mendous audience of remote listeners
surrounding Chicago, it was deemed
desirable that this number of cleared
channels be freed for the Chicago
broa dcaSters.
"Other centrally located cities in the
Middle West, such as Cincinnati, st.
Louis, Cleveland and Detroit. are also
given the opportunity to share with
Chicago in providing radio programs
of the great Mississippi Valley and
Central Western audience.
1.-The South is particularly we'll rep
resented in this picture of cleared
channels, Atlanta. Nashville, Louis.
willie as well as Fort Worth and San
Antonio. Tex. having been assigned
cleared frequencies.
Eleven More to Be Cleared.
"With IS channels cleared, effective
December /, and with the remaining
IL channels in the COOL 900 band to be
cleared before licenses are renewed on
those channels in January, it is the
purpose of the Radio Commission to
bring to the remote and rural listen
ers during the present Winter season
as high a degree Of reception as Is
possible. an improvement correspond
ing to that accomplished for city and
local listeners by the commissions
earlier actions"
The list Of cleared channels fol-
lows:
500 kilocycles-499 meters:
WBAP. Fort Worth, Tex. Divides
with WOAI.
WOAI. San Antonio. Tex. Divides
with WBAP.
610 kilocycles--49I5 meters:
kGW, Portland, Greg
WEAF. Bellmore, n. Y.
$50 kilocycles-475.9 meters:
WSB, Atlanta. Ga.
WSUI, Iowa City, Iowa. Daytime
only.
$40 kilocycles-46s5 meters:
WRC, Washington.
kFI, Los Angeles.
$50 kilocycles--4543 meters:
WIZ, Bound Brook. y. j.
kFRC, San Francisco.
go kilocycles-447 meters.
WMAQ. Chicago. Divides with wOJ
WQJ, Chicago. Divides with WMAC.
kFOA, Seattle.
ESQ kilocycles-4409 meters:
WJR-WCX. Pontiac, Mich.
WIBG. Elkins Park, Pa. Sundays
D am. to 6 pm.
kFSD. San Diego.
WAAW, Omaha. am. to 6 p.m,
Operates Only i'm Summer.
700 kilocycles--42S3 meters:
IN
anitter.
WLW, Cincinnati. One transmitter.
WMAF, South Dartmouth, Mass.
Summer months only.
7lO kilocycles-422,3 meters: .-.
WOR, Newark. :: - -.