Evening star., 1927-10-13
LIFE OF LICENSES
EXTENDED 16DAYS
Many More Changes in
Wave Lengths Are in Pros
pect, Says Commissioner.

Extending the life of all broadcast
ing licenses from October 10 to Octo'
Der 81. the Federal Radio Commission
announces that many more changes in
wave lengths are in prospect IN
the interim. Thousands of listeners
throughout The country will be
Obliged by the beginning of next
month TO dial anew for certain sta
tions.
A vigorous policy favoring stations
with the highest program merit
is being prosecuted by the commission
with the coming Of colder weather
and clearer reception. The changes.
for the most part, it is announced,
will clear the waves used by these
stations and require others to divide
time on shared channels.
Twenty Using Same.
AS many as 90 stations are already
using the same channel, and 1t is the
commissions intention to crowd these
channels even more. If the distance
spacing and low power output do not
serve to prevent interference, the sta
tions will be advised 10 arrange their
own time divisions. Failure to agree
on this will lead to an order from
Washington designating the hours to
be used by each station.
The extension of the 60-day licenses
was for purposes of convenience.
Hereafter all licenses will be issued
as of the 1st of alternate months.
This is said to be more convenient
both for the broadcasters, who must
make formal applications for each re-
newal, and for the commission. The
license renewals will all be for so days.
Two Of the recent changes that have
stirred the greatest opposition against
the commission are those whereby Sta
ton KWKH, Shreveport. La, was
ordered to reduce its power to 1000
watts and to share time on T60 kilo-
cycles (394.5 metersl with kMA, Shen-
andoah. Iowa, and whereby Station
kTNT, AIuscatine, Iowa, was ordered
to reduce its power to 1000 watts for
deviating from it's assigned frequency
of 1.170 kilocycles (256.S meters).
Federal Criminal Proceedings.
The former was charged with ex-
ceeding it's assigned power, and has
been cited in Federal criminal pro-
ceedings under the radio act. Pend
ing that action, it has applied for a
hearing before the commission on an
application to go up to 10000 watts
and to have full time on its wave
length. This is TO be heard this week.
Station KTNT was summarily or
dered to reduce from $500 to 1000
watts because the Chicago radio super.
visor's Office. on repeated checkups,
reported it was straying two to four
kilocycles from its wave length, while
In New York three stations have COM
planned of interference from it's signal
Repeated warnings were ignored, ac.
cording to a member of the commits
sion. Station KSCJ. Sioux City, is
now applying for the wave length
of KTNT.
The second Of the novel half hours
by the Hoover Sentinels, featuring a
Quartet of Quartets." appears to be
the leading musical offering tonight of
WRC. The program, following the
unique plan of presentation, employ
ing brass, string, woodwind and vocal
quartets. win consist of seven selec-
tions. It will be opened with the de-
ightful Dance of the Hours" by Pom
chielli, taken from the famous opera
la Gioconda . The brass quartet will
be the first of the quartets to be heard.
MacDowell's familiar floral compost.
ton, ITO Wild Rose will be the
contribution of the woodwind quartet
The vocal quartet. in addition to
singing Heywoods "Smile," will, to-
getfer with the full orchestra, close
the half hour with the popular Down