Evening star., 1927-11-16
NEW RADIO ORDER
SHIFTS STATIONS
rs "Jam Logs" Hit by
Drastic Ruling of Federal
Commission.

NduIU COMMISSION SelllIlE dSlue tHS
broadcasting channels from 600 to
1000 kilocycles (499.7 to 299.S meters)
as a band to be maintained entirely
free from any form Of interference
will be followed by a more drastic
edict shifting % or more Jam log"
stations, it was indicated today at the
Department of Commerce.
The liam logs" blamed for the het-
erodvne howls and whistles now oc
curing within the 600 to 1000 kilo-
cycle band. will clear 26 of the 36
wave lengths in the newly created
''cIear zone" The stations affected
are to be announced within a few
tays The other 10 channels in the
non-heterodyning band will be cleared
by voluntary cooperation among the
broadcasters with these methods sug-
gested by the commission:
1. Division of time between inter
fering stations.
Q Reduction of power to avoid het-
erodyning.
3. Synchronization of frequencies
to preclude interference.
4. Application for transfers to other
channels.
Summary orders will clear the first
rs channels within the newly desig-
mated band. Four at least are fairly
we'll cleared now, being Canadian
shared channels, on which the COM
mission has been scrupulously careful
to avoid interference. The 10 to be
cleared voluntarily will be ''policed"
between December 1 and January l
by several thousand scattered expert
listeners throughout the country and
4, A, al
who will report their findings to
Washington.
New Year, then. should see at least
S6 channels on which listeners in one
part of the country or another, par
ticularly the large audience of rural
and remote fans, may tune in on
distant programs with a fair degree
of regularity. The commission does
not undertake to guarantee clarity
Of reception on these channels. except
for listeners nearby the stations Sc
1ected to use them, for it has no con-
troll over conditions of static and
fading.
After these channels have been
cleared, the commission announces it
hopes to take similar action TO clear
the frequencies from 1.100 to 1900
kiiocycies (272.6 to 230.6 meters).
While protests are expected from
the broadcasting stations to be shift
ed, the vastly improved conditions are
expected by the commission to justify
its action. perhaps the most drastic
single move taken since the alloca-
tions of last June. All stations will
be free to apply for public hearings
TO determine whether they are entitled
to relicensing January 1 for operation
on the favored channels.
The outstanding radio event tonight
will be the return of Frederic Will
liam Vile, whose analytical political
talks have always been one of WRC's
most popular attractions.
Mr.. Vile will cling to the subject,
''The Political Situation in Washing
ton" His talks will be distributed
by the blue chain of the National
Broadcasting Co., of which WIZ is the
skey" station.
Aside from Mr.. Wile's initial broad.
cast of the season, WRC has sched. |
uled several other features of local
origin. These include concert by
the w. B. & A., Hawaiians and the
Kilt Hour of Music, which will pre-
sent Gretchen Hood, prominent Wash
tngton soprano.
The seventh of the series of Duo
Art recitals, a tabloid version of Mo-
zart's Don Giovanni" by the National
Grand Opera ensemble and the weekly
concerts of the Ipana Troubadours
and the Goodrich Zippers, are the
chief attractions which WRC will
draw from New York.
The weekly Brunswick Panatrope
hour and musical from the lounge
Of the City Club are WMAL's only
musical attractions tonight. The lat
ter feature will be presented by Julia
Culberth Gray, contralto, and the
Walter T. Holt Mandolin, Guitar and
Banjo Clubs, assisted by Mary Bowel.
10, tenor banjoist; Charles Conrad,
guitarist, and the Nordica String
Quartet.
The regular dinner hour concert of
WRHF, which will be broadcast be.
tween 6 and o'clock, features Men
delssohn's "a Midsummer Nights
Dream"
Besides the dinner concert broad.
casts, this station also is on the air
every morning from 10 to II o'clock
with special program Of interest to
women, which includes household
hints, cookery recipes and music.
Radio reception last night was de-
cidedly improved in comparison with
the preceding night, but there was
tightness in the atmosphere which
''mushed" many of the incoming sig
mails. This condition, however, SEEM
ed to affect only the weaker stations,
as those in the super-power group
c~me through with excellent clarity.
The static eruptions last night were
sporadic and too feeble to interfere
seriously with reception-a sharp con-
trast with its action Monday night,
when the wavelengths were torn asun.
der.