Evening star., 1927-05-27
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STAT|0NPROTESTS
!. NEW ASSIGNMENT
WJAZ of Chicago Appeals for
Hearing Before Shift Is
Effective.

Among the first of the broddcasters
to protest against the new radio as.
signments effective June is Station
WJAZ. operated by the Zenith Radio
Corporation of Chicago, the same in.
terests which successfully liugated
the autonomy of the Secretary of
Commerce over radio ABOUT q year
ago and precipitated the breakdown
of Federal control that led TO the en-
actment of the radio act OF 1927 and
the creation of The Federal Radio
Commission.
Ordered to shift from its present
temporary permit frequency of 76O
kilocycies f394.5 metersl TO a G0-day
license frequency of 1.140 kilocycles
(263 meters), Station WJAZ has OBJ
jected, and has asked for public
hearing before the commission before
the new ALLEGATIONS become effective
At Chicago, its representatives have
told Commissioner Bellows that they
want 20 kilocycles 1884 meters,
which has been assigned to WBBM,
WAAF and WHIT. Chicago; WWNA.
Wheeling, w. Va; WGBN, Orono.
Me-. and WABT, Bangor. Me.
1t is unlikely that WJAZ will oh.
tain a regular hearing before the new
ALLEGATIONS are effected. This means
it will be required to make the shift
pending the hearing. If the owners
balk they may take recourse TO the
Federal district court by applying for
an injunction against the commission
This may signal the first effort to test
the constitutionality of the new radio
law and the commissions powers un-
der it.
However, the object of the com.
mission is to avoid litigation at this
iuncture. and the visit Of the Zenith
representatives here may result to the
satisfaction of both. In fact, the
Zenith interests are only one of
number which today protested their
ALLEGATIONS.
Station WGL. operated by the Tn
ternational Broadcasting Corporation
from the roof of the Hotel Iajestic.
New York City, and about to move its
transmitter TO New Seca ucus, y. j.,
telegraphed a challenge of the assign
ments on the frequencies of 710, $40.
$40 and 1910, asserting it is willing
to place our public service activities
against those stations to whom you
have made the above assignments"
1t has asked for hearing at once on
its ALLEGATION Of 1.170 kilocycles (256.3
meters).
The manager of WFRL. Brooklyn.
IS gathering together group OF sta
tions variously reported at from Is
to %, all in the New York area, in an
effort to obtain a poStponement for
80 days of the June l assignments.
This is not likely to be granted, Com
missioner Caldwell has advised them.
Stations WDWM. Newark; WA1U,
Columbus, and WMAL. Washington,
have also asked for different assign
ments.
Proceedings at the fourth national
oratorical contest tonight in the
Washington Auditorium will be broad
cast by WMAL. The program is
scheduled to begin at 7:30 O'Clock and
will end about twoshours later.
Aside from the orations of the seven
contestants, there will be an intro
ductory address by John Hays Ham.
mond and musis by the United States |
Marine Band Orchestra-under the d. |
rection of Arthur ST. Wllitcomb.
The contestants are William Alex.
ander Loker Of Leonardtown, Md;
Carl Albert of McAlester, Okla; DE
Lisle Crawford of Oak Park. ILL.,; JET
ferson Meagher of Binghamton, y.
Y: James NJ. Tunnell,' jr., of George
town, Del; Maxwell Lancaster of
Birmingham, Ala, and Dorothy Carl
son of Salt Lake City, Utah.
The winner of the contest will rep
resent the United States in the final
international meeting for 1927, which
will be held in Washington. October II.
The Goldman Band and the W.. B.
e. A. Quartet, two of iWRC's principal
attractions tonight, will present pro-
grams made up entirely Of request
numbers. The March Slav," Poet
and Peasant" 1.-THE Carnival of Ven.
ice." ITO Wild Rose" Love in Idle
ness" "Sunapee." and excerpts from
aida" are some Of the selections to
be played by the band. The quartet
will sing Liza Lady," Dainty, Fine,
Sweet. Nymph." Garry Me Back to
Old Virginny." Spin Spin, Nah
Little Banjo" ''The Minstrel Boy"
.The Bells of st. Mary's' and "Lassie
o. Mine"
"The Dreamers" in instrumental
and vocal solos, concerts by the
Lord Calvert Orchestra. the May
flower Orchestra, the Raleigh Or
chestra, and a dance program by the
Greenwich Village Inn Orchestra, are
other features.
Static was as iusty as the Wlnd on
Arlington County's hills last night,
but it did not form an effective bar
rier to the signals of the out-of-
town stations. which fortunately had
sufficient volume to plow through the
interference.
Signals were comparatively easy to
find; virtually every turn of the dial
brought in something besides
rumble of static. The South, how
ever. was not as generous with its
signals as the other sections. An
atmospheric condition, it seems. has
weakened the signal strength of the
Southern stations and affected their
usual responsiveness.
In addition to the static, some
annoyance was caused by fading. the
worst offender being WGY at
Schenectady. The stations which re-
sponded with best volume were WIFI,
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