Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-27
MENBERSOF RADIO
BOARD. ARE BACK
Ready to Tackle 19 Hearings
After Inspection Tour of
Country.

Back from visits to. their respective
districts. members of the Federal
Radio Commission report that broad
casting and reception conditions are
generally favorable. considering the
Summer season. -Four of the five
members of the commission are now
in WASHINGTON, ready to tackle
docket of 10 public hearings for as
many broadcasting stations which
seek changes i'll wave or power as
sisnments. They will be busy with
these for two weeks at least.
Some IS stations throughout the
country are involved in these hear
ings. since those which operate on the
wave lengths disputed must appear
to argue against further crowding OF
their respective waves. For the first
time the Far West IS concerned with
the hearings, five OF them this week
involving applications of Pacific Coast
stations for new frequencies or higher
powers. or both.
Presumably the 10 hearings will air
the greater part of the dissent among
the 690-odd hroadcasting stations iT
the United States. in the opinion of
members Of the commission. Other
wise. they claim. satisfaction prevails
for the most part.
Static Bothers South.
From the South, Judge Eugene o.
Sykes of Jackson. Miss, reports that
the chief complaint is the unavoidable
Summer static. Judge Sykes states
that his visit home convinced him that
the recent realignment of stations i'm
proved conditions vastly. though there
are still some problems to be solved
for certain of the broadcasting sta
tions in his zone, which embraces
North and South Carolina, Georgia.
Florida, Alabama. Tennessee, Missis-
sippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and
Oklahoma.
Commissioner II. A. Bellows. back
from the Middle West, says conditions
are much improved, but scattering
problems. often vital. must be faced
in various parts Of his district. which
embraces Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, the. Dakotas, Nebraska,
Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. One of
the hardest problems seems to be TO
keep stations on their assigned fire.
quencies, and the commission is about
to begin enforcing its order Of some
weeks ago that controls must be in
stalled.
Commissioner Caldwell supplement
ed his recent New England tour with
q visit to cities Of northern New York.
located Admiral. Bullard, chairman,
has been in Washington for several
weeks. Commissioner Dillon is still
iii in San Francisco. his district being
supervised and special reports being
submitted to the commission by Super
visor B. H. Linden.
The Glee Club Of the University of
North Carolina, which won a national
Vex1 rtVonoCcfrf1 nnnnaTfC
in New York, Cincinnati, Kansas City
and the principal cities of the South,
will give a special radio program to-
night at WEAF, which will be broad
cast also by WRC and other asso-
ciated stations of the National Broad
casting Co. The clubs program will
be made up almost entirely OF negro
spirituals.
Several outstanding features Of To-
cal origin also are scheduled by WRC.
One will be two-piano recital by Jack
Nesbit ard Charles Bates, members Of
the Mayfiower Orchestra. Another
will be program by the Agreeable
In addition to the North Carolina
Glee Club, other attractions which
wRC will draw from New York in
clude the Ipana Troubadours, the
South Sea Islanders, Jack Albin and
his orchestra and the Waldorf AS
toria Orchestra. $500 }t..
Radio reception conditions were
about the same last night as on the
preceding night. Static manifestations
were feeble, but the out-of-town sta
tions were difficult to tune. Those of
superpower strength were about the
only ones whose signals were able to
penetrate the tight atmosphere with
volume sufficient for loud speaker re-
production.