Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-09
CONTROL PROGRAM
TO BEGIN APRIL "A
New Board viii Hear Pleas
of All Stations for
Fight on Air.
On Anril % the Federal Radio Com.

on April "a the Federal Radio Com.
mission takes hold of the radio broad
casting situation under the powers
conferred upon ii by this radio act OF
1927. After issuing temporary per
mits, effective April %, to all 9S2 pro,
gram stations now on the air, It viii
lake up one by one the applications
for new licenses and grant short-term
licenses to those stations deemed of
xervice to the public interest, con-
venience or necessity.
The temporary permits are intended
to hermit stations TO continue opeFat-
ing until their cases are taken up
without making them liable TO penal
ties under the law. The commission
has announced that the permits viii
not necessarily authorize the CON
finued use of present frequencles.
and that the first to be shifted from
f[eir. wave lengths are those American
stations now on Canadian frequencies.
To the listener this procedure of the
commission probably means little re
lief on the night of April % and Tor
some nights thereafter. though 1t is
unlikely the present interference sit
nation will be much aggravated. The
Temporary permits will allow most
stations to operate Oh their present
frequene3es. though many VIII nave
70 change to even kilocycle freQuen-
cies TO conform TO the commission
motley 70 keep all stations on even ire
ouencies 10 llilocycles apart
This means a certain amount OF
shifting among the wave cnannels at
once. But more shifting viii be occ.@
stoned by the order, definite anu as
tjnct. that all American stations now
interference
hands Of the six wave lengths assigned
exclusively TO Canada must find new
broadcast channels. The use OF these
channels must first he approved bH
the commission. There are at least
"a such stations.
Revision Of the program schedule oi
WRC. beginning April p, 10 conform
with the daylight saving plan TO pe
adopted in New York was announced
TODAY by Ralph Edmunds, manager OF
the station. As a result. the New
York attractions will be presented to
WRC's audience an hour earlier than
usual. The change also will affect the
sponsored features of the washington
and Baltimore merchants.
The week Enders." whose syn
thetic symphony was introduced IN
W shington for the first time last
saturday. will return tonight via
XvpC, 80. second engagement. a
great hit" was scored in the initial
broadcast. according 10 the station s
publicity puryeyor.
Aside from this attraction. W kC
has little TO offer in musical features.
There will. however, be the usual ain
mel. concert by the Raleigh Orchestra
and a dance program by Wheeler
Wadsworth and his orchestra.
David Lawrence's class in our
Government" will meet again at 10
o'clock. The lone remaining attrac-
ton is the regular Saturday night
Eible talk which will be given by
Col. John T. Axton. chief Of chapialns
of the Army
Rosa Polio -Jarman, soprano, and
Elizabeth Gardner Coombs, pianist.
VIII present Spanish program as one
feature Of WMAL's broadcast tonight:
These artists have been allotted hati
an hour. from TO $50 O'Clock.
WATAL also ha n variety OF other
attractions. including q bit of drama
by Raw McC'rcath. a combination Nocal
and ukulele entertainment by Wins
Lawrence and a recital by Capt. I'll. q
Mccartney. tenor.
AnlGnG the GLhef kedthEes 81 q totN
hy win r. Kennedy, political writer
for The star. and two periods OF
dance music. one at the outset OF the
program and another at the close.
Despite seemingly adverse atmos-
nheric conditions. broadcast signals
from all sections of the country roared
into the loud speakers last night with
exceptional clarity and tremendous
volume. Reception conditions have
not been better since Midwinter
Sporadic crashes Of static and the
fading tendencies of some stations,
particularly those in the North, de-
tracted somewhat from the pleasure OF
dialing. Best reception, however.
was obtained from the North and
Northwest. where the signals ap-
peared to have more strength and su-
perior audibility than those coniih@
from other directions. As Il result
many stations seldom heard in this
section were tunable. One of these
which could not be avoided was
KFAB, Lincoln, Nebr., which was
picked up just below the wave chan
mel of WIS, Chicago.