Evening star., 1927-12-14
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Lafount Expects to Learn
Radio Reaction From Clubs
in West.


popular community institutions in the
West, and it is from some of these
that Commissioner Harold A. Lafount
expects to sense public reaction to re-
cent changes abong broadcasting sta
tions effected by the Federal Radio
Commission in the interests of better
reception. In announcing his timer
ary for projected initial tour of his
zone of far western States, Commits
sioner Lafount, the newest member of
the radio control body. said he was
scheduled to address such clubs in
his home city, Salt Lake City, and in
San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Both Commissioner Lafount and
Commissioner Sam Pickard are sched-
uled to leave this week for visits to
their respective radio zones. Commits
sioner Lafount leaves Sunday and has
announced his itinerary. Commits
sioner Pickard, whose zone embraces
the Middle Western group of States,
is being held up by doctors orders due
10 an illness which has kept him con-
fined for the last 10 days. He hopes
10 leave either Wednesday or by tho
end of the week
Lake City. leaving Sunday, will arrive
in Salt Lake City December -, and
plans tn spend Christmas there. He
will be in Seattle December 2S and %:
Portland, December 30 and 81; San
Francisco, January ,, 3 and 4; Los An
geles, January D, 6, Z, and s. He
plans to return to Washington Jan
uary Is, after completing the first
survey of the far western situation
that has been made since last July.
Mr.. Pickard's itinerary is upcertain
because of his physical condition, but
he will go directly TO Chicago, remain
ing there two or three days. He will
then visit Des Moines, Kansas City
and st. Louis in succession. In each
city he will set up headquarters and
the broadcaSters will be invited to
bring their problems to him. He ex-
poets to return to Washington shortly
after January l.
Quiet reigns at headquarters of the
Radio Commission, where attention is
now being paid primarily to the re-
suits of the recent radical changes
Only few more shifts are scheduled
TO go into effect December Is. No
more changes are anticipated until
February l, 1928, under present plans
of the radio control body
The only announced action of i'm
portance by the commission within a
week has been the granting of a con.
struction permit to the National Bat.
terry BroadcaSting Co. of ST. Paul
Minneapolis to build lO,OOO.watt
transmitter which will consolidate the
old WAND. Minneapolis, and KFOY.
st. Paul, and operate as KSTP, St,
Paul. on the frequency of 1850 kilo-
cycles t222.1 meters). This is regarded
here as another indication of increas-
ing realization among the broadcasters
OF the utility of the wave lengths i'm
the lower end of the broadcast band.
hitherto Stunned by most stations be-
cause of the fear that they cannot be
heart on the low channels 1t is the
commissions contention that three
fourths of the radio sets now in use
can PICK up all of the frequencies in
the broadcast band below 1,5OO kilo-
cycles Tor above 1898 meters).
The Goodrich Zippers, who will lead
the procession of WRC's musical fea-
lures tonight, have arranged to pre-
sent an eight-minute tabloid version
OF the musical comedy, sultan of
sun, consisting of the principal or
chestral and vocal numbers, abbrevi-
ated and woven together as a har-
monious whole without dialogue.
The weekly opera presentation of
The National Grand Opera Ensemble,
TO be broadcast between 1890 and
1880 o'clock, will be Leoncavallo's
'Pagliacci." Ivan Ivantzoff, baritone.
formerly of the Imperial Theater of
Petrograd. will sing the role of Silvio.
y As is customary the major portion
m WRC's Wednesday night attrac-
lions originate in it's own studio. /
These include the resume of political
affairs by Frederic William Vile, the
w. b. & A. hour and the Kit hour
"t music. In the latter period there
VIII be an illustrated lecture on the
musical scale by Alexander Henne-
man, pianist, assisted by Elvina Rowe,
,roprano. The w. B. & A. hour will
feature the Culpeper Ramblers, a
group of oldtime fiddlers.
other WRC attractions coming from
New York include the Aeolian recital
and the weekly concert of the Ipana
Troubadours. Ethel Leginska. Amer