Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-17
WAVES TO STAND
UNTIL FEBRUARY |.
Commission Says No More
Changes Will Be Made
Before Next Year.

Assurances are now given the radio
public by the Federal Radio Commits
sion that there will be no further
changes in the wave lengths or pow
ers of broadcasting stations before
February 1. Listeners, who have been
constantly harassed during recent
months by the multitude Of orders
emanating from Washington, which
meant the relogging of their receiving
sets in order TO hear their faVorite
stations, are to be undisturbed while
stations are given a complete uial
under their present assignments.
Observations by experts in the in
tervening period which includes some
of the best days and nights OF the
Winter reception season, VIII lead To
further changes later, however. The
commission states that il anticipates
announcing a number of shifts Janu-
arH Is. TO become effective February
] and that an announcement of trans
fers designed to improve local and
national reception of Pacific Coast
stations may he expected February
Is. TO become effective March l.
This, therefore is a sort of period Of
season of repeated changing Of dialing
habits But it is apparent that the
broadcasting problem is by no means
solved as yet.
Commissioner Sam Pickard who
left Washington Thursday for Kansas
City, has said that he believed radio
ALLEGATIONS were essentially seasonal
in their natures. 1t is a fact known
to every owner of a set that reception
is. vastly better in Winter than in
Summer. Nh Picllard believes that
wave-length crowding is possible in
Summer without danger of serious i'm
references where it is impossible in
Winter. Hence the real reason for
the recent clearing of some of the
''plum" wave lengths for practically
the exclusive use of some of the lead
ing stations.
Hence also the belief that, il the
number of existing stations is not cur
tailed, there will be a recurring sea
sonal necessity for altering the con-
ditions of operation of some stations.
If Congress does not continue the
Radio Commission as a permanent
agency for performing the task. il
viii have to be done by the Radio
Division of the Department of Com
merce, which is scheduled to take
over administration in March.
Mr.. Pickard changed his plans for
his survey of radio conditions in the
zone of Middle Western States from
which he was appointed. While con-
valescing from his recent illness, he
was advised not to undertake siren
nous activities. He therefore chose
TO go directly to the home of his
parents in Kansas City instead of to
Chicago. Before Christmas he has
scheduled only a meeting of college
broadcasters, which will take place
December 81 at Manhattan. Kans. He
plans to visit as many cities as pos
sible in his zone before returning TO
Washington shortly after January /.
The r. c. A. and Philco hours. as
usual, are the principal Saturday
night musical attractions of WRC
In the former period the New York
symphony Orchestra, under the direc-
ton of Walter Damrosch. will be
heard. Leslie Stuart's musical play,
Havana" will be presented as the
Philco hour James r. Powers, a
member of the original New York cast
OF the show. win play the leading role.
The orchestra viii open it's concert
with a short movement from Brahms
symphony No. ] in c Minor" which
eral compositions of Cesar Franck and
Camille SaintSaens also will be play
ed in addition to two lighter selections
by Delibes. Greater Of many ballots.
WRC's dinner program will be pre-
scented by the May1ower and ST.
Marks Orchestras. The Wardman
Park Orchestra will provide the late
dance music.
WMAL's outstanding musical at
traction tonight will be a concert by
the Catholic University Glee Club,
under the direction of Leo Behrendt.
There will be selections by the entire
club and a double quartet inter.
spersed with piano solos by j. J.
Blaney.
Phil Hayden and Les CoIvin.
popular radio entertainers; Ben Cain,
jr.,. a songster who accompanies him.
self on the guitar; l.. u. Phillips, from
bonist, and the Columbians, a dance
orchestra. will provide the other
musical features. The only talk
scheduled will be given by Harrison
E. Howe, editor of the Industrial and
Engineering Chemistry Journal.
WRHFs contribution TO the radio
entertainment of Washington listen
ers this evening will be its customary
dinner concert from to O'Clock.
The program will be made up entirely
Of request numbers
The only afternoon attraction is the
Herbert Lectro musical. which will be
broadcast from . to 4 o'clock.