Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-17
WRC FOUND STEADY.
IN FREQUENCY RULE.
Station Is One of Seven Pro-
gram Centers Placed in
"Honor" Status.

AS a result of it's firm stand on
the matter of stations which deviate
from their assigned frequencies the
Federal Radio Commission has been
advised by the district radio super
visors throughout the country that
every effort is being made by the
broadcasters to increase the engineer
ing efficiency of their transmltters
to prevent wave wobbling.'
Crystal controls and wave meters
are being installed and old ones cali
brated anew, the latter service being
offered to the stations by the Bureau
of Standards. The higher class sta
tons particularly seem anxious to
comply with the rigid rule that devi-
alton should not exceed 500 cycles, or
one half kilocycle; one station on a
chain is reported to have held up
II minutes an expensive. telephone
wire relay while it's quartz crystal
was being tested upon mere suspicion
of defect.
Newest Honor Roll"
Coincident with these advices. the
Bureau of Standards has made public
its newest ''honor roll" of stations
having the best record in so far as
consistency of frequency is concerned.
Besides the half dozen commercial
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standard frequency" stations as a
result of official measurement. which
revealed them so constant that they
may be taken as standards, there
were seven program stations SO
qualified.
The transmitted frequencies from
these since June IS has shown either
no deviation whatever or only a frac-
ton of l per cent. qualifying them for
use in celebrating frequency meters
and apparatus. The program stations
WIZ, Bound Brook, n. j.: WRC,
Washington; WGY, Schenectady;
WBZ. Springfield, Mass; kDKA, Pitts
burgh, and WBAL, Baltimore.
With Special Control.
Sixteen stations are listed as econ
slant frequency" stations. which
means they have maintained high |
degree of constancy and close adher !
ence to their licensed values. These |
are all equipped with special control |
or checking devices, which have been |
Celebrated with the bureaus frequency |
standards. These devices are either |
automatic pieZo controls, pieZo oscil |
lators. piezo resonators or frequency |
indicators. The constant frequency" |
stations are:
WEBB. New York City; WABQ,
Philadelphia; WMAQ, WBBM and
WMBI, Chicago; KOA. Denver; KGO,
Oakland, Calf; WJAD, Waco. Tex;
WCCO, st. Paul-Minneapolis; WCAD,
Canton, n. Y; VIVID. Mooseheart.
Ill; WIS, Crete. ILL.,; WSM, Nashville;
kFAB, Lincoln, Nebr.; WBAA, West
Lafayette, Ind; KEYS, Cape Girar-
deau, Mo.
John B. Daniel, WRC announcer.
resumed his post in the crows nest !
of the mainmast of the cutter Man
ming today to give the radio audience
description of the final events in |
the Presidents Cup regatta. The
broadcast will continue until the close
of the races.
A concert by the Navy Band aboard |
the cutter also will be broadcast by |
WRC. And tonight another service |
band, the Army musicians, under the
direction of Capt. William j. Stan
nard, will give a concert for WRC's
audience.
- The sa.ufdays night program in
cludes such regular features as the
Mediterraneans, the Week Finders
and the Park Central and Hofbrau
Orchestras. There also will be a
talk by Maj. A. P. Simonds on Back
ing Up the Constitution of the United
States" and 15-minute Bible sketch
by Prof. II. NJ. Dudley of American
University.
A program predominatly musical |
is scheduled tonight by WMAL. |
There will be recitals by Sophocles |
T. Papas, master of fretted instru- |
ments; Leonard r. Davis, baritone, |
and Thelma Mills Rector, soprano. |
and a concert by the Westbrook Trio |
The only talk on the program will |
be given by Will P. Kennedy, political
writer for The Star. on a subject of
interest to the people of Washington.