Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-12
165 new STATIONS
NOW BEING BUILT.
Host of BroadcaSters to Be
Added to 700 Already
in Operation.

With the Senate still deliberating
radio relief, the announcement comes
from the Radio Division OF the Depart
ment of Commerce that 165 new
brUadcastine stations are under con
struction TO add to the 700 or more
stations already on the air.
Small wonder. therefore. that Sena-
tor Dill insists on immediate radio
legislation and is waging Il spirited
fight to get the radio bill through the
Senate as it was passed by the House.
The present congestion in the ether
and the threat Of increased Conges.
ton connoted in these figures led Sec
rotary Hoover to comment to the ef'
feet that restoration of normal cOndi-
lions in the broadcast realm will re-
uuire several months of effort on the
part of the five-man-control commits
sion set up in the radio bill.
The new stations under construc-
ton throughout the country are APP
portioned among the various radio
districts az follows. according to the
Radio Divisions report: Chicago, 60;
Seattle. 25 New Orleans. 90: Detroit
49, Boston, II: San Francisco. 13; New
York. ); Baltimore, 5. and Atlanta. ,.
In addition to this, the report
shows that from July |. when Depart
nf0fI Oh COulipi Wv SI touio
broke down. until February | the lack
Of control has resulted in the licensing
of 200 new stations. while 1863 have
increased their transmission power
and 106 have changed their broadcast
wave lengths.
Heightened power is shown to have
been a common step among the broad
casters in the last seven months. To
day there is one station regularly us.
ing $4,000 watts--WJZ. at Bound
Brook. n. j., transmitting a New York
studio program. There are four sta
tions using 10000 watts, seven using
10000, one using 5000. three using
5000. IS using 1000. II using $50. 100
using 500 and 1852 using 100. Some of
these can "step up" their powers. and
are doing so regularly or periodically.
but they are under no obligation to
report this to Washington in the alb
sence of a control authority.
The annual birthday celebration Of
the District Council Of the Boy Scouts
of America, one Of WRCs attractions
tonight, will bring before the micro
phone Vice President Dawes. Huston
Thompson. DR.. Paul Bartsch and
number OF other prominent person.
ages The music for the ceremonies
will be provided by the United States
Marine Band Orchestra and the 49th
Drum and Bugle Corps.
The organization of an enormous
invisible class for studying the affairs
of the Government also will be started
tonight by WRC in conjunction with
a number of associated stations. The
class will be under the direction or
David Lawrence. prominent Washing
ton correspondent and editor.
Another Balkite hour will be broad
cast by WRC at 8 o'clock. AS usual,
Walter Damrosch and the New York
Symphony Orchestra will entertain
during this hour.
WRC will open it's program with
a eulogy to the late Susan B.. An
thony by Mrs. Anna B. Hendley. hon
orary president of the Susan B. An
thony Foundation. The closing at
traction will be a Commute dance pro-
gram by the lie Perroquet de Paris
Orchestra.
The Harmonious Quaret and the
Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Club
will furnish the principal musical at
fractions tonight for Station WMAL.
There also will be a supper-dance pro-
gram by the Club Mirador Orchestra,
with Phil Hayden. the popular radio
entertainer, as the soloist, and a re-
cital by Earle A. Simons, tenor.
Will p. Kennedy political writer for
The Star, will give another OF his
series Of talks at 500 O'Clock. which
tonight will concern "Cncle Sans
Book Of knowledge" A subsequent
feature will be selected readings py
Emma l.. Ostrander, which will in
clude Walt Whitman's famous con-
cept Of Abraham Lincoln.
A noisy ether charged with static
made reception of distant stations last
night exceedingly difficult. 1t was the
kind of a night that forces a listener
to stick to the local station.
Signal strength. weak at the out
set Of the evenings dialing activities,
increased gradually. and about IL
o'clock it was possible to bring In sta
tons within a 2.000-mile range with
fair volume and audibility. The static
blasts, however, often broke the con-
tinuity Of the reception.
Stations in the South and South
west seemed to be less affected by the
interference than those in other sec
tons. F'loridas three principal broad
casters in Jacksonville, Miami Beach
and Clearwater came through with
satisfaction as did WSMB in New Or
leans and CYL, Mexico City. The lat
ter was picked up on WOR's 4oo'
meter wave band.