Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-11
L|NDBERCHHOOK-UP
SETS RADIO RECORD
Fifty Stations in "a States
Are Linked for Welcome
Program Here.

bergh today, Surpasses the former
record chain established by the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. on February
: % last, when 43 stations were nnKeo
together for the broadcasting of Pres
ident Coolidge's Washington Birthday
address.
Broadcasting was formerly sched
11led to begin at noon, but realizing
that the radio audience would be in
terested in a panoramic view, as Wit
messed bv Phillips Carlin, located $50
feet in the air at the very peak or the
WASHINGTON Monument, National
Broadcasting Co. officials ordered that
the record breaking chain of stations
be linked together Is minutes earlier.
In addition to Graham McNamee,
Carlin and John 3. Daniel. another
staff announcer, Milton j. Cross, was
disnatched from New York to report
the progress of the march from a
point of vantage high up in the dome
of the Capitol McNamee Will be sta
toned at the Washington Navy Yard,
Daniel on the southeast portico of the
Treasury Building, and with Cross at
the Capitol and Carlin at the top of
the Washington Monument, the radio
audience will be enabled to receive an
expansive view of the complete cere-
monies. When McNamee concludes
his description of Col. Lindbergh's ar
rival at the Navy Yard, he will i'm
mediately be transported with special
police escort to the southwest side of
the press stand at the base of the
Monument, where he will describe the
official reception by President Coolidge
and the flyers acceptance Of the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross.
Each announcer will be in constant
communication with the other through
special telephone circuits, and through
the use of an additional line, will be
enabled to monitor the entire broad
cast. This arrangement will make it
possible for one to hear what the
other is reporting" so that duplica-
ton in reports will thus be avoided.
Upon the completion of the monday
ceremonies, the circuits will be trans
ferred to the studios of the National
Broadcasting Co in New York City
and IS stations will simultaneously
broadcast a program in keeping with
the spirit of the occasion up until
9 o'clock. AT that hour a chain of
IS stations, another coast-to-coast hook
up including all but four of the noon
day chain, will broadcast the proceed
1ItSS VI the T0SSpllOl lSIluSISo wi
Lindbergh by Secretary of State
Frank E. kellogg and the Minnesota
Society in the Willard Hotel. During
this program, Secretary Kellogg will
introduce the heroic flyer to the Wis
ible and invisible audience, and mu-
steal entertainment, including solos by
Florence Macbeth, soprano
of the Chicago Civic Opera Co., and
instrumental selections by the Army,
Navy and Marine Band OrchestraS
will be broadcast.
Immediately following the compile
ton of the ceremonies at the Willard,
the circuits will instantaneously be re-
versed to the National Broadcasting
Co. Studios, in New York City, where
George NJ. Cohan will sing when
Lindy Comes Home his first song
composed since his record-breaking
hit, cover There" The radio audi
ence will then be taken to the Wash
ington Auditorium, where broadcasting
of the proceedings of the reception
rendered Col. Lindbergh by the Ma
tional Press Club will enable them to
again hear an address by the flyer, as
well as a musical program, under the
direction of S. l.. Rothafel, Roxy"
who will act as master of ceremonies.
Only by actual experience can the
amount of interference resulting from
the radio ALLEGATIONS of June Is be de-
termined, in the opinion of the Fed
eral Radio Commission. Accordingly,
without anticipating the need of an
other postponement of the effective
date of the wave and power changes,
the commission announced today that
during the remaining nine months
that it will have full charge of radio
broadcasting. its chief purpose will be
"to improve radio reception through
out the United States by the elimina-
come apparent"
First of all. it will issue only short
term renewal licenses (either for so
or 80 days. at least during the next
six months, awaiting concrete evil
dence of good working conditions be-
fore issuing them for three-year terms.
as provided in the radio act. Sec
ondly, in order to provide a definite
method whereby interference may be
progressively eliminated, it has issued
a general order, which gives a full
month for a test of the ALLEGATIONS
and then provides.
"At any time after July Is, 1927,
any radio broadcasting station oper-
ating under license from the Federal
Radio Commission may file with the
Commission an affidavit certifying
that unreasonable and injurious in
reference with it's signals is being
caused by the simultaneous operation
of another radio broadcasting station,
the name or call letters of which must
>'be specified in the affidavit. The affi-
davit must likewise specify not less
than two occasions on which such
interference was observed, with the
name and address of the person max
ing each of such observations. the
type of receiving set used and the
date and hour thereof.
"On receipt of such affidavit, and
If in the judgment Of the Federal
Radio Commission the interference
complained of is actually unreason-
able and injurious to the affiant, the
commission will appoint a date for
hearing, at it's convenience; will notify
thereof the parties interested, and on
the basis of the testimony presented
at such hearing will order such
changes Of frequency. power or hours
Of operation as may appear best to
serve public interest, convenience or
necessity"
The addition of station VINES,
owned Dy the MaSSacnuSettS Euuca-
tional Society, Boston. to the list Of
broadcasting stations was announced
today by the Federal Radio Commits
sion. 1t will use 100 watts power on
a frequency of 1 APO kilocycles, or a
wave length of PILL meters, after
June Is.
New changes in conditions of broad
casting in the June Is ALLEGATION were
announced as follows:
VISIT, South Bend, changed from
1850 kilocycles t222.1 meters) to 1880
kilocycles (238 meters), sharing with
WEMC. Berrien Springs, Mich.
WAC. Norfolk, Neb.. changed from
1850 kilocycles (222.1 meters) to lose
kilocycles (285.5 meterS).
KTHS, Hot Springs. Ark, changed
from $50 kilocycles (340.7 meters) tt
$40 kilocycles (319 meters).