Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-31
"a BROADCASTERS
MAY Be DELETED
Have Failed to Apply for Re-
neWaI of Licenses, Which
Expired August IS.

Behind the announcement by the
secretary of the Federal Radio Com
mission, Sam Pickard, that "a broad
casting stations in the United. States
have not yet applied for renewals of
their licenses. which expired August
is, is the expectation that the death
knell of several more stations has
been sounded. While it may be due
to oversight or the mails that many
of these have not made formal appli-
cations for continuation of their short
term licenses, it is probable also that
some of the "a will be deleted from
the Government lists in about a
week.
The renewals, like the original
licenses, are for a 60-day period
during which the commission can
continue 20 observe the working of
its ALLEGATIONS. During this period of
temporary assignments the commits
sion urges consultations of stations
and hopes for the survival of the fit
test, in view of its policy not to take
any off the air summarily. Hence,
the belief that the failure to apply
Tor renewals preSages a diminution in
the present large total crowded on
only 80 wave lengths.
Have Until Tuesday.
Each of the stations has been adj
Vsed of the severe penalties of oper-
ating without licenses under the radio
law, and all have been informed by
Mr.. Pickard that they will be auto
matically deleted if they fail to take
action by September {. Mr.. PiCkard
said that he would not make the list
OF recalcitrants public until that time
Congestion of the ether channels is
of hn ~,
radio broadcaSting. Reduction of the
number of stations has been fondly
hoped for, but the commission has
taken the stand that this must be
voluntary, fort does not care to take
action that might amount to depriya-
ton of property.
Up to date there are exactly CSC
stations in the United States This
is about so less than were in opera
ton before the Radio Commission
took office when the Department of
Commerce, in the absence of regu-
1atory power, had to issue licenses to
all corners. 1t is several hundred
more than some experts believe ought
= be crowded on the limited number
of channels in the program band.
Canada Has "A Stations.
There are also five territorial sta
ttons operating in the program band
of the United States land Canada.
Three are in Alaska, one in Hawaii
and one in Porto Rico. All are
licensed by the commission.
= Canada. having of the 30 wave
lengths exclusively and sharing II
others with far away American sta
lions, has IA broadcasting stations,
but not that number of transmitters.
p c4o i0r,c
in Canada use the same facilities,
being distinguished only by their call
letters.
The rest of North America has COM
paratively few stations, though most
of them operate in the same wave
band as the United States and Canada.
Cuba has AZ, mostly amateur low
powered stations. Mexico has IS, the
only one above 500 watts being in
Mexico City and using 1900. Haiti,
Salvador and Costa RIGA each has one
governmental station.
Maurice Garabrant, organist of the
Cathedral of the Incarnation Of Gar
den City, Long Island, will give the
recital in the Organ Master" series
which WRC will broadcast tonight in
conjunction with WEAF. The Bar
carolle'' from Tales of Hoffman" the
Coronation March from Henry VIII.
"Cantilena Pastorale" and "Allegretto
in G" will be played by the famous
organist.
WRC will be disconnected from the
New York station for only one hour,
during which it will broadcast from
the Park road studio a concert by
CassePs Chanters of Hagerstown, Nd,
and recital by Benjamin Rather.
pianist. These features are scheduled
between $50 and $50 o'clock.
The Arion Male Chorus with a spe
cial program of German and English
songs, the Ipana Troubadours, the
Mediterraneans. and the South Sea
Islanders are other WRC attractions.
WMAL's program tonight includes
the usual diversity of musical features.
Scotch songs by Duncan c. Thompson,
guitar selections by Bill Caps and re-
citals by John Paul Jones, basso, and
Elizabeth Jordan, soprano, are some
of the attractions. There also will
be concert by the Lido Trio and a
program by Bell and Christie, popular
radio entertainers.