The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-01
CHANGES TO BE
EFFECTED HERE
IARMISTICE DAY
Hoskins-Meyer Plan to Spend
About $1,000 for Necessary
Improvement
FORCED TO SHARE TIME
Federal Radio Commission
Orders Alterations in Over
600 Stations
FORCED TO SHARE TIME

Orders Alterations in Over
600 Stations
Hoskins Meyer radiocasting sta
ton in Bismarck. KFYR, will be
able to improve it's service greatly
at 3 a. m. Nov. IL when it changes
it's wave length in accordance with
the rules of the Federal Radio Com
mission, is the belief of p. ]. Meyer,
manager, and Stanley Lucas, direc-
tor in charge of engineering.
The local station will change its
wave length from 1900 kilocycles
or 249.9 meters to $50 kilocycles or
545.1 meters. Managers will at
tempt to make this change Nov. II
without emitting a program. The
local station will use 500 watts for
both night and day service, accord
ing to officials. In the past it has
used $50 watts for day broadcast
ing and 500 at night.
The change will cost the local
station between 5000 and $1,000, it
is estimated. New inductances will
have to be installed and the antenna
system will have to be reconstructed
to take care Of the greater wave
length. The transmitter, capable of
handling 1900 watts, will not have
to be altered.
The change will put the local sta
ton on the "other end of the dial of
receiving SETS" it is indicated.
KFYR will be operating on the
same wave length as seven other
stations in the United States. It
will have to share time with two
stations in this section of the coun-
try but early information indicates
that the other two stations will need
only two and not more than three
hours each day. The two other sta
tions are KFJM, operated by the
University of North Dakota at
Grand Forks, and KFDY, operated
by South Dakota State college at
Bookings.
Brookings requests that it be per-
mitted to broadcast football games
on Saturday afternoons and some
basketball games during the winter,
while Grand Forks is not expected
to want much time. Definite ar
ranTements for sharing broadcast
ing time have not yet been made,
however.
Work is now progressing on the
facilities of the local station to per-
nit a "quick change" of wave
lengths to avoid possible delay
which may eliminate q program or
two.
More than 600 stations licensed
by the Federal Radio Commission,
including four others in North Da-
kota besides the Bismarck station,
are affected directly or indirectly
by the nationwide change which
will be effected Nov. IL, local man.
ayers announce.
Bismarck will operate on the
same wave length as the following
stations: WGR, Buffalo, N. Y;
WEAO, Columbus, Ohio; WKRC,
Cincinnati, Ohio; KFUO and KSD,
st. Louis, No.; KFDY, Bookings,
S. Dak.: and KFJM, Grand Forks.
Radiocasting station KGCU, oper-
ated by the Mandan Radio associa-
ton at Mandan, will change from a
wave length Of 1880 kilocycles or
1893 meters to 1900 kilocycles or
249.9 meters, the wave length now
being used BY the Bismarck station
The Mandan station will then be
operating on the same wave length
as 50 other stations in the United
States.
Station WDAY, operated by
WDAY, Inc, at Fargo, will change
from a wave length Of 500 kilocycles
or 545.1 meters to 1880 kilocycles
or 234.2 meters. The Fargo station
will increase from 500 to 1000 watts
for all use in broadcasting. WDAY
will have to .chare time with station
WEBC, Superior, Wis. Stations
operating on the same wave length
as the Fargo and Superior stations
follow: WCAM, Camden, N. j.;
WCAP, Asbury Park, N. j.; WOAX
Trenton, N. j.; WOOD, Chattanoo-
ga, Tenn; and KTAB, Oakland
Radiocasting station KDLR, oper-
ated by the Radio Electric company
at Devils Lake, will change to a
wave length Of 1910 kilocycles OF
PATS meters, according to orders OF
the federal commission. KDLR will
share that wave length with a
other stations.
-r----.-:-n ara Devils Lake stations
utilize 100 watts each for both night
and day service. Either station may
broadcast whenever it chooses.
KFJM at Grand Forks will change
to the same wave length as Bis
marck after Nov. IL.
All of the stations in the state arr
benefited slightly, according to 10
cal officials: The change is greatly
satisfactory to the local officials
they say.
The Bismarck station. operate.
with crystal control, in order *
maintain constant frequency.
The Federal Radio commission
has made the wave length changes
which it announced definitely Oct
%. in order to maintain better order
in the "air." Power has been re-
duced in many stations and many
other stations after Nov. II will b
allowed to operate only in the da.
time. In making changes, station:
having seniority are given wha1
they desire, II possible, in mos
cases by the commission.
The Bismarck station will b
three years old in December. having
been founded in December, 1925.
IT'S A TOUGH BREAK
Camden, N. J., Nov. 1.-(AP)-
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