Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-08
STATIONS PROTEST
RADIO ALLEGATION
Army of Broadcasters Dis
satisfied viii Join in De-
mand for Relief.

Dissatisfied with the places assigned
them in the ether or with the amount
of power and the hours of operation
prescribed for their use. under the new
ALLEGATION. a small army of broadcasters
is preparing to march the much ira
verSed road to Washington to seek re-
lief from the Federal Radio Commits
sion.
Anticipating the onslaught, the COM
mission has been marshalling its legal
forces under General Counsel Louis G.
Caldwell to thwart any attempt to
change the existing Set-up for alloca-
ton that goes into effect November IL
until after it has been tried. Hearings
on the formal applications already filed,
and the informal ones that have
reached the commission through other
channels, are being arranged. but they
probably will not begin before &C.
tobsr II.
Sixteen Applications Filed.
The commission now has Is formal
applications for modification of assign
ments These ere aside from several
cases that have been pleaded at con-
ferences'' with the commission and
some 80 stations that have notified the
commission Informally of their griev-
ances
Three Chicago stations have apprised
the commission of their troubles. Sta
ton VIGIL seeks change in fire.
duency. increase of power from 900
to $4,000 watts, and full time allot-
ment instead of sharing with two other
stations. VICES wants an increase In
power from 500 to 1000 watts. and
change in hours of operation. while
| WGN-WIIB asks for power increase
from : nm tn 25 nm watts
Others Demand Modification.
other applications for modification
are XIX. Oakland. Calf, change of
| frequency and change in hours of oper-
alton; WIBS. Elizabeth. N. j.. change
in mower from $50 to son watts, change
in hours of operation: VINES. Boston.
increase of mower from so to 100 watts
| change Of frequency. change in hours
of operation: WAS. Pittsburgh. in
crease in power from 500 to 1000 watts:
| With. Brooklyn, increase in power $50
| tn 1000 watts, change in frequency:
/ WRJN. Racine. Wis. change in hours
! Of operation; WTMJ, Milwaukee. change
Of frequency. increase of power from
| 1000 to 5000 watts. change in hours Of
operstioni: WMBC. Detroit increase in
mower from 100 to 500 watts, change
| in frequency. change in hours of oper-
! atlon; WHAO. Milwaukee, change Of
| frequency, incre9so of power from
/ $50 watts tn 1000 watts. change
! in hours Of operation: WEAN. Provi-
dence. r. l.. change of frequency. re-
c'uction in power 500 watts to $50 watts,
change in hours of operation: WLEX.
Lexington Mess. increase of power
| from so tn 500 watts: WNAC-WBIS.
Boston. change of frequency: KFJZ,
Fort Worth. Tex. increase in power
| from 100 to 1000 watts. change in
frequency.
Commission Faces Problems.
Then the commission has before it
the problem of Stations VOC. Daven-
| rcrt. and WHO. Des Moines. Iowa.
WHO expressed dissatisfaction with the
ALLEGATION because Iowa was not award
ed q cleared channel, and the commits
sion arranged this by division Of time
between the two stations Now 1t de-
velops that the stations are In conflict
en- time division.
new complication is that of Sta
tons WLW and WSAI. both Of the
! Crcs;ev Radio Corporation at Cincin-
natl WLW has been granted authority
to use $4,000 watts. and wants for iteslf
the cleared channel assigned both sta
tons for time division under the alloca-
ton. The corporation has asked for
another assignment for WSAI, If avail
able
(Copyricht, 1929, by the Consolidated Press