Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-01
NEW RADIO CHAIN
PUSHES EASTWARD
American Broadcasting Co,
to Offer Varied Western
Talent on Air.

As the American Broadcasting Co.,
tie newest of the radio chains, pushes
Eastward in its effort to align Nation
wide network by next Fall, the Column
bia Broadcasting System is blowing the
West for new group of stations to
supplant the former company's cluster
when it leaves the Columbia network.
Next October the American Broad
casting Co.'S stations on the Pacific
Coast, five in number terminate their
contracts with Columbia as its Pacific
Coast outlet. They will become the
nucleus of the new chain, and, in fact
now are broadcasting American Broad
casting Co. programs when not hooked
up with the Columbia system.
Adolph Linden, Seattle banker, is the
principal owner of these stations, and is
president of the chain. Already he
claims to have aligned about a dozen
new stations, while negotiations are
penc--:g with many more along the
Eastern seaboard and in the South.
The American Broadcasting Co.'S chain,
originated in December Of last year,
now extends as far East as Chicago.
Seek New Stations.
But in expectation Of the loss OF its
Pacific Coast group, Columbia has been
making arrangements for stations to
take the place Of the Linden chain.
William S. Pale Columbia president,
has Just returned from a months trip
to the coast. He Is understood to have
concluded negotiations with stations in
Los Angeles and San Francisco, as well
as another in the southern portion Of
California. In Oregon and Washington,
however. where Linden stations are To-
Gated, the negotiations are still In
progress.
With the advent of the new chain
the American radio listener will be
afforded his pick Of three entirely sepa-
rate network programs. Actually there
will be four. because the National
Broadcasting Co. during the major por-
ton of its evening hours. offers two
separate programs, the Blue" and the
"Red" networks.
American Broadcasting Co. hopes to
have a national chain comparable to
the other major networks by the first
of next year. In October. however, it
plans to cut loose its Affiliations with
Columbia and put on its own sustain
ing and sponsored programs over such
stations as it will have aligned The
sustaining programs now a part of the
American Broadcasting Co.'S schedule
rumber more than a dozen, originating
primarily in Seattle, where KJR oper-
ateS as the key station. Some of the
programs are broadcast out of San
Francisco over station KYA, another
Linden tranSmitter. When the network
gets under way as full-time, indepen-
dent enterprise, talent also will be put
on from New York and Chicago, accord
ing to its officials.
To Offer Western Proprars
But the primary source of program
material will be from the Pacific Coast.
Western programs are promised the lis
tening public on an unprecedented scale.
The talkie stars in Hollywood and the
famous band; and orchestras. as we'll as
other talent that have f1ocked to the
coast for engagements in talkie pro-
ductton, are available, they say.
Columbia officials anticipate no diff
Guilty in replacing the Linden stations
on the coast, and even are hopeful of
adding to the number of western clients.
There will be no hitch in Columhias
program service to the Western States.
it was stated, when the new network
becomes an independent competitor of
the existing national chains.
Recently American Broadcasting Co.
announced it had concluded arrange
n1ents with six stations in the Middle
West-WIL at st. Louis; WHO. Chi
cago; WRHM, Minneapolis; WOO,
Kansas City; KFAB, Lincoln. Nebr and
KTNT, Muscatine, Iowa. to become af-
f1liated with its chain. Besides its FIVE
station Pacific Coast nucleus. American
Broadcasting Co. has stations KLz at
Denver and KDYL at Salt Lake City.
The Pacific Coast stations are, besides
KJR and KYA, KEX at Portland, KGA
at Spokane and KMTR at Hollywood.
Just the other day it announced that
VOL, at Washington, also has COM
mttted itself to join the chain, while
many other stations conditionally are
said to have become aligned with it.
Copyright, 1929, By Consolidated Press