Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24
@HE broadcasting center of
the United States Is about
to be shifted from New

the United States is about
to be shifted from New
Il York to Washington. For
an indefinite period, at least, the
major broadcasts of Nationwide
Importance are to originate in the
National Capital.
The inaugural ceremony, of
course, will provide the dominat-
ing broadcast from Washington,
but aside from that, two other out
standing features are to go out
through WMAL and WRC that are
distinct innovations in radio
brcadcasting.
First and foremost among these
is the weekly radio forum for the
discussion of vital public questions
by men of national prominence
which The Evening Star will in
troduce over a Columbia network
of so stations Saturday night at
10 o'clock. This feature already
has been given the Endorsement Of
cabinet members, high Govern
ment officials and leaders in Con-
greSS for it's educational value and
the stimulus it will add to public
interest in national issues.
Senator Borah of Idaho, chair
man Of the important foreign re-
lations committee CT the Senate,
will inaugurate the new series
with talk on timely and inter-
eSting NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
their significance in America.
Other speakers of national promi-
will f0l1nxxy ai,,a noNIa uyoAly
The National BroadcaSting Co.
also has arranged a series Of
weekly talks by members of the
Senate to be carried over its net
work. This series, identified as
Half Hours with the Senate" was
opened Friday night by Senator
Metcalf of Rhode Island.
MicrophoneS likely will be con-
spicuouSly absent from the ring
side at Miami Beach Wednesday
night when Jack Sharkey and
Young Stribling meet in f1Stic
combat as step toward the va
Gated heavyweight championship
title.
According to present indications
the National BroadcaSting Co.,
which has carried blow by blow
ringSide descriptions of most OF
the major bouts promoted by the
Madison Square Garden Corpora
ton, has been unsuccessful in
making arrangements to broadcast
the Miami event. The Columbia
BroadcaSting System likewise, 1t is
understood, is making no plans to
schedule the bout on it's program.
On past occasions, however, 1t is
recalled, announcements of the
broadcasting OF major fights have
been withheld until shortly pre-
ceding the event, due to the fear
that radio would hurt the advance
sale Of seats, so there is yet a
slight probability that an
eleventh-hour addition, of this
event may be made to the
schedules of either the National
or Columbia chains.
The riddle of whether or not
storms of static cover the Antarc-
tic Ocean and the regions of the
South Pole Is being solved by the
Byrd expedition. Daily radio COM
munication between Little Amer
lea. the ice base, and New York, Is
only occasionally interrupted by
atmoSpherics.
In addition to code transmission,
broadcast concerts are being
heard with exceptional clarity, not
only on short waves but also in the
broadcast wave band. This is
borne out by a recent radio mes
sage received by the holster Radio
Corporation in New York from
Lloyd Grenlie, radio operator on
the Eleanor Boiling, one of Comdr.
Byrd'S two ships, which Is on its
way from the ice base to New Zea-
land for more supplies. Grenlie
reported that concert programs
from Japan and other countries
were heard with clarity.
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The most travelled radio oper-
ator on land or sea for 1928 is the
distinction claimed by r. J. Ander-
son, radio operator on the Inter
national Limited, which runs be-
tween Montreal and Chicago
Travelling between these two cities
and also making some trips be-
tween Montreal and the Pacific
Coast, Anderson last year COW
cred a total distance of $4,000
miles, equivalent to going more
than six times around the globe.
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