New Britain herald., 1930-01-23
"BL Nk' OVER YOUR RADIO

be properly governed.
 "BIN Nk" OVER YOUR RADIO
 Enormous possibilities lie behind the suggestion of an attorney repre- scnting radio station WCFL. Of Chi cago, in an address before the fed eral radio commission the other day. The lawyer was pleading the case Of a particular station, seeking longer hours on the air, but his criticisms of present methods Of radio regulation were sound. They present great difficulties, mdoubt- cdly. but the time IS coming when something drastic must he done to cull out the weak sisters" among the broadcastcrs. That is just what this attorney suggests.
 First of all the barrster protests that his client must cease broadcast ing at sunset, regardless what the caliber of the programs it has on tap may be. Meanwhile some other station warns up and sends out a continual stream of mediocre dance music, half baked classical en- semble melodies. of the species geIl- erally heard from Chinese restsu- lant trio, or presents some brand of blah that insults the intclli9c, g of a large proportion of the radio fans. The lawyer lecries the mad race O. radio stations 10 present more and more jazz orchestras and winds up with the statement that the .Ameri- can Federation of Labor, which owns WCFL. wants to offer cduCa- tlonal material, but cannot get an audience unless it has evening ume on the air.
 There is merit in this mans argument regardless of what sta ton he represents. He IS right when he says that the radio waves have been "prostltuted" by poor pro- grams, commcrcializcd bunk. and all sorts of assorted goo-that is. he is right m many instances. Assum- ing that the 4. F. Of L. wants 10 offer real educational talks. rather than cle> CT propaganda it is 10 be hoped that the attorney will win his point.
 or course that is a logical place in broadcasting for the iazz orchcs- ,ra, There js a public demand for popular music, The pity is that the orcuestras cannot present q more polished product and. in some in- stances, less of it. however. Un- doubtcdly there are more third rate dance or-h,stras on the air than ever, mora cracked tenors and of hey sopranos than small town quartet cau ciCor. In most instances, when the small station decides 10 present iav phonograph rccord-
 u4s instead of it's o"u talent, the listener actually fc.ls a sense ot re- hef-il ne is sII listening by that time,
 Notau.e instances exist ot deplor- ably poor programs right in Con- uceueut. lt js no novelty 10 hear roq1ant .ichy on the quality of rle program Of station WICc m Bridge aon. C,".mty some Of The music o..es4 is ,a below first class s'and- ar4-. o.a.r stations tual are re- -uu,d se,. in no1meeucut offend aI-
 mos a4 oaan No~, Of the cham
 programs are urtser Hrh a 1cm-
 ou' now and then bu1 tu.y too.
 -oula talk. mur from such -tnlous a~ WLW, WOH and WENE aud still further uGptove some Of their
 presentations.
 No matter Ho" >a.,au' ta. ,norts
 Of sons. os these smalIrr stations
 may oo, ,ac fact remains that they
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 courals-'on must pass on ,ha qnmy
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