Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
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$27.84 a year to operate his re-
ceiving set.
These averages are struck by
Lawrence D. BatSon of the cleo
trical equipment division of the
Department of Commerce in his
review of 1880 radio markets of
the world, just off the Government
presses. The figures are based on
world broadcaSting and reception,
which Mr.. BatSon finds represent
an expense of nearly $750,000,000
annually.
Scarcely q corner of the world
is out of reach of one or another
of the 1880 broadcasting stations
of the world, of which nearly
half are in the United States, &C
cording to Mr.. Batson's review.
Yet there are only about 24,000,-
600 broadcast receivers of all
kinds and types in use all over
the world. They represent, he
says, an investment of about
81 500 100000. The investment in
the broadcaSting stations of the
world aggregates nearly $29,-
100000, and the annual cost of
broadcasting is given as nearly
$72,000,000.
It would take $50, 10000 sets to
equip all the homes in the world
that are within constant listening
range of broadcaSting stations,
Mr.. BatSon estimates. Concerned
largely with potential foreign
markets for radio equipment, the
Batson report also is compre-
| L. r1f Tho n G
of world radio and Of radio con-
ditions prevailing in foreign
| countries. Though it aboundS in
| statistics and is intended primarily
as a handbook for exporters, 1t
contains many facts and con-
illusions Of interest to the layman.
For example, Mr.. Batson OBJ
serves that In some foreign coun-
tries there Is a definite indication
of a trend toward the adoption
of the American sponSored-pro-
gram system" In other words,
the tendency abroad seems to be
toward having advertisers foot
the radio bill, as they do in the
United States and a few other
countries.
To date, however, the system Of
government taxes on receiving
sets prevails in all but few coun-
tries, like the United States,
Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, Chile,
Paraguay, Holland Portugal, Persia
and a handful of other less i'm
portant countries. In these coun-
tries the listeners pay only for
their receiving sets and programs
cost them nothing, though in a
few countries, like Mexico and
Holland, receiving sets must be
registered with the government.
How is broadcasting supported
in other countries? Who does the
broadcasting and who pays the
bills? License fees are imposed
on each receiving set in use, and
the revenues are largely devoted
to the support Of state broadcast
ing monopolieS. In a few cases
there are broadcasting conceS-
sions to private enterprises, often
monopolieS which get share OF
| such revenues. The average
/ license fees, Mr.. Batson finds, run
between So and 81 year.
/
CEATS for "a Night With Seth
~ Parker and Homer Rode
HEAVIER" are going like hot cakes
down at the Central Union Mis-
/ sion, where tickets for this special
benefit performance are now on
sale. j..
Although the appearance OF
these two popular radio stars IS q
month ahead, February 16, Mrs.
John s. Bennett already is be-
wailing the fact that Constitution
Hall seats only 1000 persons.
She is beginning to see visions
of rs. R. O." signs, the mission
being swamped with inquiries
about reservations at this early
date from hundreds of radio fans
who are anxious to see what this
fellow Seth Parker really looks
like. Mr.. Rodeheaver has made
lots of appearances in Washing
ton, but Seth Parker, or Uncle
Abe" as he also is known to radio
fans, never has been here before.
Nearly half Of the SO boxes Tor
! the performance are taken, ana
| the order for the 1000 reserved
seats is "frst come, first served"
The rest of the house will be UNI
reserved. Just what stunt" Seth
Parker is going to pull isn't known
vet. The Central Union Mission
is inclined to leave that to his own
devices. Since the mission Is the
evangelistic agency Of the Protes-
tant churches, it's probable that
he will conduct something In the
nature of his Sunday evening
prayer meetings, which are al
tended" by thousands OF churcn-
goers and a lot Of people VINO
don't go to church.
~
A MOTHER old-timer in the way
of radio programs is to pass
along. The latest to retire Is that
N. B. C. feature which presents
Sam Lanin's Orchestra either as
the Troubadours or as the ShaV-
erS.
The finale is set for tomorrow
night, after having been on the
air since April, 1925, rating not so
much longer than the Eveready
Hour, which closed its Seven-year
broadcaSting career in December.
y
NEGOTIATIONS which have as
' their objective the placing OF
the feature Raising Junior" on
a network are reported to be
under way. The program, dealing
with the life of q young married
couple and their several months
old son, at present is going only to
WIZ. When on a chain 1t would
be distributed by WIZ, WBZA,