Evening star., 1932-02-14
FTICIALS Of the National
Broadcasting Co. and
Representative Woodrum
of Virginia have virtually

Broadcasting Co. and
\ Representative Woodrum
- Of Virginia have virtually
completed arrangements tor
broadcasting the joint session of
Congress and the speech of
President Hoover on George
WaShington's birthday direct
from the floor OF the House.
Five separate microphone loca-
tions have been allotted to the
N. B. G. for the broadcast. Three
Of these positions will be actually
on the floor of the House, the
third in a small room just of the
floor, and fifth in the lobby.
Two microphones will be placed
on the rostrum to pick up the ad-
dress Of President Hoover. An
other will be placed below the
rostrum to pick up the singing of
the Interstate Male Chorus. A
fourth will be placed In the Gen.
ter aisle, at the rear, to catch the
voice Of Joseph Sinnott, door
keeper Of the House, who will an
n0unce the guests as they arrive.
David Lawrence, writer and
editor, and Herluf Provensen, N.
B. C. supervisor of announcers in
WASHINGTON, who will describe
tho Joint session, will face micro
phones In the record room, just
of the floor Of the House. From
this room they will have a clear
view OF everything going on in
the House, Another microphone
will be located in the lobby to
pick up the Marine Band Or
chestra.
The broadcast Is scheduled to
begin at 1880 on the morning of
February az, and will continue
until 12:45.
A PACE with the expansion of
"A the two major Nationwide
networks, which now serve about
IT'S of tho 600 broadcaSting sta
tions in the United States, gross
income of the N. B. c. and C. B. S.
for time sold alone during 1881
reached q new record total of
$35, ,791 900.
OF the aggregate, N. B. c. ac-
counted for $25,607,04l, an in
crease of 27.5 per cent over its
1880 business, and c. B. s. ac-
counted for $l0.l84,958, an in
crease OF 5l.4 per cent over 1880.
Particularly marked were the in
creases in time sold during the
Summer months by both net
works.
Since less than one-third of the
stations in this country subscribe
to network programs, and since
most of those take a minimum OF
such programs when it is possible
to secure full local card rates for
their broadcast hours, it is
roughly estimated that the $35,-
tel ,eee figure of the networks
represents no more than one
third of the business done by
American broadcastefs during
1891. In other words, the Amer
lean broadcasting industry must
have realized at least $l05 600, 900
from advertising time last year.
The combined network figure
for 1881 was 33.6 per cent ahead
of 1890, when it was 42 per cent
ahead of 1929, when 1t was 8S per
cent ahead of 1923. In 1927, the
first year of network broadcast
ing, N. B. c., alone in the field,
crossed only $S,760,0l0.
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THIRTY visual broadcasting or
l television stations have been
authorized by the Federal Radio
Commission, of which % are now
in more or less regular operation.
Nine of these stations are affili-
ated with regular broadcasting
stations, sending out their images
simultaneously with audible pro-
grams from broadcast studios.
That is the status of American
television, SO far as Federal reg
ulation is concerned. About a
dozen more teleVision stations in
almost as many communities
have been applied for. some of
which will be authorized by the
Federal Radio Commission as the
need for them Is shown and If