Evening star., 1933-08-11
FAILURE OF RADIO
PARLEY A RELIEF
Station Owners See Realloca-
ton Avoided by Refusal of
MexiCo's Request.
MEXICAN radio station owner

MEXICAN radio station owners
n greeted the failure of the North
II American Radio Conference in
Mexico City with sighs of relief
mingled with regret. The con-
ference ended this week when the
American delegation refused to yield to
Mexico's demands for dozen exclusive
channels.
The feeling of relief grows out OF the
realization that there will be no i'm
mediate reallocatiOn Of broadcaSting sta
tions by the Federal Radio Commission
and that all stations are relatively
secure on the present assignments, for
the time being. They regret the failure
of the conference because 1t allows
Mexico and other Latin American ma
tions to build new stations, undeterred
by any international agreement. which
must operate on pre- -empted' channels
with probable serious interference to
stations in this country.
Had an agreement been reached, a
widespread reallocation in this country.
possibly as drastic as the 1928 shift. in
which 95 per csnt of the stations were
involved, would have been inevitable.
The commission would have been forced
to clear certain wave lengths to permit
their use in Mexico and Csntral America.
and the realignment would have been
uSceSSlldleu 10 llllu ctlltl SpOlS lOl tiioSC
dislodged American stations.
The American delegation is expected
to leave Mexico City today and arrive in
Washington August Is. At the State
Department it was said that Mexico's
demands for facilities were untenable,
since to meet them would have seriously
crippled broadcasting in this country.
1t was indicated, however, that the
nations concerned may be able to COM
pose their differences later.
There is considerable speculation as
10 whether Mexico and the United
States will endeavor to reach an agree
matte notes Such a procedure was
followed in May, 1882, when Canada
and the United States agreed on a
division of available broadcasting wave
lengths. There is also talk of another
conference to be held shortly in Wash
ington, attended only by Mexico, Canada
and the United States.
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WHEN press veterans of 1893 gather
w in Chicago for their annual BAN
quet tomorrow night. N. B. c. will
AaO mcrophones in evidence so the
oc&tvfie les can go out on the air. Speak
90 Vlll include George Ade, Indiana
husns2ist: Harriet Munroe, poet; Opie
0sod, Chicago humorist, and VIII
eHynA author.
4So true story of how the boil weevil,
i feared and hated pest of Southern
cotton fields, came to be honored by
Q certain Georgia community, will be
told in the Hill Billy Heart Throbs'
program on N. B. C. August 18. The
tale will be a dramatized version of the
old mountain song Boil Wsevil Blues"
adapted for radio by Ethel Park Richard
son. Tennessee mountaineer. and acted
by Ann Elstner, Curtiss Arnall and other
well known N. B. c. players.
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THE story of Mata Hari, most famous
i of spies in the World War, will be
dramatized during the "K-7' pro-
gram on N. B. c. August 10. This
woman secret service agent was the
focal point of many of the most exciting
SOY activities during the war. Her
Vaccinations caused the ruin and death
OF many soldiers and she became known
es the most dangerous of the hundreds
Of secret agents operating on both sides
Of the line
THE delightful overture to Mozart S
i comic opera. "the Impressario,"
will be featured by Howard Bar
10 to 1920 The orchestra also will
play D'Ambrosio's "Canzonetta," tlo
"Aubade." from Massenet's lie Cid"
and In the Mosque" from Caucasian
Sketches"