Evening star., 1933-11-30
VISUAL BROADCAST
WILL Be DISCUSSED
Experts of Industry to Confer
With Commissions En-.
- gineering Division.

IMPORTANT discussions designed to
bring about orderly development OF
television and visual broadcastlng
will be held shortly by the raolo
broadcasting and radio manufac-
turing industry with the Fedefal Raoio
Commission.
with the objective of providing CO.
ordinated study CT the question. tIese
rrouos have decided to confer with the
comrnission's engineering division about
fundamental technical questions before
attacking the economic side OF the ques-
tion of what form the visual art shall
. take. Unque~'ionably hastened by the
anticipated general recovery OF busl-
) ness the feeling in the industry Is that
once the publics purchasing power Is
revived, the opportunities for inaugurat-
ing practical television will be enhanced.
Questions for Consideration.
While no date has yet been set, DR..
&c. B. Jolliffe, chief engineer OF the COM
mission, said today he had been In
formed Of the desire of both the Ma
tional Association of BroadcaSters and
the Radio Manufacturers Association to
take I'D the technical questions OF allo-
cations, He said he hoped means OF
working out a co-ordinated line OF de-
velopment will be evolved with full CO.
operation between industry, ana gov
erment. The commission still imposes
a rigid experimental ban on televlslon,
holding the visual radio art has not yet
developed sufficiently to win public ap-
proval.
Committee Designated.
The Radio Manufacturers Association
recently designated commlttee OF SET
manufacturers to 60 into the Suplect.
This committee comprises E. L. cum
ningham, president of r. c. A.-Vlctor
Co: Powell Crosley, president OF Crosley
Radio Corporation; w. Roy McCanne,
president of Stromberg- Carlson Tele-
phone Manufacturing Co., and James M.
Skinner, president of Philco Radio Co.
They have designated a subcommlttee
of engineers to invade the technical
side of television in cooperation with
the Radio Commission and the broad
casters.
The National Association Of Broad
casters takes the view that the souno
broadcasters of today will be the tele-
vision broadcasters of the future. AL
tired j. McCosker, head OF the asso-
citation, is expected soon TO name a
television committee, made up OF botn
broadcasters and engineers, to tackle
this problem and to confer with the
commission.
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a FTER studying data obtained in the
n recent two-way radio contact be-
| tween the Settle'FOrdney balloon
in the stratosphere and the ground, DR..
Charles w Horn, N. B. C.'s general en-
Rineer, reaches the conclusion that long
distance communication will be pos
sible with aircraft above the at
mospheric level.
In the tests with the balloon, whose
transmitter had a power OF only one
watt, Settle and Fordney, sailing east
from midcountry. where heard clearly
at Riverhead, N. Y, and Point Reyes,
Calf.
DR.. Horn expressed belief that the
great distance was obtainable in the
stratosphere due to the fact that there
was a complete absence of ground re-
fections to the short waves used.
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TOHN MCCORMACK, famous Irish
tenor. is so well satisfied with the
results of his present series OF radio
r-citals he is going to continue broad
casting throughout the Winter.
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RRANGEMENTS have just been
n completed by the N. B. G. Artists
Service for James Melton, tenor,
to tour the country with George Gersh-
win. Until recently Melton was top
tenor of the Revelers' Quartet, and one
Of radios most popular soloists.