Evening star., 1933-10-01
Behind the Microphone
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

night revery" of soft organ music.
If this seems an early good
night" time for New York, well,
then, there are still the night club
bands that follow, minus, of
course their "hot music"
Radio listeners within tuning
range of WMCA, and certainly
the broadcasters who are being
shown the way" will watch Mr..
| Adams plan with great Interest
They may well stop to wonder
what he will do If a "fat COM
mercial" comes along that de-
mands one of those otherwise
symphonic, classical or cultural
periodS-but insists on putting
comedian or comedy team. or per-
haps Jazz band on that period!
Ex n X
INDICATING that the big radio
L manufacturers are not over
looking the prospect Of televi-
sion emerging from the labora-
tory, despite the recent dictum
of the Federal Radio Commission
that television is still in the ex-
perimental stage and not yet
ready for introduction to the pub
lie on a commercial scale, the
Radio Manufacturers Association
has appointed a special commit
tee to study the various wave
lengths with view to determin-
ing which are most desirable
for the future broadcasting of
television and to make recon-
mendations to the Federal Radio
Commission accordingly.
In the meantime, the Radio
Commission is preparing to apan-
don three of the five intermediate
wave bands hitherto assigned to
television. This is in line with
the recent Mexico City short wave
agreement and the trend toward
the ultra-short waves, which the
experts agree afford more room
in the ether" for visual broad
casting.
The Mexico agreement, which
may take effect January /, 1884,
provides for the abandonment
Of the 1,eOO-1, ZOO, 2,1OO-2, 200 and
2,20O-2,300 kilocycle bands, and the
retention on the intermediate
waves of only the 2,0OO-2,10O and
2,750-2850 kilocycle bands. The
ultra short waves assigned to
television were not altered by
the agi cement. remaining at
43000-46, 900, 48,500-5O,30O and
60000-80.00O kilocycles. Whether
the R. M. A will demand further
changes remains to be deter
mined.
The R. M. A. Committee is
headed by E. R. Cunningham,
president of r. C. A.-Victor Co.,
and includes also w. Roy Nc
Came, president of Stromberg-
Carlson Co., Rochester, N. Y;
Powell Crosley, president Of the
CroSley Radio Corporation, Gin
cinnati, and James M. Skinner,
president of the Philadelphia
Storage Battery Co., Philadelphia.
CRITICAL observers were warm
~ in their praise Of the music
heard over Ed Wynn's new Anal
gamated Broadcasting System
network on the opening night,
September Is, but they failed to
discern much difference between
the Wynn offerings and thos
conventionally produced on tt
major networks. Nevertheless.
Mr.. Wynn was applauded stronp
ly on his enterprise which as yc
has announced no commerce
sponsors, and particularly was II
congratulated on the exceuenc
of his orcheStraS.
The inaugural marked the be-
ginning Of IS hours a day of pro-
gram schedules to be furnished
from New York to client stations.
of which there were 13 on the
opening night. Others are to he
added from time to time. accord
ing to the Wynn groups plans,
until eventually a Nationwide
network is formed. Mr.. Wynn
himself is expected back from
Hollywood this month to take
personal charge, though unless
later released he will not appear
on his own net for some time
because of previous contractual
obligations requiring him to re-
sumo his Fire Chief" programs
| on the N & C. network