Evening star., 1934-10-14

10 Jne newark news RaQlO CluD,
which he broadcast last week end
from his new experimental broad
casting station, W2XR, Long Island
City, operating on the 20kilocycle
high fidelity" channel of $50 kilo-
cycles.
The fact is there are televiSion sta
tionS in regular operation today, but
all of them are operated experiment
tally and none of them render a true
program service for observers To
my mind, the real reason that no such
program services are available to
broadcast listeners is that so far there
has been no co-ordinated plan in
cooperating the three essential ele-
mentS of such service. These three
elements are:
First, an adequate television trans
mitter having good coverage.
Second, a source of interesting
program material to be televised.
Third, a supply Of television re-
ceivers that can be widely distributed
at reasonable price and which will
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television pictures to satisfy the users
desire for service rather than merely
appeal to his curiosity.
"A further essential, not directly a
part of the television operations them
selves, is that the picture programs
shall be accompanied by synchronized
sound from a radio transmitter that
will provide at least as good coverage
as does the picture transmitter."
The reasons why efforts to intro
duce television in recent years have
generally failed are explained by Mr..
Hogan:
In the past five years there have
been several commercially inspired at
temptS to render a popular television
service, but none of them has made
substantial success. If you will an
alyze any Of those attempts, think
you will find that it was lacking in at
least one of the essentials that I have
outlined.
Perhaps the most striking thing
about public television in the past
is that the receiving apparatus offered
for sale has been relatively crude in
performance and high in cost. Even
the apertured discs and drums that
were put on the market were quite
costly, and the lens discs have never
been manufactured in quantity to
sell at moderate price. The newer
types of optical television receivers
and the cathode ray tube receivers
have never been made available to
radio users in satisfactory form.
From the engineering point of view,
there seems to be little reason why
useful television apparatus of these
types should remain in the laboratory.
While it is always dangerous to at
tempt to be prophet, would like to
leave with you the thought that tele-
vision is on the upgrade 1t is quite
probable that before long some for
ward looking broadcasters and manu-
facturers will combine their facilities
in such way as to provide you with
useful and interesting television
service"
DOLITICAL batteries are warm
L ing up for a vigorous campaign
over the air in preparation for
the November elections, but, unlike
previous ether campaigns, they are
finding themselves hemmed in more
than ever before as to how far they
can go in their radio oratory. That
is because the majority of stations
are exercising extreme caution, lest
they become involved in libel actions
because of the rantings of political
campaigners. Since the last national
elections the Nebraska Supreme Court
has rendered a decision holding
broadcasting stations jointly liable
with speakers for libels uttered over
the ether. While this is only one
States court ruling, it is being cited
as precedent.
Many stations not only demand
the right to review speeches in ad-
vance, which admittedly is form of
censorship, but they also require the
speakers to sign a waiver in which
they agree to absolve the station from
any libel actions. In few instances
stations are refusing the use of their
facilities for political campaigning
at all rather than face the accom-
na nvinp dangers