Evening star., 1935-10-26
POWER INCREASE
PLAN OF v. c. n.
500, 900 Watts Would Make
Chicago Station Equal
to Worlds Top.


~ closed that the Federal Com
n munications Commission mas
in mind a gradual reallocatlon OF
broadcasting facilities, including the
licensing of possibly 25 radio Goliaths
with powers of 100000 watts, there
have already been many manifesto
tions of activity along that general
line.
The first development was the an
nouncement by WGN, Chicago, that
it will file an application for authority
TO increase it's power from $4,000 to
500 900 watts-equal to the worlds
most powerful station. Then the r.
C. C. made known that in the future
no changes in the assignments OF any
stations will be granted unless they
agree to install antennaS or radlatlng
systems which comply with new re-
uuirements governing efficiency. This
was regarded as the first step toward
o reallocation project.
Soon to File Request.
WGN, operated by the Chicago
Tribune. announced it will file shortly
with the Federal Communications
Commission an application for the
tenfold step-up in power. 1t would
be the second station to be so au-
thorized if its application is granted.
WLW, Cincinnati. has been broad
casting with 100000 watts for about
a year and the great success 1t has
attained had considerable to do with
the decision of F. c. c. engineers to
plan the increase on other clear chan
nels.
1t is expected that the WGN pro-
nouncement will be followed shortly
with similar applications by certain
other clear channel stations. Whereas
the regulations now specify 40 clear
channels to use a maximum power OF
$4,000 watts at night, the tentative
plan is to reduce the number of clear
waves to 25 with minimum power on
them of 100000 watts There is moth
ing definite about this now, however
for the matter has not yet been con-
sidered by the commission itself, but
is still in the hands of its engineering
department.
Horizontal Increase"
The tentative plan also includes a
horizontal increase in power on per-
hapS a half dozen of the So-called
regional channels, on which two or
more stations operate simultaneously
at night. Whereas the night maxi
mum power is limited to 1000 watts
the plan is to boost them horizontally
to 5000 watts On the Is or so clear
channels which would not be allowed
TO use the half-million watts power
the proposed plan is to allow stimuli
taneous operation at night with per-
hapS a maximum power of $4,000
watts.
Also included in the project is the
proposed opening of three channels
in the band from 1900 to 1900 kilo-
cycles for new local stations, with
possibly so such stations to channel
That would mean that many of the
applications for new stations of 10C
watts from small cities might be
granted without serious controversy
nICK ROGERS and Larry Hart, who
trained as bachelors of art at
Columbia University to become united
as one of the most successful song
writing teams in Tin Pan Alley, will
give the radio audience Tuesday night
some of the top numbers of their
newest shoW-Billy Roses Jumbo"
circus spectacle to be broadcast
serially by the fire chief sponsor.
The musical fare will be varied
choruses, duets and solos, one of the
solo numbers to be sung by Jimmy
Durante, the comic center of the
production.
X X
CHILDREN in schools for the blind
throughout the United States are
now able to procure in Braille all
student note books used in conjunc-
ton with the N. B. C. Music Appre-
citation Hour, it was announced yes
terday by DR.. Walter Damrosch,
N. B. c. music counsel.
DR.. Damrosch, director of the Music
Appreciation Hour, has received nu-
merous requests from blind schools
throughout the country asking for a
Braille Interpretation of the popular
manuals. Due to the heavy expense
involved, it was found impossible to
comply with these requests until this
year.