Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-03-03
Facsimile BrOadcasting
Held Nearer Realization
Television Trailing Far Behind Rival Radio
Development-NewS Service on Short
Waves Announced.

10 Tic oElLlo1 IcpOEt WAiiOA1 4S~ese
/ Some time is likely to elapse before
the price Of an efficient receiver Will
be comparative with that Of the aver
age type Of sound receiver"
The present wire systems, ACCORDING
to Mr.. Safnoff, are not suitable Tor
interconnecting television stations into
chains as they are for broadcasting
stations. For that purpose, either
new wire system must be created or
radio relays must be further devel-
oped and established. He sums up
the situation thus:
I'm view Of these facts 1t is apparent
that the next step in the development
of the art in the United States must
begin with the establishment OF teie-
vision on the basis Of field demonstra-
ton in order that subsequent plans
may be founded on the practical expe-
rience thus obtained. In view OF the
continued laboratory progress OF r. c.
A. and the wide public interest in this
new field, your management Is dill
gently exploring the possibilities OF
such a demonstration"
THE fiery tongue of Rev. Charles z.
i Coughlin, crusading radio priest
whose influence and popularity has
exceeded that Of perhaps any other
regular radio speaker, will be heard
over the air throughout the coming
Summer over a larger independent net
work than he has ever used before.
Breaking the precedent he estab-
lished several years ago of appearing
only six months for his Sunday radio
sermons. the Detroit clergyman has
i decided to extend his talks through the
Summer. Unique Is his decision to
speak at midnight, rather than during
midday. His new Sunday schedule
will run from IL to 1890, Eastern
standard time, starting after Easter
Sunday. He will repeat this same
ern and Central listeners.
Father Coughlin. whose influence
has been felt In Congressional votes
and. rulings Of national and in
ternational import, has come to the
conclusion that since his recent organ
ization of the League for Social
Justice, q radio-listener voluntary
membership, it is necessary for his
weekly broadcasts to 90 unbroken
through the Summer. After six months
of half-hour broadcasts, he will resume
his Sunday afternoon 1-hour broad
casts next October for the regular
1935-1936 season.
The present list of stations on his
independent network, totalling ~,
covers the country from Omaha to
Portland, Me. Other stations are
expected to be added. The programs,
as in the past, will be keyed from the
Shrine of the Little Flower in Detroit,
through Station WJR Of that city.
Since Inauguration Of the League
for Social Justice a few months ago
by Father Coughlin, more than
100000 members have Joined that
organization, according to word from
Coughlin headquarters. More than
200 clerks and secretaries are employed
at present to answer the tremendous
volume Of mail. which runs into an
average Of 10000 pieces daily.
One Of Father Coughlin's greatest
legislative triumphs was the part he
played in the defeat of American entry
into the World Court. In regular as
well as special broadcasts he urged the
public to telegraph their Senators op-
posing the proposal sponsored by the
administration. Wires to the Capitol
were flooded with a deluge Of mes
sages. No count was ever made public
OF the volume Of mail his plea
provoked, but unoff1cially 1t was re-
ported that upwards Of 200,00 tele-
grams and letters were received within
q week by members Of the Senate and
House.
The Coughlin broadcasts and the
Detroit shrine are maintained by
voluntary contributions. Last year,
using an independent hook-up of 26
stations-one less than he Is using
now-his disbursements for purchase
Of time over the stations and for tel
ephone line charges to connect them,
aggregated more than s225, 900. The
aggregate time charge for this net
work for a single broadcast of one
hour amounted to about $500.
Father Coughlin first began his
broadcasts over the Columbia Broad
casting System a half dozen years
ago, then young Roman Catholic
priest, practically unknown outside of
his own little parish on the out
skirts Of Detroit. When that net
work decided to designate q repre-
sentative clerical group to arrange all
religious programs, whether Protest.
ant, Catholic or Jewish, Father
Coughlin decided to set up his own
special network Of independent sta
tons. Since 1881 he has broadcast
over such a hookup for six months