Evening star., 1935-08-04
Opposition of Newspapers
Appears to Have Vanished
Latest Acquisition Is KLZ at Denver Pur-
chased for 100000, by Oklahoma
Publisher

WPHR, Petersburg, Va, which ne
presumably intends to move into
Richmond. Among many other news
papers, mostly in small towns, seek
ing authority to build new local sta
tions is the Hartford (Conn.) Times.
a former stanch opponent of radio.
The unusual spectacle-at least in
recent years-of a newspaper dis
posing of its radio station is reported
from Nebraska, where it is learned
that the Norfolk (Nebr.)' Daily News
has about completed negotiations for
the sale of its WJAG to private in
terests. The tendency has been the
other way around, although few
years ago the Chicago Daily News
In the early days of radio such news
papers as the Los Angeles Times, De-
troit Free Press, Boston Transcript
and Birmingham News all sold their
radio stations to non-newspaper in
terests which still retain them.
Although lit American and Ha-
waiian radio stations are owned by
newspaper interests, THIS does not
mean that that many newspapers
own or control such stations. Sew
eral publishers own a multiplicity Of
stations. Hearst has six. the Nc
Clatchy newspapers of California own
five, including one In Reno; the Gan
nett newspapers own or lease three,
the publishers of the Lancaster pa
New Era and Intelligencer Journal
control five, two in Wilmington, Del,
and the owners of the Des Moines
Register and Tribune operate three.
Jesse Jones. publisher of the Hous-
ton Chronicle, also controls three sta
tions in that city, directly or indi-
rectly.
Newspapers whose owners control
two stations are: Dayton Daily News,
WHO, Dayton, and WHO'D, Miami;
South Bend Tribune, WSBT and
wFAM, South Bend: Shreveport
journal and Times, KTBS and
KWKH, Shreveport; Cleveland Plain
Dealer, Wink, Cleveland. and WAIU,
Columbus; Oklahoma Daily Okla
homan, WKY, Oklahoma City, and
KLZ, Denver; Portland Oregonian.
KGW and KEX, Portland; Portland
Oregon Journal, KOIN and KALE,
Portland Harrisburg Pa) Tele-
graph, WHIP and WKBO. Harrisburg.
CTRESS will continue to be laid IN
the small models of radio re-
ceiving sets during the 1886 sea-
son, which starts in September, when
the radio manufacturers will begin to
display their new wares. This Is ap-
parent from preliminary reports ema-
mating from the factories, which in
dicate that all-metal tubes will be the
big new feature of the new radios,
along with rounded" and stream
line" cabinets and other changes hav-
ing to do mostly with the exterior Of
the sets.
Twenty-Five leading manufacturers,
including the r. c. A. Victor Co.,
patent licensor of the device, are
falling in line with the General Elec-
trio Co., which first announced last
Spring that it would adopt the all
metal tube. The glass tube is not
being discarded. but most Of the %
will offer circuits employing both
glass and all-metal tubes, according
to the reports. The all-metal an
nouncement created considerable con-
troversy in industry circles earlier
this year.
Metal tubes are not entirely new,
for the "catkin" made its bow in
England several years ago without
creating much stir. The American
tubes, unlike the English model, have
eight prongs and therefore cannot be
interchanged with the seven-pronged
glass tubes. They are cylindrical in
shape with reducing diameters at the
top. They measure only to 3 inches
above the base, being much smaller
than glass tubes and allowing for
more compact receiving units.
1t is claimed for the all-metalS that
they offer improved electrical char
acteristics, the metal shells providing
their own shielding against extrane-
Gus noises and being shockproof as
well as acting as better conductor
and radiator. Sets with the new tubes
are expected to carry premium price