Evening star., 1935-02-10
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

w YLW, Cincinnati, worlds
ether with its 500,000-watt
power wallop, despite an
order of the Federal Communications
Commission that it reduce its output
at night to one-tenth of the present
strength.
It is doing so by order of the
Court Of Appeals of the District.
which could not see eye to eye with
the F. c. c. on the matter, particu-
larly when the Crosley Radio Corp,
owner of the station. has an invest
ment Of nearly a dollar a watt, or
about S500,000, in the new station
equipment.
Due to complaints from Canadian
authorities that WLW is blanketing
Station CFRB, Toronto, operating on
an adjacent channel. the F. c. c.
last month ordered WLW to reduce
its night power to $4,000 watts or
take technical steps that would cur
tail its signal strength in that direc-
ton by February l. Concluding that
possible without destroying reception
of the station in Northern Ohio,
WLW elected to go to the courts.
It procured stay order until to-
morrow, permitting it to continue
operating with 100000 watts. On
that day, the court will consider the
wLW plea for what amounts to
permanent injunction to restrain the
r. c. c. from making its order ef-
fective until the entire litigation Is
cleared up.
The WLW incident has aroused
widespread interest. The future Of
super-power stations in the United
States is at stake, for one thing.
There also enters the question Of the
right of foreign nation to come to
an American agency and complain
about radio interference, without
having the matter adjudicated before
an international tribunal of some
kind.
Further, the WLW contention is
that CFRB would not experience the
so-called "blanketing" if its equip
ment measured up to recognized
American standards, and if its power
were $4,000 watts instead of the
rated power of 10000 watts for which
it IS licensed. Having clear channel
to itself, WLW contends. the Toronto
station should make maximum use OF
it and employ at least a 5O,00O-watt
signal. II that is done, the ratio OF
interference suffered, it is held, would
be no greater now than it was before
WLW began operating with 100000
watts last Summer.
IN THE face of increasing restric-
l tions on the importing of radio
apparatus in many foreign coun-
tries, American radio exports during
1884 enjoyed the best year in the last
three, according to review by the
Department of Commerce electrical
equipment division headed by Andrew
j. Cruise. Attesting the popularity of
American radios abroad, our exports
during the first il months OF 1884
were valued at $22, 2,543, 1897, compared
with s16,125,719 during all of 1888
and sl3,312136 during 1882.
Foreign countries purchased s13,-
693,342 worth of American receiving
sets during the 1884 period, more
than s4,ooo,o00 over 1888, and they
took s3,013,249 worth of American
radio tubes, S500,O00 increase over
the preceding year. Exports of trans
nitters and parts were valued at
nearly S1,000000. and receiving set
parts totaled slightly more than
$4,000,000. Loud speakers alone de-
clined in value among American
radio exports during the year.
The 1884 export trade bulkS small
against the 100000 retail sales of
radio equipment estimated for the
year, but the foreign market is being
developed more and more as Amerl-
can manufacturers approach the
"saturation point" in their own coun-
try, where about seven out of every
ten homes now have radios.
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DADIO singers have a soft job,
N according to Anne Seymour, the
actress who plays feminine leads in
the Grand Hotel broadcasts over N.
3. G. networks.
"A singer has an easier time than
the actor" Miss Seymour declares.
THE vocalist sings songs with which
both singer and audience are familiar
while, in original radio drama, the
actor knows the play only through
rehearsal and the audience is entirely
unfamiliar with it."
Anne is tired of having her singing
friends congratulate her upon getting
into such an easy" field as radio