Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-25
Success of WLW Seen
AS Spur to Petitions
5O,OOO-Watt Outfits May Seek Increase to
Serve Greater Number of Air Listeners
by New Method.

When the r. 9. g. considers the
KNX application to 60 to 100000 watts
this Fall, as well as the probable ap-
plications of several other stations
which are expected to seek permission
to 60 to 100000 watts, 1t will take into
account the increased service which
will result to listeners, and weigh that
against any possible interference with
other stations. 1t will also take into
account the results of a technical sur
vey begun last Spring to ascertain the
amount of actual radio service lis
teners get from the existing broadcast
ing station structure, and weave those
results into the changed regulations
1t may adopt.
"M1cRoPHoNE morals" which
have been the focal point of
radio attention in the United States
since the Federal Communications
Commission launched its good taste
in radio crusade early this year, also
have their counterpart in practically
every other country of the world
In both the United States and Eng
land swearing of any sort before the
microphone is strictly prohibited. But
these inhibiticns against bad language
are not confined to the English-Speak-
ing countries. Practically every coun-
try has It's own written or unwritten
rules regarding courtesy in broadcast
ing.
China, for example. prohibits the
use Of profanity over the air. But the
amazing thing is that 1t bans any pro-
grams which would provoke laughter
among children, since it is considered
diScourteous. The Chinese regulation
reads: mo song or story is to be broad
cast that may cause naughty children
to laugh" Ghost stories also are taboo.
because they might frighten children.
Turkish radio officials have what
seems to be an almost insurmountable
book Of rules to be observed. They
must enforce IL commandments in
voked by the government, dealing both
with moral and political matters. First,
broadcasting Of Topographic works Is
not allowed. Then, no broadcasts are
permitted which deal with or even
mention suicide. No plays may be
offered in which Turkish military
or civil officer plays a part. The re-
mainder of the inhibitions deal with
political subjects, and bar any broad
casts praising Sultans and their reigns,
works supporting the old Ottoman
Empire or the old Turkish constitu
ton, or programs likely to stress class
differences or border on religious prop
uganda.
DON'T be stampeded into buying
any stock in any television
project" That is the advice Of An
drew w. Cruise, chief Of the Electrical
Division, Department Of Commerce.
who recently made an exhaustive
study of the status of the visual radio
art, both here and abroad.
Anticipating fy-by-night or blue
sky ventures in teleWsion because Of
the widespread publicity being given
the subject, Cruise advised that be-
fore the public invests 1t should in
vestigate. With visual transmissions
moving ahead as they are in Europe,
it is only natural that sooner or later
television exploitation projects will be
spri,ging up in this country to capt.
talize on the attendant publicity" he
said
Cruise also advises the public not to
withhold the purchase Of new radios
because Of the prospects of television
receivers being on the market soon"
Hesitating to guess when television
would arrive, he did say, however,
that the first steps will include only
means of receiving the sound which
accompanies the picture, and not the
picture itself. MY advice" he de-
clared, sis go on out and replace the
old set of yours now If you feel that
you can afford it."