Evening star., 1944-05-07
For RadioL;steners
By Bryson Rash.

Ssfore we 60 any further let's talk
ever this FIN business. There has
Nen a great deal of hoop-de-do
about this sensational, terrific, rev.
olutionary, super development, so
much in fact that it might pay to
pause for moment and examine it..
First, so that there will be no mis-
understanding, we're all for FIN or
for anything else that will improve
listening pleasure. BY the way, FIN
are the initials for frequency mod
ulation, but did you know that every
day you listen to AN or amplitude
modulation, on your own three
year-old radio at home? Now, FIN
will allow for a great range OF
sound, all the way up to $4,000
cycles, but it's the rare individual
who can hear above 8,000-it's good
to have all that leeway. FIN will
offer so-called silent reception
that is, there will be no natural or
man-made interference when you
listen. That's good, too. But here
is the really high-powered argument
for the method: 1t is probable that
the lid will be off the number of sta
tions that can broadcast using FIN.
Therefore the only limitation on the
number of stations in a community
or In the Nation will be economic
rather than mechanical meaning
free competition in the field.
The one who is most likely to
lose out in this deal is the rural or
small community listener, for an FIN
signal will travel only about so miles
from the transmitter tower. The
country dweller will have to rely on
AM stations or FIN booster stations
and the simultaneous operation of
both systems is luxury that very
few broadcasters can indulge.
We just wanted to point out in
this item that FIN is another meth
cd of broadcasting, that there will
be a transmitter and a receiver, that
you will have to buy tubes occa-
sionally and that the discovery does
not rank with the invention of the
wheel, or Of the use of fire.
Sure, FMS going to be good, but
AM has it's points, too.
There is q whale of lot of good
radio listening late in the evening
on WRC and WTOP. For the sake
OF your neighbors keep the radio
low, but keep it on and catch some
of these programs. This is new
development in programming, this
late evening business. Sure, it has
been tried before, but not with this
amount of energy.
Here is the lineup: WRC-1l:30I
pm. Sunday, Land of the Free"
historical dramas on the Americas;
Monday, 'The Pacific Story" dram
atizations of war episodes In the Far
Eastern theater; Tuesday, words
at War;" dramatizations of current
war books and interviews with their
authors; Wednesday, Arthur Hop
kins Presents" splendid presenta-
tion of. famous stage productions
with original cast where possible;
Thursday, Music of the New
World" a well-done show of seldom
heard, exciting music; Friday, "Au-
thor's Playhouse" dramatized works
by classic and modern authors; Sat-
urday, II Sustain the Wings" an
Army Air Forces show with Capt.
Glenn Miller directing.
On WTOP the time is HAS pm.-l
Tuesday, Romance" dramatiza-
tions of great love stories, old and
new; Wednesday, Invitation to
Music" a program of classical mu-
sic by the Columbia Concert Or
chestra: Thursday, "viva America,
q revue Of pan-American music |
with guest stars; Friday, Mrs. Min
iver," continuation of the family
life in America. That's a lot of
sustaining radio shows to come out
Of a program budget.
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