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NEW YORK SUN, SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1932.
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W2XAB Resumes Daily Schedule of Sight and Sound Programs on One Wave Length
FORMER RADIO COMMISSIONER
ACCUSES BODY OF 'POLITICS'
[hout the
Caldwell Claims the
Clear Channel Was
Farmer's Hope.
Pv ROBERT
r
fertd pay
> other det Governso on foot
staffs of
ft and t ha
• of econis out off i
mlssloners V
ogi nee ring
alary was
r**r. T h s
aa applied
han thoie
r ts»e eeonL Charts*
!•« chert?$10,000 for
K>0 a year
•al of the
Dther Oovay ta autor the law,
his salary
• to a fawill reitgn
lors which
believed to
e because
to go to
Iterance at
te In Sep-
5
P
k
Kant radio
• Congress
uutton calliommerclal
tolsslon. repounced in
without Ob-
knson-Davts
Issuance of
Is only to
interests Of
•rough* forcing on the
11sing rates,
I "of lotteries,
ray the cost
locate part
aducatioaal
I tighten up
ill of these
all of the
i« calendar
es next wtn-
tombinc
With
let.
in trend toI stations as
ctwnrks, for
f the wants
rular section
lenced again
mother New
11.la scheduled
1. and will
g stations:
:i. Ponton;
TAH.
\Vor»
Hand.
All
escnt memnetwork, but
[e no relation
membership.
kich probably
[of the New
System, will
kg rams from
yp respective
llorency and
jra the m o v
fcatlon.
The
Tf competitive
fork, headed
of Boston,
k n o w i n g sta-
„
\
Piovidence;
DRC.
Hart*
prt; WNBHi
Bangor, and
H.
lent regional
perating tot
I h e most lmfcgland Is the
m consists of
IJCFRC
San
K t » ; KM J.
•bars: KWO.
imento, and
In Indiana
-.casting syspp.
Indianlie: WBOW.
Culver, and
Jin the Slats
| * the Northem. comprls»A. Spokane,
(
i-Us wise * r 8
•oups. which
as a specMl
|bl*le network
ting System,
|flve Southern
l»o links the
systems into
Rights Reserve*.
WASHINGTON, July 23.—Accusing
••y,~ *>dei il R l r t , ° Commission of
•ut-and-oul "polities" to the detriof the American listening pubBeB,
j, ' , , H raldwell, erstwhile eomplace* upon the shoulders
r,
former
collssgUSS the blame
of h
fp ih , destruction of the "clear
„a a means of serving rural
Jl .tenei - w i ' h U " I K 1 l a d i o .
The itotmy p*trel of the commisSjnn t\\ ring his official tenure, which
ended neatly three year* ago. Mr.
C»ld*< II envision*, the "crumbling"
<»f the veij backbone of broadcasting
,'= g ,-esult "f theas alleged "political
ravages
Already, he points out.
# U e ,,f the forty clear or exclusive
channels which wers set up in 1928
to s n i f ' h e m i l l i o n s o f small-town
an,I farm population have been impaired
.W'.v editoi of cveral radio trade
•ubltcatioas. Mi ('alrtwcll launched
his sensational attark in thp current
J«-IC nf Electronics, a publication
fl>vntr<i to the engineering arts that
•pring f'nr» 'be use of the electron
#r vacuum tune
He emphasi7.es the
Importance of thp preservation of the
Cteai rhannel no* only to the listen,.-. but to radio engineers, manufacturer! atr4, every man in the radio
geduMry or ti vie
N o audience in the world Is
quicker to t a k e exception to a n
offensive s t a t e m e n t than is the
one which radio commands.—
A. A. Cormier of WOR.
NEW CHANGES
IN MAKEUP
By A. DINSDALE.
Old Tele^raphone Idea Comet
Back to Life.
IN F A S H I O N
W 2 X C R — N e w York.
SHOW
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r< iirm f",
u j \ \ n,
f.i; mrterc.
<*—Experimental program--.
I i e i rrs « >h urunrl.
No
W2XAP—Wa.hington.
W3XK—Wa.hington.
(Mm to it :nrv-Film Breaentattent.
Sound.
inn . 1 • ftr. f,|.-»,-f ptrUiip.
W2XR—New
.,,
ni\,Af.
19.", m»i»re.
programs.
*—E*p»nm»ntm
.»
York.
I oil - E x p e r i m e n t a l program*,
s ii/v—||im» Willi gound.
9,r»o—Cartoona.
VV1XAV—Boiton.
P'|hJ
t piikup.
VOO to K <»>— K \ p » n m r n t a ! p t o g m i t i f .
g . W lo 9 . ( © - D ! r » r t pickup.
W 2 X C R — N e w York.
* f t «T1
H? rr.-.ri.
W1XAV—Boston.
I.op
to 1 9 : 0 9 — S s p t r t m a n t t l prof ram.
W2XAP—Waihintton.
THURSDAY.
W2XAB—New York.
F | * t en
1«i
ro#t*rs,
pn,Pn<< na
n-MAt.
4^
m»t*n.
« PO»^Rxprr:fr,»r.»^t
pr^grsm*.
'.' i>o_r>irer,T pickup
i:
« nft—Harry Fri#» an<1 his mtj»ir«! # » «
8 'J.v-!*rarnini the baseball I ' o r ' i and
re"! t i m e .
S.iO—Sketch, Hewitt players.
9 I V - C h a l k r h a t e , « i t h l<ou Hanlon.
.;o— R'lrnett niftere, songs.
ft 13— P u n n l e j s o n . <;. Aldo Ranrtegger.
W3XK—Washington.
i " on
m mtiera
M.
No
Sound,
,
-FT,
pr<-«i»ntaJi' n.
W3XK—Washington.
TOMORROW.
W2XR—New York.
I
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I-—*
•- •
9.00 to 11:00— F i l m p r e s e n t a t i o n s .
WaXR—New
i' pro(fr»m§.
,-ound.
G l a d y s Kahn, who appears o v e r t h e
sight
and
sound
station
of
W 2 X A B on T u e s d a y s at 8 P. M.
a n d F r i d a y s at 9 P. M.
l : f O - , «:•• '• .
W2XAP—Washington.
' ' ' ' - K.\; • r : m e n t a l p r o g r a m s .
tn :< i v ^ j , , „ , , p | r k u p .
W3XK-Washinfton.
• •ftp
' " - F t ! presentation.
MONDAY.
W 2 X \ B — N e w York.
- o , t ' id on
samti w a\ e,
j
I
mil
i
«,'o,<,» and roitert
;-,, n
Rirentsnn «! pro-
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i- o,i
romlr s' r-p
K i r g s n a;
W2XR - N e w
• :25—Sranning the basrba!! spor»s g p ^ rorrert t i m e .
• :.V> - T e l e v i s i o n hnxinjr boutg, fpa'nrlng T"Mrk
Mad»o, l l f h t w e i s h t from Trinity r i u h
A f'.. and mb-M.
Blow b% b'o,v ri>
e t t i p t t o n hy Bill Prlmd! .11. on sound
•«ide of «ishf band.
p o o . <»i(. mpn .'a-., band, featuring Vltr^em
• I t l n f Mo,,.!,
n :•<> k v Reed, pianist,
9 »">—Ta: l i a m i t a , rianeer,
W2XR—New
York.
4 0" K s p e ; itnenta! ptOEtams.
a. nit—Films w i t h s o u n d .
9 :U0— C a r t o o n s .
Ktd
l-nr
W 2 X C R — N e w York.
F.xpetlmpti'al flini
W2XAP
• plrhMip,
W 2 X A P -
ptogisms.
Washington.
- P l r e c t pirl-iip.
to ft mi - D i i e r t pit k l i p .
to
Washington.
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W2XCR - N e w York.
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WlXAV•P.
8 ' 0 to
W3MC—Waekimlrm.
Boston.
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TUESDAY.
W7XAR
N.w Ye»rli.
III'
s on -1 dreel ** Nap,
WEDNESDAY.
W 2 X A B — N e w York.
• ' . t o - met,' a p r o g r a m ,
«mi O i r ! , e « , i a .
n rveorg's •tnww». paii^nt^
r. -. |«*
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W2XAP—Washington.
5:00 to 8:00— Direct pickup.
8 . 0 0 t o 9:00—Direct pickup.
W 2 X C R — N e w York.
6 . 0 0 to 8.00—Direct pickup.
WlXAV—Boston.
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Hi t:.
1" SO
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to
in
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to
to
to
to
ft fto- F.xperiti enial program.
ft SO— Kroira Trm.
u r , Jsuth Hanwiok. anprano.
1".iM>—UerlrudB H i n t l i a n , i l o l l n l s t .
10:t.~r—Rnhfit Campbell, tenor.
Hi.H*—Inez ArziHo. cellist.
t'i l%—TVIlllam S e a r l e . bas«.
11 00— Reflwk k and C a m p b e l l , s o n g s .
FRIDAY.
W3XK—Washington.
ft no to 11 no
;n
York.
i ft"— K x p e r l m e n t a l p r o g r a m s .
BtliO—Films w i t h gound.
9 .Oip-Cartoons.
WlXAV^Boslon.
« mi in f» no— E x p e r i m e n t a l p r o g r a m .
9 . 0 0 to |0:;i0— Mint,a l . e e . g o p i a n o ; P a u l i n e
Oarry, p i a n i s t . P u n s Daviiloff. tenor.
YorU.
Another milestone In the development of television w a s passed Thursday night( July 21, when a program
ot synchronized sight and sound w a s
transmitted over W2XAB.
The program marked the first anniversary of Columbia's entrance
Into the field of television, and also
inaugurated the regular broadcasting of s i m u l t a n e o u s sight and sound
on one w a v e - l e n g t h .
i
The program included an innovation when Harold Stern's dance or- ,
chestra broadcast their musk; from ;
the roof g a r d e n of the St. Morltz.
Holel, while their leader talked t o
them
and
directed
them
from
\V2XAR's studio nine blocks away. F l o r e n c e Kyte, who wi II be seen
and
Receivers set up in front of the band ,
on
W
2
X
A
B
T
u
e
s
d
a
y
heard
at
"•nabled the musicians to follow ;
S t e i n ' s baton and hear his instruc- '
9 : 1 5 P . M.
lions as he faced the flying spot.
A new type of aerial by m e a n s
I of which short-wave t r a n s m i s s i o n s
' should be receivable w i t h i n t h e usual
skip-distance area is a r o u s i n g con' siderable Interest In G e r m a n y , and
will shortly be adopted by the fa- I
mous Zeesen transmitter, near Koenigswusterhausen. w h i c h operates on
!
a w a v e length of 31.38 m e t e r s .
Although well received at great distances, this station Is heard only
with difficulty at short range, but
the new aerial, if successful, will
m e a n that the station will be picked
up all over Europe as well as overs e a s . This a c h i e v e m e n t will be accomplished by a r r a n g i n g that the rai diation from the aerial s y s t e m shall
I travel parallel to the e a r t h ' s surface.
The German T e l e f u n k e n Company,
builders of the present short wave
transmitter at Zeesen ( w h i c h now
N e w p r o g i a m set-ups and c h a n g e s uses a simple vertical aerial), are
in the performers' make-up are t o evolving an aerial on the line shown
he utilized in an effort to promote schematically in the accompanying
better sipht and sound programs diagram.
from W 2 X A B since that station n o w
As can be seen, the aerial Is of
transmits sight and sound on the
the "bird c a g e " type.
A wooden
same wave length of 107 meters.
Outstanding a m o n g the presenta- mast, M, carries t w o pairs of crosstions is a new feature to be k n o w n bars. T. one at the top and the other
as "The Tele-Talkies,"
presented at a height of eighty feet. Between
similar to the talking motion pic- the ends of these crossarm« are
tures but in real life.
T h e series stretched the aerial w i r e s , which are
which will b e g i n at R 3 0 P. M. supported by h e m p ropes. There are
Thursday, July 28. will be under t h e four horizontal wire squares, parallel
personal direction of John O'Hewitt to each other and spaced about fifty
and will include more than twelve feet apart.
Each square contains four wires,
regular players each week.
a. a', h, b>. separated from each
C n m e t l l r i to Be S e m .
other hy several insulators. Each of
The element of mystery is added the wires is itself about fifty feet
to the new program schedule by t h e long. Two wires in each square, I. e ,
inclusion of a fifteen-minute s h o w a a and a', and h and b 1 . combine to
week by the Television Ghost, a form an aerial. E a c h wire oscillates
character w h o will graphically illus- in a half wave length, and each
trate and tell the stories of murders individual aerial In one square osa s seen by the ghost of the mur- cillates with a half w a v e phase difdered. The part of the g h o s t will be ference between it and the correplayed by Artells D i c k s o n and the sponding aerial in the square below
Moreover, the individual four
show will be on every Monday at 8 it.
wires in each square function a s folP. M. beginning Monday.
Television c o m e d i e s to be seen a n d lows: A and b oscillate in the same
heard include the r e t u r n of t h e phase, as also do at and hi; but a
popular Italian dialect t e a m , "Spa- and a', and also b a n d b> are 180
ghett and Ravioli," in a n e w series degrees or half a w a v e length out of
In each square the inside
of adventures concerning
t h e i r phase.
plight with the Fresh Ice C o m p a n y : ends of a and at are c o n n e c t e d to the
a series entitled "Just the T w o of
Us,"
featuring Holly Smith a n d
Johnny McAllister, w h o will appear
before the flying spot every F r i d a y
at 8 P. M.
Tashamira, leading exponent of
the modern German dance in t h i s
country, will begin a new series accompanied by Florence K y t e , pianist. Tuesday, July 26. at 9:45 P. M.
.Many ArtUta S c h e d u l e d .
lm rr.t.rji.
rVOR
nrnh of ldah«
tanne reparaJt« impliP« , t f , n
I with respect
•peaks o*
;15 to 10
I'm happy. I have a good Job,
a lovely h o m e a n d the best wife
In the country.—Ernie Hare.
W2XAB Also Revises
Setup to Promote
Better Programs.
VOICE ON STEEL WIRE
TODAY.
WZXR—N«w York.
roadcasts
kiscuss
»nt Tonight
Engineers Claim Novel Shortwave Antenna
Celebrates Its First
Should Receive Signals Within
Anniversary With
the Skip-Distance Area.
Gala Event.
TELEVISION PROGRAMS FOR THE WEEK
• >
"^•111 be heard
he next !«•«
j e t from P « r , s
I f A. M : • " ' "
| - Julv 29. *
XMiipist 4 from
Sroadeasts w *
The people comprising the
radio audience are friendly,
Indulgent, appreciatlatlve and
discriminating.
They demand
first and foremost, sincerity.—
Maj. E d w a r d B o w e s
W A S H I N G T O N . P . C An American counterpart of the G e r m a n
Blattnerphonc, the simple steel tape
recording and reproducing d e v i c e
with w h i c h certain European broadcasters are building tip "lihraries"
of m o m e n t o u s radio broadcasts for
repetition at will, is seen in the introduction expected shortly of n device k n o w n as the Telegraphnne. In"One hv nnf " he states, "the exstead of using steel tape, the Tele•jtisive srave lengths which have
Wade it pns:pih!p for radio to reach graphone simply u s e s magnetized
#verv small town, rural community wire to preserve sound impulses of
srd farm in the I'nited States are an unusually wide tonal range.
being ravaged hy political pressure
Basic patents on the Telegraphone
arci commercial expediency
Stead- were issued to Valdemar Poulsen of
fly the structure crumbles."
Copenhagen whose P o u l s e n arc w a s
The rlrai channels which Mr. Cald- one of the earliest and most imporwell says are no longer clear were tant d e v e l o p m e n t s in long distance
enumerated as that assigned to sta- r a d i o transmission.
Improvement
tion KOO. San Francisco.. ->w shared patents are held by a corporation
with WGY, Schenectady; that of
k n o w n a s the American TelegraSSL, Salt Lake City, now shared
phone Corporation. 179 P w i g h t
with WJJD. Mooseheart. 111.: K R J ,
street, Springfield. Mass. T h e device
Seattle, now shared with WCFL. Chicago: KNX. Los Angeles, shared is said to h a v e been used e x t e n s i v e l y
with the Canadian Government un- d u r i n g the w a r by the G e r m a n s
der the recently pffected U. S.-Cana- aboard their submarines and at their
dian wave length allocations, and powerful radio stations.
The Telegraphone h a s been tied up
WPG. Atlantic City, also shared with
in litigation since the war, the head
Canada under the same agreement.
of the corporation h a v i n g been re"A channel on which only a single
moved and the c o m p a n y now being
high-power broadcast station Is opin the h a n d s of a conservation re;
erst ins i i rhannel which serves
ceiver. W. W. Millan, W a s h i n g t o n
listeners throughout the nation, as |
banker.
R e p r e s e n t i n g the stockfar as the faintest signal can be
holders is George E. Sullivan, W a s h -"jteJieri up," Mr. Caldwell declares.
ington patent attorney. Many appli"But once permit a second station to
cations for t h e device to office diceppra": en the s a m e channel in the
tation, telegraphy, telephony, home
Vmted States, no m a t t e r h o w reA novelty for television will be the
recording and other u s e s besides
mote, and immediately the service
radio are expected
It Is simple of One-Man Jazz Band, featuring V i n tnnze of 'he original station is
construction and its reproductions cent " B l u e " Mondl, who will be s e e n
hemmed in by heterodynes and
can be amplified to l o u d speaker and heard every Tuesday at 9 P . M.
Squeals to within a few m i l e s . "
A beauty review; television palmvolume through an amplifier.
istry, by Georgia S i m m o n s ; Society
« l , \ Started l l r r n h d i m n .
Hair F a s h i o n s , by Ferdinand Graf;
The breakdown of the clear-channel WOR
P a n t o m i m e s , by Lillian C r o s s m a n ;
to Broadcast
Structure, Mr. Caldwell recites, startThe K i n g s w a y Kiddie Revue, by
Late
N
e
w
s
R
e
s
u
m
e
er! when the owners of station WGY
Muriel Asche and C e l e
Alpine;
ea"iM to the Supreme Court their
In association with the Cnited Gladys Knhn'a song reviews and
ca^e demanding the unrestricted Press. W O R will reestablish the late fashion s h o w s juvenile performers
fell-time opeiation of WGY and KGO e v e n i n g n e w s resume on week n i g h t s and Columbia's television m a k e - u p
en the same wave. "With this en- from 10:45 to 11. This spot, which tests, conducted by Harry Spears,
term? wedge for the destruction of for t w o years w a s occupied hy the are other features which will he s e e n
radio principles . . . the subsequent Globe Trotter, will hereafter be filled and heard during the coming week.
erimblinj of the clear-channel struc- by Sidney B. Whipple, night editor of
The " d o i n g to P r e s s " program,
ti.re h a ' been rapid." he said,.
the I'nited Press, who will broadcast heard on WABC. will be s y n c h r o Mr. Caldwell recounted the other cuirent e v e n t s under the title of nized with television everv W e d n e s fe'ir InstancM also, hut dwelt partic- "The Night Editor."
day at I P. M.. E. P . S . T .
t
|AB, Boston;
MACK.
ularly on the K J R - W C F L situation,
the latter station being owned by the
Chicago Federation of Labor, and
having procured authority to build a
.VOOO-watt station on the clear channel a s s i g n e d to the Seattle station,
owned by the National Broadcasting
Company. "The m a t t e r , " he continues, " w a s referred to the operators
of K J R ( N B C ) , but w i t h the labor
group d e m a n d i n g the use of the w a v e
length, e n g i n e e r i n g principles were
waived and forgotten and the simultaneous use of the channel conceded.
"Here w a s an instance in w h i c h
the majority of the members of the
Radio C o m m i s s i o n , sworn to protect
the radio rights of the listeners, gave
no heed to the loss of radio facilities
hy remote millions in the mountain
area w h i c h needs broadcasting service most and yielded to the importunities of the Senators w h o control
the confirmation of the Rndio Com• missioners. . . .
A powerful bloc and politics did the trick."
fSon»t\ hair f a s h i o n s , demonst ra'ed
H, f svn'tniinfl Craf "'•'ad rnlff'ttr.
no—-T" be announced
Sn_ D r a m s ' i ' p a n t o m i m s s , f e g t u n a a Lillian Croiemaii.
W 2 X A B — N e w
York.
g no srtnth and MrAlllster, "Just t h e T w o
"f I ' . . " ftuitfiiy aketi'b.
»;!"> Wendy Marshall, enng".
S :30—Cartooning, lienigp Keltlftg.
8.4.',
S p a g h e t t i and I!a\io:»," I t a l i a n r o m pd\ tp^tn.
9 on (Gladys K a h n , annps.
ft 1', • Tclet Islon m a k t i i p tw.ts
U |,t ( i e r m a n nli-iit life, F t i t i i e F r a n k .
W2XR—New
York.
4'AO—F.xperimen'sl p t o g t a m s .
S - t O - l iitna n th sound.
9 00—Cat loons.
WlXAV—Boston.
8:O0 to l O . m t - F . j p e r i m e n t a l p m g r a m .
W2XAP—Washington.
a no i e * on— E x p e i l m s p t a l p r o g r a m s .
8:00 to 9 o o - D i r e r t pickup.
W2XCR—New York.
t (W to • 00—Direct ptekua.
AMATEURS TRY
TINY WAVES AT
GLIDER MEET
G e r m a n s D e v e l o p N e w Aerial W2XAB BACK
L_
! ON THE AIR
They Said It—
N «• «s » t « i . r a
I » i>ln i i i e i l .
SOME POINTERS
ON LENS DISKS
Make Use of Duplex
R a d i o p h o n e for
Communication.
Radio amateurs are exploiting t w o
new fields in their present achievement of supplying c o m m u n i c a t i o n *
for the national glider meet now being held In Elmira's f a m e d bowlshaped countryside at E l m i r a , N . Y.
Not only are they m e e t i n g the unusual needs of glider c o m p e t i t i o n
insofar as location is concerned,
glider flying requiting a different
spot for each day-by-day c h a n g e In
wind direction, but they are m a k i n g
use of the newly developed ultra high
frequency duplex radiotelephone for
carrying on this c o m m u n i c a t i o n .
A m i t t r i i r 11,1,11.. i n i l , . !
tin.
E a c h of the numerous " t a k e - o f f 1
points on the many m o u n t a i n ridges
around the city is particularly suited
for one wind direction, n e c e s s i t a t i n g
a different locale for the flights
nearly every day
N o r m a l f o r m s of
communication aie out of the question o w i n g to this fact as well as t h t
ceneral inaccessibility of the points.
Amateur radio has been called on,
therefore, to keep t h e s e different
fields in constant touch w i t h the alr»
port, for the securing of supplies,
spare parts and first aid, If necessary.
T h e recent development of t h s
ultra high frequency region In radio,
in particular operation at frequencies
of 60.000 kilocycles or five meters,
h a s disclosed that very low powers
and limited equipment can be used
for this type of transmission, w h i c h ,
o w i n g to the peculiar n a t u r e of t h e s e
rr.din waves, is limited to contact
within the range of normal visibility.
That it is particularly a d v a n t a g e o u s
i for communications of t h e type required at this meet w a s indicated bjr
l recent tests by the A m e r i c a n R a d i o
R e l a y League.
In a brie* address to the listening
audience, E d w i n K. Cohan, technical
director of Columbia, gave an explanation of the now synchronization
method and pointed out its significance.
"The frequency band, or ether
channel,
occupied
hy
W2XAB,"
Cohan said in his talk, "extends
, from 2.7.V) kilocycles to 2.R.V) kilocycles. T h u s w e have a channel 100
kilocycles or 100.000 cycles w i d e .
! "The recular broadcasting facilities
!sre ten kilocycles or 100,000 c y c l e s
Quite, naturally the goal of every
wide.) We transmit a picture c o m - television enthusiast is the projected
posed of 4.320 picture elements a n d image
Therefore
an
interesting
Diagram of Z e e t e n ' i new shortwave we transmit t w e n t y complete pictures problem that should appeal to the
per second in order to obtain a satis- home experimenter,
especially
ti
antenna.
i factory illusion of motion. This re- ' those who are equipped with a small
quires approximately 86 per cent of workshop, is the construction of a
busbar leads La and La', and the in- the 100.000 cycle channel just m e n - simple projection scanner of which
side e n d s of b and h' to similar leads tioned, l e a v i n g 14 per cent, or about the lens disk type is perhaps the
Lb and Lb'. These leads are con- 14,000 cycles, unused. Since the next most practical. The main difference
tinued to the transmitter and act as progressive s t e p in picture detail a n d between the lens disk a n d the peep
feeders.
i definition- under present
m e t h o d s hole disk is the fact that the holes
According to theoretical calcula- would require a channel wider t h a n in the former are made larger than
tion, the n e w aerial should give an ; 100.000 cycles. 86 per cent of the band ! t h e latter and covered by convex
eightfold increase in e n e r g y at the has been the h i g h e s t efficiency t h u s lenses. The optical c e n t e r of each
receiving station, practically uniform- I far. Instead of wasting the remain- lens therefore should occupy the
Short W a t M I aed l.nat T e a r .
ly in all directions. It is said to con- i ing 14 per cent, as has been the prac- s a m e exact position as the center of
This
is the second year that ths
centrate t h e radiation toward the tice heretofore, tonight's program in- t h e holes.
glider meet has enjoyed the cooperaearth a n d to allow practically n o augurates t h e u s a g e of nearly all t h i s
Each lens is made to serve t w o tion of amateur radio. Last year,
w a v e s above an angle of 20 degrees 'waste space' for the a c c o m p a n y i n g
purposes, first to f o c u s a sharp ' however, the normal radio short
to e s c a p e into space.
; voice or m u s i c .
i m a g e of a smaM stationary light I waves were used, together with cod*
"This m o r e efficient use of t h e source upon a viewing screen and, transmission. Even with this relac h a n n e l , " concluded Cohan, "coupled second, to move the screen spot of tively handicapped equipment sterto the g r e a t e r economy
effected light over the screen in the proper ling work was accomplished. A notathrough t h e elimination of a large manner for scanning, according to ble instance was the securing of an
I amount of equipment duplication, engineers of Radio Pictures, Inc. ' ambulance for the badly Injured
' both at t h e transmitter and receiver, A n imaginary line d r a w n from the Major Purcell within twenty minutes
practically a s s u r e s the future unl- center of the light source to the op- time, in contrast to the several hours
! versal adoption of this basic idea, tical center of a s c a n n i n g lens and other methods would havs conregardless of specific methods or extended to the screen, they say, de- sumed.
termines the position of the screen
channels u s e d . "
In a n o t h e r short address. W i l l i a m spot;> thus when the lens moves, as
A. Schudt Jr., television director, the disk rotates, it a c t s as an optical
outlined the accomplishments of its lever to move the screen spot.
visual b r o a d c a s t i n g activity
after
The lenses needed m a y be obtained
one year of experimentation, l a y i n g from small pocket magnifiers, linen Send Scientist to Study Out
Systems.
WASHINGTON.
D.
C. PreeipiWillpm van Hoogstraten. conductor particular s t r e s s on the great ad- magnifiers or from an optical suptated by the proposal of K Y W , hifjh of the I.ewisohn Stadium concerts, vances made In television as an ar- ply house and may have a diameter
tistic m e d i u m of entertainment.
WASHINGTON,
D.
C.-Aceom! of one-quarter to three-quarters of
power Chleago station, to move into
broadcast each Saturday and Suml-ty
an Inch according to the size of the panying the Japanese Olympic t e a m
Philadelphia,
the
merriest
wave
i IIIIIIIIIIPS It* Kx|terlineiit«.
disk, while their focal length may to the Olympic g a m e s In I»os Anlength scramble since the nationwide evening over W A B C , looks forwatd
"When the history of television is conveniently be from one to four
radio reallocations of 1928 opened to a day of concert halls so built that
be inches. They may be mounted over geles, Dr. Tadaoki Y a m a m o t o of
this week at a Federal Radio Com- the a u d i e n c e may enjoy the music written," he said, "we will
credited w i t h h a v i n g presented box- the holes in the disk by means of Waseda University e x p e c t s to spend
mission h e a l i n g presided over by Ex"blind." with the conductor and or- ing bouts on a large scale, as well small metal clamps bent to shape and some time in this country studying
aminer Elmer W. P i a t t . With more
as w r e s t l i n g and a play-hoard v i s i o n screwed to the disk, preferably with television developments here, acthan sixty stations directly or Indi- chestra hidden from view.
cording to reports reaching the D e of
football g a m e s . W e likewise pro- some allowance for adjustment.
I
can
think
of
nothing
more
w
o
n
lectly involved, the prospects were
partment of Commerce.
Consider*
There is considerable centrifugal able interest in television la evithat the h e a t i n g , w h i c h brought for- derful than hearing an excellent jected hy television an authentic art
exhibition;
classic
dancing;
miniastring
quartet
or
s
y
m
p
h
o
n
y
without
force on lenses when mounted and denced in Japan, where the Radio
ward an array of legal talent comparable only to that w h i c h appeared having to see the actual m e c h a n i s m tute musical c o m e d i e s ; s k e t c h i n g b e - " j n m o t | ) " n o n a disk, so their mountRroadcasting Association h a s conat the twenty-four-station battle for of the m u s i c . " van H o o g s t r a t e n said fore the s c a n n e r ; dancing anil piano ings should be made very secure.
lessons,
and
p
t
o
g
r
a
m
s
in
connection
in
an
interview.
"Instead
of
watchFor instance, if the lenses weigh tributed 50 000 yen (about $15,000)
high power a s s i g n m e n t s in 1930.
each .02 pound and are an average toward further studies of the visual
would last two w e e k s and pet haps ing the conductor g o t h i o u g h all hi* with n e w s e v e n t s of the day.
motions, seeing the violinists do their
"Station W 2 X A R is the first tele- distance of six inches from the cen- art. Regular television programs in
longer.
KYW applied for authority to move intricate bowing and gazing at the vision station to be synchronized in ter of the disk, the centrifugal force connection with a lending Toklo
into Philadelphia in order to relieve various member.* of the orchestra as sound w i t h a coast-to-coast radio net- on each lens at 1,200 revolutions per btoadoafiting station are planned in
coopetation with Waseda University
"For those minute is about five pounds.
itself of the constant pressure of they turn the papes of the score, I work," he continued.
litigation growing out of the fact that should like to c o n t e m p l a t e some rest- who do not h a v e the opportunity to
The power for rotating the disk and Hamawatsii Technical College,
its 1.020-kiloeycle clear channel waa ful, neutral background and enjoy hecome familiar with present-day may be supplied hy a 1,200 r. p. m. whose e x p e i t s have been working o n
"borrowed" from the second rone, the music as pure sound. I look for- visual broadcasting, let me add that synchronous motor, of which sev- the problem for several y e a r s .
which embraces Philadelphia, tinder ward eagerly to the day when the there is a fair television audience. eral types are now available for opthe 1928 reallocation. T h e Westing- public will be musically educated to We have received a good deal of fan eration from single pha«e A. C.
house Companv. o w n i n g the station, the point where they will build audi- mail from distances up to a 2.000- house current.
Will B r o a d c a s t
An 1.800 or 3,600* WOR
contends that the removal from the toriums according to this principle, milp radius of N e w York. It Is con- r. p. m. synchronous motor may he Ne>w Organ Concerts
overquota fourth zone, embracing w h e n they will refuse to gaze at the servatively estimated that there are used with suitablp reduction gears.
Illinois, to the nnderquota second conductor's swallow-tail coat or the close to 9.000 television lookers-in Framing of the picture may he had
A series of midday organ concerto
?otie is a logical development under concert master's patent leather shoes within the metropolitan area. I feel hy the use of R switch and variable from the main auditorium of Csrthe comrsjission's own regulation.*. and will regard the music purely for reasonably certain that there are resistor in the power supply leads or negie Hall will c o m m e n c e Monday at
Tllinetia is the most overquota State itself.
thousands more who see our pro- hy rotating the whole motor about 12:30 P. M.. broadcast hy W O R . Dr.
in the I T nion, w h i l e P e n n s y l v a n i a is
"In radio we have a close approxi- grams, a l t h o u g h w e have n o figures its shaft.
It is usually considered Harry Emerson Fosdiek will dedicat*
the most undermiota under the com- mation to this Ideal situation.
The on them. Let us say then, that t h e r e difficult to obtain good operation by
the series. The purpose of the conmissions unit s y s t e m of evaluating listener can sit hack in his easy- are 9.000 television receiving s e t s in a self-synchronizing s y s t e m because
a s s i g n m e n t s made to zones and chair, light his pipe and devote his operation t o n i g h t , watching me a s I of the la i c e weight of the lens disk. certs, which will be free, ts to provide a period of relaxation for N e w
States.
whole attention to the beauty of stand before this scanning equipYorkers who find t h e m s e l v e s in t h s
sound.
Yet
I
feel
that
s
o
m
e
t
h
i
n
g
is
Most of the stations involved in the
ment
Do you realize that you could
midtown
district during the mlddls
Harbord
to
Speak
I am convinced not crowd 9.000 people into any but
hearing are on c h a n n e l s adjacent to lost In the radio.
of the day. Alexander D. Richardthat
there
is
a
psychic
force
of
some
that of K Y W or have, local and secthe few largest theaters in the On Program Over WMCA
son will he at the console.
tional grounds for opposing the re- kind between the conductor and the country
Oen
James
O,
Harhord
Wttl
be
the
moval. About thirty stations on chan- audience which both m i s s when sepa"For thp c o m i n g year we will connels which they claim would be af- rated by the distance which radio tinue to experiment and develop guest speaker Tuesday evening on
fected are represented at. the hear- spans, t a m a l w a y s conscious of my studio technique and mechanical fa- the weekly broadcast of the Israel
ing as respondents.
In addition. audience when conducting, and their cilities
T h e r e will be hundreds of Orphan Asylum over WMCA at 10
The program will also InWCAU. W I P and W F A N . all of reactions have a definite influence artists and performers facing t h e s e o'clock
K i t ' s Iflr per w o r d ; e i g h t e e n w n r d i
minium,,,.
Wltil* s p a r e o r hrnkee
Philadelphia, are t h e m s e l v e s apply- on m e w h i c h the little black micro- eyes' d u r i n g the coming m o n t h s clude the Doree e n s e m b l e in operatic
l i n o , f.n, per a g a t a line.
phone
cannot
exert.
numbers,
Edward
R
a
n
s
o
m
e
of
the
ing for the K Y W w a v e to forestall
They will be w o r k i n g for the s a k e of
the advent of a n e w competitor
" T h e Stadium concerts combine for television; w o r k i n g so that, you m a y Metropolitan Opera Company and
in their field. Station W X Y Z , Detroit, me the visible and invisible audience. have perfected television in y o u r Priscflla Parker. F o r m e r City Court
PARTS AND EQUIPMENT
Justice Gustave H a r t m a n , founder
in the second zone too. is also asking I gPt a great thrill out of these homes w i t h i n a short t i m e . "
and
.president
of
the
institution,
will
for the K Y W w a v e .
broadcasts, for in addition to the
S A C R I F I C E pnhli,, a d d r e s s s y s t e m c o m p l e t e
" s t a g e , i.V) jmsh p u l l ; 1 ttnubla button
deliver a greeting .
Besides these. W J A S . Pittsburgh, huge c r o w d s present In the audito- Piccard's Balloon Ascent
mi> rnplmur, J six f<v>» t r u m p e t s . 3 r a c o a
thousands
is a s k i n g for 820 kilocycles, the clear rium I think of the
Riant u n i t s aii'l i v l ' f r s p h o n o g r a p h p i c k u p
turn t a b i c . FLuahlng B 5S.14.
channel n o w assigned W H A S , Louis- throughout the country w h o m a y be > Delayed Until Mid-August
Trade Note*
ville, and Is a s k i n g t h a t W H A S he listening in. I picture a street In
Prof. Augtiste Piccard's next bal- I
At.AN rt.M'io rortp.
shifted to the K Y W 1020 w a v e , which Portland where a loud s p e a k e r car- i loon exploration of the stratosphere, j
WOT AH Ufpi«ceni»rit farts,
would virtually m e a n elimination of ries m y music to the entire block; I originally scheduled for this m o n t h . ' M. B Sleeper h a s been elected asS.1 fnrtlanrtt P t r r f t . B A r r l a y "-41S9.
K Y W . The Leoulsvllle station Is thus think of groups in little mid-Western i has been postponed until the middle sistant vice-president of the United
R
g
n
.ACr.MF.NT P A R T I A N D HKPAIR1NO.
States Capital Corporation of Bosmade an involuntary party to the barber shops and wireless operators of August.
T R K M " N T h A P I ' i " E R V I C I CO.
ton. Mass. In this capacity he will r, W K S T TKK.MONT AVI*..
proceedings in order to protect its at s e a . m a n y of w h o m h a v e written
RTtONX,
Last
y
e
a
r
Piccard
ascended
52.000
be In charge of sales In three subpresent w a v e . T h e n t h e r e are the ap- to m e about the concerts. On broadfeet,
and
obtained
much
valuable
insidiaries - Radio Television Indusplications of WOWO, Fort Wayne, cast n i g h t s 1 feel totally different
formation.
This year, in a larger tries Corporation, at Reading. Mass.;
SERVICE AND REPAIRS
and W W V A . W h e e l i n g . W . Va.. for from the other n i g h t s . It Isn't exhalloon. he h o p e s to break that rec- Globe Television and Phone Corpora1160 kilocycles, which they now share actly s t a g e fright, hut I feel much as
ord.
P o s t p o n e m e n t of his vertical tion of New York city and Television rtAPirw r.XCHANUFf), A i'. to t>«.\, F/rr.
and which develops as a sort of though I were just beginning a new
i i t n ' M l l t . IIM»l«>s A A1 TfiMltRtM! HAHIOS
journey
w a s caused hy delay in com- Products. Inc., which has purchased fKKASftXAItl
V Ittll U>
HA1UOS MK.NTKD
"side-show" to the m a i n issue, their career. Rroadcasting fascinates ma
pletion
of
t
h
e
gondola.
i : \ l > n > S K R V I f ' K , IXC.
the equipment and patents of the ir,s \ vSlM'iSH
ambitions for full-time clear channels and fills me with a far greater sense
. . i linrt St,
RRyant !>-32»l
Prof. Piccard will he heard in the Sleeper Research Corporation.
depending upon the outcome of the of responsibility."
Mi-.MT A M " S 1 N P A V S K R V I C E
I
Tnltc
i
S
t
a
t
e
s
just
before
his
takeK Y W fight.
RAI«Kt»
KXCHANT.F.ti
<Tt
RRWtRSD
off, w h e n he speaks over W E A K ,
Resides
the
notable
group
of
FROM A r . T<> t>. «• I'll H i A M t<. V. T O
and again just after he lands, w h e n
Edwin
C.
Hill
Inaugurates
\ . i'.
K T F i r i K N T 11Al»11> B R R V I C 1 C O .
lawyers appearing, e a c h party to the
Kroisler Concert Not Put
he will report on the success of his
rt'.i.. T i m A M ' !> :;•:*•:.
controversy h a s e n g i n e e r i n g experts Program of New* Comment
attempt and describe his «ensatlons
On Air, but Record W a s
on hand to testify. Most of the exO t ' A R A X T K F . D S > n l r e en ail r e c e i v e r s .
on the "roof of the world."
perts also took part in shaping the
A n e w program in w h i c h E d w i n C.
RAItlo (OltVliK AMI H A M »'A( TtfMNO C O ,
The
a
s
c
e
n
t
will
be
made
from
Zui;",
I . i l n i v St., N«-<v \ f t n .
flKrinr 2.1*14.
1928 reallocation w h o s e "borrowing" Hill, a member of The Sun reportoStill objecting to radio. Ft it*
clause, designed a s a temporary ex- rial staff will c o m m e n t on current rich, Switzerland, and the halloon
Krelsler. the violinist, who h a s
pediency, led to the present complica- h a p p e n i n g s , w a s inaugurated this will carry I n s t i u m e n t s which, it is
never been heard o n the air
AMPLIFIERS
catlon.
last week hy WARC. Mr. Hill will said, will record the a t m o s p h e r i c
either in America or Europe,
ten miles above
the
he h e a i d three t i m e s weekly, on conditions
AMt't.ll'IKIlH and pnl-' ,• ai'rlirsa s y s t e m s
protested vehemently
against
unlit, rented sn,l i r p s i rl. I a y , night a n S
Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays ground. As a result of his previous
the presence of microphones at
H e l e n Broderick G u e s t
Si'i'.lsv s-i itee, HI!N ai.i t> ".•**.',
findings,
Piccard
predicted
that
at 8 P. M.
a concert he w a s giving early
eventually planes would travel at 400
Arlist on F o o t l i g h t Echoes
I'm: AMrurtKKS PnWte AtMreai s\-t«ms,
this month at The Hague, Holmiles an hour through the strato!,., Hnimmlim pools, Halls, ln»talla»mas in
land.
The
concert
s
e
n
e
s
is
usutrucks,
j-v. i, ,•, !:«.ii<i ( .-., no rimmhi-rs st.
Radio
Artists
in
Boy
sphere,
and
transatlantic
flights
Helen Rroileiick will appear as
ally
htondcast
over
a
leading
would require hut half the t i m e
guest star on W O R ' s Footlight Echoes Srout Program Over W O R
Hutch station, but in deference
needed for an express train journey
program tomorrow night at 10:30
SETS RENTFD
to
his wishes the mikes were
o'clock, Mis« Rroderlck w a s featured
1'ncle Don. Pick. Pat and Mr Staf- between N e w York and Chicago.
switched off during his appearM--tt|
In "The Rand W a g o n . " a s well as in ford of WOR minstrels and Jack
< RKNTI
ance. The Dutch broadcaster,
I
K a t h l e e n Stewart on W O R .
innumerable other hits on both stage Arthut are the invited guests who
,.i
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ITS
r-.<,»<>••
»•
however, cat tied the same conr.r;>
Kathleen Stewart, pianist, will be
and screen. Jack Arthur, barytone; i will appear with Franklin l.amh of
certo he was playing from a
Maris Cardinals, h e r o i n e , the two ! the Maey Bamberger Boys club In n the guest artist with Philip J a m e s
phonograph record played In
SETS EXCHANGED
sopranos, Verps Osborne and Annette ' program to promote interest In the and his Little Svmphony Orphestra,
the s t u d i o whlla the microSimpson, ag well as Veronica Wig- Roy Scout Foundation of Orester on W O R tonight Si » P M. S h e has
phones were al!e,Bt.
D r for A
* r fnr D '
gins, contralto, will present an>addi- j N e w York
The, event Is soheduled chosen Rubinstein's piano c o n c e r t o
^RV!C«
/
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tional musical p r o g r a m .
I for 7 30 P, M. tonight over WOR. in D Minor for h*r selection.
1, U *•„ U*s>
V.
B R : a n i P-IJ39
Easy to Construct if
Simple Precautions
Are Taken.
SCRAMBLE FOR WOULD SCREEN
WAVES LIKELY MUSICIANS
Stations in Various Hoogstraten Looks for
Especially Built
Zones Seek Better
Concert Halls.
Channels.
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