Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 213, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 January 1925 — Page 13

VOLUME 1

WIRED RADIO SPONSORS PLAN BIG PROGRAM

11. S. TO CHANGE RADIO STATIONS’ WAVE LENGTHS •- * A i: ' Mdiwest Revision GoesInto Effect Today!, A. E. Beane supervisor of radio for twelve middle 'vestem |fAtes, bas assigned new wave lengths for the high power Class B stations in his district. The new assignments, Mr. Beane explained, have been made to provide new channels in the air for new broadcasting stations that will come on shortly, radio fans can looff forward to a merry time this evening and for several evenings hereafter, trying to locate the various stations. This action was necessary however to relieve the fast growing congestion of the ether. The announcement included the assignment in meters and kilocycles In* conformity with the department of commerce’s expressed desire to make the more tanglible kilocycles the bases of measurement rather than the elusive wave length. New Wave Kilo--63*11. Location. Leneth. cycles. KFKX Hastings. Neb... 288.3 1040 W.IJD Mooscheart, 111.. 302.8 990 WTAS Elgin. B 1 302.8 990 KOA Denver. Cole.. . . 322.4 930 KSAC Manhattan. Kan. 340.7 880 WLS Chicago 344.0 870 WCBD Zion. HI. , 344.6 870 WGN Chicago 376.7 796 WEBH Chicago 376.7 WHAS Lcuisville. liy. . 399.2 751 WHB Kansas City ... 414.1 724 WDAF Kansas City .. . 414.1 724 WCCO Mi-ineapolis ... 419.3 715 WOS Jet'erson City. . . 429.5 698 WMAQ Chicago 444.8 674 WQ.T Chicago 444,8 674 WOC Davenport 498 602 WHAA lowa City. lowa. 498 602 WOAW Omaha. Neb. . . . 622.2 574 WHO Des Moines .... 522.2 574 KSD St. Louis 549.1 546 KFUO St. ,a>uis 549.1 546 KVW Chicago 635.4 a 569 WHA Madison. Wis.. . 535.4 669 It Was explained that the department hoped to eventually get away from the highly theoretical features Involved in establishing measurements by wave* lengths, a system that is bound (to be variable, whereas tlft kilocycle system is one of absolute accuracy, based upon generative and other mechanical equipment, under the definite control of radio engineers. CROSLEY STATION NEAR COMPLETION New Broadcaster at Harrison, 0,, Being Rushed, It will not be long before the new Crosley WLW five-kilowatt broadcasting station at Harrison, Ohio, is ready for testing “on-the-air” as workmen and engineers are doing everything possible to complete their work at an early date. The new transmitter panels, six in number, bear the Western Electric '*V Company serial number, 101, which . indicates it is the first one of its type to be made. Although the new super-power station will work almost automatically by touching a button, it wfll require the attention of a thoroughly experienced operator and J. E. Whitehouse has been obtained. He comes to the Crosley organization after ten years in radio work in the United States Navy.

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LOG SCHOOLHOUSE ON EDGE OF ARCTIC CIRCLE ENJOYS BEST RADIO EFFORTS

Fur-Clad Eskimo Girls Dance to Merry Jazz Tunes,

By BBA Service ORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 15. —Congregated in a little U_J lag schoolhouse on the border of the Artie Circle, the population of Pilot Station, Alaska, shares the best music, • lectures and other forms of entertainment with frequenters of fashionable hotels and theaters in western cities. Young Eskimo girls dance to the same jazz music at the same time as do the girls o£ San Francisco, Eos Angeles and Seattle. The handful of whites and Eskimos comprising the population of this remote Yukon settlement gather nigb*ly in the schoolhouse to listen in. According to Miss Inez Moore, sole teacher at this primitive seat of learning maintained by the Department of the Interior, the little unseen audience mates up for its size in enthusiasm and appreciation. Long Time Coming The letter which brought the news of the schoolhouse radio entertainments was almost three months iti reaching F. A. D. Andrea, manufacturer of the receiving set which has transformed life in this far North community. Miss Moore writes: “How we ever got along without a radio in the past is a mystery. Tonight we have listened *to the play, ‘Turn to* the Right,’ given through KGO in Oakland, CaL, and while-1 am writing this at my desk we are getting the dance music from the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. Heard World Series “We heard the baseball scores each day of the world’s series and we shall know the election rettirns without six months. Two years ago my uncle, F. A. Jeter, was elected secretary of State of Idaho and it was more than six months before I received a letter saying that he hod been successful at the polls. This year I shall know whether he wins or loses just as soon as the returns are in—all due to our radio. ' "We have been unable to pick up stations east of the Rockies, but hope to as soon as the weather gets colder.”

Snodgrass Says Good-by Harry M. Snodgrass, “The King of the Ivories,” who has been entertaining radio fans tor several months from radio station WOS, will go into vaudeville upon leaving the Missouri Sta.te prison Friday. Snodgrass will open his vaudeville engagement at Evansville, Ind., Sunday,Vjan. 18. J. M. Whitten, popular WOS announcer, will accompany Snodgrass as his manager. The tour will take in all the principal cities of the United States and will cover a period of two years. A draft for $3,587.50 was presented Snodgrass during, his program last night as a token of appreciation from radio listeners. t The Snodgrass program was marred somewhat last night by interference caused by station CNRO of, Ottawa, Canada. 1

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THEJRE IS CHEER IN THIS BLEAK SCENE OF THE. FAR NORTH, FOR IN THIS LOG CABIN SCHOOLHOUSE, BORDERING THE ARTIC CIRCLE, IS A RECEIVING SET WHICH BRINGS IN CONCERTS FROM BROADCASTING STATIONS ALONG THE PACIFIC COATS. IT IS LOCATED AT PILOT STATION, ALASKA. A POST MAINTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR.

TWELVE NEW CLASS A’ STA TIONS ARE LICENSED i X—4 Radio Bureau of Department of Commerce Does Rush Business in Past Week, Bv Times Special WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. —The radio bureau of the Department of Commerce did a rush business in granting new stations licenses during the past week. Twelve new class A and two new class B stations were licensed, while five class C stations were transferred to class A. The new stations follow: C lass A. W. L. Power Call. Station. Meters. Watts. KPPC Pasadena Presbyterian Church, Pasadena, Cal. ... 229 50 KFUP Fltzsimons General Hospital, Educational and Recreational Dept., Denver, Colo. 234 50 KFUQ Julius Brunton & Sons Cos., San Francisco, Cal 234 5 KFUR H. W. Peery & Cos., Redfleld, Ogden, Utah <...... 224 50 KFUS Louis L. Sherman, Oakland, Cal 233 > 60 KFUT University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 261 100 KFUTT Colburn Radio Laboratories, San Leandro, CaL .. 224 100 WDBE Gilham-SchOen Elec. Cos., Atlanta, Ga 278 100 WGBF The Finke Furniture Cos., Evansville, Ind 217.3 50 WGBG Breitenbach’s Radio Shop, Thrifton, Va 226 100 WGBH Fall River Herald Pub. Cos., New England States (portable) 209.7 10 WSAG Loren Venderbeck Davis, St. Petersburg, Fla. ... 226 500 Class B. * KOA General Electric Cos., Denver, Colo. ... 323 1,000 WTIC The Travelers Insurance Cos., Hartford, Conn. ... 349 500 Transfers. KDYL Newhouse Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah 250 50 KFBG First Presbyterian Church, Tacoma, Wash 250 50 KMO Love Electric Cos., Tacoma, Wash 256 10 WAAG The TuUtne Univ. of La., New Orleans, La, 275 100 WBT Southern Radio Corp., Charlotte, N. C 275 250 Bu Timex Special WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—The radio bureau of the Department of Commerce has made shifts in the wave-lengths of nine Class B stations in carrying out its new reallocation plan. The new wave-lengths follow: New Old Station. Location. Wave Length. Wave Length. KFKX Hastings, Neb 288.3 291 WBAP Ft. Worth, Texas 472.9 476 WBAV Columbus, Ohio 293.9 423 WEAO Columbus, Ohio 293.9 294 WEMC Berrien Springs, Mich 288.3 286 WFAA Dallas, Texas 472.9 476 WGY Schenectady, N. Y 385.4 380 WHAZ Troy, N. Y 385 .4 380 WOAI San Antonio, Terfes 304.5 385

TUNE IN ON YOUNGSTER Nine-Year-Old Girl Will Broadcast From WLW. Geraldine Vito, 9 years old, said to be the world’s youngest harpist, will give her first radio concert through the Crosley WLW. broadcasting station Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 8 p. m. Miss Vito is the daughter of Joseph Vito,/solo harpist with the Cincinnati Symphony -Orchestra. She will use a harp ths.t has been bdilt especially for her, complete in every detail and patterned after the one her father usea in hie concerts.

MEET AT LANSING \ j Radio Relay League in Two-Day Session. Bv Times Special EAST LANSING, Mich., Jan. 15. The fourth Michigan American Radio Relay League convention will be held here Feb. 13 and 14, under auspices of the Central Michigan Wireless Association. The headquarters of the convention will be the . Engineers* Bldg., of the Michigan Agricultural College.

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Electric Light and Power Company Lines to Be Used. By NBA Service NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—Superpower, intercomfbction of broadcasting stations, transatlantic communication appear to dwindle in their signlficance before the highly ambitious program mapped out by the sponsors of wired radio. Wired radio includes a general plan to broadcast programs of all sorts along the lines of electric light and power Copipanies throughout the country, it means renting out wired radio receiving apparatus by the month and paying, from this revenue, for all broadcast services. Incidentally, its supporters say it is the solution to the problem, “Who will pay for broadcasting?” That this is not a soundless dream is shown by .the existence of a wired radio corporation here which for the last two years has provide such .entertainment to fans in Staten Island, one of New York’s boroughs. From this nucleus the organization expects to expand into a nation-wide entertainer. Clinton W. Hough, president of the company! outlines the plan for national wired radio broadcasting. High-Class Program “It i our intention,” he says, “to create super-programs for wire distribution to the patrons of electric lighting companies throughout the United States. “A complete news service has been contracted for and we propose to operate our own military band, symphony orchestra, dance orchestras, light opera company and grand opera company, together with such educational features as may be necessary to provide three programs daily from 7 In the morning until midnight. “Wired radio receivers will be rented to subscribers at $2 a month. These instruments are connected to any lamp socket. No aerial, ground or battery is required. The device uses no electric current and reproduces the programs clearly in large volume without static or other extraneous noises.” To Supply Others Wired radio will enable the transmission of three distinct programs over one wire at the same time! Hough continues: “In producing three simultaneous programs we have to purchase a certain amount of time from each of the feature or star performers, in fact more than we can use, and consequently havg a large amount of excess high-grade program material available each day. * “For example, we may contract for ten numbers by a particular artist. But two of these will be used on one of the wired radio programs. The remaining eight numbers will be sold and distributed by wire lines to space broadcasting stations. “An organization of experts has been assembled, and we are ready to supply this service as soon as we secure the necessary wire lins.” ENEMIES OF EFFICIENCY Dust on Condenser Plates Lower Range of' Set. A few specks of dust between the variable condenser plates or on the coils, loose connections and rundown batteries lower the range of many sets. Generally most of the trouble, squeals and howls in a radio set are caused by little things which go unnoticed and seem unimportant. Condensers The fixed condensers in a receiving set should have mica dialectrica for best results. Do not use condensers in which the dielectric is paraffined paper. For the'best operation of a set it is important to use the condenser of the proper capacity for the part of the circuit it is in.