Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 242, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 February 1925 — Page 13

LISTENERS’ CLUB DISCUSSES AIR INTERFERENCE

President Luckey Announce s Campaign Will Be Started to Eliminate All Unnecessary Sounds —Committees Are Named for Year, The third meeting of the Broadcast Listeners’ Association was held Wednesday night in the roof garden of the Severin hotel and was attended by several hundred radio fans of Indianapolis.

A general discussion was held on Interference of radio reception. A campaign will be started at once to criminate all unnecessary Irterference. President Herbert A. Luckey of the associab on appointed the. following committees to serve until the next regular election, Oct. 1: Executive Committee Geo. S. Greene, 4003 E. Michigan St.; A. J. Allen; 3530 Salem'St,; Chas. E. Bacon, 738 De Quincy St.; Geo. W. Pangborn, 2101 N. Pennsylvania St. Publicity Committee—A. J. Allen, chairman, 1406 Merchants Bank Bldg., 11. L. Hoover, radio editor, Indianapolis News; Frank A. White, radio editor, Indianapolis Star; Carl Fohl, radio editor, Indianapolis Times; Fred L. Elison, 909 Merchants Bank Bldg.; Geo. L. Glossbrenner, Levey Printing Cos.; Carl E. Jackson, 337 Wallace St.; L. M. Egbert, 1504 N. Pennsylvania St; A, D. Heath, 1710 N. New Jersey St. Speakers and EntertainmentCarl Fohl, 1410 La Grande Ave.; Carl E. Jackson, 337 Wallace St.; Geo. L. Glossbrenner, 3301 N. Meridian St.; Chas. E. Bacon; 738 De Quincy St.; W. J. Baker, 4901 Carrolton Ave.; W C. Wilson, 3925 N. Capitol Ave.; Frank Carlin, 917 N. New Jersey St.; Lloyd C. Weiss, 3402 Kenwood Ave. Technical 'Committee—D. J. ■ Angus, chairinah, T. M. C. A.; Earl Forsythe, 1028 Spruce St.; Frank Adams, Bellefontaine St.; Carl Ferguson, 143 Harlan St.; Chas. E. Bacon, 738 De Quincy St.; Ford L. Burch, 826 Ft:. Wayne Ave., Apt. No. 1; A. J. Allen, 3530 Salem St; M. H. Sanders, 2801 Broadway; Noble Watson. Interference and Complaints John E. Tribby, chairman, 1707 College Ave.; Carl Ferguson, 143 Harlan St.; Ford L. Burch, 626 Ft Wayne Ave.; M. N. Faulkner, 3864 Guilford; D. J. Angus, T. M. C. A.; Earl Forsythe, 1020 Spruce St.; G. A. Robertson, 2618 N. Olney St.; Richard E. Wagner, 2418 Central Ave.; E. Dwight Craig, 803 N. Delaware St; M. H. Sanders, 2001 Broadway, Peter E. Pinkerton, 2945 N. Talbot Ave.; Frank Adams, 6366 H Bellefontaine; W. L. Winning, 1361 Madison Ave.; Geo. S. Greene, 4008 E. Michigan St. Turkey Installation of the first broadcast Station in Turkey is reported. The Anatolian Telegraphic Agency will own and operate the station.

Fans on Air Trips to Stations Bu NBA Service R*~~ RICHMOND HILL, N. Y., Feb. 19. Broadcasting ■—J station WAiIG, here, la taking its listeners on weekly trips to other wt'l-known broadcasting stations. This is being done by rebroadcasting part of the program of a distant station through WAHG’a microphone. Trips are taken every Monday, Friday and Saturday night for about four hours after midnight, Thus fans with small sets in j the East can listen in to stations KOA at Denver, KGO at Oakland, Cal.; WCAL at Northfield, Minn., and many others. More than a thousand telegrams and as many letters testify to the popularity of this stunt.

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CONFERENCE ON RADIO TO OE HELD IN MAID, SPAIN Will Discuss Transmission May 16,17 and 18, WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—According to a report to the Department of Commerce, is to be an international conference at Madrid, Spain, May 16, 17 and 13, to discuss intellectual property in radio transmission. The conference was called by the Junta Directiva De La Sociedad De Autores (Directive Committee of the Society of Authors). All societies of authors, editorial syndicates, editors, transmission companies and radio societies of Europe and America will be invited to send representatives. The matter is one of great interest to all authors, composers ’and atrists who perform before the mike, inasmuch as a movement is now on to change the laws of this and other countries so as to protect performance by radio. The subject to be discussed at the conference will be international protection of the rights of authors, composers, to deny such use of their works, or permit it for a consideration, in transmission by radio. The conference, after affirming these rights, will ask all nations adhering to the convention of Berne to add to their legislation on intellectual property articles In conformity with the findings of the conference. The powers, according to the announcement, will have to require broadcasting stations to pay so much for each program, so much for each song, composition or other item of the program, or a percentage—not less than 10 per cent of gross receipts. The meeting of the congress, the announcement says, will give the international press an opportunity, to debate the legitimacy of using radio for advertising purposes, and to debate rules for receiving as well as transmitting stations. 20 MILLIONS FOR ADS That Amount Will' Be Spent in Boosting Radio, Is Forecast. An expenditure of (20,000,000 on radio advertising in the United States in 1925 has been forecast by Edgar H. Felix, of the Better Business Bureau of Washington, D. C. Commenting upon the possibilities of radio advertising, F'idx said: “We have an industry with an estimated business of more than $3,000,000,000 during 1925, well adapted to the use of advertising and advertising on a large scale. It has been calculated that this industry will spend $20,010,000 during 1925 on newspaper advertising, magazine space, billboards and radio broadcasting publicity. , Lond Speaker Howls If, your loud speaker howls, move It about, trying first to face away from the set.

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, FEB. 19, 1925

LEFT TO RIGHT, HERBERT A L UCKEY, PRESIDENT; VICE PRESIDENTS. R. C. SMITH AND GEORGE L. GLOSSBRENNER. BBELOW: EMORY R. BAXTER, TREASURER.

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HOSPITALS GIVE ADVICEBY RADIO Air Used to Transmit Messages to Ships at Sea. Bp Timet Special WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Eight Marine hospitals located in various parts of the country are now engaged in furnishing free medical advice by radio to ships at sea. Thebe hospitals follow: New York. N. Y.—United States Marine Hospital No. 70, 67 Hudson St. Alternate: United States Marine Hospital No. 21, Bay St., Stapleton, N. Y. Key West, Fla, —United States Marine Hospital No. 10, Front and Emma Sts. New Orleans, La. —United States Marine Hospital No. 14, Tchoupitoulas and Henry Clay Sts. San Francisco, Cal.—United States Marine Hospital No. 19, Fourteentl’ Ave. and Lake St. Cleveland. Ohio—United States Marine Hospital No. 6. Chicago, IlL—United States Marine Hospital No. 5, 4141 Clarendon Ave. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.—Relief Station No. 70. Manila, P. I.—Relief Station No. 270. / Form Radio Club Girls of the northwest are to have their own radio club. It will be under the auspices of station WCCO at Micrveaplois-St. Paul, and will meet every Saturday morning by radio under direction of Betty Crocker, home economist.

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CALL LETTERS CHANGED TO CONFORM TO INITIALS Detroit Police Have Station and It's K 0P —List Is Growing Daily,

BY ISRAEL KLEIN NEA Service Radio Editor i__, iHK vanity of radio broad- ' I | casters £s cropping out In ~ 1 their call letters. They are having these letters changed to conform with their Initials. Perusal of the list of broadcasters substantiates the point. Os course all are subject to certain limitations. All call letters in the United States must begin with K or W, assigned to this country by the International Radio Conference. But in this event at least one station has had the good fortune of owning a name that begins with one of these letters. It’s station WGOO. And so the Washbum-Crosby Company of Minnesota nad St. Paul has its initials broadcast in full, unmarred by any unrelated prefix. Soon will come station WITT, a new high-power broadcaster in Chicago, named after William Hale Thompson, former mayor of Chicago and Its leading sponsor. Slogan Initials On the other hand. Station WGN, at Chicago, tells the world through its call letters that the newspaper owing It Is the “World's Greatest Newspaper." And Station WEAR in Cleveland, boasts the products of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company at Akron. The Detroit Police Department was perhaps the first station to take Advantage of this stunt. Its call letters are KOP, appropriate enough, and the K fits' in nicely. But the New York Police Department has to be satisfied with WLAW. In Canada, the Uanadian National Railways has the same advantage since Canada’s call letters must begin with C. So the eight stations of the C. N. R. "have call letters that begin with CNR and end with a letter signifying the city where the station is located. For instance, CNRC is at Calgary. CNRE, at Edmonton, CNRT at Toronto and so on. A Growing List For the first latter has to be tolerated. Stations so far advertising themselves by their call letters are: WMCA. Hotel McAlnine, New York. KFPX. Find Presbyterian Church. Pine Bluff. Ark. KSAC. Kansas State Agricultral Collet's, Manhattan. Kas. ' VCAP. Chesapeake and Potomao Telephone Cos., Washington. D. C. VSUL State University of lowa. lowa ' WCKft. cEiariee E. Erbstein. Elfin. 111. WEBF. E. B. Pedioord. New Orleana. La.

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WEEI. Edison Electric Illuminating Cos., , boston. WKBC. First Baptist Church. Knoxville, Tenn. WGBS. Gimbel Brothers Stores, New York. WNYC. Municipal Station. New York. WOAW. Woodmen of the World. Omaha. Neb. WHC. Radio Corporation of America, Washington, D. C. WAHG. A. H. Grebe Cos.. Richmond Hill, Lone Island. WJJD. Order of Moose. Mooseheart. 111., after Jamce J. Davis, Secretary of Labor. KFCC. First Congregational Church, Helena, Mont. WGBC. First Baptist Church. Memphis, Tenn. WRBO. Reo Motor Car Ca., Lansing, Mich. WSOE. School of Engineering, Milwaukee Wis WMBF. Miami Beach. Fla. WDWF. Du tee W. Flint. Cranston. R. L WILLTESTSHORT WAVES FOR NAVY American Radio League to Cooperate, Bv NBA Service HARTFORD, Conn.. Feb. 19The Navy Department haa called upon the American Radio Relay League to cooperate in experiments on the practicability of short wave transmission for naval use. Asa result F. H. Schnell, traffic manager of the A. R. R. L., and an experienced amateur, is preparing to accompany the Pacific fleet during its maneuvers from April to October. During that time Schnell will experiment with short wave transmitters, especially Installed on the ship to which he will be assigned. He will try to communicate with amateurs on a wave length of 54 or 55 meters, and will also use two personal transmitters of 20 and 40 meters each. The Navy’s intention is to ascertain how the range and capabilities of short wave transmitters compare with high power sets. The success of amateurs in covering considerable distance by day with their short wave transmitters, while the longer wave sets seemed to lose their efficiency, has encouraged the Navy to try this experiment. These amateur sets have worked on one kilowatt power, as against sets with power as high as 30 kilowatts employed on the United States ships. Substitution of a low wave set with low power, arid yet as great or greater efficiency, would mean considerable financial saving. Schnell’s testing station on board ship will have the call letters NRRL