Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 242, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 February 1925 — Page 18

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SITE Broadcast Listeners Assoetatlon that was formed several weeks ago for the sole purpose of stamping out local interference is Indeed a worth while thing that should command the attention of every radio fan In the city of Indianapolls. Interference has become so great that It is almost impossible to receive radio programs and something has to be dona The real solution of this condition Is cooperation between the Ustenerrs, in one great efTort to stamp oot this condition. These asaodationa have been in operation in other cities for some time and have been very successful. The Indianapolis iueo(elation now has several hundred members and should grow to several thousand In the nsort several months We know of no better way to Improve local conditions than giving your support to this worth while or. g&nization. It is to bad that such special concerts as those gveln by the Brunswick Company should not have the facilities of the best stations. So far ther.e concerts nave presented uniformly pleasing artists. May they continue for some time to come. The concert of the United States Marine Band that was broadcast through stations W KC, WOY and WJY, last Friday evening was one of the outstanding events on the peat weeks programs. To sit In ones hou.c and enjoy this wodnerful organizations is one of the real pleasures of radio. Cincinnati is at present in the middle of a adio war which promisee to have many thrills. WLW and WMH are both at the present time operating on the same wave length. With three stations In Cincinnati there Is only two wave lengths available and the Department of Commerce has divided the time between the three stations. The owners of WLW contend that they are the oldest In operation in Cincinnati and should have an exclusive wave length of their own and the other two stations should divide the fine on the other wave. One night during the past week both WLW anti WHM were on the air at the -same time using the same wave with the result that neither one of the programs were -etting across to the listener as the waves were hetrodyning one another. When this condition exists the station has all to lose and nothing to gain as the

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listener merely passes on to tuiother station where the programs arc clear and easy to'tune. Rad’o is to big and clean to smear the air up with these petty fights. We do not believe that one station should try to hog the air. We are still strong for the way WTAM puts their dance programs across every Saturday evening. Here you will find about five hours of dance mualo put across in three hours by an announcer who takes up very little of your time reading telegrams and vising with the artists in an effort to be funny. If you are looking for fast moving dance programs of the better class, we take great pleasure in recommending WTAM with Bv Jones orchestra every Saturday evening. The new station of the General Electric Company at Denver has much to commend it to the listener. The programs offered by the new station have been excellent and well arranged, and have been dlspacthed without long waits between numbers. The modulation of this station has been all that could be asked for, and the programs have been coming through with volume to spare. To the writer’s way of thinking this station ranks among the best In the oountry. We are still wondering what’s the matter with KYW. The return of the Vincent Lopez Orchestra to the programs of WEAF is a welcome one. We know of no other orchestra on the air that puts the punch Into their programs as does th’j orchestra, and when It comes to announcing there is only one Lo peajack Little of the team of Little and Small, well known radio enters talners, is a piano player that has no equal when it comes to pounding out popular music. These two popular arfsts are at present appearing at the various Chicago stations, and next week will be beard from WCX, Detroit. Try WCX next week when these boys are there and I think you will agree with us that when It comes to piano playing Harry Snodgrass ranks second to Little. Broadcast listeners noticed that one night last week WJZ suddenly stopped broadcasting for a few moments, and the announcer said that they were going to try and locate the station that was hetrodyning with their wave. It was found the WQJ, Chicago, was so close to

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The amateur radio builder will find two helpful suggestions in these simple kinks. Upper photo shows how to tie up the phone cord so that it will not tear off easily when being pulled out of the Jack. An extra string for this purpose is attached to all phone cords. Lower photo shows how a .00025 mfd fixed condenser, shunted across the secondary terminals of the audio frequency transformer, helps eliminate squeals and improve the quality of reception. WJZ’s wave that an interaction of the two waves took place which was c&ustng a whistle In the receivers of those who were listening to WJZ. This same thing applies to many of the stations today, the waves of the stations are so close together that at times it is almost impossible to seper&te .them. And now the movie has Joined hands with radio. The Warner Brothers are to use the radio to boost motion pictures, Instead of fighting it, as is the tendency in several amusement lines. Anew station. KWB, to be located at the Hollywood studio of the company. Is well under way, and will open March 4 with the broadcasting of President Coolidge’s Inaugural speech. Broadcast Listeners roll up their carpets on Saturday evening and invite in the neighbors for a dance. Because every Saturday evening the air is full of the beat dance music that is possible for one hear, as every dance orchestra of any size in the country is clamoring to get on the air on Saturday evenings. We know of one party where sixteen couples were dancing to the music of an orchestra over a thousand miles away, one night recently. Had this same orchestra "been engaged for a single evening it would have cost several hundred dollars. But when you atop to consider that you have the choice of the finest orchestras in the country via radio and in your own hopne, without cost, is it any wonder why radio has been so popular? If ever a night of the week had a Jinx on it, It is by all means Sunday. Whenever there is static or particularly poor reception, that time happens to fall on Sunday. And during Lie past several weeks we lave been greeted with atmospherics of all descriptions when we tuned in on Sunday. Oh, well, we cannot expect perfect receiving conditions every night tn the week. Governor's* Greetings Radio amateurs of the country are to be the mean* through whom Governors of all the States in the union will send their greetings to P-esident Coolidge on the day of his Inauguration. The amateurs are being organised for this stunt. New Super-Station Station WHT Is to be the call signal for anew super-station in Chicago. Its studio is in the Wrigley building. William Hale Thompson, former mayor of Chicago, is one of its sponsors. Third Show Planned Positively the third and last radio show —for this year—ls. promised New York. This one will Jse conducted by the American Radio Relay League, March J to T.

PERFECTION IN RADIO ANNOUNCING IS SOUGHT

Voice Technique Committee Is Formed 1o Determine What Constitutes Perfect Radio Announcer, NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—The first mural Division, New York definite step toward the perfection Wallace Mac Adam and Stephen . _ . . „ .. Rathbun, dramatic critic.

of the newly-born art of radio announcing was made at a meeting of the recently organized Radio Voice Technique Committee. The committee, which has been formed at the request of the Radio Corporation of America and New York University, "for the purpose of determining what characteristics constitute the perfect radio announcer,’* met In the WJZ studios. By means of a radio recording device recently perfected by Alvin BuSse, A. and Robert C. Borden, Bc. 8., A. M instructors in public speaking at New York University, the committee listened to a series of records setting forth the various factors of radio announcements. Rate of delivery, acent variation, average pitch, pitch variation, formality, distinctness, mechanical recurrent rising inflection, mechanically recurrent falling inflection, arbitrary stress placement, provincialisms and tone qualities were illustrated by the records and Judged by the committee members. The radio voice technique committee is composed of members representing many widely divergent points of view. Its judgment will be as nearly representative of the average radio listener as is possible to obtain. Leading figures in the educational. religious. scientific. Journalistic and dramatic worlds are serving on the committee In an endeavor to place the art of radio announcing on the basis of a distinct science. The committee does not aim for any standardization of radio announcers or elimination of “radio personalities.’’ What it is striving for is the classification of the physical and mental characteristics upon which the most pleasing types of radio announcing are based, giving to the “Impresarios of the air” a definite scientific foundation upon which to build. The members of the radio voice technique committee are as follows: Prof. Earl Babcock, dean of the Graduate School of New York University; Archibald L. Bouton, dean of the College of Arts and Pure Sciences, New York University; the radio editors of all New York newspapers; Dr. Alfred N. Goldsmith, chief broadcast engineer of the Radio Corporation of America; Rev. E. Edwin Keigwin. D. D., pastor of the West End Presbyterian Church; James E. Lough, dean of the Extra-

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GAIN IN RADIO EXPORTS December Total Pauses the Million Mark. Bv United Press WASHINGTON. Feb. 19.—Exports of radio apparatus during. December passed the million mark, the total being >1,080.168. Som-f of the chief purchases of American radio equipment during the month were Spain >36,057; Canada, >584,285; Mexico, >39,074; Argentina, >25,472; Brazil, >27,855; Japan, >153,866, and Australia, >91,918. To Tour Broadcasters Jimmy Clark and his entertainers, originally known through their WOR concerts, are to go on a tour of broadcasting stations through States adjoining New York.

Many Fans Bm Times Special NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—With 20,000.000 radio fans in the United States and more Joining the ranks at every broadcasting, the number of listeners-in soon will surpass the 36,500,000 j persons who ride in automo-1 blleo, the 38,500,000 who listen to phonographs and the 20,000,000 who attend the movies, according to John A. Holman, broadcasting manager of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. “About 3,750,000 persons have receiving sets,” Holman said, “with an average of 5.4 listeners to each set. This development has come in three years as against twenty years for the other diversions.” Jazz music, Holman said, now comprises but 6 per cent of the programs. It used to take up 75 per cent.

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