Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 248, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 February 1925 — Page 22

SYSTEM PROTECTS TRANSATLANTIC SHIPSFROM ICE Officials Believe Titanic Catastrophe Would Be Impossible Now, WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—1f radio had reached the stage of perfection ten ye.ars ago that it now enjoys, the steamship Titanic- might have eluded the iceberg which sent It and hundreds of passengers to an ocean grave. Two American coast guard cutters ore now patrolling the trans-Atlan-tlc steamship lane for icebergs and broadcasting at intervals throughout the day their location and drift. The patrol vessels determine the southerly, easterly and westerly lim its of the ice and* keep in touch with these fields as they move to the southward and warn tr&ns-Atlantic ▼easels of its location. Chil Loiters The broadcasts of the ice patrol, the call letters of which are NIDK, are an follows: “At 1100 and 2100 (G, C. TANARUS.), Ice information wlli be sent broadcast by radio on 706 meters. These broadcasts will be sent three times, with an interval of two minutes between each. - ‘ “At 1200 and 0000 (G. C. TANARUS.) ice Information will be sent broadcast by radio on 1,621 meters continuous Wave. These broadcasts will be sent three times, with an interval of two minutes between each. "At 0100 (O. C. TANARUS.) a radiogram will be sent to the Hydrographic Office, Washington, D. C., through land radio stations, defining the ice danger zone, its southern limits, or other definite Ice news, while other messages will be sent during the night if any later informs Jon is obtained by the patrol ship. The telegraphic address of the hydrographic Office is Hydrographic, Washington, D. C. Without CTuu-ge "Ice information-will be given by radio at any time to any ship with

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Announcer Classified

ALVIN BUSSE, LEFT, AND ROBERT C. BORDEN WORKING THE APPARATUS WITH WHICH THEY TESTED ANNOUNCERS’ VOICES TO DETERMINE THE I DEAL.

KMA Service Writer N*- lEW YORK. Feb. 26.—The Ideal radio announcer has been classified. Voice and radio experts of New York have mode tests in the studio of Station WJZ here and have decided upon these requirements for the ideal announcer. They are given in the order of their importance: 1. The ideal radio announcer should speak at an average rate of about 175 words a minute. 2. He should introduce into his announcements marked stream variations. 9. He should speak with a moderate distinctiveness. Medium Voice / 4. He should have a voice of low middle range. 5. He should Introduce marked pitch variations, or avoidance of monotone. 6. 1 He should show marked changes in rate pace. 7. He should speak in a formal, but friendly manner, adapting his style to the general content of the program. These are the basic points on which various voices have been tested at the WJZ studio under ( the direction of Alvin Busse and Robert C. Borden, instructors of which the patrol vessel can communicate. Such information will be furnished as regular traffic (without charge) on commercial traffic waw lengths. “Ice information broadcasts will be given In as plain, concise English as practicable, and will state (in the following order): (a) Position of patrol vessel; (b) location and description of loe, and (c) other data. DX Gymnastics Off the coast of Mexico was the transport Garmhria. On It H. Wynne Edwards, radio operator, tuned in recently and picked up the calisthenics exercises sent out by WOR, at Newark, N. J., diagonally across the continent.

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public speaking at New-York University, and the assistance of others making up the radio voice technique committee. Individual 1 Trait One vital factor is lacking n ths ideal announcer. That Is. personality. say the experimenters. This characteristic is left to the Individual announcer, and cannot be applied to an ideal. Among the characteristics that are frowned on by the committee are: Vowel elongation: provincialisms, except In case of the south; foreign dialects; nasal and harsh tone qualities; neurotic mannerisms and lapses.

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SIX CLASS ‘A ’RADIO STA TIONS LICENSED Call Letters Given to New Broadcasters By Department of Commerce, WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—Six new Clara A radio stations were licensed by the Department of Commerce during the past week, while one station was transferred from Class C to B. The new stations follow: Wave Length Power Call. Station. Meters. Watts. KFVF Clarence B. Juneau, 8091 Santa Monica St., Hollywood. Cal 208.2 10 WAMD Hubbard & Cos., 1336 Nicolet Ave., Minneapolis, Minn 244 100 WAFD Albert B. Parfet Cos., 1432 Military St., Port Huron, Mich 233 250 WHBD Charles W. Howard. 110 Chillicothe St., Bellefontaine, Ohio 222 20 WHBC Rev. E. P. Graham, 627 McKinley Ave., Canton, Ohio 254 10 WRAK Economy Light Cos., HOG Ludington St., Escan&ba, Mich 266 100 —Transfer from Clara "C” to Clara "B” WKAQ Radio Corporation of Porto Rico, San Juan, Porto Rico 340.7 500

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Farthest South The Argentine government is setting up a station in the South Orkney Islands. This will be the farthest south station when completed. Fees Bring Profits Germany is profiting from the fees for radio licenses. It Is 'said 8,600 fans are registering daily at the poet office, for license to use a receiver. The fee is 50 cents.