Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 254, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 March 1925 — Page 16
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HAST Saturday evening was beyond a doubt one of the best Levening that we have had for radio reception In the past month, stations came in very clear and there was not the slightest trace of stuic to be found, it was indeed one of those old time night3 that every radio fan prays for and seldom receives. With the opening of the Merchants Heat and laght Company’s station WFBM this evening, many radio fans will be searching the old attic to bring forth long discarded crystal receivers. The set phrase, "Having a good time, wish you were here,” is being replaced by "the program is c< ming In line, modulation perfect, hat e the orehe* i play ‘Blue Eyed Sally’” Can you fancy a woman so interested in a radio program that she passes up the opportunity to talk? /During the past week the waves of WOC and WF KA and WBAP have been hetrodyning one another so bad that it has become almost impossible to tune in these stations Without a hissing sound in the receiver. WOC has been nearer to their original wave than the two Texas stations, which at times have varied their wave almost five meters. The wave lengths of the various stations are at present awful close together but still a: the same time it is possible to tune them without the hetrodyning if they remain close to their frequency. It is estimated that twenty-five million people listened In on the inaugural address of President Coolidge via radio last Wednesday. The Broadcast Listeners Association that was formed several weeks ago Is fast becoming a real factor in local radio circles. During the past week several hundred new members have been taken into the organization and It is hoped that It will so ,n boast of a membership of 5,000 Indianapolis litseners. The interference committee that was appointed last week / President Luckey has been on th) job and several cases of bad interference have been cleaned up. If you are not a member of this organization_and you are a radio fan/you should by all means join, as it is beyond a doubt one of the best movements on foot in Indianapolis to help you enjoy radio programs as a listener. Many listeners are complaining that the announcers of the various stations are fast getting tvway from the idea that perhaps the fan would like to know what station ho is listening to. It has become the general practice of some stations to let
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you listen in rapid succession to the strains of an orchestra with no announcement between thi numbers. Right he r e we arc going on record as favoring the station and the announcer that gives us that information after each number. Several times during the past week we have not’.cyd that many oianos in the studios of broadcasting stations are sadly out of tune and sound very flat. This applies to several of the larger is well as a great many of the smaller stations. Director Bonniel of WEBH the Edgewater Beach station at Chicago is to be complimented on the smooth running of the programs of this station. The programs of WEBH are well arranged and are dispatched with speed. Mr. Bonniel has a very pleasing voice and always repeats the call letters of the station after each number. Other announcers please take notice. More and more eve-y day In every way the radio fan wants to know who he Is listening to. WMBF has an announcer that ■cams to put plenty of pep Into the program. The only criticism that we have to offer about thi* station is that they are not on the air long enough at one thne. You have sure got to hand It to the boys of the sunny south when it comes to dishing up real snappy, fast moving programs. With the United States Marine Band on the air from WHY and WRC Saturday evening at 6:30 to 7:30 p. m. and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra from KSD with a full evening program starting at 8 p. m., the radio listener Is assured of a real evenings entertainment. It is not often that we are able to enjoy two such fine organizations In one evening.
ORCHESTRA GETS 15,000 FROM KSD Entire Season’s Concerts Are Broadcast. When the radio listener on a Saturday night tunes in on 546 meters and hears KSD broadcasting a concert by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, does he have any idea of just how it became possible for him to hear this music—the only big symphony In the coutnry which allows its entire season of programs to' be broadcast? It has just become known that the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, ownera of KSD, paid the symphony society $5,000 for the privilege of broadcasting the fifteen concerts to eb given this winter. The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, numbering eighty-two musicians, Is not only one of th e greatest in the country, but is noted for the excellence of its program*. The Post-Dispatch is now broadevsting its concerts for the third season. The listener on a radio set, therefore, who hears this symphony music—and reports come to tha PostDispatch from all parts of the continent —can well ponder over the fact that while entertainment is free to him, it is costing a large sum to the station which is sending it out. RADIOGRAMS The first license issued to broadcast in the United States was in September, 1921. All the lighthouses on the east of Great Britain are to be fitted with wireless transmitting sets. Emile Daeschner, the new French Ambascsador, is an ardent radio fan and makes it a point to tune in when any prominent speakers are in the air. The Argentine Government is putting up a radio station in the South Orkney Islands. The station, identified as LRT, will be the world’s southernmost transmitting and re ceiving station. J *
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HOW TO OBTAIN BEST POSSIBLE RESULTS IN SET \ A Few Valuable Hints on Increasing Selectivity . of Set. The problem, very often, of picking a good station from the air and tuning in on It without interference when a multitude of broadcasters are transmitting in the vicinity, is almost as groat as trying to locate a friend and have a quiet chat with ahim at a world series baseball game. Transmitting stations become towers of Babel, and no matter how you see*n to manipulate your controls, you may get at one and the same time a marvelous combination of grand opera and jazz and advice to the housewife. The answer to this problem is selectivity, and herty are a few hints on how go about increasing the selectivity of your set: 1. If an "outside aerial is used keep it as short as possible consistent with best results. 2. A condenser should be placed in seriee In the antenna circuit. For the average receiver the capacity of this condenser should be .092. 3. If the receiver is powerful enough it should be operated on a loop, rather than an outdoor aerial, for a loop Is directional and therefore selective. 4. Additional tubes and condensers should be added to the radio frequency circuit. Generally speaking, the more complex the receiver the more selective it Is. 6. With the increase in the power of the set more battery power should be added.
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litical parties last summer, the extensive use of radio In the campaign, the constant broadcasting of addresses by Government officials, both at public dinners and similar funtcions, and addresses put on the air as part of the effort to acquaint the public with the objects and working of governmental departments, have all set new precedents and pointed the way to even greater usefulness of radio In public affairs.