Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 271, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 March 1925 — Page 13

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RELIGION USED TO COMBAT JAZZ IN RADIO WARFARE

STAND BY AND HEAR HOW TO BROADCAST Hard to Please Old Mike R. O’Phone, Announcer Learns At State Basket Finals.

By Blythe Q. Hendricks Did you ever broadcast? If not you have a great experience coming to you. One who attempted, acfcent on ‘'attempted," to broadcast the recent Hot, hullabaloo, pandemonium and jambouree, officially known as the finals of the Indiana high school championship tournament at the exposition building can speak feelingly on the subject. To the averag‘d person an innocent looking black microphone is a harmless looking bit of mechanism. That's all wrong. Old Mike R. O’Phone is a deceptive, sceptical, sneering old bird, with a personality all his own, and you cannot put a single thing over on him. If you do not believe this just sit in front of the old boy for two long days and make an effort to convey to radio fans throughout Indiana and other States something of the color, romance, tragedy, sportsmanship and technique of a great tournament. You see the tremendous throng come in at the opening game, bedecked with the colors of sixteen hopeful title seekers. You hear the cheering sections swing into action and then you start to tell about it. “Mike” Grins The microphone grins at you sardonicallly, as much" as to say: “You can’t get away with anything on me. I know this stuff and you may fool some of those fellows on the receiving end, but don’t think you can put anything over on me.” Desperately you try to put into cold language something of the brilliant, reckless daring of the ProebeJ Fighting foreign Legion the unknown quantity from Gary with the unpronounceable names. You hunt for phrases to make the absent, listening basketball fans visualize that brilliant final charge of the Legion when it cut Frankfort’s lead from ten to two points In one last minute of the game. After it is over you look at Mike. He is leering at you sarcastically. You know his thoughts. "Sure I know it was the rramest finish ever seen on an Indianapols floor, but you could not tell ’em about it.” You try to paint, for them the surprising defeat of MartinsvlUe at the

Eleven New Stations Licensed Bv Time* Special March 26.—Ten new Class A and one new VJn Class B stations were licensed by the Department of ConaTTJ merce during the past week, while one station was transferred from Class C to A. The new static ns follow: Call. Station. Wave Length Power Meters. Watts. WOBI i —Elyria Radio Association, 621 Lodi SL, Elyria, Ohio 227 10 WHBS—Edward William Loche, Mechanicsburg, Ohio 208.1 10 WSMH—Shattuck Music House, 207 Washington St„ Owosso, Mich 1 240 j 10 WHBQ —Men’s Fellowship Class of St. John’s 5 M. E. Church, South, Memphis, Tenn 233 ' 1 10 WHAJP —H. Alvin Simmons, 290 Flatbush Ave., T(T 1 Brooklyn, N. Y 240 SO WHBR—Scientific Electric and Mfg. Cos., 3664Vine St. Cincinnati. Ohio. 215.7 • 20 WLAL—First Christian Church, Ninth and Boulder Sts., Tulsa, Okla.. 250 150 KFVC—Bensberg’s Music Cos., 214 S. Adams St, !‘l Camden, Ark 243, 10 KFVD—McWhinnie Electric Cos., San Pedro, Cal 205.4 50 Class “B” KFRU—Etherical Radio Cos., 115 W. Sixth St. Bristow, Okla. 394J1 500 Transfer Class “IT to Class “A” KLS--Warner Bros. Radio Supplies Cos., 2201 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CaL 242 250

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1925

hands of the Munde Bearcats. You do your best to do justice to the flashing drive of the big Reevesmotored five from little Weet Point; you try to moke your hearers see the fury of the Kokomo Wildcats, as they claw and rip the stunned, surprised, da£ed, erstwhile confident Vincennes five to the point of utter rout. You do everything in your power in the final game to paint the smooth hardhitting, relentless power of Frankfort crashing through to a championship: you try to tell of the pathos of the Kokomo substitutes — their old guard battered, broken, lying on the sidelines wrapped in blank Is, with tear-stained cheeks, hurling themselves like the Light Brigade at Balaklava, herolcly, courageously, futllely against the shock troops of Frankfort, giving all for a lost cause. Then It’s Over And then it is all over. You look at sheafs of telegrams and telephone messages from all parts of Indiana, from radio listeners telling of hearing the returns. Many of them are kindly, friendly, encouraging. You think you win buy a larger sized hat and then you look at wise, sophisticated old Mike. "Huh, not so good.” he seems to say. ‘‘You did your best, but you missed a lot. You shoold have done better." ' So you put the old lid back on your head and find it plenty big. For you know that old Mike R. O’Phone is right. He knows. REALTORS TO TAKE W Will Broadcast Plans for Home Complete Exposition. Plans for the Home Complete Exposition, April 6-11, will be broadcast over WFBM Tuesday night by Indianapolis Real Estate Board. Montani's orchestra will furnish music. Frank E. Oates, president, will talk on “Indianapolis;” J. F. Cantwell, director, on “The Home Complete," and Henley T. Hottel, secretary, on "The Real Estate Board.”

Puts God’s Message on the Air

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Aimee Semple McPherson, famous woman evangelist, Is one of the many religious leaders conducting services by radio from broadcasting stations in Los Angeles. She’s combatting jazz with religion, through the air.

DIRECTOR IN NAVY URGESJEFFICIENCV Captain McLean Anticipates Future Developments. Bv Time Special WASHINGTON, March 26. Anticipating many wonderful developments in radio during the near future. Captain Ridley McLean, Director of Naval Communications, has directed a letter to all Naval radio stations urging that present equipment be maintained to the highest efficiency with the lowest amount of interference. ’There are at present numerous commercial high frequency transoceanic radio stations in operation on each coast and the number of these stations is constantly increasing,” says Captain McLean. “The reliable ranges attained by these stations at night are very great. “This, together with what Is believed will be the first attempt to transmit motion pictures by radio in the near future and with first report this week of long distance (10,000 miles) high frequency reception in the Phillipines, impresses one with the rapidity and possibilities of modem radio accomplishment. "With the very extensive radio installation of the Navy and the limited funds available for modernization, the general installation of Improved apparatus is necessarily subject to vexing delays. In the meantime, the personnel must be relied upon the maintain its present apparatus ashore and a' float in maximum state of efficiency.” Lopez on Music Vincent Lopez, famous orchestra leader, is conducting a series of mufiio lessons every Wednesday evening from Station WOR, at Newark,' N. J. Instruction is on jazz instruments and in co-operation with the U. S. School of Music.

Evangelistic Broadcasters Vie With Wild Music Programs at Los Angeles— Other Stations Test Public Sentiment. By A. H. Frederick NEA Service Writer LOS ANGELES, March 26.—While problematical tattles of the air are being waged before congressional committees, a potential air war here assumes more practical shape. Radio is the cause, and the belligerents are evangelistic broadcasters against jazz broadcasters. Two of the largest broadcasting stations In California are conducted by churches. Aimee Semple McPherson, noted evangelist, has a 500watt station (KFSG), and the Bible Institute has a 750-watt station. The latter is on the air for an hour each evening and twice on Sundays. Mrs. McPherson broadcasts an hour each morning, apd evening. In addition, KNX of Hollywood recently inaugurated an inspirational hour each morning, "Too much religion on the air.” is the plaint of other stations, and, of many on the receiving end who prefer Jazz and other music. “Freedom of the air,” reply thfc evangelists and inspirers. Up to Fans So bitter has become the threatened war that KNX has decided upon a vote to determine whether it shall retain its inspirational hour, or shall substiute a program of settingup exercises during the period. "Why should churches have less right to the air than jazz bands?” queries Aimee McPherson, answering critics. “Think of the potential good radio and religion can do in combination. My ‘sunshine class’ carries comfort to thousands daily. We have more than 600 members, invaJids and others who are prevented from attending church In person. Shall we deprive them of their joys just to please a few jazz-mad fans?” Some Are Chased Her sentiments are echoed by M. E. Carrier, director of the radio department of the Bible institute. “Hundreds of persons write to express appreciatipn of our programs,” he says. “Some places depend entirely upon us for religious instruction.” Sitting on the sidelines, watching the incipient outbreak, are the radio dealers. Theirs is not an impersonal interest—nor entirely a pessimistic one. “Yes, there’s been a falling off In the purchase of cheaper radio sets since religious programs became so frequent,” they say. “But we’re expecting more business in costlier Paes that carry farther and hence give a wider selection of programs to their owners. “Then they can choose religion or jazz, just as they please.”

Reflex Product of Tube Shortage Bu XEA Service |T-rjEW YORK, March 26. I NJ I —Reflex, embodying the l* * I double use of a tube, is a product of ths war, according to William H. Priess, who claims invention of this type of reception. “We are frightfully short of tubes,” says Priess, “It was at the time we were seeking a means of making a detector that would locate the enemy submarines. “The manufacture could not be speeded up nearly fast enough, and so I conceived the Idea o’ the double duty use of tubes. “That’s how reflex started.”

‘LISTENERS’ HEAR DIXIE STARS AT WEEKLYMEETING Bernard and Robinson Give Late Song Hits on Severin Roof. A1 Bernard and Russel Robinson, the "Dixie Stars," entertained with reveral of their latest song hits at the weekly meeting of. the Broadcast Listeners’ Association Tuesday night in the Severin Hotel roof garden. This popular team of radio entertainers and record artists, appearing this week at the Ohio theater have* been heard from all the principal broadcasting stations of the country and are broadcasting from WFBM—the Merchants Heat and Light Company this week. Tentative plans were mado for a banquet of the association at the Severin in about two weeks. Noble Watson, owner of station WBBZ, promised the association the use of the station at any time. D. J. Angus invited members of the broadcast listeners to attend a meeting at the Lincoln Hotel Friday evening March 27 when a member of the faculty of the University of Cincinnati will speak on radio intepference. Herbert A. Luckey, president of the association, announced that all owners of radio receiving sets were eligible to become members of the association and urged every one to make an effort to obtain the membership of radio listeners. The Listeners’ Association now has a membership of 1.000 and is increasing at the rate of several hundred a week. The interference committee reported that since the organization has been formed that it has handled and disposed of over 600 ca§es of interference. The next meeting will be Tuesday evening, March 31, at the Severin.

AMATEURS WATCH FOR INTERFERENCE Organize Vigilance Committees to Guard Air, HARTFORD, Conn., March 24.—* Amateurs of the country want to assure fans freedom from code interference. For this purpose, therefore, the American Radio Relay League haul decided to establish a nation wide organization of vigilance committees which would guard the air against amateur interference. Each committee in each of the larger cities of the country will consist of three amateurs, a broadcast listener and a newspaper man. * Complaihts will be solicited and investigated. No definite action* will be taken, however, unless the interferences found to be caused by an amateur. Then the American Radio Rel*y League will see -that the interference is stopped. The A. R. R. L. will be supported by the Department of Commerce in this action. Four Sets i l Bulgarian. There are only tour receiving sets in Bulgaria. And these are limited by special license.