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BIG PROBLEM OF RADIO PROVIDED BY WAVELENGTH Experts v Tackle Tangle— Grading of Broadcasters Suggested. By Israel Klein Radio Kditor, NEA Service Now that the enthralling problem, “Who’s going to pay for Leaadcasting?” has settled itself in natural way, another problem bobs up. It’s—how is this tangle of so many broadcasting stations on so few wave lengths going to be solved? And, as likely as not, this question, too, will answer itself just as naturally. Time, competition, improvements will participate in the ultimate solution. Meantime, experts of one grade or another are. busying themselves. At one time even the present writer had an idea he could contribute to the cause. He graded the stations as to power, ■made a survey of all stations in the United States and Canada to discover the average as well as the longest distance of transmission, and then tried to come to some conclusion showing the relationship of power to distance. No Way Out There wasn’t any. A station of 1500 watts power would report its average transmitting distance as only 250 milesf*while one of ten watts reported itself heard regularly as far as 1,000 miles. The writer had the idea one wavelength could be distributed in three or even four distinct areas, among stations of varying power, without causing confusion. .But the United States was too small for that; locations of stations had a great deal to do with the success of their transmission. Fortunately, the writer hadn’t the temerity even to propose his plan In public before he tested it. The test proved negative, so the plan is dead. Now, however, comes one with perhaps a much more plausible solution and, certainly, with the boldness the w'riter lacked. He’s Carl Dreher, who offers his idea in an article in the November issue of Radio Broadcast magazine. Dreher is a student of broadcasting. He knows the business and the engineering sides of this industrySo there Is weight to his ideas. Quality Put First His solution to the wavelength problem is to grade broadcasters 50 per cent according to their pro- . grams, 25 per cent according to their power, and 25 per cent according to their clearness of transmission or audibility. He stresses ability of a station to get good program material and therefore places those stations in large areas above others in importance for they can get the better entertainers. After classifying the stations, Dreher would divide l ours of broadcasting according to their popularity. He would then furnish one wavelength to .an average city, and let the stations in that area divide the allotted time among themselves, according to their grades. The highest grade station would get first choice, and so on. All this division and classification would be made by a suitable Federal commission, under supervision of a higher authority, or the courts, and would last a year. For then new stations might arise, with higher power, or better facilities to broadcast good programs, and these should therefore be graded accordingly. All this sounds Interesting and plausible. Rut difficulties arise which might be hard to meet. A Big Job Ahead For instance, no commission could grade anew station for its programs,

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if it hasn't yet been on the air to show what it could do, unless some tentative arrangement were made. An applicant might produce an attractive program for appraisal and then, after being graded highly, fall back on something silly and uninteresting. It may be certain of Its grading for at least a year, anyway. Then, too, once stations have chosen their hours of broadcasting, what would be done In case of special programs, like the presidential inauguration, or the world series and such? These occur in the afternoon, during less popular hours, when the lower grade stations have the air. according to this plan. The lower grade stations would

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