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July 9, 1932
PUBLIC L0S3S FOOTBALL BROADCASTS
Action of two important foofball conferences in "barring broadcasts of gamec has not distur"bed "broadcasting companies. Foot"ball "broadcasts are usually handled at great expense to broadcasting companies as sustaining programs.
Games are broadcast for the benefit of the public and without thought of com¬ mercial advantage.
College athletic authorities fear that broadcasts destroy the commercial value of football and for that reason barred the broadcasts.
Sport writers do not share the opinion of the football moguls.
"Advertising for the game of football worth millions of dollars is tossed aside," says Harry Costello in the Washington "Times". Lawrence Perry, writing in the Washington "Star" says that "in thus turning its face against the latest and one of the greatest achievements of t"he human scientific mind, the associa¬ tion is facing backward in a manner wholly inconsistent with men associated with institutions devoted to the advancement of learning."
i/iADRID PREPARATIONS PROGRESS
A special committee giving consideration to the use 01 frequencies in the band from 10 kc to 550 kc in the United States will hold a meeting shortly to complete its report to the main committee preparing for the Madrid Conference which convenes on September 3»
Louis G. Caldwell, chairman of the NAB committee on International Relations, was named a member of the special committee by Dr. C. B. Jolliffe, chief engineer of the Commission and chaiiman of the coimnittee. Mr. Caldwell has completed an elaborate study of the bands below 550 kc and their availability for broa^dcasting and he will present this information to Dr. Jolliffe' s committee. Mr,. Caldwell is planning a trip to Europe late this Summer and he v^ill represent the NAB at the Madrid Conference.
The bill authorizing expenditure of funds for the U. S. Delegates to the con¬ ference has struck a snag in the House and unless this measure is finally approved the tt. s. Delegates will be severely handicapped in their activities at Lladrid,
The President is expected shortly to name delegates to the conference.
PENNS'fLVANIA FARMS HAVE RADIOS
Out of 172,500 farms in Pennsylvania, 55.330 are equipped with radio receiving sets, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Agricultui’e .