Broadcasting (Oct 1931-Dec 1932)

115 Stations Make Cycle Honor Roll September List Equals Mark of August, Passes Others THOUGH the September frequency deviation report of the Department of Commerce shows no increase over August, it does represent more efficient maintenance of operation on assigned frequencies over previous months, William D. Terrell, chief of the radio division, explained in announcing the September "honor roll" on Oct. 20. Of 328 stations on which measurements were taken by district radio inspectors, 115 showed deviations under 50 cycles, 72 under 100 cycles, 68 under 200 cycles, and 73 over 200 cycles. An order establishing the accepted limit as 50 cycles, plus and minus, instead of 500 cycles as at present, has been promulgated by the Federal Radio Commission and is effective next spring. Following is the complete tabulation of monitored stations that deviated under 50 and under 100 cycles during September : UNDER 50 CYCLES KFAB, Lincoln, Neb. ; KFAC, Los Angeles ; KFDM, Beaumont, Tex. ; KFEL, Denver ; KFEQ, St. Joseph, Mo. ; KFJF, Oklahoma City ; KFJI, Astoria, Ore. ; KFJR, Portland, Ore.; KFLV, Rockford, 111. ; KFRU, Columbia, Mo. ; KFSD, San Diego, Cal. ; KFVD, Culver City, Cal. ; KFWB, Hollywood ; KFXF, Denver ; KFYR, Bismarck, N. D. ; KGA, Spokane, Wash. ; KGB, San Diego, Cal. ; KGFJ, Los Angeles ; KGO, Oakland, Cal. ; KHQ, Spokane, Wash. ; KJR, Seattle, Wash. ; KLX, Oakland, Cal.; KLZ, Denver; KMED, Medford, Ore. ; KMJ, Fresno, Cal. ; KMO, Tacoma. Wash. ; KMOX, St. Louis ; KMPC, Beverly Hills, Cal. ; KMTR, Los Angeles ; KOIL, Council Bluffs, la. ; KPO, San Francisco; KRLD, Dallas; KSAC, Manhattan, Kan.; KSD, St. Louis; KTAR, Phoenix, Ariz. ; KTHS, Hot Springs, Ark. ; KTSM, El Paso, Tex.; KVOO, Tulsa, Okla. ; KVOS, Bellingham, Wash. ; KWKH, Shreveport, La. ; KYA, San Francisco ; WABO-WHEC, Rochester, N. Y. ; WADC, Akron, O. ; WAPI, Birmingham ; WBAK, Harrisburg, Pa. ; WBBM, Chicago ; WBBR, Brooklyn ; WBT, Charlotte, N. C. ; WBZWBZA, Boston-Springfield; WCAO, Baltimore ; WCBM, Baltimore ; WCFL, Chicago ; WCHI, Chicago ; WCKY, Covington, Ky. ; WCSH, Portland, Me. ; WDAF, Kansas City ; WDBO, Orlando, Fla. ; WDSU, New Orleans, La.; WEAF, New York City; WEAN, Providence, R. I. ; WEDC, Chicago ; WEEI, Boston ; WENR, Chicago ; WFAA. Dallas ; WFAN, Philadelphia ; WIP-WFI, Philadelphia; WFOX, Brooklyn ; WGCM. Gulfport, Miss. ; WGES, Chicago: WGN, Chicago; WGY, Schenectadv; WHAP, New York City; WHN, New York City; WHO, Des Moines; WHP, Harrisburg, Pa. ; WIBO. Chicago, 111. ; WIBW, Topeka. Kans. ; W.TSV, Alexandria. Va. ; WJZ, New York City ; WKJC, Lancaster, Pa. ; WKRC, Cincinnati : WLBZ. Bangor, Me. ; WLIT, Philadelphia; WLS, Chicago; WLW, Sticks by the Mike BEING seasick did not deter M. Dehorter, announcer of the French Lille-Radio, from carrying through with his running account of a program broadcast from a ship crossing the English channel recently. Throughout the whole adventure, the French announcer stuck to his microphone, describing the immense waves, the smashing of the windows of the captain's cabin and the attitudes of his unhappy fellow voyagers, nearly all stricken with mal de mer. Cincinnati ; WMAL, Washington, D. C. ; WMAQ, Chicago ; WMBC, Detroit, Mich. ; WMMN, Fairmont, W. Va. ; WMSG, New York City; WNAX, Yankton, S. D. ; WNBH, New Bedford, Mass. ; WOAI, San Antonio, Tex. ; WOC, Davenport, la. ; WOI, Ames, la. ; WOKO, Albany, N. Y. ; WOS, Jefferson City, Mo. ; WOW, Omaha, Nebr. ; WOWO, Fort Wayne, Ind. ; WPOR-WTAR, Norfolk, Va. ; WPTF, Raleigh, N. C. ; WQBC, Vicksburg, Miss. ; WRAX, Philadelphia ; WRC, Washington, D. C. ; WRVA, Richmond, Va. ; WSB, Atlanta, Ga. ; WSBC. Chicago ; WSEN, Columbus, O ; WSMB, New Orleans ; WSUI, Iowa City, la. : WTAG, Worcester, Mass. ; WTAM, Cleveland ; WTMJ, Milwaukee ; WWJ, Detroit, Mich. ; WXYZ, Detroit. UNDER 100 CYCLES KDKA, Pittsburgh; KDYL, Salt Lake City ; KELW, Burbank, Cal. ; KFBB, Great Falls, Mont. ; KFQU, Alma-Holy City, Cal. ; KFRC, San Francisco ; KFSG, Los Angeles; KGBZ, York, Neb.; KGGF, Coffeyville, Okla. ; KMBC, Kansas City, Mo. ; KMCS, Inglewood, Cal. ; KNX, Hollywood, Cal. ; KOA, Denver ; KOY, Phoenix, Ariz. ; KREG, Santa Ana, Cal. ; KSL, Salt Lake City ; KTAB, San Francisco ; KTBR, Portland, Oreg. ; KTBS, Shreveport, La. ; KTM, Los Angeles ; KVI, Tacoma, Wash ; KWJ J, Portland, Oreg. ; KXA, Seattle ; WAAB, Lexington, Mass. ; WAAF, Chicago ; WAAM, Newark, N. J. ; WABC, New York City; WBAL, Baltimore; WBAP, Fort Worth; WCAH, Columbus, O. ; WCDA, New York City; WCRW, Chicago; WDEL, Wilmington, Del. ; WDRC. Hartford, Conn. ; WFBL, Syracuse; WFBM, Indianapolis; WFBR, Baltimore; WGAR, Cleveland; WGR, Buffalo; WHAM, Rochester, N. Y. ; WHB, Kansas City, Mo. ; WHDH, Boston ; WHFC, Cicero, 111. ; WIBA, Madison, Wis. ; WIIM, Wilmington, Del. ; WJAX, Jacksonville, Fla.; WJAY, Cleveland; WJBO, New Orleans ; WJJD, Mooseheart, III. ; WJR, Detroit : WJTL, Oglethorpe University, Ga. ; WKBN, Youngstown, O. ; WKBO. Jersey City; WKBW, Buffalo; WKY, Oklahoma City, Okla. ; WLAC, Nashville, Tenn. ; WLEY, Lexington, Mass. ; WLOE, Boston ; WMBI, Chicago ; WMCA, New York City ; WMT, Waterloo, la. ; WNYC, New York City : WODA, Paterson, N. J. ; WOL, Washington, D. C. ; WPEN, Philadelphia; WPG. Atlantic City; WREC, Memphis : WRUF, Gainesville, Fla. : WSAI, Cincinnati : WSBT, South Bend. Ind. : WSM, Nashville, Tenn. ; WWVA, Wheeling. W. Va. ELECTRICAL TRANSCRIPTIONS 'If better transcriptions can be produced — the name on them will be' Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn. N. Y. 'lirmuhmlintj f|% Corporation^ %HJO(L(LYWOO© Pa. N. J. Del. Md. Va. W. Va. D. C. EASTERN DISTRIBUTORS Series for station sustaining features or commercial advertising. 33 1/3 r.p.m. Program list and prices on request. Room 1107 — Annapolis Hotel — Dept. B Washington, D. C. New Jersey Takes Lead In Proportion of Radios NEW JERSEY has assumed the lead among all the states thus far reported by the U. S. Census Bureau of radios in the proportion of its families owning radio sets, with the census report for that showing that of the 987,616 families counted during the decennial census of population of April 1, 1930, there were 625,639, or 63.4 per cent, equipped with radios. The nearest to this proportion among the 44 states previously reported was achieved by Massachusetts, with 57.9 per cent, followed by Rhode Island's 57.1 per cent; Connecticut's 54.9 per cent; the District of Columbia's 53.9 per cent; California's 51.9 per cent; and Wisconsin's 51.1 per cent. California continues to lead in total of radio-owning families, with 839,991; Ohio is second, with 810,767, and New Jersey noses out Michigan for third place, with its 626,639. The census reveals not a single county of Jersey with less than half its homes having radios, while most of the communities range from 50 to 75 per cent. Reports for New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois remain to be issued. Yule Programs Planned CALIFORNIA broadcasters are preparing to repeat last year's Yuletide radio presentations with various features designed to stimulate business. Last December the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce staged a pageant-parade, which KGER, Long Beach, broadcast. In Hollywood the Boulevard Association opened a new thoroughfare called "Santa Claus Lane" with KFWB, Hollywood, carrying the event. Downtown Los Angeles was entertained on the air by the Retail Drygoods Merchants Association, which decorated the shopping district and sponsored carol programs over local stations. Power Firms Boost Radio ELECTRIC light and power companies in several large cities have started campaigns to stimulate radio set sales, according to the Radio Manufacturers Association. In many cases radio and newspaper advertising is being directed by the utilities not so much toward selling radios themselves as toward stimulating sales of electric current for receiving set power and more use of home lighting. INTERNATIONAL Communication Laboratories, Hillsborough, N. J., subsidiary of the International Telephone & Telegraph Corp., has applied to the Federal Radio Commission for authority to erect two transmitters to operate on frequencies between 1,000,000 and 3,000,000 kilocycles. JOHN L. BAIRD, British television inventor who has projected images on screens 6 by 2 feet square, is now in the United States on a visit, having arrived in New York Oct. 13. Station WMCA, New York, recently applied to the Federal Radio Commission for a visual broadcasting permit to install Baird equipment. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN The Iowa Market We Are in Position to Give You Certified Facts regarding the coverage of WMT Write for detailed Information The Waterloo Broadcasting Co. WATERLOO, IOWA November J, 1931 • BROADCASTING Page 25