Broadcasting (Oct 1931-Dec 1932)

law made no provision for the payment of compensation in either case. The loss falls upon the licensee who made his expenditure in the knowledge of this possibility. Our broadcasters have a very direct interest in international treaties affecting radio. To this time has been no effort to assign frequencies to nations but the Convention of Washington established the broadcasting band and allocated the entire spectrum to services. Without doubt the forthcoming conference at Madrid will likewise set apart a portion of the spectrum for broadcasting uses. This international action has fixed the limits within which our regulatory body must confine itself in making broadcasting allocations. There are often suggestions that other frequencies than those now assigned should be used for broadcasting. The appeal for these changes should be addressed to those charged with the negotiation of our treaties rather than to the Radio Commission. NEW LEGISLATION I ANTICIPATE that few important changes in radio law will be made during the coming Congress. There are, however, a number of amendments that should be adopted. A defect in the amendment of the appeal section of the law (Sec. 16) by the last Congress should be corrected. Obviously we should repeal the section of the law requiring construction permits or we should authorize an appeal from the decisions of the Commission with respect to them. There is constant pressure upon those of us who have been interested in radio legislation to do something to restrict advertising over the air. There are indications which may not be overlooked, that that there is restiveness on the part of the public and of the Congress because of the extent to which broadcasting facilities are today given over to personal or to purely private commercial uses. I hazard the opinion that through the pressure of public sentiment or through the exercise of regulatory power, there will be in the future a more restricted use of radio for these individual purposes. Proposals for legislation on both of these subjects are probable but these and other m?,jor problems in my opinion will not be disposed of at this time. One such problem of especial interest is that of the creation of a Communications Commission where shall be centered the authority now (Continued from page 7) WFBL, Syracuse, N. Y— Charles F. Phillips. WFDF, Flint, Mich. — F. D. Fallain, Russell L. Ballard. WFIW, Hopkinsville, Ky. — D. E. Ken drick, Gene Wyatt. WGAR, Cleveland— John F. Patt, Fred R. Rippley. WGBI, Scranton, Pa.— Frank Megar gee. WGN, Chicago — C. J. Meyers, Louis G. Caldwell, Quin A. Ryan. WGR, Buffalo— T. R. Lounsberry, Jack Valentine. WGY, Schenectady — Winslow Leighton. WHAS, Louisville — Martin Campbell. WHB, Kansas City— Donald Dwight Davis. WHBY, Green Bay, Wis.— Jame A. Wagner. shared by many agencies of the Government. Today, the Radio Commission, the Radio Division of the Department of Commerce, and the Interstate Commerce Commission all have an authority over radio communication. The Interstate Commerce Commission and the State Department have authority over communication by wire. If these two means of communication are to be kept as competitors it seems clear that a single body should prescribe the conditions under which they operate — so far as Government may properly do this — in order that they may operate under comparable and fairly competitive conditions — and if at some time the merger or consolidation of these means of communication is effected, then manifestly a single authority, rather than a divided one, should regulate their activities. The principle of a single Communication Commission is sound. What the scope of its powers and the manner of the exercise of these powers should be, offers wide latitude for discussion and for differences. Stephen Davis, former solicitor of the Department of Commerce, once wrote that radio is unique among business enterprises in that it cannot exist without regulation. He spoke truly. Transmitting stations in every field far exceed in number the available frequencies. This is especially true in the broadcasting band. Without assignment of definite frequencies, limitation of power, fixing of time of operating, without taking into consideration the location of stations, chaos would result. All concede the necessity of governmental control. But the Government's hand should be lightly laid upon this industry still "in the gristle and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood." The hope of development and of progress along sound lines rest more largely with you than in law. You have a large responsibility for you are dealing with, in some measure you control, one of the powerful influences in the life of the nation. Our systems of communication are the carriers of news and knowledge; the instruments of trade and commerce; promoters of mutual acquaintance; of good will and of peace among men and nations. They are here in America a flame fusing our people of many origins into an American type, with common ideals and common aspirations for our country. You have splendidly met the obligations these considerations impose. That you will continue to do so, I do not doubt. WHEC, Rochester, N. Y. — Lawrence G. Hickson, LeMoire Wheeler, Clarence Wheeler, Glenn H. Bancroft, Miss Carmen Ogden. WHK, Cleveland — M. A. Howlett, Deane Kintner. WHP, Harrisburg, Pa.— A. H. Stackpole. WILL, Urbana, 111.— Joseph J. Wright. WIP-WFAN, Philadelphia — Benedict Gimbel, Jr. WGAS, Pittsburgh— H. J. Brennen, S. A. Pickering, J. A. Morrison. WJAY, Cleveland— E. C. Melrose. WJBK, Detroit— James F. Hopkins, Charles Boher, Dale Robertson. WJR, Detroit — Leo J. Fitzpatrick, G. A. Richards, J. Marblestone. WKBN, Youngstown, O. — C. C. Townes, Betty C. Clair. WKBZ, Ludington, Mich. — K. L. Ashbacker. WKJC, Lancaster, Pa. — A. Z. Moore. WKZO, Kalamazoo, Mich. — John E. Fetzer. WLAP, Louisville — Ralph L. Atlass, Arthur M. Clarke. WLS, Chicago— Glenn Snyder. WLW, Cincinnati — Joseph A. Chambers. WMAL, Washington — Martin A. Leese. WMAQ, Chicago— W. R. Lindsay, William S. Hedges. WMBC, Detroit— W. Wright Gedge, E. H. Clarke. WMBD, Peoria, 111— Edger L. Bill, E. C. Smeeding. WMT, Waterloo, Iowa— Harry Shaw. WNAC, Boston— John Shepard, 3rd. WNAX, Yankton, S. D.— J. C. Gurney. WNBF, Binghamton, N. Y. — Cecil D. Mastin, J. R. Goranflo. WNBW, Carbondale, Pa.— W. S. McCachren. WOAI, San Antonio, Tex. — J. G. Cummings. WOBU, Charleston, W. Va.— J. Stanley Stephens. WHO-WOC, Des Moines-Davenport — Dr. Frank W. Elliot, Peter MacArthur, J. C. Maland, D. D. Palmer. WODA, Paterson, N. J.— Richard E. O'Dea. WOKO, Albany— Harold E. Smith. WOL, Washington — LeRoy Mark. WOR, Newark — Alfred J. McCoskor, Walter J. Neff. WPAD, Paducah, Ky. — Pierce E. Lackey. WPG, Atlantic City — Edwin M. Spence. WPTF, Raleigh, N. C— H. K. Carpenter, Richard Mason. WRAK, Williamsport, Pa.— C. R. Cummings. WRC, Washington— K. H. Berkeley. WRVA, Richmond, Va.— C. T. Lucy, E. D. Noff. WTAG, Worcester— John J. Storey. WTMJ, Milwaukee — Walter J. Damm, Ray E. Hill, Robert D. Boniel. WSB, Atlanta — Lambdin Kay. WSBT, South Bend, Ind.— L. M. Ken nett. WSEN, Columbus, 0.— J. G. Tritsch, W. P. Hartsock. WSM, Nashville— C. R. Clements, Harry Stone. WSMB, New Orleans— H. Wheelahan. WSYR-WHAC, Syracuse, N. Y.— Howard C. Barth. WTAM, Cleveland, O.— Miss Patty Jean, S. E. Leonard. WTAX, Springfield, 111.— Jay A. Johnson. WTIC, Hartford— Paul W. Morency. WWL, New Orleans — A. S. Foster. WWJ, Detroit — Jefferson B. Webb, James C. Ross, E. L. Tyson, Her sehell Hart. KFBI, Milford, Kan.— J. Buryl Cott ridge. KFEL, Denver — Frank Bishop. KFH, Wichita, Kan.— J. Leslie Fox. KFVS, Cape Giradeau, Mo. — Oscar C. Hirsch, W. W. Watkins. KFYR, Bismarck, N. D.— P. J. Meyer. KGIR, Butte, Mont.— Ed. Craney. KMBC, Kansas City — Arthur B. Church, Dr. George E. Halley. KMOX, St. Louis— William H. West, Woody Klose. KOIN, Portland, Ore.— C. W. Myers, John T. Fitzgerald. KPRC, Houston, Tex.— G. E. Zimmerman. KQV, Pittsburgh— John H. Buchheit, W. D. Shaler. KSL, Salt Lake City— Earl J. Glade. KSTP, St. Paul— Stanley E. Hubbard. KVOO, Tulsa, Okla. — H. A. Hutchinson, Leonard Byars. KWK, St. Louis— Thomas Patrick Convey, Tony Cabooch. Detroit Free Press — Neal Tomy. U. S. Office of Education, Washington— C. M. Koon. U. S. Department of Commerce — William D. Terrell, Arthur Batcheller, W. D. Hayes, J. E. Brown. Graybar Electric Co., New York City — O. E. Richardson. World Broadcasting System, Inc., New York City— J. H. Neeler, Ernest B. Foote, Edgar H. Felix. Advertisers Radio Service, Inc. — William G. Rambeau. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. — Ralph W. Armstrong. Associated Music Publishers, New York City — Merritt E. Tompkins. The Biow Company, New York City — Harold A. Lebair. Campbell-Ewald Co. — M. A. Hollinshead, Arthur Hall Hayes. National Advisory Council on Radio in Education, New York City — Levering Tyson. National Committee on Education by Radio, Washington — Tracy F. Tyler. National Radio Advertising, Inc., New York City — Raymond Soat, Edward E. Voynow, James L. Free, P. B. Lyon, Ford Billings, George J. Podeyn. Westinghouse Radio Stations, Pittsburgh— Benjamin Soby, Walter Evans. Kiernan-Launder Associates, New York City — Ray S. Launder. Broadcasting, The News Magazine of the Fifth Estate, Washington — Sol Taishoff, Martin Codel, F. G. Taylor. Consolidated Press Ass'n, Washington — A. F. Harrison, Horace Epes, Ernest J. Elwood, Jr. Electrical Research Products, Inc. — F. C. Bisbee, B. B. Davis. Western Electric Co. — F. W. Cunningham, Jerry Merguelen. Scott Howe Bowen, Inc. — Scott Howe Bowen and Howard S. Meighan, New York; D. S. Hastreitro, Detroit; Fred Klaner, Jr., J. William Macy, Chicago. Federal Radio Commission — Dr. C. B. Jolliffe, chief engineer. A. T. Sears and Son, Inc., Chicago — A. T. Sears. Jenkins and Adair, Inc., Chicago — S. E. Adair. Rogers and Smith, Chicago — E. G. Opie. Broadcast Advertising, Chicago — R. E. Robertson, G. W. Stamm, S. N. Koch. Cleveland Plain Dealer — R. S. Stephan. Printers Ink, Chicago — G. A. Nichols. Radio Digest — Charles Tighe, Scott Kingswell. Variety — Leo Elman. Bertha K. Wulff, Columbus, 0. F. X. Farrell, Chicago. Warner Sayers, Cincinnati. S. Bornheimer, Chicago. C. M. Jansky, Jr., Washington. Paul M. Segal, Washington. STATION KFVD, Culver City, Cal., has brought about the conviction of a man who represented himself as a radio time salesman over the telephone and secured contracts with merchants. Paul Meyers, station commercial manager, previously announced that many complaints had been made from merchants who had been tricked. PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY JANSKY and BAILEY Consulting Radio Engineers Commercial Coverage Surveys Allocation Engineering Station and Studio Installations Engineering Management National Press Bldg. Wash., D. C. T. A. M. CRAVEN Consulting Radio Engineer National Press Building WASHINGTON, D. C. CARL H. BUTMAN Radio Consultant National Press Building WASHINGTON, D. C. Roster of NAB Attendance . . . Page 34 BROADCASTING • November I, 1931