Heinl radio business letter (July-Dec 1930)

as well as it used to. 1 The set sounds the same, but his ears and tastes have changed, and there is nothing that can be done about it, except to buy a new outfit. Many have done just that, but the indications are that the golden age has passed. 11 The Universal Broadcasting Company has applied to the Federal Radio Commission for permission to increase the power of Station WCAU, Philadelphia, from 10,000 to 50,000 watts. Station WBAL, of Baltimore, has applied for permission to raise its power from 10,000 to 15,000 watts. The Standards Yearbook of 1930 has just been issued by the Department of Commerce. The book contains suggestions and data for all engaged in standardization. Copies may be obtained for seventy-five cents each from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. The new telephone number of the Federal Radio Commission, which recently moved into the National Press Building at 14th and F Streets, N. W. , Washington, D. C. , is Metropolitan 3180. XXXXXXXXXXXX TWO DOZEN RADIO CASES IN COURTS More than two dozen radio cases are in litigation in Appellate Courts and are not likely to be heard before Fall, accord¬ ing to records of the Federal Radio Commission. Three cases raising fundamental questions of radio law are pending in the United States Supreme Court, which has recessed until October, while sixteen appeals from broadcasting stations and a half dozen communication cases are in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. Several other cases are scattered among Federal District Courts and in the District of Columbia Supreme Court. X X X X X X X