Radio mirror (Jan-Oct 1923)

Reinartz Set Photo Diagram — See Pages 7, I RddioDi •7i EVERY Vol. IV Copyright, 1923 R. D. P. Co. Inc. CHICAGO, ILL., SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1923 No. 1 ACT ON NEW RADIO LAW COMMITTEE HEARS OPINIONS ON BILL MANUFACTURERS TO FIGHT R.C.A. TO END INDEPENDENTS ALL TO GET UNDER ONE FLAG Victors Over Radio Corporation Subsidiary Consider Joining in New Battle — Licensees Hold Meeting (Special to RADIO DIGEST) NEW YORK. — Organization of the independent Radio manufacturers for a fight to the finish against the Radio Corporation of America, has proceeded to the stage that many such manufacturers not holding Armstrong licenses are expected to join forres with uhe gn up for & ;li defense. The -la.est group to consider joining in the fight on the side of A. H. Grebe and the Bunnell companies, is the Independent Radio Manufacturers, an organization which recently won a decisive victory over the Wireless Specialty Apparatus Company of Boston, Massachusetts, a subsidiary of the Radio Corporation of AmericaIt will be remembered by those who followed the last mentioned suit, that the "Wireless Specialty Apparatus Company was enjoined by the courts not to practice further advertising of a nature harmful to the characters of the manufacturers of crystal detector receiving sets who were not infringing certain patents said to be owned by the Wireless Specialty Apparatus Company. Fighting Body Meets On Thursday. December 28, the Associated Radio Manufacturers, composed of Armstrong patent licensees, had a meeting for the pur(Continued on page 2) iS '* Little Fred C. Shearer, Jr., the world's tiniest Radio announcer, is a regular star on programs broadcast by WSB, The Atlanta Journal s Radiophone broadcasting station. He is seen holding his homemade s ban io, on -which he sometimes accompanies himself. The murderous musical weapon to the left belongs to Ernest Rogers, the WSB star shown below. Master Shearer tickled the nation's funny bone when he recently gave an imitation or Mr. Roger's famous "Willie the Weeper" No Serious Objections Raised — Measure Starts Regular Course (Special to RADIO DIGEST) WASHINGTON — Actual hearings on the important White Radio bill were commenced January 2 before the merchant marine committee of the House of Representatives. The main opposition to the bill came from the army and navy officials who oppose having their operators and stations licensed by another (the commerce) department. However, on all other point's the W and navy departments favored the bdl, Secretary of Commerce r said that his department favored the biE* ard had unm/late need Hoover IL lllH CleptlX Ijiii^AiU lUTTW'VW v~-~ .; — for its enactment, R. P. Maximum, representing the American Radio Belay League, said that he spoke for the 16,000 licensed Radio amateurs who are members of the league and that he supported the bill in general. Secretary Hoover, Admiral Zigemeier, chief of naval communications; Major L. B. Vender, army signal corps; Eugene Sibley, postoffice department; W. A. Wheeler, department of agriculture; Alfred H. (Continued on page 2) Vaudeville and Radio were first linked up when Ernest Rogers, Radio singing star, was introduced from the stage of Loew"s Grand Theater, Atlanta, Ga., to his audience by a Radio message from WSB, "The Voice of the South" -x-x-x-x-x-x: TWO NEW OPERAS GO ON ETHER FROM KYW "Barber of Seville" and "Samson and Delilah" Heard CHICAGO. — "The Barber of Seville" January 3 and "Samson and Delilah" on January 5 were the Chicago Opera productions broadcast by Westinghouse Station KYW during the opening week of the new year. Both operas were given for the first time during the season and afforded an unexpected treat for Radiophans. The cast for "The Barber of Seville" (Continued on page 2) COPS USE KOP PLANT TO "COP" CRIMINALS DETROIT.— KOP is the Detroit police department Radio station. KOP is a very good call number — particularly for a police department. The station is used strictly for business purposes, no programs being broadcast. It is brought into use for hunting criminals, locating stolen automobiles and other official police busj ness. It has proven its worth ^ eral recent criminal hunts. of a ^ry of which on produce sonnn , -*rd -m /shell ><nplete Radio --those surrerTg ' ^ ~