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August 22 , 1931
PROPOSE ;/IEDSOR STATION
The Canadian Government has granted a permit for the construction of a new "broadcasting station at 'iTindsor, Ontario > to operate on a frequency of 630 kc , a Canadian-shared channel, according to reports received here. It is also reported that the station will operate with 1 K3Y power. The station is "being "backed, it is understood, by a newspaper pu'blishing company and a wheel and axle manufacturing company.
VIZETSLLY DEPENDS ANNOUIYCERS
"The work done by announcers on the Eastern networks has been done in every respect as well and as clearly, end in every way as correctly, as the work done by educators or teachers who, alas, too often speak their mother tongue incorrectly," declares Dr. Frank H. "V"izetelly, noted lexicographer, in an article written for the Radio News Bureau. "These men and women are guilty of mistakes which all too often are blamed upon the announcers, and the self-appointed critics of radio pro¬ nunciation take too little care in aiming their poisoned arrows."
During the first Regional Meeting of the National Association of Broadcasters, Miss Florence Hale gave an interview to San Francisco newspapers in which she charged that "radio announcers murder the king*s english. "
BASEBALL GiiMiE TELEVISED
The first public demonstration of television by a national scientist in Japan was held June 30 in the electrical laboratory attached to the Waseda University, under the direction of Dr. Tadaoki Yaraaoto, says a report to the Departm-ent of Com¬ merce. The apparatus, which was found quite satisfactory during experiments in the morning, suddenly ceased to function, supposedly due to an abundance of moisture in the air, and the public demonstration was delayed till late in the afternoon.
The subject for transmission was a baseball game played on the university grounds about two blocks from the laboratory. The movements of the pitcher were quite plain although the ball could not be seen in motion. The verdict of the umpire Was relayed and announced through a loud speaker synchronized with the movem.ent. Other demonstrations are planned for the near future.
COSTA RICA ADOPTS NFTJ REGULATIONS.
The Costa Rican Government has issued regulations on the installation and operation of receiving and broadcasting stations in Costa Rica. In the first place, v/ireless communications of any nature are a monopoly of the State, and only native born Costa Ricans may be charged with the establishment, management and ex¬ ploitation of wireless services under control of the State.