Broadcasters’ news bulletin (Jan-May 1931)

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April 11* 1931 STATIONS IMPROVE STiffilLITY A steady increese in the nnmher of hrocidcasting stations keeping well within the allotted wave-length frequencies has heen recorded in the Coinmerce Depart¬ ment’s radio division, according to W, D, Terrell, Director. For February, 1931, 27 per cent of the 367 stations measured-, were under 100 cycles, as com¬ pared with 15 per cent in January, and 10§ per cent in December, 1930. Those keeping under the 100 cycle mark were as follows; KDKA, KEX, KFEQ, KFH. KFI, KGFW, EGO, KLX, ICMA, KMMJ, KOA, KOB , IJPO . XSCJ, KSD , KTAR, XTAT, KVH , EFIOC, WilAM, WAIU, WDOD, VfflAF, WEAI , WEBR, \VESI , VfEHS, \VEM, \VFI?J , WGBI, WGN, WGR, ’JGY, WRAP, WHB , WHFC, WHO, WHP, WIBA, WIBO , WIBW, WICC, WaPI , WBBC, V7BBM, V/BCM. V/BEN, WBT, WBTM, WCAH, WCAO , WCAU, WCBM, WCGU, WCRW, WDAE, TOAF, WDBJ, WDBO, WOQ, WOR, WOW, WOWO , WPTF, WQ^, WlhiX, WC , ’vmHM, WRUF, WllVA, W JAS , WJBK, WJR, WKBI, WKRC, »7IBZ, WLEY, WMAL, WMAQ, WMBC , WMCA, WMMN, WMT, WNAD, WNAX, woe, WOI, WOL, WSB, WSBC, WSM, WSUI , WTAG, WTAM, WTBO, WTIC, WTMJ, WWVA. JOLLIFFE ON \7ESTSRN TRIP Following out his policy of keeping in touch with the latest developments in radio by personal observation. Dr. C. 3. Jolliffe, chief engineer of the Com¬ mission, is traveling through the Fourth and Fifth Zones this week informally visiting broadcasting stations. He is expected to return to Washington early next week. CONNECTICUT AND NEV^iDA CENSUS Of the 389,596 families residing in Connecticut, 213,821, or 54.9 per cent, have radio receiving sets, according to figures made public this week by the Census Bureau, A total of 7,869 of the 25,730 families in Nevada, or 30.6 per cent, have receiving sets the reports show. EDUCATORS MEET IN MAY The annual assembly of the National Advisory Council on Radio in Education will be held at the New School for Social Research, 66 West 12th Street, New York, May 21, 22 and 23, it was announced by Levering Tyson, director of the Council, this week. The program, will include a discussion of the problem of radio in education by the leading educators in the United States. Details of the program will be announced later. I.R,E. MEETING IN JUNE The Sixth annual convention of the Institute of Radio Engineers will be held at Chicago, Illinois, June 4, 5, and 6, 1931,