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June 4, 1932
RADIO DIVISION TRANSFER
Transfer of the Radio Division of the Department of Commerce to the Federal Radio Commission is provided in the so-called economy measure which will he voted on shortly by the Senate.
The provision as reported by the Senate Appropriations Committee this week varies only slightly from that which the House has adopted. The Senate amend¬ ment provides that preference shall be given to length of service and efficiency of the Division's personnel when the transfer is effected.
It was expected that the economy bill would be passed by the Senate either late Friday or Saturday. The bill necessarily will go to conference.
BUILDING NEW WCAU TOWER
The new home of WCAU, Philadelphia's first building to be erected solely for radio broadcasting purposes, at l622 Chestnut Street, will be completed during the first part of September.
The completed tower that will top the building will be one hundred feet in height and rearing above the eight stories of the building, it will be an impos¬ ing addition of beauty to famous Chestnut Street. The WCAU building tower will be composed of a specially prepared glass and a new stainless steel and bronze that will form the frame work.
Although the tower will be one of the city's architectural ornaments it will, also, have a very practical use. An emergency transmitter is being built to insure against any temporary trouble in the reg-alar station transmitter en¬ suring continuation of the program. The big tower will serve as one of the two supports for this emergency transmitter antenna.
ANOTHER LISTENERS LEAGUE
Harris K. Randall, executive director of the newly formed American Radio League, 57 East Madison Street, Chicago, Ill. has sent to members of Congress, the Federal Radio Commission, newspaper editors and publishers, advertisers, and printers a lengthy memorand'om proposing a rather vague system for the reor¬ ganization of American broadcasting.
He characterizes his plan as a scheme for "entrustment of the financially valuable broadcast channels to competent agents representing the audience, rather than to sellers of transmission."
"It's Your League-Nobody Else's" says the promotion material of the new or¬ ganization in requesting contributions of from $1. to $5. for memberships.
The plan, the executive director says, has the "active backing of prominent educational and civic authorities."