Broadcasting (Oct 1931-Dec 1932)

'I Radio Legislation Heavy (Continued ji i ait on ocean going vessels using e ports of the Canal Zone." Under the Davis Omnibus Bill e Virgin Islands, Hawaii, Porto co, Alaska, Guam and Eastern i.moa would be excluded from the •dio zones, among other things, e bill provides that the chairman the Radio Commission shall be jcted each year and that no anges in station assignments be ade without hearings or the connt of the station. Other changes commended are in procedure deigned to clear up ambiguous prosi ons of the existing law. Both Vice-President Curtis and mator Blaine (R.) of Wisconsin (ti'oduced petitions from the Wis'nsin State Council of Carpenrs favoring the appointment of Joint Committee of Congress to vestigate the Federal Radio Comission's allocation of channels and [her radio facilities, to inquire to the administration and interetations of the radio laws by (e Commission, and to recommend jpropriate legislation "whereby •ganized labor will receive its oper share of the radio chanils." The petitions were referred the Senate Committee on Interate Commerce. The Blaine resolution as adopted the Senate asks for a full reirt on the case of the Department Justice against the RCA, Gen■al Electric, A. T. & T., Westing<use, and others. It provides that . e information shall be given to • e Senate Judiciary Committee id that until the committee has ceived "the information and ad orn page 10) vices requested herein, to the end that legislation may be initiated for the protection of the public's interests and the safeguarding of the radio industry, if necessary," the Attorney General is requested "not to compromise or settle said suit." WMCA -WNYC Channel Controversy is Renewed THE OLD controversy between WMCA and WNYC, both of New York, for full time on 570 kc, which they divide, was renewed before the Radio Commission at a hearing which consumed ten full days. The hearing began before Chief Examiner Ellis A. Yost Jan. 12 and was concluded Jan. 23. A proposal that WNYC, operated by the City of New York, exchange its assignment with WPCH, owned by the management of WMCA, was proposed by the latter station, but was objected to by WNYC. All three stations have 500 watts. WPCH, however, operates daytime only on 810 kc, which is the clear channel assigned WCCO, Minneapolis. Witnesses for WMCA and WPCH contended that because of the identical ownership of the stations they could operate to better advantage if they shared time on the same frequency. KGY, Lacey, Wash., on Jan. 26 was authorized by the Radio Commission to increase its power from 10 to 100 watts. It operates on 1210 kc, one-half time. The Report of Our Death Is Greatly EXAGGERATED" Rumor hath it that the middle west is dead or dying by reason of drought, grasshoppers and aggravated depression. Oh Yeah? Listen . . . Offer a fair price on any useful article you have to sell . . . OVER THE AIR and then prepare to supply a big demand Our soil is soaked. We have a foot of snow. Prospects are good for a bumper crop. T'ell with the depression. It's over. That's the spirit of the middle north west. Place your advertising on 1 000 Watts YANKTON, S. DAK. 526 Meters STATION MANAGERS »» This FREQUENCY MONITOR is the answer to General Order 116 which requires you to install an accurate and approved frequency standard independent of your transmitter. The General Radio frequency monitor meets all requirements of accuracy, convenience, and price. Here are six good reasons for installing General Radio equipment: 4 CONTINUOUS MONITORING ■ ■ Both the precision I crystal oscillator and the deviation indicator operate continuously so that the transmitter frequency can be checked at any instant without throwing switches or making an adjustment of any kind. q ALL VISUAL INDICATION ■ ■ The large meter (shown Z % -size above) indicates direction as well as amount of a frequency drift. Simply read the dial. ~ ACCURACY GUARANTEED ■ ■ An accuracy much more 3 than sufficient to meet government requirements is guaranteed. a NEW CRYSTAL CIRCUIT ■ ■ A new circuit, which we 4 believe to be more stable than any other, reduces frequency variations to + 5 cycles even when tubes are changed. C ALL ELECTRIC SYSTEM ■ ■ No moving parts except the 0 mercury thermostat, thermostat relay, and the meter itself. BACKED BY 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH FREO QUENCY MEASURING EQUIPMENT ■ ■ The United States and the governments of Great Britain, Canada, Holland, Russia, and Japan are among our customers for precision frequency standards. ASK YOUR CHIEF ENGINEER We have sent him complete details. We'll send another "frequency monitor bulletin" air mail if he hasn't one. Address Department C. WE CAN SHIP FROM STOCK everything but the made-to-order crystal Order Now I PRICE $550 COMPLETE Less 5 Tubes GENERAL RADIO COMPANY CAMBRIDGE A, MASSACHUSETTS X ebruary I, 1932 • BROADCASTING Page 25