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DEBS STATION DEFENDS SELF
A vigorous defense against charges of technical violations was offered by representatives of Station WEVD, operated by the Debs Memorial Radio Fund, Inc. , in New York City, this week. The hearing was conducted by the Federal Radio Commission which remanded the case, despite Examiner Elmer W, Pratt’s recommendation to deny the station a license renewal.
G, August Gerber, Managing Director of the Fund, testified that all technical faults previously complained of had been corrected and that the former chief operator had been dismissed. No violations have been reported since July, 1930, he said.
Declaring that the station is financially responsible, Mr. Gerber said that it represented a capital investment of $30^000 in apparatus and that the cost of operation is $50,000 a year. Last year's income was $43,500.
Louis G. Caldwell, former General Counsel of the Commission, and J. V. L. Hogan, consulting radio engineer, appeared also for WEVD.
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WENR-WLS ARRANGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Details of the operating agreement under which the National Broadcasting Company is to cooperate with Station WLS in its opera¬ tion of Station WENR, were announced this week.
Subject to approval of the Federal Radio Commission, the Prairie Farmer station, owned and operated by the Agricultural Broadcasting Corporation, will transmit with a power increase from 5,000 to 50,000 watts. The program of the station will be broadcast from the Downers Grove 50,000 watt transmitt4r of Station WENR and the operating plant of WLS at Crete, Ill. will be closed.
In consideration of the use of the 50 kilowatt transmitter, NBC is to take over the programming of WLS during its evening hours except on Saturday nights. Under the terms of the agreement WLS will present programs from 6 A* M* to 10;15 A.M. , and from 11:45 A. M. to 3:30 P. M, , every weekday except Saturday, when the schedule will be from 7:30 P. M. to midnight. On Sundays, 'WLS will present programs from 6:00 A. M. to 8:00 A. M* , and from 12:30 P. M. to 3:30 P. M.
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