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The March of Radio
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interested agencies it expects to assume the leadership in directing the location and activities of the broadcasting stations in the United States. In order to take care properly of the interests of the various districts into which it has seemed advisable to divide the radio field, local radio chambers are to be formed which will function under the parent body having headquarters in New York. Chicago was selected as the place to start the first local chamber.
There is a great deal of useful work which can be done in the field of properly caring for the activities of the various broadcasting stations as was evidenced on two recent occasions of importance. There was the Friars' dinner on the programme of WJZ and many listeners, thousands of them far from New York, justifiably anticipated an evening's real enjoyment; the speakers were some of the best in America. The affair was late in getting started, as such affairs are likely to be. Much time was spent in broadcasting the menu and table manners of the worthy friars, but finally the anticipated humor and skill of the spokesmen was on the ether. Scarcely had the fun begun, however, when the announcer had to bid us good-night, as his alloted time was up; WJZ must shut down as the next hour had been assigned for broadcasting purposes to a small station in the vicinity of New York, and of course WJZ had to abide by the agreement. A very large radio audience was sadly disappointed as was evidenced by comments on all the commuters' trains next morning, and by notices in the local press. Shortly after this occurrance, the convention of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, participated in by economists of America, was interrupted in the same fashion. On both these occasions the interests of the radio public were badly served — WJZ should have been able to continue its programme as the importance of the material being broadcast justified encroachment on the period assigned to the small stations which were sending
out comparatively weak programmes — weak artistically as well as electrically.
It seems to us that on such an occasion the local authorities should be able at once to make arrangements to permit the continuance of the more important broadcasting programme. In fact, the need of such a flexible arrangement is evident to any person interested in the increased utility of the broadcasting service. At the beginning of the period assigned to the smaller station the local radio authority should be able to, and should, announce that the smaller station had been temporarily assigned to broadcast on meters instead of the customary meters, so that Station could continue its programme. The wave difference between the two stations should be chosen large
AN OPERATION IS IN PROGRESS
While doctors and students observe the work carefully, from above.
All sounds are carried to them through the microphone, which stands
on a table below the middle window. In this way forty or fifty people
can study the operations without disturbing the surgeons