Radio mirror (Jan-Oct 1923)

»lOi \** ■ — Hazeltine Neutrodyne; Reflex; Flewelling Tuner Radio Digest EVERY I REG. U. S PAT. OFF. Vol. V Copyright, 1923 R. D. P. Co. Inc. SATURDAY. MAY 12, 1923 No. 5 RADIO LINKS U. S. FLYERS CLASS "A" LICENSES GRANTED 16 PLANTS EACH GETS WAVE EXCLUSIVE IN OWN STATE Wild Animal Circus, Daily Paper, Three Colleges, National Guard Unit, One Church, in List WASHINGTON*.— Sixteen Class A stations, the first of the newly classified broadcasters, have been licensed by the Department of Commerce. Although several of the licenses are for the same wave length, it will be noted that these are all in different districts and states, so separated as to avoid any marked interference. Of the sixteen new plants, Louisiana received three, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas each received two, and Illinois, Pennsylvania and Indiana got one apiece. Represented among the new broadcasters are a daily paper, a church, three universities, a wild animal circus, a national (Continued on page 2) The lower left photograph shows Miss Bernice Kazounoff, concert pianist and music instructor. She was one of the feature performers to be heard on a recent program broadcast from the studio of Station WEAF. New York. One critic said, "Miss Kazounoff reminds one of the bouyant Percy Grainger and his individuality of interpretation." The young lady smiling so prettily in the center is none other than Miss Bonnie Earnhardt, "The Bedtime Story Girl" and assistant program director of the Atlanta Journal's Station WSB. In the right circle is Miss Cecil Arden, mezzo soprano of the Metropolitan Grand Opera Company, who sang to the listeners of WDAF a short while ago 'GREAT BOON" SAYS MAJOR GEN. PATRICK Use Directional Waves Chief of Air Fighting Forces Writes of Aid Airphones Give Pilots By Major General M. Patrick, Chief of U. S. Air Service Of all the discoveries and scientific developments of the past few years, none have been more interesting, nor rapidly exploited than aviation and Eadio, two agencies which are destined to play a vital 1IEDFORD HILLSIDE, MASS. — The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, controlling by copyright, the compositions of certain song writers and musical composers and also the publication of these compositions by certain publishing houses, has advised that it will not permit the broadcasting of its copyrighted music without payment of a fee for a license to do so. Station WGI, joining with 34 other stations, will not broadcast any composition covered by copyright belonging to the Society named. KSD TO BROADCAST TEN WEEKS OPERA Fans Will Hear St. Louis Municipal Opera Thursdays and Sundays ST. LOUIS, MO. — Ten weeks of light opera, extending through the entire season of the St. Louis Municipal Opera Company will be broadcast this summer by Station KSD, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The broadcasting will be on Monday and Friday night of each week, weather permitting. In case of rain the postponed broadcasting will be on Thursday or Sunday night. Each opera will be sent out complete. The season will open May 28 with Victor Herbert's "Naughty Marietta". part in both the future military and economic life of America, and which are mutually dependent one upon the other. (Continued on page 5) WESTWARD HO— WITH AIRPHONE APPARATUS PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Two Radio experimenters, Frederick Gannehauer, Eywood, Pa., and Howard Berliner, 2133 Spring Garden street, Philadelphia, have started in an automobile equipped with Radio with which they expect to conduct elaborate researches in various parts of the country to determine factors affecting Radio transmission. The young men have Los Angeles as their destination.