Radio Doings (Dec 1929-Aug 1930)

Radio Doings 11 Radio Commission Faces Heavy Schedule The number of dissatisfied radio station owners in this country is pretty close to the 400 mark, with approximately half of these program broadcasters. This is a heavy percentage of the 608 stations now on the air. What the Federal Radio Commission does with its time is clearly shown by the fact that hearings will be held at the rate of five a day on "hearing days" through September. October and November. And no applications which were received after July 1 will be included in this intensive three-month effort to straighten the difficulties out, so that the broadcasters and the public alike will be satisfied. The ever-increasing duties of the Commission are reflected in the number of applications now being received, members of the Commission have pointed out. Under the law. hearings must be held before the Commission can take negative action on applications of other than a purely routine and miscellaneous nature. Among the applications pending and designated for hearing are about a score from stations seeking the maximum allowable power of 50.I1O0 watts. All of these applications either have been or will ba designated for hearing at the same time, to cover a week's period in September. Because these requests are interlocking, the Commission decided it would be advisable to hear them consecutively. The records show also that 100 stations have violated the Radio Act of 1927 or Commission regulations during the six months ended July 1. and that accurate records of such transgressions for the first time have been kept. Of these cases, 16 have been heard at formal hearings before the Commission and two stations have been deleted as a consequence. And of this aggregate of 100 violators 31 stations have been issued temporary licenses for the three-month period ended October 31, and must stand hearing before the Commission to show cause why their licenses should not be revoked. Short Wave Notes Contributed by Willis Werner Box 1054, San Diego, Calif. Have you logged all of the U. S. short-wave stations? In the mad scramble to land foreign stations, our own short-wavers are often overlooked. Here are some of them. How many are on your list? W2XAD, relaying WGY, on 19.56 meters, in the afternoon until 5 p. m. W2XAF, relaying WGY. on 31.48 meters, between 4 and 7 p. m. and sometimes later. I have heard them until 9 p. m. W8XK, relaying KDKA, operates on a "sliding schedule." They are on 20.7 meters until 9 a. m. and then on 25.25 meters until 2 p. m., and after that on 48.85 meters. W3XAU, relaying WCAU, Philadelphia, on 31.3 meters and 49.5 meters, should be heard between 5 a. m. and 1 p. m. on the former wave length and between 1 and S p. m. on the latter. However, 1 understand they do not transmit on the 31.3 meter wave length on Thursdays and Fridays, so as not to interfere with PCJ, Eindhoven, Holland, which uses the same wave length. W2XV, New York, on 34.68. operating Wednesday and Friday between 5 and 7 p. m. W2XE, of WABC, on 49.02 meters, are on until about 9 p. m. W3XAL, at Boundbrook, relays WJZ on 49.18 meters, week days, between 7 and 9 p. m. W9AF, Chicago, carries the programs of WENR until 9 or 10 p. m., on 49.83 meters. Here's something to try for in the early morning. Mr. Robert Coningsby of Melbourne, Australia, asks for reports on behalf of the engineer, Mr. L. Glew. on the new short-waver, VK3UZ. VK3UZ is crystal-controlled and operates on 32 meters. They are scheduled for 3 to 5 a. m. every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. According to "World Radio," published by the British Broadcasting Company, W9XU, Council Bluffs, is soon to go on a regular schedule relaying KOIL on 49.5 meters, and W9XAA, of WCFL, will soon open with a regular schedule on 49.34 meters.