Radio doings (Dec 1930-Jun1932)

Cloyd Marshall. Jr. G. W. Marshal] K. G. Ormistox Dorothy Hummei Editor Business Manager Technical Editor Studio Editor February 1931 Features In This Issue Page The West Needs High Power ... By Harold A. Lafount 1 5 We Applaud 16 Oh! To Be An Announcer ... By Jose Rodriguez 17 For Your Entertainment 18-19 On Your Right, Ladies and Gentlemen ... By Dick Creedon 20-21 The Technique of Sound Effects ... By Charles Forsythe 22 Lines and Angles ... By Ted Osborne 22 KJR's Lyric Trio 23 With the Commission 24 'Round the Dial 2S DX Prize Contest 26 'Round the World DX Club News ... By Edward Roth 27 Directory of Western Stations 28 What 1931 Holds for Radio 29 DX Schedule 30 Short-Wave Page 31 Classified Directory of Western Stations 32-42 National Broadcasting Co. Schedule for January 38 Columbia Broadcasting Co. Schedule for January 40 United Broadcasting Co. Schedule for January 41 Looking Backwards ... By R. B. Yale 43 Radio Row 43 Radio Goings on Around Town 44-4 5 More Stations A FAIR judgment given the work of the Federal Radio Commission must result in approval on the part of all listeners properly informed. Discouraging obstacles thrown in the way of this body have made its accomplishments all the more noteworthy in untangling the mess of a few years ago. We now have some semblance of order on the air. Every station has its allotment of time and power, its wave length and location. To exercise adequate control all licenses automatically become void each ninety days. This permits weeding out the undesirables and keeping for set owners the best of the broadcasters. Tremendous efforts have been made to take advantage of the Davis Equalization Act and allow each district only its exact quota. Aside from this idea having little or no influence on the total number of stations the Commission is not really sure that it can remove a station that puts up a hard tight. This is all by way of introducing the nub of the whole thing, which is that people want less stations. There is too much overlapping and too much mediocre stuff given out. A current resolution in the House of Representatives calls for the ousting of at least onethird of the American broadcasters. This is a fine step. Folks don't mind the 400,000 watts just allotted to W8XAR (KDKA) for experimental purposes, nor the 50,000 watts assigned to many of the stations on the forty clear channels. But they do mind having dozens of inferior stations continually interfering. But along comes a real snag to any proposed cut. Whether we add to or decrease the number of domestic broadcasters does not deter Canada or Mexico from throwing on the air a large quantity of stations that simply spoil our whole system of reception. Fifteen new licenses in the Southern Republic have just been issued, making a total of thirty-five. So it may be wise before cutting our total number to have another North American allotment conference. It must and will come. Then the Commission should Bet busv and cut! VOLUME XIX NUMBER THREE Copyright, 1930, Horwood Publishing Co., Inc. I ?sl'ed Monthly at 314 E. 12th Street Los Angeles. Calif. Subscription $3.00 a Year. Entered as Second Class Matter. December, 1930, Los Angeles. Calif., Post Office, Under Act of March 3. 1879. I^ew Yor\ Office Los Angeles Office San Francisco Office J. W. HASTIE HORWOOD PUBLISHING CO., INC. H H. CONGER CO. 155 East 42nd Street. Vanderbilt 4661 314 E. 12th Street. Vv'Estmore 3024 929-930 Hearst Bldg. Garfield 8990