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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25,
Radio Notes & News.
Plan To Have Hired Sets To Pay For Broadcasting
of this sort of entertainment by one station.
Superpower, interconnection of broadcasting stations, and ovón trans-Atlantic communication The broadcasting of music by appear to dwindle in their algni famous consort artists in only ficance before the highly am-partial solution to this problem. bitioun programmo mapped out by the sponsors of wired radio.
Wirod radio includes a gonoral plan to broadosat programmes of all sorts along the lines of electric light and power companion
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RESEARCH WORK. ·
Engineers Study Sending by Radio.
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Messages, in codo, are under going this operation ovon to-day. So it is perfectly logical to expect similar possibilition in volge broadcasting.,
PRIZE FOR AMATEUR, American Radio Relay Longuo sanounces the prize of an engray- ed plaque for the amatour who handlas the most messagos in The award is three months. offered by one of the amatours.
JAIL LOOMS ADROAD. 'A radio fan in Czechoslovakia just finished six weeks' impri- sonmont because ho built a ro- ceiving sot and occasionally sold parts without a license.
AMATEURS ON JOH, The work amatours do in radlo and telegraph of commercial
Tranumission quality and ro- York massago, It means renting liability, stalic and fading will out wired radio rocciving appara- become objects of a thorough in- tus by the month and paying, vestigation in the now onlargod from this revenue, for all broad-exporimontal laboratorios the other messages is shown by the cast services.
Gonoral Electric Company has record just made by Ralph Bar- nott of St. Louis. Ho handlod put up near Schenectady.
messages in private
Incidentally, its supporters say it is the solution to the problem, Tho laboratory buildings and 335 "Who will pay for broadcasting?" maats cover an area of 53 sores., December.
That thin is not a foundless Four stool towers and numerous dream is shown by the existence woodon masts riso from tho
BADIO VALENTINE. of a wire radio corporation hore ground, for exporimontation with Station WHAQ, at Richmond which for the last two youre all sorts of antonnas and any Hill, N.Y., started a radio St.
such has provided
entertain-varloty of wovolongthis,"
Valentine contest. Prizes am- ment to fans in Staton Island, Small buildings are scattered ounting to $1,200 were offered for one of New York's boroughs. over the lot, in each of which a the best Valentino vorses includ- From this nucleus, the organiza- different type of transmittor is tho namo "Grobs." There was a tion expects to expand into a being tested. A special plant big responso. nation-wide entertainer.
Clinton W. Hough, president of the company, outlines the plan for national wired radio brond- casting.
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"It is our intention," he saya, "to create super-programmes for wiro distribution to the patrons
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"A complete news service has boon contracted for and we propose to oporate our own milit- ary hand, symphony orchestra, danco orchestras, light opera company and grand opora com- pany, together with such educa tional features as may be necessary to provide three programmes daily from 7 in the morning until midnight.
"Wirnd raido rocoivors will bo ronted to subscribers at $2.00 month. Those instruments aro connected to day lamp socket. No aerial, ground or battery required. Tho dovico current по electric and reproduces the programinos clearly in largo volume without statio or othor extraneous поівен."
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Wired radio will enable tho transmission of three distinct programmes over one wire at the same time! Hough continues:
"In producing three eimul- taneous programmes we have to - purchase a certain amount of time from each of the feature or star porformors, in fact more than wo can uso, and consequent- ly have a large amount of ex- cass high-grade programme ma- terial availablo each day.
DOLLS FOR RADIO.
The best-looking girl in Hollywood was picked to furnish radio fans with another fad--the radio doll.. Margaret Livingston, star of "The Chorus Lady," is posing as model for the doll, while Miss Velma Adams, sculptress, is modeling the clay. The statuettes will be equipped with small radio sote.
"For example, we may contract for 10 numbers by a particular artist. But two of those will be! used on one of the wired radio programmes. The remaining eight numbers will be sold and dis-supplies the power nooded for all tributed by wire lines to space those laboratorice. broadcasting stationa.
"An organization of experts has been assembled and we are ready to supply this sorvice as soon as we secure the necessary wire lines."
MUSICAL LOSS.
Plan to Broadcast Classics Given!
up.
The plan to furnish radio fans with the world's best music has boon abandoned, reports an Am- orican oxchange.
The announcement comes from Adolph A. Borle, treasurer of the fand which has been proposed by Clarence H. Mackay, musical im- presario, and a committee com- posed of some of Now York's wealthiest music patrons.
At the time it was adopted it was bolioved broadcasting of the classics in music by famous or- chestras, such as the Now York Philharmonic, the Cincinnati and the Philadelphia Symphony, would bring nation-wide response from fans.
1 In theso huts the engineers Bro
facing the following problems
The conversion of ordinary 110- volt lighting curront to 15,000 or 20,000-volt direct currunt,
Means of converting this direct current into radio frequency car- ronts.
Means for holding the radio frequency supply constant.
Modulation, whereby the audio- frequency energy may bo ac-j curatoly and officiently supor imposed upon the radio frequency energy.
Wavelengths most desirable for any given type of service,
Pawor required to cover a givenį distanco undor spoctfiod condi- tions.
In much of his work on trans- mitter circuits, tho engineer has to work with the man tosting receiving apparatus so that best results may be obtained from both ends,
NO PIRATES.
"Hashed" Concerts Keep Privacy.
It did. Thousands sent in Private transmission of radiol
far contributions, and so
asmosanges has been discussed and Anancial considerationu worotostod for at least throw years by concerned, it is believed the plan engineers in various places. would havo boon successful.
This, practically, is the method But insurmountable dif- upon which it is said the Amorl- foulte " aroso, according to Jean Telophone and Tolograph
Producera pointed out this would be difficult to carry out because it provided artista only for ono station without regard to the 530 others.
Berle. The concerts were to ho Company banen hopes of broad- broadcast only through station casting Relected concerts through WEAF.
loaned dovicos, to those fans whoj will pay for such programmes.
The principle of such private brondosating lies in a system of scrambling the voice that onteraj the microphone, so that it will bo unintelligible to other than fans! having a device that will un- Horamble and straighten out the Bato voice before it ontors thoj receiving Bot.
Soveral othor stations from coast to coast have tried to raise a similar fund, but were un- Budoessful for the same reason- that of considering the menopoly
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