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PROMINENT CALIFORNIAN SEEKS
COOPERATION OF BIG
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What The Wild Waves Are Saying
Radio may ultimately spell the doom I but did not seem entirely satisfactory.
of the modern telegraph method of If any of our readers have ideas we VI ULU DISTANCE RECORD
communication, but right now it is are sure station WCBC would like to
a boon. Station WGN, Chicago, re-
ceived more than 47,000 telegrams in,
24 hours a few days ago when they
attempted a prohibition referenduni
among their listeners.i
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Y OST LAUDS IDEA
An "alumni reunion" unequaled in
the history of the country, by means
of nation-wide radio broadcasting, is
the plan of William A. Spill, '96L,
prominent lawyer of Pasadena, Cali-
fornia. Mr. Spill has already secured
the co-operation of one of the most
powerful radio stations in the coun-
try in his scheme and has written to
several others with a view to enlist-
ing them in the huge project.
A world-wide reunion of Michigan
men on June 5, 1924, by means of re-
layed music, speeches and special
features on the occasion of the Uni-
versity's birthday, forms the essence
of Mr. Spill's projection. He would
have the original transmission done
from station WCBC,.of the electrical
engineering department, and from
there picked up and relayed by sta-
tion KDKA at East Pittsburg,
Pennsylvaiia. He further plans to
lave station KFKX at .Hastings, Ne-
braska, station WGY at Schenestady,,
and KHJ at Los Angeles, pick up this
broadcast and relay it to their re-
spective parts of the nation. By this
miethod the entire continent would be
apsolutely blanketted, and every
a innus and friend of the University
oneven the smallest- radio. receiving
set wouldhbe sable to hear the songs
and speeches with perfect clearness,
1i is believed.
In a letter to L. A. Dorff, '24E, one
of, the men who worked in the con-
struction of station WCBC, and who
has been active in its operation, Mr.
Spill states that M. A. Hancock,
supervisor of programs of station
IktKA, has 'agreed to broadcast and
r y from Hastings the program
,ie 5. Mr. Spillt.has communicated,
to the Westinghouse station. the plan
# "broadcasting the original music
flitn WCBC instead of sending it over
t1 phone, but at a late hour last
0 t had not heard from the officials,
hbe Pittsburg'station.i o
nother alumnus who is working
i the project is R. Q. Young, '8L, i
gxetary of the University of Michi-i
a club at Pittsburg. Prof. FieldingI
1 Yost, director of intercollegiate
ifletics, has given his, hearty en-t
4fsement' to the plan, d has al-'
!6dy communicated his views in the
iNatter to Mr. Spill.
,An additional feature Which might
l} attempted ,f the various radio of-
%ials co-operate with Mr. Spill would
b to reverse the relay order during a t
certain portion of the program andt
broadcast a speech by President
Jimes R. Angell, '90, of Yale univer-
sity, from station WGY at Schenec-
tady. This transmission would then
lierelayed west.
"If officials of the University, in co-
operation with Mr. Spill and officials
of the Westinghouse Electric and
Manufacturing company, succeeded
i executing this plan it will markc
Qne of the biggest efforts at blanket
relaying ever attempted, radio auth-
6rities state.
* * *
There will be few organizations so
close to the hearts of radio fans as
the Red Apple club of Station WCX,
Detroit. Tuesday night would not be
the same without the brusque but kind
voice of "the Chief" singing out in-
their last program. Last Tuesday the
whole "gang" gave their program
right on the stage at the Arcadia ball-
room and thousands of Red Applers
had a chance to see their favorites inj
action.
The American Telephone and Tele-
graph company has decided to makej
some concession with broadcasters.
They will now license any and all3
corrs, including station WHN, whom
they were suing. The license fee
for the stations of "recognized edu-I
fcational institutions" is $1. For most
of the big stations it is $2000.
Letters from fans are heartily wel-,
comed by the Radio Department, be
the subject what it may. We're ready
to tune in on anything.
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10:30
2:30
5:00
7:00
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them. Broadcast a postal to us Broadcasting the initial program of
it. its existence, Station WGN, of the
Chicago Tribune, shortly after three
o'clock last Sunday morning broke
the world's long distance records,
reaching a point in Australia more
Hea dliners than 9,300 miles from Chicago.
All marks were outdone, including
the existing record established by
Programs , station WHAZ of 7645 miles, when
TODAY station WGN reached Melbourne,
a. m.-W1 Y Schenectady, 790: Perth and Albany, Australia, as well
Church service. as several other large cities on the is-
p. m.-WCX Detroit, 517: Radio land, with the program broadcast
Chapel service, from their super high-power appa-
p. m.--WIAP Chicago, 360: Or- ratus located in the Edgewater Beach
gan recital. hotel, Chicago.;
P. nI.-s VW Chicago,k 536: Station WGN, now known as the
NFrancis G. Peabody, speake Chicago Tribune-Zenith station was!
MONDAY formerly known as WJAZ and oper-
p. m.-WWJ Detroit, 517: Or- ated by the Zenith company and the
cYg:estra. Edgewater Beach hotel. The Tribune
p. m.-KY" Chicago, 536: Din- in assuming control changed the call
npr assuming
Times-Mirror station, Los Angeles, The Radio Department will be glad the "all-time records" for eac
California, on a one-tube dry cell set to hear from owners of all types of of set (one, two, three bulb a
of the double motor type," Blumentral set on their records. The winner for so on), will be published ever
writes, "can this be beat?" each week and also any who break day.
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318 SOUTH MAIN ST.
Next To WuerIh Theatre
"Where Quality in Radio Reigns Supreme"
We handle exclusively several of the newest,
upto-the-minute receiving sets, such as
8:30
The Malone-Lemon "Carloyd"
10:00 p. m.--W(, N Chicago 370: i'i
1 cal, news and speakers.
TUESDAY
3:00 p. m.--WWJ Detroit, 517:
chestra.
10:00 p. m.-WGN Chicago,
Varied.
WtX Detroit, 517:
Apple cluh session.
WEDNESDAY
9:58 p. m.--KYW Chicago,
Musical.
10:15 p. m.-WMAQ Chicago, 44
Musical.
ius' motto: "The Woirld's Greatest News-
paper;' and the wave length frbnl 448
meters to 370. When doing experi-
"Work-Rite Neutrodyne"
"Tuska Superdyne"
Or-
370:
Red
mental work under their letters 9X1
the station will however continue on
the longer wave length, it has been
announced.
In addition to their daily programs
for the public,. station WGN, com-
ul uni cateu with Donald MacMillan
Roberts-Toledo"
"Garsd" Neutrodyn
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Station WEAF, New York, was paid
$3400 for advertising broadcast be-
tween March 18 and 24, according to
figures just come to hand. Among the
advertisers were the Atlantic and Pa-
cific Tea company, the National Car-
bon company (Eveready), and the
Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
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So as to make the call letters clear,
station WCBC has tried out a couple
of mottos, but still seems to lack the
winning combination'. At first they
tried "Westetri Conference Baseball
Champions" which came out very
nicely W. C. B. C., but was a little out'
of date. Then, at our suggestion,
"Western Conference Broadcasting
Center" was also used for a while,
Radio 'Points
, .
Inaccuracy of tuning due to body.
effect can be remedied by employing
shields. A simple, and yet effective,
way of shielding is to cover the back
of the panel with tinfoil. In doing so,
care should be taken to cut away suf-
fi.Ient foil around the openings to
prevent the possibility of its coming
ir contact with the shafts. A prac-
tice quite frequently used .is that of
grounding the °shield, but it is ques-
tionable if this gives any appreciable
ad'vantage-
When using two or more stages of
audio frequency amplification the set
is often apt to whistle or howl. This
is largely due to induction between
the transformers. It is a good prac-'
tice to mount the transformers as far
apart as possible with the cores at
right angles to each other.
THURSDAY
4:15 p. m.-WCX Detroit, 517: Pop-
ular songs.
10:00 p. m.--WMAQ Chicago, 447.5:
Chicago university lecture.
10:10 p. m-KYW Chicago, 536: Mu-
sical.
FRIDAY
3:00 p. m.-WWJ Detroit, 517: Or-
chestra.
7:00 p. m.-WCX Detroit; 517: Musi-
cal.
11:00 p. m.-KYW Chicago, 536:
Midnight Revue.
SATURDAY
4:15 p. m.-WCX Detroit, 517: Pop-
ular songs.
10:00 p. m.-WfAQ Chicago, 447.5:1
Chicago Theater revue.
11:00 p. m.-KYW Chicago, 536: Late
show.
(Meters used throughout)
COMY MUSTAWR
MONOPLY CHAGHES SOON
Washington, D. C., April 5. - The
Radio Corporation of America will
have until Thursday to answer the
complaint of the Federal Trade com-
mission against the alleged radio
monopoly held by the company.
This is the second time that the
committee has granted to the re-
spondents an extension of time in*or-,
der to prepare their defense against
the charges of the government com-
mission.
who is frozen in near the North Pole,
every week in a long program. Mess-
ages from friends as well as news and
music are broadcasted to the famous
explorer and his associates up in the
Arctic region. The transmission is
also picked up by fans throughout the
world who care to tune in.
OPEN HRADIOTTION
AT BERIEN SPRINS!
Another station has ben added to
those within the crystal range of Ann
Arbor-KFGZ, "The Radio Light-
house," at Berrien Springs. The sta-
tion is owned by Emanuel College,
and is to be used for broadcasting
lectures and sermons principally, to-
gether with some musical programs.
Theoretically, the station is rated:
at more than 500 watts,' and will
Ioperate on a wave length of 294
meters. The normal range is esti-
mated at approximately 2,000 miles,
and recent tests have brought replies
from New York, New Hampshire.
Texas, and other distant points.
Fan Hears Coast
On One Tube Set!
After comparing the host of long-
Idistance records sent in by local radio
amateurs during the past week the
Radio Department announced last
night that Joseph C. Blumenthal, '24,'
had scored the best mark for a one
bulb set.
"I . receive regularly from the
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