Show RADIO MIX PS IRO TROUBLE Bl f FANS A S i 7 f 7 Y h w. w D. D TERRELL U. U S. S Has Stations and 25 Are on Same I Wave Length Wr B.-Wr D fE C fERRELL R R ELL Chief Supervisor of of Radio Depart fI tI ment of Commerce Written for Cor NEA Service W WASHINGTON J Feb ThE 4 word chaos has been aptly used to the present radio broadcasting broadcasting broad broad- casting situation In the United States Passage ot of resolutions before beCore congress con con- gross gress prohibiting the secretary of oC commerce from issuing more Licenses licenses li- li censes pending tion ought to be helpful But when congress passes such legislation troubles will certainly begin In the effort to uns unscramble ramble the tho mess On July I 1 just aft after the attorney generals general's ruling that the secretary ot of commerce had no power to Assign assign as- as sign wave lengths limit power ver or 01 regulate hours ot of broadcasting we had station Now Six Ix months later latel we have an In increase rease ot of There are more stations under construction and have made inquIries prIor to going ahead Reception today as a general thing is discouraging About the the- only thing to do Is to rely on our local stations But if one Is somewhat some some- what removed from such station and a station much farther away is using the same wave wa length he heIs heis Is nearly as unfortunate as if he were h half lf way between Often when two stations are close together one tunes In only to get voice from one and music from the other simultaneously Wave Vave jumpers and new stations stations sta- sta have virtually ruined the fun Of f the radio fan ho matter how selective se- se le ve his set Fairly good reception was to be had on wave lengths between and meters until the new stations sta- sta came in n and wave pirating became somewhat extensIve But now many stations In this band are operating n simultaneously on the same wave length with other stations sometimes several on the same wave length at the same time All over the land radio fans are encountering that sickening whistling whis- whis sound caused by this condition condi- condi tion Many y complain to the department department de- de about and It-and also to the wa wave ve jumpers There have been as many as twenty six broadcasting stations on ona ona a single wave waye length There are arenow arenow now twenty five stations on meters metel'S resulting In a most deplorable deplorable de- de which would be still worse were It not for the mitigating factors of distance power pow pow- er and difference In oper operating hours Copyright 1927 NEA Service Inc |