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Show y Revolution In i Radio Predicted Something of a x revolution In the radio industry is in sight as the Federal Communications Communications Com-munications Commission proposes wave-length allocations that cover cov-er every phase of high frequency broadcasting. The new arrangement, will shift the entire frequency modulation industry to a new band, involving the remodeling of existing FM transmitters and the scrapping of nearly a half million FM receivers now in use. I We will make no effort to go into the technical changes involved involv-ed but some ninety channels are planned for FM, with twenty of them allotted to the exclusive use of educationel institutions. Television Tele-vision is authorized to start commercially com-mercially on certain frequencies and the suggestion is offered that the "walkie-talkie," the portable transmitter-receiver used by the military, can be adapted to civilian needs and serve in a wide field. Civilians would not be required to have any technical knowledge to operate the "walkie-talkie" device. de-vice. It would enable doctors to keep in touch with a central exchange ex-change while traveling, a farmer's wife to talk to her husband in the field, and stores to direct delivery deliv-ery trucks while in transit. These are only a few of the suggested sug-gested uses because the "walkie-talkie" "walkie-talkie" has possibilities "as broad as the imagination of the public and the ingenuity of equipment manufacturers." |