THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND.' OREGON
THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1950
PAGE SIXTEEN
Radio Stations
Near Peak in U.S.
By Maureen (iolhlln
(UniU-d Vre&x Staff Corrrfndct)
Washington (Ui Around 2,300
, standard radio stations have been
authorized in the United States
and, according to government ex
perts, the number muy not get
much larger.
Although there are more stanri
. ard stations now than ever be
fore, the number of applications
for new stations has been tailing
off since the peak year of 1947.
The difficulties facing new ra
dio stations, according to Fed
eral Communications Commis
sion authorities, are mainly the
crowded conditions of the ether
and 'the crowded line-up for the
advertising dollars that make ra
dio operation pay.
Television is one of the biggest
threats to standard broadcast sta
tions' advertising revenue. But a
more immediate threat to new
stations, according to FCC au
thorities, is the prospect of an ec
onomic saturation point in the
radio field.
Not Enough Dollars
As one FCC official put it:
"You can probably a 1 w a y's
squeeze one more radio station
on the ether, just as you can al
ways squeeze one more automo
bile into a city.
"But there are only so many
advertising dollars."
As for the ether problem, the
2,300 standard stations are oper
ating on 106 frequencies.
Some broadcast interference
occurs when only two stations op
erate on one frequency and when
two stations operate on adjacent
frequencies. Most of this is neg
ligible, j
nomeniH rtri.se
But the FCC is finding it in
creasingly hard to determine
what constitutes "objectionable"
interference and when public
need for a station outweighs in
terference it may cause to other
stations.
In the last year or so, the ma
ioritv of new stations authorized
hv iha Vf 71 hnvo hnon limilnrl In!
daytime operation because night--time
interference is much more
The interference problem also
restricts the service areas of pos
sible new stations so much that
economic operation is dubious.
In addition, it makes the pro
cess of getting authorization
much more rostly. Unlike -the old;
days, an applicant now must hire j
lawyers and engineers to deter-1
mine that his proposed station I
will not hurt the broadcasts of j
existing stations before he sub- j
mits his application to the FCC. i
Even alter that, lie may find
himself up against long and ex
pensive delays because existing
stations may contend that hia
lawyers and engineers are wrong.
Started In 1919 ,
The standard broadcasting in- j
dustry has come a long way since
1919, when station WHA was set j
up by the University of Wiscon-I
sin to transmit weather and mar-1
ket reports. I
Records of the commerce do- j
partment, which first supervised i
radio hroadcasiing, show that sta-
tion KDKA, Pittsburgh, was the;
first commercially-licensed sta
. tion, dating from November. 1920.
Ey 1922 the number of AM sta
tions had shot up to 200.
There are four classes of AM
stations: 1, using from 10,000 to
50,000 watts power to serve re
mote rural areas and large cities;
2, using from 250 watts to 50.000
watts for secondary service which
is subject to occasional fading; 3,
using from 500 watts to 5.000
watts for metropolitan areas and
surrounding rural areas; and 1.
using from 100 to 250 watts for
purely local service.
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Storms Take Big
Toll of Fur Seals
Washington, March 1G dl'i The
U. S. fish and wildlife service re
ported today that winter .storms
have taken a heavy toll of the
fur-bearing seals of the Pacific.
Hundreds of fur seal pups aged
one year or less have been found
dead on the Oregon and Washing
ton coasts. The service believes
hundreds mote were never found.
The seals evidently were killed
during January's heavy storms
and low temperatures along the
Pacific northwest coasts, agency
biologists said.
In normal years, seldom are
more than a dozen or two killed
by storms.
Canadians Visit
Pleasant Ridge
Oyster Anesthetic
Ups Pearl Output
San Francisco Utt An ane
sthetic for oysters is not only sav
ing the pearl-bearers from pain
but is booming its inventor's
bank account.
The secret compound was in
vented by Joe Goldstono, presi
dent of the Japanese Imperial
Pearl Syndicate, as an aid to pro
duction of seed pearls.
Under normal conditions, Cold
stone said, 60 per cent of the
oysters pried open to start for
mation of the pearl died. The
anesthetic decreases the mortality
rale to about 10 per cent, he said.
Pearls are produced when the
oyster spreads ,a secretion over
an irritant inside its shell. To
produce seed pearls, the shells
are forced open and a grain of
sand inserted.
Pleasant Ride, March 16 (Spe.
ciall-Mr. and Mrs. Herb Far-
quharson of Redmond and their
I house guest, Mrs. Mildred Jones
of Edmonton, Canada, were din
j ner guests Thursday of the Has
j mus Petersens.
I Mrs. Ted Povey attended fun.
j cral services for Eugene Ackley
j in Bend Saturday.
Alan Russell, of The Cove, a
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. John
Hopper, Is a guest at their home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Wilcox.
parents of Cordon Wilcox, and
his sister, Mrs. Ernest Graf and
daughter, Diannn, all of Port
land, were guests of the Wilcoj:
family from Thursday until Sat
urday of last week.
D. W. Lamb of Klamath Falls
was a Sunday visitor at fie
James T. Lamb home.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Couch
were dinner guests at the L. Free
man home Sunday.
i Earl Paulsen and his mother,
Mrs. N. P. Paulsen, Calvin John,
sen and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Ba
con of Portland were week-end
visitors at the Mikkelsen home.
Sunday dinner guests of the Mik
kelsens were their house guests
and Mr. and Mrs. Ole Hansen
ind son, Hans, Mr. and Mrs. Art
Milier and Kem of Redmond, and
Mrs. and Mrs. Harold Hansen,
Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Jay.
Shively, Redmond, and Mrs.
Shively's cousin of Portland were
visitors Sunday afternoon of the
Mikkelsens. I
Noise Device Used
To Induce Sleep
Chicago dli A Chicago radio
engineer has a device which he
says is guaranteed to put you to
sleep if you're in the right frame
of mind.
Charles Beazley Invented it for
his wile but it worked so well he
has made several more models
and sold them to business men
who had trouble sleeping.
It makes a noise a little like a
foghorn, only softer and more
monotonous, and looks like an
office inter-communication box.
It stands about 10 inches high,
has d six-inch speaker and can
be plugged Into any wall socket.
It operates along Beazley's the
ory that "when the brain slows
down to a certain point it auto
matically passes from the wake
ful stage into sleep."
t"Mpsl people can't sleep be
cause they get startod on a cer
tain train of thought and can't
stop. But the 'slumberbug' keeps'
interrupting the thoughts and
jumbling them up until all you
can do is go to sleep," he said.
Although the "slumberbug"
has not been tested widely yet,
Beazley said it has worked on
everyone who has tried it so far.
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By Paul I' Ellis
(Ur.itl P.-ei Science Writer)
New York 'tli Science has de
veloped the public address sys
tem to a fine point yet micro
phones and loud speakers aye
generally not accepted for use in
the courtroom.
Perhaps they never will be, be
cause the dignity of the court
must at all times be upheld. Yet,
a dignified p.a. system might help
the administration of Justice.
Many witnesses are frightened
when they go on the stand and
sometimes their voice is barely
more than a whisper. Many
times their remarks have to be
repeated by the court reporter,
and usually because an attorney
reouested it. There must be times
when a juror would like to have
a statement repeated.
.
Hidden MicropI!r,Ties Seen
As Aid to Courts
At the "mercy killing" trial in
Manchester, N.H.. the jurors often
had to lean forward in their chairs
to get what the witness was say
ing. It has been so in many
other trials. 1
A system such as used by the
United Nations might be applied
in the courtroom. Delegates of
the U.N. speak into a microphone
and the comments are picked up
by miniature radio receivers in
headsets which other delegates or
spectators have. ' To prevent a
case of "mike fright," the micro
phone at the witness stand could
be hidden and the witness could
speak in his normal voice.
Attorneys questioning prospec
tive jurors hardly ever ask
whether the person has defective
hearing. Many persons who are
hard of hearing refrain from ad
mitting their defect, which in
turn might affect his qualification
as a good Juror.
s
Tape Recording Also Seen
v As Possible Aid
The question of tape recording
of witnesses' testimony in court
also has been raised many times.
Again, science has developed tape
lecording to a fine point. Several
types of recording machines are
available. The tajx'd . recording
might possibly be used by Juries
In deliberating the case, it has
been pointed out.
The American Medical associa
tion, according to reports,' sought
to have a complete transcription
of he "mercy killing" trial of Dr.
Hermann N. Stander but the cost
was too high.
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