BROADCASTING IN AMERICA.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18203, 2 March 1929, Page 16

BROADCASTING IN AMERICA.

EFFECT OF RE-ALLOCATION. On November 11, the Federal Radio Commission qf the United States, in compliance with the 1928 Davis Amendment to the Radio Act, redistributed tho nation's broadcasting facilities equally among the five radio zones and proportionately among the various States according to population. This was done by re-allocating the wavelengths, power and broadcasting time of the stations. “Radio Retailing” endeavoured to ascertain the effect of the re-allocations on the radio service to listeners. In order to do this, questionnaires were sent to radio dealers in every State. The answers to these questions, together with information, received from other sources, indicate that, on the whole, the broadcasting situation has been much improved. There arc local conditions in certain small areas which still have to be remedied, but it should be remembered that these are due. not commission, but to the equalisation proto the re-allocations ordered by the vision of the Davis Amendment. It is also generally admitted that sufficient time has not elapsed for perfect adjustment to the now requirements and that eventually the benefits of the re-allocations will be more obvious.