Goodyear Buys Cleveland Radio Station WEAR
Cleveland’s WJAX is sold by Union Trust to Goodyear Tire and Rubber. The call letters will become WEAR and hours remain similar. WEAR will share time with WTAM and continue market and weather updates for out of town bankers farmers and business men.
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Times Special
WJAX
Cleveland
Pioneer Broadcasting
Union Trust Company
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of
Akron
WEAR
WTAM
Allard Smith
Bank of Our Income Tax Department
Investment Service Department
Cothough
British radio interest grows with U S in trade clash
Washington reports British interest in radio mirrors American trends. Consul R B MacCates notes Britain promotes its own wireless sets and restricts foreign imports. An association controls wholesaler supplies, penalizing dealers who carry foreign makes.
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Washington
Jan
Great Britain
United States
R B. MacCates
WEAF Power Increase Draws Mostly Favorable Mail
Seven eighths of the communications to station WEAF in New York favored its power increase from 1000 to 1500 watts, the station reports. The remainder blamed receiving set trouble for objections.
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WEAF
New York
Public attitude improving in radio service say Hoover
The public is increasingly appreciative of radio's real service and more critical of content and reach. The broadcasting system centers on meeting listener demands and public responsibilities, with national programs, interconnections, and expanded power driving future growth and enrichment of American life.
Reporting Off Lengths Seeks Radio Regulation Help
The United Press reports that citizens should notify the Radio Bureau of the Department of Commerce or the nearest radio inspector if a station drifts from its assigned wavelength. Dozens of reports trigger immediate investigations and potential enforcement to keep stations on their proper frequency.
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United Press
Washington
Radio Bureau
Department of Commerce
New Radio Panel Described as Durable Pyradiolin
A description of a new radio panel type called pyradiolin praises its durability. It is claimed not to chip crack warp or shrink and can be easily cut and drilled for installation.
Chess by Radio Match Between Haverford and Oxford
A radio chess duel between Haverford College Pennsylvania and Oxford England lasted five and a half hours. The game was transmitted over an eighty five meter wave length offering listeners a lengthy broadcast of the strategic contest.
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Haverford College
Oxford
England
Underground radio faces four factors hindering transmission
The Bureau of Mines reports four main factors limit underground radio transmission and reception. Attenuation from geometric spreading and wave absorption in rock strata is the key constraint, with distance, carrier frequency, and antenna efficiency as additional factors. If solved, rescuers could guide entombed miners and provide real time progress updates.
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Union Trust Company, Pioneers
Soa
Hoover
Bureau of Mines
Fada Neutrodyne Line
Fada Neutreceiver
Ae Alee
East Wash
Remler
Thordarson
Formica
Willard
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