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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1927
Page
15
The Radio Commission issues a general order affecting all broadcasters in the United States, outlining new rules and compliance expectations. The order, published on June 4, expands federal oversight and sets nationwide standards for wave length usage and broadcasting procedures.
Des Moines and multiple Iowa towns report radio station relocations with new frequency allocations. Stations listed include KFMR Sioux City 100. WIAS Burlington 100. KICK Anita 100. KWCR Cedar Rapids 259. KOIL Council Bluffs 1,500. KFNF Shenandoah 1,000. KMA Shenandoah 500. AVWOI Ames 2,500. WSUI Iowa City 500. WWOC Davenport 5,000. KFGB Iowa City 10. KWLC Decorah 59. KTNT Muscatine 3,500. KFEKQ Boone 109. KGCA Decorah 10. KFJB Marshalltown 15. EKWAS LeMars 15. KSOC Clarinda 500.
The Federal Radio Commission announced a nationwide recasting of broadcasting wavelengths and power to start June 1, affecting more than 600 stations. All stations must switch to new wavelengths by 3:00 a.m. next week and remain there. The commission notes no unused frequencies exist and stations must justify any proposed changes or relocations.
Waterloo council moves to issue 42500 in bonds to pay a district court judgment to Farmers Loan & Trust Co. and reduce interest from 6 percent to about 4.25 percent. Two resolutions sped through on a suspended rule to start bond issuance and to set hearings on a supplemental budget and the bond plan.
The Associated Press notes a nationwide radio schedule with the women’s world fair highlighted on WMAQ at night. WMBB, WBZ, WHB, WBBM, WCND and others present ensembles, solos, operatic and instrumental performances, while WEAF and WOC relay history programs and a range of orchestral broadcasts across a dense list of stations and times.
Tonight at Palace Norma Talmadge in RORI Plaza shows Ronald Colman and Wilma Banky in The Night of Love plus vaudeville. Rialto features Buck Jones in Hills of Peril and Gypsy Stroller Revue. Strand presents Bebbe Daniels in A Kiss in a Taxi. Waterloo stock company offers Square Crooks. 9:40 P M programs and 10 P M concerts follow on WB Wwweco WIID KTHS WSA WTAM Wee station lineups. WIR program at 10:30 P M. KYW concert. 11 P M WMAQ and WEBH informal revue with orchestra. WENR orchestra, Wccco organ 11:26 P M.
Haylake Eng May 24 A P dispatch reports American golfer St S Haley of New York and a former Williams College star rose to a leading spot in the British amateur championship by defeating F Williamson Carlisle City. Tomorrow he meets Cyril
Tolley, a former champion and one of Britain's greatest amateurs, defeated Lord Charles Hope today by three and one in a match.
An analogy links writing with a fountain pen to ironing with a Westinghouse Automatic. The fountain pen regulates ink flow while the Automatic controls heat so the ironing surface remains neither too hot nor too cold.
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