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Radio Record, 1 April 1938, Page 36

N the course of a report recently submitted to the Federal Communieations -Commission by American broadeasting engineers, it is proposed that 25 new super-power stations be erected in suitable parts of the country, and that the power of existing stations be considerably increased, Furthermore, an extension of the waveband allotted to broadeasting is suggested in order to allow for a great increase in the number of broadcasting stations,

RECEIVERS of the table-model type are still the most popular in the U.S.A. as they are in Great Britain, this being due to their comparative cheapness. It is noteworthy, however, that in both countries the number of consoles in use is steadily increasing, In the U.S.A, well over 34 million consoles were sold in 19386, the figure for table models being nearly four millions. Radio-gramophones were rather wunpopular, only 88,000 of these being sold. The figure for car Tadio sets was 14 millions,