NEWS BROADCASTS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 220, 2 October 1940, Page 8

NEWS BROADCASTS

CHANGED TIMINGS FOR DAVENTRY RELAYS SCHEDULE O'E HOURS With the. change in New Zcalhnc! from Standard Time to Summer Time, and the change in Britain from . Summer Time lo; .Greenwich Mean Time, the BBC have revised their tunings for news broadcasts to overseas and New Zealand, stations have adapted their programmes accordingly as from September 29. With small exceptions, the BBC is reverting to its wirfter-time schedule for the Empire Service, but in New Zealand the opportunity has been faken to link these changes into the newly revised daily programme system. News broadcasts will be heard from NBS stations at the following times: A.M. 6.0 News and news commentary (direct re-broadcast). 7.0 Broadcast of recording taken at 6 a.m. 8.45 News re-broadcast (direct). P.M.. 1.15 Broadcast of recording of news received from Daventry at 1 p.m G. 15 News (direct re-broadcast). 9.0 N.Z. Newsreel (compiled from all sources—a review of the day's news). 11.0 News, and topical talk (direct re-broadcast). Changes in Listening Habits. It will be seen "that some change will be necessary in listening habits. Listeners will hear Daventry news at 6 and 7 a.,m. as before. They will, however, be getting better service. Previously these re-broadcasts had given news; received at 5.30 a.m or 3.30 a.m. The G a.m. re-broad-cast Avill now come direct from London, and it will be given just whiTe Britain is assessing the day's work. It will be repeated at 7 a.m. Between 7 a.m. and 1.15 p.m. t]iere are substantial changes, Instead of broadcasts at 8.30 and 9.15 а.m., and 12.30 p.m., with the 12.30 Headline News and. Commentary, recorded for re-broadcast at 1.15 p.m., there will be.only one direct re-broadcast at 8.45 a.m. The BBC have changed what has been our 12.30 mid-day Headline News, and we shall instead be receiving a news bulletin at 1 "p.m. This-will be recorded and re-broadcast off the hou/ at 1.15 p.m., so that Avorkers will have time to return home and heai it if their luncheon hour is 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. The timing for the evening broadcast is altered from 5.45 p.m. to^ б.15 p.m. The j9 p.m. re-broadcast is replaced, by the twenty-minute NBS Newsreel. This will summarise the. day's news from all sources. It will put everyone who wants, to i>ed with an assurance that he or she is up to date with all items, knows just what the bag of 'planes has been for the day, exactly who said what and when. For those with later habits, there is a re-broadcast at 11 p.m. It is to be folloAved by a topical talk at 11.15 p.m.