“PIRATE” RADIO

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31111, 14 July 1966, Page 9

“PIRATE” RADIO

Engineers Protest Radio knew no national or international boundaries, and it was vital that frequencies should be controlled, said Mr D. C. McGlashan, president of the New Zealand Electronics Institute, after a council meeting. He was explaining why the institute would complain against any “pirate” radio station in New Zealand. Well before World War I there was an international agreement on radio frequencies, and it should be maintained, Mr McGlashan said. In New Zealand, the Post Office allocated radio spectrum channels so that they were put to the best use with a minimum of interference. His institute agreed that this was just and it abhorred any proposal for unlawful use of frequencies. The New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation maintained an extremely high standard, and the institute would be worried if anything could be done to lower that standard, which would obviously happen if a pirate station began operating on a shoestring, as it must do, he said. “We believe the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation’s engineering standards are impeccable, and we want to see that maintained,” he added. DECIMAL CONVERSIONS Decimal currency trill be introduced in New Zealand in July, 1967. Recommended conversion rates are as followi:

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