Radio Not Helpful For All Black Games
WELLINGTON, May 30. New Zealand owners of duai wavo radio sets had littie hope of receiving the broadc-ast summaries of the Al' Black games direct from South Africa said the superintending engiueer of sta tion 2YA, Mr. N. Palmer, tonight oouth Africa had no shortwave broad east stations and the summaries whicl. would be rebroadcast in New Zealanh would be sent from a relatively low powered South African Government sta tion. "We have to use a large aerial array ourselves to pick up this sta tion, " said Mr. Palmer. "There. ilittle ch'anc.e fhat it fyill bejrBBeife^' on the ordinafy hbusehold set'; The plati of the broadcast also crossed th> auroral zone which was liable to eausi violent disturbances in reception. ^ summary of the games will be recei\ ed about 3.45 a.m. New Zealand timi and would be recorded direetly aftethe 6, 7 and 8 a.m. hews, " said Mr Palmer. "The game between the All Blacks and Western Provinee Univei sities would be reviewed at 9 a.m. and rcpeated at 9.15 p.m."
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Chronicle (Levin), 31 May 1949, Page 5
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