ACROSS THE TASMAN

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 223, 9 December 1927, Page 14

ACROSS THE TASMAN

Australian broadcasting stations trial* mit as follows; TO-DAY 2BL Sydney:— 353 metres, 6,000 watts. 8.15 p.m., Children’s session; 9 P rJ < studio concert; 9.45 p.m., news; 10.30 P- 1 -; studio concert of items by Broadcast*? Topical Chorus; an hour’s concert by tae Cheero Girls; and dance music. * * * 2FC Sydney: 442 metres, 5,000 watts. 8.15 p.m.. Children’s session, Man”; 9.30 p.m., news; 10 p.m., concert, including orchestral music; voc “ items and dance music. • • • 3LO Melbourne: 371 metres, 5,000 watt* 8 p.m., Children’s session, Bunny”; talks on “Tomato (9.45), “Technicalities” (10.15); ** concert of items by the Collingwoofl • zens’ Band; Miss Foster, violin; Lap . McLean; French Brothers, banjoists, dance music.

NOTES To-day the Christchurch is broadcasting descriptions of tne events being decided at the yp land Amateur Athletic Cna®P_ meetings at Lancaster Park. rb& nouncer is Mr. A. R. Allardyce. evening, Mr. J. K. Moloney, a church solicitor, whose talks o jjj. during the past season have ti* teresting, will give a short reu f U rt>?: day’s events. On Saturday -jj description of athletic even *r broadcast and in the evening Of jr of cycling races at English Mr J. both cases the announcer win gwo* K. Moloney. This forms a - tf* innovation. In Australia rela3, ® mon , b®* various courses are quite tom guc* it is seldom that there are aa/ transmissions in New Zealand. A local listener reports station AXE, Java, early tm The transmission was up lo _} t h g po '* standard, coming through s rrenP tt ' clarity and at fair loud-speaKC c joslr? AXE was received from 5.5 a *n* down at about 6.45. nouncement, a short Morse g&gt sent. The announcer thanked listeners in New Sou Ajfg § reports on his transmissions. joa 31.86 metres.