4YA DUNEDIN

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 795, 16 October 1929, Page 16

4YA DUNEDIN

OFFICIAL OPENING TONIGHT SAME POWER AS AUCKLAND Tonight at 8 o’clock many listeners will tune in to the official opening of the new 4YA station at Dunedin. The speakers will be the Postmaster-Gen-eral, the Hon. J. B. Donald, and Mr. R. S. Black, Mayor of Dunedin. A varied programme of exceptional merit has been arranged and Scottish items will predominate. The new station will be up-to-date in every respect and has been efficiently equipped with the most modern apparatus. The transmitting plant is similar to that at IYA and 3YA. and is the same power. Auckland listeners should have no difficulty in hearing the programmes. The new station has been erected on the top of the “Evening Star” building and the Broadcasting Company’s chief engineer, Mr. J. M. Bingham, has been responsible for the installation of the equipment. j JAPANESE ENTHUSIAST LISTENS TO AUSTRALIA It is surprising the number of longdistance enthusiasts that exist in Japan. Quite recently the Australian Broadcasting Company received a letter from a Japanese listener living at Taketa, Nehomatsu, Fukuskimaken. He had picked up the signals of 2FC on August 21 on a seven-valve superhetrodyne. He wrote: “I heard some of your English speeches and music broadcast on the wave-length of about 442 metres on August 21 during the recess cf the Japanes radio station, continuing for about one jiour.” He concluded with a description of the programme and enclosed a photo of his* set. The letter which was two pages in length, was written in perfect English, by this Japanese student who stated that wireless was the allabsorbing passion of his life.