REBROADCASTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 889, 5 February 1930, Page 14

REBROADCASTS

America on Short-Wave

N.Z. ARRANGEMENT Owing to the fact that overseas stations are gradually going on to Increased power and making use of improved equipment, American broadcasting stations are being received in New Zealand with more volume and clarity than heretofore. The time has now arrived when it is deemed possible, on occasions, to make use of American programmes to add diversity to those put on tbe air by tbe New Zealand Broadcasting Company. With this in view, the New Zealand Company has made arrangements with the Great Lakes Broadcasting Company, of Chicago, for special transmission from the shortwave station W-9XF of programmes for rebroadcasting in New Zealand. These transmissions will be made periodically, and when atmospheric conditions permit will be put on the air in New Zealand. Station W-9XF Chicago is the short-wave transmitter associated with station WENR, and has been constructed for the purpose of’ relaying the programmes from the latter station to foreign countries. These stations are not actually in the city of Chicago, but 23 miles away in a south-west direction. The power output of W-9XF is 5,000 watts on a wave-length of 6,020 kilocycles (49.83 metres). Both stations are on the air daily from 10 a.m. until 2 a.m. next morning (Sunday to 1 a.m.), or 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. New Zealand summertime. In addition to the Chicago station WENR, through its short-wave transmitter W-9XF, transmitting programmes more especially meant for distant countries, station WGY, Schenectady, is also inaugurating similar broadcasts. The entertainment is to be • put on daily, except Sunday, through the short-wave stations W-ZXAD and W-ZXAF, between 6 and 7 a.m. Eastern American standard time, or 11 p.m. to New Zealand summer time. The presentations are to include news items, talks and music. The time of broadcasting is considered the most generally suitable for listeners on this side of the Pacific.

AUSTRALIA COMES BACK IMPROVEMENT IN RECEPTION The main Australian stations show improved reception. After 10 o’clock both 2BL and 2FC are sufficiently loud to be well worth listening to. Station 7ZL, Hobart, can be heard, though not at very great volume. There is a possibility that this station has increased its power, in accordance with a previous promise of the controlling authorities. With the closing in of the days, further improvement in the reception of Australian stations can be expected.