Programme For Australian "Hams"
HE New Zealand DX Radio Association held it’s annual conference in Wellington during Easter, and 5ZB decided that such a time would be ideal for a test goodwill pro- | gramme to Australia. The Association made contact with three broadcasting stations across the Tasman, and members in Australia were also notified that 5ZB would begin the programme on Easter Saturday at 12.30 am. New Zealand time. Officials of the Association took part in the programme, and sent greetings to the DX-ers in Australia. It was naturally assumed that there would be few local listeners after 12,30 a.m., SO mainly as a matter of curiosity, 5ZB requested any listeners to phone the studio. The result was as amazing as it was interesting. For over half an hour the calls came through continuously, from near and far-as far away as Featherston. The callers included many taxi-drivers, and those whose lot it is to labour while most of us sleep. So, in response to very earnest requests the programme was kept going until 3 a.m., when it concluded with Billy Russell’s ever-popular sketch "The Working Man" (also in response to many requests).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 41, 5 April 1940, Page 47
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192Programme For Australian "Hams" New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 41, 5 April 1940, Page 47
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