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Shortwave News A new station in Costa Rica, Central America, was heard on a recent Sunday evening until 7.50 p.m. with a special programme for North American listeners. It was on 6.03 mec/s, and its call sign is TI7RV. The NBC stations WNBI and WRCA have been authorised by the Federal Communications Commission to operate simultaneously on 9.67 mc/s for special broadcasts beamed to South America. CJRO, Winnipeg, Canada, is now being heard until 6:30 p.m., but its signal strength is poor. CB1180, Santiago, Chile, is one of the best heard of the South American stations in the afternoons, and also reaches good strength from 12.30 a.m. Look for it on 11.95 mc/s. CXA30, a new station at Montevideo, Uruguay; is reported to be operating on 6.00 mc/s until 6 p.m. daily. Many of the Central American transmitters on the 62 metres band are being
heard with good signals now from as early as 9.30 p.m., but unfortunately few English announcements are heard from them. They are mostly located in Venezuela and Colombia. EIRE, at Athlone, Ireland, is now operating daily on 17.84 mc/s from 12.30 to 1.30 and 2 to 3 a.m., and should be heard in New Zealand. It also operates on 9.595 mc/s from 5.30 to 9.30 and 10 to 11 a.m. The power of the Australian stations at Sydney operating under the VLQ series of call signs is 16 kw/s, according to Australian Postmaster-General’s Department, " Radio Indo-China" is a new station reported by Australian listeners on 11.85 mc/s from 10.30 p.m. It has a woman announcer and is located at Saigon. VLW3, at Perth, Western Australia, on 11.83 mc/s, is scheduled to broadcast a programme in English and Afrikaans to Kenya, Rhodesia and South Africa daily from 5.30 to 6.30 p.m,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 43, 19 April 1940, Page 37
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310RADIO REVIEW New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 43, 19 April 1940, Page 37
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