News Broadcasts

New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 66, 27 September 1940, Page 8

News Broadcasts

Changed Timings For Daventry Relays ITH the change in New Zealand from Standard Time to Summer Time, and the change in Britain from Summer Time to Greenwich Mean Time, the BBC have revised their timings for news broadcasts to overseas and New Zealand stations have adapted their programmes accordingly as from September 29. With small exceptions, the BBC is reverting to its winter-time schedule for the Empire Service, but in New Zealand the opportunity has been taken to link these changes into the newly revised daily programme system. News broadcasts will be heard from NBS stations at the following times: A.M. 6. 0 News and news commentary (direct re-broadcast) 7. 0 Broadcast of recording taken at 6 a.m. 8.45 News re-broadcast (direct) P.M. 1.15 Broadcast of recording of news received from Daventry at 1 p.m. 6.15 News (direct re-broadcast) 9. O N.Z. Newsreel (compiled from all sources-a review of the day’s news) 11. 0 News, and topical talk (direct rebroadcast) Change in Listening Habits It will be seen that some change will be necessary in listening habits. Listen-

ers will hear Daventry news at 6 and 7 a.m. as before. They will, however, be getting better service. Previously these re-broadcasts had given news received at 5.30 a.m. or 3.30 a.m. The 6 a.m. rebroadcast will now come direct from London, and it will be given just while Britain is assessing the day’s work. It will be repeated at 7 a.m. Between 7 a.m. and 1.15 p.m. there are substantial changes. Instead of broadcasts at 8.30 and 9.15 a.m., and 12.30 p.m., with the 12.30 Headline News and Commentary recorded for re-broadcast at 1.15 p.m., there will be only one direct re-broadcast at 8.45 am. The BBC have changed what has been our 12.30 mid-day Headline News, and we shall instead be receiving a news bulletin at 1 p.m. This will be recorded and re‘broadcast off the hour at 1.15 p.m., so that workers will have time to return home and hear it if their luncheon hour is 1 pm. to 2 p.m. The timing for the evening broadcast is altered from 5.45 p.m. to 6.15 p.m. The 9 p.m, re-broadcast is replaced by the twenty-minute NBS Newsreel. This will summarise the day’s news from all sources. It will put everyone who wants, to bed with an assurance that he or she is up to date with all items, knows just. what the bag of "planes has been for the day, exactly.who said what and when.

For those with later habits, there is still a re-broadcast at 11 p.m. It is to be followed by a topical talk at 11.15 p-m. Empire News Schedule These are the timings for the BBC’s Empire News schedule, from which the NBS has selected the items for re-broad-cast here: A.M. 00.30 News and topical talk (not broadcast here) 3.30 News and topical talk (not broadcast here) 6. 0 News and news commentary (ree broadcast, and repeated at 7.0) 8.45 News (re-broadcast) 10.45 News (not re-broadcast) 11. 0 Topical talk (not re-broadcast) P.M. 1. 0 News (not re-broadcast until 1.15) 145 "Britain Speaks’ (not re-broad-cast) 2. 0 News and commentary (not rebroadcast) 3.30 Newsreel (not re-broadcast) 4.30 News summary (not re-broad« cast) 6.15 News (re-broadcast) 6.30 Topical talk 8.30 News and commentary (not febroadcast here, but used with ‘other bulletins to compile the N.Z. Newsreel for broadcast at 9 p.m.) 9.45 Newsreel (not re-broadcast) 11. 0 News (re-broadcast) 41.15 Topical talk (re-broadcast) Any news of outstanding importance received from London will be broadcast from main N.Z. stations at whatever time of the day it is received, and so that listeners may know when to expect it, it will be broadcast again atthe hour following its receipt. —