Items From The ZB's

New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 161, 24 July 1942, Page 6

Items From The ZB's

$ID — ERY few New, Zealanders will have heard of Goshen, Indiana, a small town not far from Chicago, in the United States. But Goshen has heard of New Zealand, more particularly Dunedin, through the 24valve radio receiver of Robert Brown, who has pickéd up good signals from Station 4ZB. Although such reception is in the "freak" class, it is not an isolated example, There are also consistent reports of good reception of 4ZB from the northern end of New Zealand, the proof of which is the fact that entries for the "Whose is This Voice?" competition have been received from as far north as the Bay of Islands. * * * T 3ZB they keep a list of people who are anxious to take part in the "Yes-No Jackpots" session, and every seven days some on that list are lucky. Seldom has a competitor failed to arrive at the studio at the appointed hour, but there is at least one man who missed. Here is his letter of apology. "I was waiting keenly for my turn to come round for the ‘Yes-No Jackpots,’ but now it has come, I’m afraid I can’t get to the studio in time. I'm in Libya at the moment, and although I could apply for leave, I don’t think I could get enough time off to make the journey." * * * ‘THE stars of Easy Aces, Jane and Goodman Ace, began their series with a skit on bridge-playing some 13 years ago. .Although they have since chalked up some 3,000 episodes and about 1,000 different script characters, and the bridge theme has faded into the background, they still use the original bridge table for their broadcasts. It has a built-in microphone, set in from underneath, with the opening flush with the table top. Easy Aces may be heard from all ZB stations and 2ZA on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays at 8.15 p.m.