HIGHLIGHTS ON THE SHORTWAVE BAND
Special Victory Parade Celebrations "HE BBC has arranged for an extensive coverage of the Victory celebrations on Saturday, June 8, in London, and recordings from all over Britain of the afternoon Victory Day entertainments. The marshalling of the Mechanised Column in Regents Park, and the assembly of the Foot Column in Hyde Park, will be heard at 8.05 p.m. and the Pacific Service will conclude with a commentary on the Mechanised Column leaving Regents Park. The best frequencies, although other special transmitters may be put on the air, will be GWE 15.435 m/c, 19.44 metres GSP 15.31 m/c, 19.60 metres GSN 11.82 m/c, 25,38 metres GVZ 9.64 m/c, 30.96 metres GRX 9.69 m/c, 30.96 metres The columns will begin to parade through the streets of London at 9.10 p.m. and the broadcast will include eye-witness accounts taken at well-known points through the city. The four major events that the BBC commentators will cover are, first, the King’s departure from Buckingham Palace, and his drive to the saluting base in the Mall. Then the drive-past of the mechanised procession, the march-past of the foot procession, and the R.A.F. fly-past. Music will be heard from the Massed Guards’ Band in the Mall, and from Massed Pipers who will march and counter-march in front of the saluting base. Reception of the stations on the air at this time is only fair, but possibly other stations may be put on the air to cover this special event, The frequencies are: GWG _ 15.11 m/c, 19.85 metres GSG__s17.79 m/c, 16.86 metres GSO 15.18 m/c, 19.76 metres GSV 17.81 m/c, 16,84 metres GVP 17.70 m/c, 16.86 metres GRQ_ 18.025 m/c, 16.64 metres On Sunday morning at 7.30 recordings of the afternoon Victory Day celebrations from all over Britain will be broadcast, and at 8.20 a.m. a programme entitled "Victory Celebrations," which will include the description of a river display at Westminster, will be heard. The frequencies are: GSB 9.51 m/c, 31.55 metres GRF 12.095 m/c, 24.8 metres GRU _ 9.915 m/c, 30.26 metres GSF 15.14 m/c, 19.82 metres GSD 11.75 m/c, 25.53 metres GSG 17.79 m/c, 16.86 metres ed
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 363, 7 June 1946, Page 23
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356HIGHLIGHTS ON THE SHORTWAVE BAND New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 363, 7 June 1946, Page 23
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