HIGHLIGHTS ON THE SHORTWAVE BAND
The BBC General Forces Programme
ECEPTION from London in the evening is improving, especially in the 16- and 19-metre bands, while in the morning from 6.0 a.m. until noon, reception is falling off slightly. Frequencies and times of transmission:
Headlines in the programmes for the current week: Science Made the Grade" (Jet Propulsion), 12.15 p.m., Wednesday; "Cathedrals and Their Organs" (Brompton Oratory), 12.30 p,m., Thursday; "The. Stormy Petrel" (Early Life of Maxim Gorky), 11.0 a.m., Thursday; "The Unknown Faction" (Drama), 12.15 p.m., Friday; Promenade Concert Season programme, 8.15 p.m. Friday; "My Favourite" (Michael Redgrave), 1.45 p.m., Saturday; "The Moonstone" (Story by Wilkie Collins), 12.30 p.m., Sunday; Football Fixtures, 6.45 p.m., Thursday; Sports Summary, 8.10 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. "Freedom from Want" is a special programme which reflects how the new Social Insurance Act recently passed in Great Britain will affect the lives of all members and classes of the community, illustrating how security will be given, not as in the past by chance charities, but as a national heritage to every person. "Piccadilly Incident," a new British film, will be presented as a radio preview at 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday and
again at 12.0 midnight on Friday. Its stars will be Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding. "The Stormy Petrel’" is the story of the early life of the great Russian writer, Maxim Gorky, up to the revolution of 1905. It will be heard in the Pacific Service (GVZ.9.64 m/c 31.12 metres) at 6.45 p.m. on Thursday as well as in the General Forces programme at 11.0 a.m. on Thursday.
M/c Metres GSB 9.51 GSD 11.75 GWG 15.11 GSO 15.18 GSG 17.79 GSV 17.81 GRP 18.13 31.55 25.53 19.85 19.76 16.86 16.84 16.54 5.30 a.m.-8. 0 p.m. 9.15 a.m.-9. 0 a.m. 4. 0 p.m.-3.15 a.m. 4. 0p.m.-11.0 a.m. 9. Op.m.-1.15 a.m. . Op.m.-3.15 a.m. 0p.m.-9. 0 p.m.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 380, 4 October 1946, Page 21
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310HIGHLIGHTS ON THE SHORTWAVE BAND New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 380, 4 October 1946, Page 21
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