PCJ ON THE AIR AGAIN
World-wide Transmissions Resumed
OLLAND’S famous | shortwave radio station PCJ (Radio Nederland) Hilversum, is on the air again, and regular broadcasts are now being made , at the times given below. The station has undergone many changes since the first experimental transmissions were carried out in 1926. In those days its international call sign was PCJJ. Radio amateurs throughout the world tuned to its transmissions and used them for comparative tests and as a standard for frequency checks. In 1927 the chimes of London’s Big Ben, relayed by PCJJ, were heard for the first time in Australia and New Zealand. In the same year Queen Wilhel‘mina spoke through the PCJJ microphone to her subjects throughout the world, the first really long-distance broadcest in history, and forerunner of the important international broadcasts which are now a regular feature. When the Netherlands were invaded, PCJ was a_ natural objective-so the Dutch people destroyed it. Rebuilt by forced labour, it was used by the Gestapo for propaganda purposes. During the fierce winter battles of 1944-45, the retreating Germans looted the record library, and finally dynamited the station. But its engineers soon had it on the air again.
PCJ has begun its world-wide transmission once more. The chief announcer, Edward. Startz, who speaks seven different languages, will be pleased to hear from listeners and will acknowledge letters with a "QSL card." The address is KRO Studio, PCJ Station, Hilversum, Netherlands. The station is on the air at these hours (New Zealand standard time): MONDAY 15.22 m/e.-19.71 m. 11.73 m/c.-25.27 m.}3.30 a.m.- 5. 0 a.m. 6.02 m/c.-49.79 m. 11.73 m/c.-25.57 m. j 9.59 m/c.-31.28 m.}9. 0 a.m.-10.30 a.m, 6.02 m/c.-49.79 m. 11.73 m/c.-25.57 m. 9.59 m/c,- 31.28 m.}3. Opim.- 4.30 p.m. 6.02 m/c.-49.79 m. TUESDAY 11.73 m/c.-25.57 m. 9.59 m/c.~-31.28 m.}8. 0 p.m.- 9.30 p.m. 6.02 m/c.--49.79 m. THURSDAY 15,22 m/c.-19.71 m. 11.73 m/c.-25.57 m 6.02 m/c.-49.79 m |s 30 am.- 5. 0 a.m. 11.73 m/c.-25.57 s 9. 0 a.m.-10,30 a.m. GMT Africa ands Mediterranean 9.59 m/c.---31.28 m 6.02 m/c.-49,.79 m 11. 73 m/c.-25.57 m. 9.59 m/c.--31.28 m. 0 — sic p.m. 6.02 m/c,-49.79 m. j
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 381, 11 October 1946, Page 8
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