Radio in Japan
HROUGH the New Zealand Broad-« casting Unit in Yamaguchi, Japan, Kiwis in the B.C.O.F. are given a full radio coverage of sport as well-as other entertainment. When the 2nd N.Z.E.F. Brigade boxing championships were held last month, ringside commentaries were provided for listeners, and the final of the inter-formation Rugby championship, at Yamaguchi, when the 34th Australian Brigade beat 2nd N.Z.E.F. by 16 to 11, was also broadcast. This commentary was recorded for the use of Station WLKS, the B.C.O.F. station in Kure. According to a report from Ulric Williams, officer-in-charge of the unit, members of the New Zealand Concert Party have been heard from the station, and several talks have been given, including one by Crosbie Morrison, the Australian naturalist. Gazettes from Station 2ZB, which go to Japan by air, are included in the Sunday evening programmes: The New Zealand Concert Party spent 10 days in Yamaguchi last month, playing to local troops and visiting outlying units in the area. The concerts are being well received by Australian troops as well as Kiwis,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 413, 23 May 1947, Page 8
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177Radio in Japan New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 413, 23 May 1947, Page 8
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