SHORTWAVE HIGHLIGHTS

New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 435, 24 October 1947, Page 25

SHORTWAVE HIGHLIGHTS

HERE has been a slight change in the schedule of the United Nations Broadcasts from Lake Success both in the timg and frequency of the stations, and since. the activities of the General Assembly and other committees are weil to the fore in world interest at the moment, the new schedule is presented below. All three U.N. stations are being heard at quite good strength at present in New Zealand. Stations, Frequencies and Wave-Lengths: KRHO, 17.80 mes., 16.85 metres; KNBI, 15.25 mes., 19.67 metres; KNBA, 9.65 mcs., 31.09 metres. Opening its Far Eastern and Australasian transmission every night (except Monday) with the news in French, the United, Nations presents, at 7.50 p.m., news in English of proceedings at Lake Success, following at 8.0 with a talk by one of the leading delegates. Sir Carl Berendsen is froquently heard at this time giving the New Zealand point of view on various topics under discussion. * Dd ue Each Sunday night, in addition to its regular schedule, the Canadian Shortwave Service broadcast: at 9.0 p.m. a commentary on the week’s proceedings or a talk by one of the delegates, These may be heard from stations CHOL: (11.72 mes., 25.60 metres) and CKLS (9.61 mcs., 31.21 metres) at very good strength, oe * \* PCJ Hilversum, Holland, broadcasts to the Pacific every Tuesday evening on 15.22 mes., 19.71 metres, the programme being announced under the title of the "Happy Station." The programmes consist of selected «recordings, and run from 9.0 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. with pe news of the Netherlands at 9.30, followed y a postscript on the news.