SHORTWAVE HIGHLIGHTS
SPORTING events which will be covyered by the BBC Shortwave Services at Easter will include the Oxford and Cambridge boat-race, the British Empire flyweight boxing title and the Rugby Union international match, Scotland v. England, for the Calcutta Cup. As the boat-race is timed for 2.15 am. (New Zealand time) on the Sunday morning, this event will be rebroadcast by the National stations later in the day, Of particular interest to New Zealand listeners will be the Otago Centenary programme, to be broadcast in the General Overseas Sérvice at 9.30 p.m. on Sunday, March 21, and in the Pacific Service at 645 p.m. on Wednesday, March 24. Written by Robert Kemp, the programme will trace back to its beginnings the close affinity of Scotland with the Dominion. Stations, Frequencies, Wavelengths and Times of Transmission; Pacific Service (6.0-7.45 p.m.): GVZ, 9.65 mc/s., 31.12 metres; GRX, 9.69 mc/s., 30.96 metres; GSN, 11.82 mc/s., 25.38 metres, General Overseas Service: GSD, 11.75 mc/s., 30.96 metres; GSN, 11.82 mc/s., 15.18 me/s., 19.76 metres (5.0 p.m.-4.0 a.m.); GSV, 17.81 mc/s., 16.84 metres (5.0-9.0 p.m.); GST, 21.55 me/s., 13.92 metres (6.0-10.0 p.m.); GSV, 17.81 me/s., 16.84 metres (10,0 p.m.-4.0 a.m), At 6.15 p.m. on Sunday, March 21 (in the Pacific Service) listeners will hear extracts from speeches by Sir Robert Robinson and Sir Edward Appleton, recent Nobel Prize winners, A dinner is also being held in their honour and this is timed to be broadcast at 8.15 p-m. on Tuesday in the General Overseas Service.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 456, 19 March 1948, Page 14
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