SHORTWAVE HIGHLIGHTS
;-XCEPT on Sundays and Wednesdays, ~ Switzerland may be heard calling Australia and New Zealand each evening from 7.15 until 8.45. On Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, the English programme concludes at 7.50 p.m., when a special programme for Swiss listeners is heard. Stations, Frequencies and Wavelengths: HERS (11.865 mc/s., 25.28 metres), HEI5 (11.715, 25.61), HER7 (17.784, 16.87). Each transmission begins with the Home News, followed by "Views on the News." On Mondays at 7.20 p.m. Swiss Spotlight is broadcast; Tuesdays, Swiss Sports Round-up; Thursdays, Economic Bulletin; Fridays, Swiss Spotlight; Saturdays, Cultural Review. Between 7.30 and 7.45 the Swiss Curiosity Shop is heard under its various
sub-titles (Monday, Cedric Dumont Plays; Tuesday, Music Box of Lucas; Thursday, People Like You and Me; Friday, "Among Us Girls"; Saturday, New Swiss Releases). The Towards a Better World series is heard from 7.45 to 7.50. On Mondays, Practical Achievement; Tuesdays, Social Aspects; Thursdays, The Geneva Observer; Fridays, Interview; Saturdays, World Observer. On Tuesdays -at 7.50 p.m. Music by Swiss Composers is broadcast, followed by Swiss Folk Music, and on, Friday, The Symphony Hour is heard. During the afternoon, from 1.30 until 3.30, Switzerland may be heard calling North America on HEUS5 (11.815 mc/s., 25.39 metres), HER4 (9.535, 31.46), HER6 (15.305, 19:60), with similar programmes to those beamed to Australia and New Zealand.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 486, 15 October 1948, Page 31
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219SHORTWAVE HIGHLIGHTS New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 486, 15 October 1948, Page 31
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