Better Listening for Gisborne and Wanganui
OUR new radio stations — 3XC Timaru, 1YZ Rotorua, 1XH. Hamilton, and 1XN Whangarei — have been established this year by the NZBS, and the official openings of another new station, 2XA Wanganui, and of new studios with a transmitter of higher power for 2XG Gisborne, will take place this month. The Gisborne station (formerly 2ZJ) was operated originally under contract for the NZBS. Now its technical equipment has been replaced by the latest type and its power has. been raised from 0.25 k.w. to 2 k.w. The staff has been increased to cope with the extended hours of broadcasting, which will be the same as those observed by other local-coverage stations. The official opening of 2XG’s new premises will be held on Saturday, October 15 when, as has been the case with other similar stations, the programme following the formalities will
be contributed by local artists. Tahu Shankland, formerly of the staffs of 2YD, 2ZA and more recently 2ZB, has been appointed station manager. On Saturday, October 22, Station 2XA Wanganui will be opened. This will be the last of the 2 k.w. stations to be established under the current expansion plans of the NZBS. qt will also be the first of the new 2 k.w. stations to have incorporated in its studios a stage and auditorium for audience participation. Local artists will provide the initial programme. The station manager will be Eric Lawrence, who has had 12 years’ experience of broadcasting work; and before that was a radio operator in the Mercantile Marine. In each case the station will be opened by the Minister of Broadcasting (the Hon. F. Jones), who will be introduced by the Director of Sn (William Yates),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 535, 23 September 1949, Page 21
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287Better Listening for Gisborne and Wanganui New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 535, 23 September 1949, Page 21
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