Sport on Shortwave

New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 632, 10 August 1951, Page 17

Sport on Shortwave

With three overseas football teams in the Dominion; Radio New Zealand has been busy covering their fixtures for listeners outside the countryNew Zealanders abroad (in Korea, the Pacific and Australia), and others with a special interest in visiting teams. The Shortwave Division has been providing a special service for Fiji, while its Rugby team. is. here. Commentaries on almost all matches and a 12-minute evening summary on each match, are being broadcast, and the summaries are’ being rebroadcast by 2J]V Suva. Where possible interviews and messages from members of the team are also going on the air. With Australians interested in the French League team which recently toured succesfully across the Tasman, Radio New Zealand is covering this team’s New Zealand tour. Most of Winston McCarthy’s on-the-spot commentaries and all his evening summaries are being broadcast on the Australian beam. The tour of the Victorian Association football team is being covered in much the same way. Ulric: Williams, in charge of Radio New Zealand, told The Listener that sports broadcasts were a quite important part of the station’s work. Usually the most important Saturday afternoon" sporting event is rebroadcast on both the Australian.and Pacific beams, and in the evening there is a summary of sports results, which includes all senior club Rugby, League, Association and hockey and any ‘other important sporting events in the four main centres, and the main racing results. The most important weekend sporting events are dealt with on Friday nights, and there is comment on New Zealand sport on Monday and Wednesday nights.