DX NOTES

New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 924, 26 April 1957, Page 18

DX NOTES

/ ‘T BESE, notes bring news about stations in ) other countries, programmes information and details of special broadcasts for New Zealand listeners. They are supplied by the New Zealand Radio DX League, 212 Earn Street, Invercargill, from which further | information can be obtained.

| PHILIPPINES: The transmitter of the Far East Broadcasting Contpany in | Manila-DZFE, operating on 1030 kilo- | cycles-will be broadcasting a_ special | transmission to New Zealand on the morning of Saturday, June 15, at 3.0 a.m. The hour-long programme will be transmitted at that time so as to let the signal be heard in New Zealand without interference from 3DB in Melbourne. A 10,000-watt transmitter is used by DZFE, and with a 300-foot mast, reception of the broadcast should be possible in this area. The programme | will consist of greetings from the staff |of DZFE, a tape recording from an official of the New Zealand Radio DX League and recorded music. In the / event of reception conditions being below normal the programme will be repeated on Saturday, July 13, at the same hour, 3.0-4.0 a.m. One of the shortwave transmitters of the FEBC, namely, DZ16 on 17805 ke. in the 16metre band, has increased power to 9000 watts, and thus has improved the signal in this area. A new 13-metre transmitter on the frequency of 21515 kc. is expected to be in operation in _May. Brazil: The Sao Paulo _ station ZYR96, operating on 9620 kc., 31-metre band, has been providing good sig::als at 9.0 p.m. when the station begins transmission. The slogan "Radio 9 de Julho" is used, and the station operates with 10,000 watts. The well-known "Largo" theme is used on opening.

Albania: The Tirana _ transmitter, which carries news in English at 8.30 a.m. on 7850 kce., 38 metres, has been using the additional frequency of 6815 ke., 44 metres, at better strength in this service, United States: As in most countries, a new schedule for our winter reception is being introduced, and the new one operated by the Los Angeles Armed Forces Radio Service includes the use of 13 metres, 21630 ke., from 1.0 p.m. to 6.0 p.m. Together with 16 and 19metre band frequencies, this provides good signals. Baseball is again carried, from 3.0 to 5.0 p.m., and repeated 10.5 p.m.-midnight. The popular Madison Square Gardens is the venue for the boxing relays, which are heard on Saturdays at 2.5 p.m. This is earlier than the usual broadcast of these events due to the introduction of Summer Time in the U.S.A. Haiti: The Evangelistic Voice of the West Indies using Station 4VEH at Cap Haitaian, provides good reception in this area from opening at 10.0 p.m. on 9645 kc., 3l-metre band. On Saturday the bréadcasts start at 9.30 p.m. The extra 30 minutes is devoted to answering listeners’ letters. Hit Parades Several readers have asked about the popular music field and about details of some of the leading sessions. Two American shows which are well received are the Cash Box Parade, released on WRUL New York, using 15200 ke. on Saturday at 8.30 a.m., while the Top Ten as compiled by the New York AFRS station is heard over that network at 9.30 a.m. on Sundays. The best frequencies for the iatter station are 15290 ke., 19 metres, and 17760 kc., 16 metres, Australian broadcasts include the session at 4.30 p.m. on Saturday on Radio Australia, 17840 kc., 16-metre band, and the only Australasian live artist show, the ABC Hit Parade, on Wednesday, at 9.15 p.m., on 6090 and 4920 ke.