AUSTRALIAN PROGRAMMES

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 7, 2 September 1927, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN PROGRAMMES

MAILS DO NOT FIT IN As announced earlier, we haye been in touch with the Australian broadcasting stations with a view to securing their programmes snfliciently far ahead to permit of their incorporation in the "Radio Record." In practically every case our request was received with full courtesy, and all assistance possible promised. Programmes have begun coming forward to us, but, unfortunately, owing to, the conflict between our time of publication and the arrival of the Australian mail, it seems unlikely that, as a general rule, we will be able to give our readers this extra service on any full basis, We are compelled to close our paper by approximately 4 a.m. on Tuesday morning, and have the plates cast readv for printing on the presses of "The Dominion’ immediately after that paper's morning edition is published. his means that our printing begins early Tuesday morning, and publishing follows at high speed in order fo catch the day’s mails throughout the Dominion and permit the Record" to reach distant corners hefore the week-end with the programmes for the next week. Owing to pressure of other work in the printing office, it is impossible to delay our printing a day, apart from the fact f{liat such a delay would occasion the missing of the mails for many districts. The Australian mail steamer reaches Wellington as a rule in the forenoon of Tuesday, the mails being available in the afternoon. It will thus be seeti that on present arrangements we tniss by a few hours, We are going further into the matter with a view to seeing whether it would be possible for the Australian stations to give us a synopsis of the leaditg items of the week that we require in time for publication. There mav he occasions when the mails will fit in, and our readers can rest assured that we will take full advattage of any sucli opportunity,