Stations Available to New Zealand Listeners

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 21, 9 December 1927, Page 16

Stations Available to New Zealand Listeners

SPECIAL SCHEDULE OF LOCAL AND OVERSEAS STATIONS AND : 3 OPERATING TIMES

,HE popularity of the schedule of stations ayail- | able to New Zealand listeners, ‘published in the yj ‘Radio Record" of November 18, has pronipted its publication again, with minor additions and alterations, Listeners have forwarded the particulars of yarious American stations which they have heard and have suggested their inclusion in the list. A comparison of the various stations mentioned and the locality. in which they were picked up clearly shows ‘that these stations are not generally heard throughout New Zealand, ‘Therefore they do not merit a place in the schedule. It is well known that some of the Australian broadcast stations are not operating on their stated waye-lengths. The heterodyning of stations outside Australia has necessitated slight yariations in the allotted wave-lengths of some of the Commotiwealth stations, and in other cases the stations have not been tuned to their official wavelengths through the result of readjustnients in the operating plant. At all events, despite this, the wave-lengths of the Australian stations as published in the Commonwealth radio Press are as per official list, which has been deviated from by some of the stations. However, in compliance with the sug- gestions of a number of correspondents, the actual, instead of the official, wavelengths of the Australian stations are now, shown in the schedule. A note of warning must be sounded with regard to long-distance reception at this time of the year. Beginners who fhave recently purchased multivalve receiving sets of a high reputation mav be dismayed at the weakness of some of the Australian stations. They are prone to blame their equipment for their disappointment, while, as a matter of fact the fault lies in

some natural phenomenon experienced at this time of the year ‘The periods of poor reception are fortunately not protracted, and during summer-time there are weeks during which the long-

distanec stations come in with remarkable strength. The following schedule is not offered as a finished product. There are still variations from the official wave-

lengths to be inserted, but, on the whole, the schedule in its present form shonld prove a handy reference list for those who seek interest by reaching out for distant

TRANS-ATLANTIC BROAD. CASTS Preliminary plans haye been. completed for engineering experiments: to develop international broadcasting between England and America, it was announced recently by a representative of the National Broadcasting Company. Plans for the initial engineering work were completed at da series of conferences between Captain P. P, lickersley, chicf enginear of the Brit- . ish Broadcastitig Corporation, aiid Dr. A. N. Goldsmith, consulting engineer of the National Broadcasting Company of U.S.A, , "We propose an intensive experimental and development programme, Lut we are unable to give any present ° guarantees of service. ‘The programme Will include the erection of a*powerful short-wave relay broadcasting transmitter and, the installation of a special short-wave relay broadcasting receiving station in’ England and the systematic utilisation of similar facilities in the United States. We believe. that’ ultimately short- wave development 1s likely to permit inter-continental broadcesting, The engineers pointed ont that while Short-wave broadcast transmissions for the relaying of programmes over long distances had yielded occasional results of great interest, they were. unreliable . as indicators of the present capabili--ties of such a service because largeScale international broadcasting tq the | public had stringent requirements which had not yet been fully met.. Captain Eckersley will return to. England immediately, it was said, to push the development of the plan in_ that country, and the National Broadcasting Company would proceed with the corresponding plans in this country. ; . The engineers expressed hope that the plans would be carried forward | 1apidly enough to permit the working out of administrative details and programines by Sir John Reith, managing director of the British corporation, with officials of the National Broadcast-. ing Company, during his contemplated . visit to the United States in the near. future. °

Cal, KEX KON 8BY 5KA 1ZQ 3DB 2UW 1ZB ' 22 2KY 2UE 4ZB CNRY WOAI 2GB 5DN 3UZ . KNX KIR 2BL TBY . JOCK KFWB 3L0 TCA JOAK KGO JOBK WBBM 4QG 5CL | KZRM KPO. 2FC : KFI , 3AR * TZ Piace. Portland, Ore., U.S.A. .....0.. 9 eee Longbeach, Cal., U.S.A. s.sceeceeere Melbourne, Australia ......00eeceeee, Adelaide, Australia .....s.seeereues Auckland, N.Z. wc eect cence es eenes Melbourne, Australia ,........ee0een Sydney, Australia ....cccecceeesenes Auckland, N.Z. ..cccvecevcerecoveecs Palmerston N+, N.Z. cccceesveccseens Sydney, Australia co scecesesaseneee Sydney, Australia ...ccccceererseenes Dunedin, N.Z. wc ccs cccceeeeveveecs Vancouver, Canada .....cceeeeveree Texas, San Antonio, U.S. ....ceeeees Sydney, Australia .......ccceeneeeae Adelaide, Australia ....cccccenevees Melbourne, Australia .......00eeeee Hollywood, Cal., U.S.A. ccc sseeeeee Seattle, Wash., U.S.A. .......... cose Sydney, Australia ......cceeecenees Bombay, India .......cceeecccevecs Nagoya, Japan ...... vecccecere Los Angeles, Cal., USA. eonetreces Melbourne, ‘Australia eo rcccsccepece Caleutta, India ...... coc ecceccesene Tokio, Japan ........ cccececcccenee Oakland, Cal., U.S.A. . cc cece eee eee Osaka, Japan ........ eeeeerccrecces Chicago, DL, U.S.A. ccc cece s eee eee Brisbane, Australia eocrcccecescenes Adelaide, Australia sear eeerereeees Manila, Philippines .......cceecee08 _ San Franeisco, U.S.A. co.cc cece een es Sydney, Australia ..... cob ecccccceee Los Angeles, Cal., U-S.A. eoerresoeorer Melbourne, Australia ....cceecseeces ' Hobart, Australia .-....... 00 .eeeeee Wave240 242 250 250 258 255 267 275 27S 280 2938 290 291 305 310 3138 319 339 349 349 357 360 36t 371 370 375 384 385 389 395 405 406 422 442 468 484 516 Power. 2500 500 50 600 50 500 500 250 50 1500 ' 250 50 500 5000 3000 1000 1000 5000 5000 1000 5000 5000 5000 1600 3000 Schedule. Till 8.30 p.m. Till 8.30 p.m. daily. 1 a.m, till 4.15 a.m., Sun. and mon. 11 p.m. till 1 a.m., Mon,, Wed., Fri., Sat., and Sun. Sunday afternoons, Monday and Thursday evenings. 10.30 p.m. till 1.30 a.m. From 10.30 p.m. Sunday afternoon, Monday nights. From 7.30 p-m., Mon., Wed., Fri., Sat., Sun. From 10.30 p.m. daily. From 11.30 p.m, Tues, and Thurs., and from 10.30 p.m. .Sundays. Irregular. Till 7.30 p.m. daily, Till $ p.m. daily. From 10.30 p.m. daily, excepting Tues., Thurs, From 11 p.m, daily. From 10.30 p.m. Mon. and Wed. Till 8.30 p.m.. daily, but occasionally till 10.30 p.m. Till 8.30 p.m. daily. From 10.30 p.m. daily, From 4 a.m. daily. From 10 p.m. daily. Till 7.30 p.m. From 10.30. p.m. From 3.30 a.m, daily, From 10 p.m. daily. Till 8.30 p.m. Sundays, and 7.30 p.m, Thurs., Fri:, Sat. From 10 p.m. daily, Till 8.30 p-m. From 10.30 p.m. daily. From 11 p.m. daily. From midnight. Till 8.30 p.m. daily. From 10.30 pm. daily, Till 8.30 p.m. daily, From 10.30 p.m. From 10.30 p.m. daily.

LONG-DISTANCE STATIONS MOST FREQUENTLY HEARD IN NEW ZEALAND, AND MINOR N.Z. STATIONS.