RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR'S BROADCASTING.

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 24, 30 December 1927, Page 4

RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR'S BROADCASTING.

The year has been of the most outstanding and momentous character In relation to broadcasting. Remarkable progress has been made, and the future looms even brighter than ever. The growth throughout the year has been so steady and sustained Yat, except for a deliberate casting back of the mind to the conditions of twelve’ months ago, it is difficult to picture in full review the real developments of the year. When the bells welcomed in 1927, 1YA was the only new and up-to-date station operating in New Zealand, and that station was itself of only four months’ standing. In the New Year, however, 3YA was completed, and the end of January saw it on the way to attain a standard of transmission and excellence of programme that has made it a popular favourite. After January, a few short months saw the fullest energy concentrated upon the construction of 2YA, and in July that station, the giant of the South, was opened with the pomp and eclat justified by the occasion. From a constructional point of view, the achievement of the Broadcasting Company in building and opening these three up-to-date stations, and putting them on the air in less than twelve months, was an outstanding one.