2YA'S FLIGHT NIGHT SERVICE

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 27, 20 January 1928, Page 4

2YA'S FLIGHT NIGHT SERVICE

NEWSPAPER PRAISES BROADCASTING.

The Christchurch newspapers‘ relied greatly on the broadcasting, and the "Star" published the following laudatory comments: "Forty thousand radio receiving sets were probably in use to a late hour last night and well into the morning, enabling anything from 100,000 to 200,000 people to hear from Wellington the latest reports and rumours concerning the missing aviators. The service given by the Broadcasting Comrpany in keeping its station on the air was greatly appreciated by the public, and thousands of people sat up in Christchurch until 2.30 a.m., when Wellington closed down.

The Wellington announcers stood by at Trentham and also at the Wellington studio as long as the Post and Telegraph Department had anything to offer, or any hope of locating the airmen. The announcements |from Trentham, which were alterna~ ted with music from the studio, were always hopeful, and were appreciated by every listener." The "Star’s" radio correspondent, "Ariel," adds: "And there is where it is appropriate to mention the’ thought that came to the writer that without our broadcasting service, thousands of people throughout New Zealand would not only have missed the thrill of their lives, but would have spent a night of some anxiety and discomfort, perhaps, waiting outside newspaper and post offices after 6 p.m. for news of the New Zealand airmen." ‘