HAWKE'S BAY NOTES

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 43, 11 May 1928, Page 15

HAWKE'S BAY NOTES

It is pretty evident that licensees in the Hastings district are coming to realise the velue of their Hawke's Bay Radio Society, for at the last mecting ef the society the attendance was about forty, inelnding several members of the Nupicer adie Society, whith has been on the quiet Mst for some months. Tie Napier visitors attended through invitation, and the mInceting was a2 most successful one. An Innovation was the providing of supper, this proying yery popular, and Wirh a few more ineetings like this it is heaped that interest will ence more come back to the fill. , It is probable that the Napier so--ciety will open its doors again soon, | and there is # movement on foot for: the two societies, which are separated | by only a dozen miles, to combine. If: they do it will be a very strong body, whith shorld hore ante a strong voice, Ito is uot tuikeiy that three, "drives" will be made up this way’ soon to ipstall receivers and headPhones in public institutions. The Napier Comercial ‘Travellers are reperted to be working on a scheme to place a set in the Old People’s Ileme. The Napier society has hopes of doing likewise (with headphones for eoch bed) in the Napier Hospital, whilst the Uawke’s Bay society is hopeful of doing the same for the newly-opened Tastings hespital. ‘The latter scheme is now fairly well on the way. and ahbough net much hard work has been done in the way of colJecting, just on £50 is now in hand, the total being sighted by the donation fo £20 from Mr. W. Shrimpton. Static has been "king pin’ up this way for the past month or so, but after the rain this week it appears to be settling down. With local listeners 3Y.A is still the most popular station, iis transmission

being much clearer than 234A. 1Y4 is a gova@ second to Christchurch, al« though 2¥A gets the palm for daylight transmissions. The "Aussies" are all in good form, Through its broadeasts of recent hoxing contests, 4YA has been keenly listened to lately, and the writer hag been queried repeatedly as to why 2YA does not relay boxing contests, Perhaps the R.B.C. can answer the query. Such broadcasts would be popular. (Wellington has broadcast boxing on several occasions in the past when. permission to do so has been given, The policy of the company is, as has been repeatedly stated by the general manager, to give all possible support to sport by broadcasting functions and events that are made available to it. The popularity of boxing broadcasts is realised, which was why the come. pany has so willingly broadcast the Dunedin eyents.-Ed.]