Heeney-Tunney Fight

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 52, 13 July 1928, Page 5

Heeney-Tunney Fight

SPECIAL EFFORTS OF COMPANY % indicated last week, the Broadcasting Company has been actively prosecuting arrangements in connection with the broadcast of a description of the Heeney-Tunney fight, to be fought at the end of this month, The company has been in communication with its New York representative to secure full information as to what short-wave broadcast arrangements have been made in respect of this fight, and has instructed him to cable full particulars of the wave-length, power and time transmission of stations that will be operating. Instructions have also been given to the effect that contact should be made with the stations operating to see that special care be taken in the broadeast matter, to meet the special interest of New Zealanders in their champion, Tom Heeney, on this occasion. THE company is very keen to make a big feature of this broadcast, and no efforts will be spared at all stations to pick up the short wave transmission, and give New Zealand listeners by relay the opportunity of hearing the progress of the fight. Succéss, of course, will be dependent on the conditions prevailing for reception, but all that can be done will be done to secure good results.