A QUEER STUNT
REQUEST ITEMS FOR OVERSEAS, RAvIo listeners are familiar with the request number- items sung or played by broadcasting artists at the special request of listeners who telephone the station. The latest development in this direction has been initiated by the Sydney broadcast station 2BL, which broadeasts request numbers for the edification of American listeners. Station 2BL does not wait for residents of the United States to write letters or cable, but arrangements were made with the Californian shortwave station GHA to send by radio to 2BL the names of request items which American listeners may wish to hear. As the speed of radio is practically instantaneous, the messages from 6A are picked up by the 2BL engineer (Mr. Ray Allsop), and the items are broadcast from 2BL immediately,
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Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 1, 20 July 1928, Page 3
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131A QUEER STUNT Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 1, 20 July 1928, Page 3
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