Radio Round the World

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 31, 15 February 1929, Page 5

Radio Round the World

I a Bill recently brought before the Aystrian Parljament there will be clauses making punishable the use ef high frequency apparatus for message of other purposes in such a way that the reception of radio broadcasting ‘x interfered with. (CHRISTMAS in Sweden began in reality with Sunday, December 25. the Christmas Eve traditionally being g holiday. And so did the Christma> vireless programme. On Sunday a whole-day programme was offered, in cluding a choir concert from Gotebery with old Swedish Christmas songs, culnminating in an evening performance of Maeterlineck’s drama, "Pelleas and Melisande." with incidental music by Sibelius. Christmas Day a whole-day programme of serious character was presented, and Boxing Day a light programme. In the former was a studio performance of Johann Sebastiqn Bach’s Christmas Oratorio-and a programme for Swedes abroad, including a talk hy the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernst Trygger. N Saturday, December 15, Ravig , introduced a novelty in the shape of a "Subject" evening, that chosen for this occasion being "An Autumn Storm." At 6.15 there was a lecture by Dr. Robert Horch, with musieal illustrations of a storm over land anid ~sea, followed by the full weather reports and prospects, which are of special interest at this time of year ta winter sport enthusiasts, and _ thep came a four-act drama by Ivo Voynovice, called "Aeginoctium" (Equinox), the keynote of which is emigration and storms in foreign climes. Vienna weuther reports are remarkably full, the snow-depth at all the Austrian sport centres of any importance, of which there are scores, being given regularly every Saturday night. These "subject evenings" are given fortnightly. BJECTIONS, in the form of questions, in the Second Chamber. have been made to the erection of the new Philips Holland-India transmitter at Huizen, now nearing completion. The chief of these objections is that ‘vith a high power, this , transmitter ‘jl overpower the existing transmiters at Huizen gnd Hilversym. It is suggested that the granting of a license for such a transmitter is contrary to the Dutch Telegraph and Telephone Law which enacts that the available time for transmission-which _ is scarcely sufficient to meet demandsshall be divided between the various broadcast associations, At the same time it is asked whether, supposing the new transinitter to be mérely an éxperimental one, the Minister is prepared to grant a similar license to the religious associations which own the existing station at Huizen. ‘THE whole of Canada is kept in daily touch with the farthest of her ‘northern inhabitants through the radid apparatus assembled on the top floor of an jnconspicuous building tn the heurt of Ottawa, amidst the clanging of street cars and the -todting of automobiles. Here thé Department off

Marine and Fisheries have their radio installation, which is in daily contact wth (ape Hope's Advance, Ungavn bay, Hudson Straits. Signals come in with enotgh volume from this Far North point to !e put on the loudspeaker and heard through the greater part of the three-storied building. A short-wave receiver. gspecially adapted by the Canadian Government radio department to the partienlar needs of this reception, ‘brings in the signals from the 500-watt station overlooking the Hudson Straits. A similar 500watt transmitter stands in front of the Ottawa operator to transmi he orders and quesions from the various Government departments to the Far North.

HE month of December saw two important developments in Bavarian broadeasting. The one relates to an innovation in the programme. Every morning at 5.45 a well-known Professor of Biology and Physical Culture of the University of Munich gives listeners the opportunity of going through 4 series of systematically thought-out physical "jerks" to liven up the system generally and to give all parts ahd organs of the body an "airing." The second important development is concernéd with the general :ttitude towards broadcasting in Bavaria. Up to December 1 the Bavarian Newspaper Publishers’ Union had maintained a ban-on anything relating to local broadeasting. including the printing of short abridged programmes as_ in other German dailies. This ban has iow been removed, with the effect that the Bavarian Press will take an active interest in broadcasting and will also print short.excerpts of the daily programmes. , (THE Paramount Film Company, tn conjunction with the Los Angeles "Evening Express," have fitted out one of their studios in Hollywood as a 5 kw. broadcasting station, kiiown us KNX Paramount, Los Angelés (285.5 metres waveléngth), .The power is to be increased later to 50 kw. The first roadcast was given 6n Sunday, No-

vember 11. In addition to regular relays froim concert halls and theatres, the new station will chiefly broadcast talks on film questions. It will alsa serve us ua medium for replying to the numerous letters received from film enthusiasts. The relay of tone-films 1s foreseen as a future activity of this station. AUDITIONS for the free concertradio "debuts" offered by the N:tional Broadeusting Company for young artists selected by the National Music League began with a list of 1500 applicants. An audition committee of ten was chosen by the League tu hear and pass judgment upon the candidates. The final decision as to the winners will rest on a double audition heard by two groups of judges. One group, seated in the auditorium with the artist, will decide on his abili ties as a concert performer. The other will hear the performance through ua loudspeaker and judge the artist’s broadeasting qualifications. Such a final test is essential, because the performances will be of a combined concert and radio nature. However, the

National Music League warns ¢andidates that in its three years of experence With young musicians, it has found that only five per cent. are qualified to undertake musical careers as a means of earning a livelihood. The remaining ninety-five per cent. are doomed to failure, and they are obliged to advise them either to give up music entirely and enter some other profession, or to approach it from the teaching angle. ‘HE Bavarian ‘stations relayed a ceremony in the Valhalla, near Regensberg, on the Danube, when the bust of Franz Schubert was placed in the famous shrine. The Valhalla is near Kelheim and overlooks the Danube. It was built under Louis I of Bavaria at the beginning of the last century. It is situated on a height and copied from a well-known Greek temple. Busts of all famous Germans wre placed in the shrine. Not very long ago the Bavarian stations relayed the ceremony from there when the bust of "Turnvater"’ Jahn, the father of German athletism and gymnastics, was placed there.