The New 4YA

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 49, 21 June 1929, Page 7

The New 4YA

To be Model Broadcasting Station , ‘AT the present time the Broadcasting Company is concentrating on the completion of Station 4YA, and all the experience derived from the erecting and equipping of the other three stations is being brought to bear on the new southern station. It will include many new features’ in equipment and cy-out. The most striking feature about the station will be that the offices, studios and transmitting room will be all on the one floor, Plate-glass windows and partitions will also be used extensively, more so than is the case in the other stations. ‘As is well known, the new studio will be on the top floor of the. "Evenin, Star" new buildings, and the whole ‘floor is being fitted up as a most modern broadcasting studio. The partitions, which are mostly glass, are now being erected, the furnishings have been chosen, and are now on order. Some of the curtains and hangings have to be imported. The lay-out of the studio. as disclosed by the plan, shows most conveniently arranged offices, studios and transmitting rooms. One end of the building is occupied by the main studio and by the transmitting and generator rooms, From. the stair-landing, which is large and will be handsomely furnished, access to the main studio is gained through a lounge. On one side of this lounge is a second lounge, also abutting the main studio, and on ‘the other side is a smaller studio. From the transmitting room a clear view can be obtained of both studios, and both lounges look directly into the main studio. The public office and the station manager’s office are. directly off the landing. . The electrical wiring of 4YA will be ahead of anything else ever used in a broadcasting station. The company’s chief engineer, Mr. J. M. Bingham, is planning many new signalling devices which, though cunning and intricate in lay-out, will be wonderfully simple in Operation, and will ensure very efficient service in the working of the staon.