A Successful Relay

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 21, 6 December 1929, Page 7

A Successful Relay

ee ¢ "- Recent Ashburton é Broadcast ROADCAST relays from many of thé smaller towns of New Zeninnd are now proving more and more popular. These have been successfully accomplished from approximately 14 towhs, and recently Ashburton was added to the list. The relay, which was successfullly broadcast from 8YA. consisted for the first part of the programme of a chureh service. and for the second part, of a. band concert rendered by the Ashburton Silver Band. Mr. John Ball (editor-announcer of the Radio Broadcasting Company), when commenting recently on the seemingly miraculous character of radio, ‘mentioned that to his mind there was something © even more wonderful he continued, "has revealed the fact that the air about us is filled with inaudible sounds. This stafement a few years ago would have been regarded as a senseless contradiction of terms affirming the seemingly impossible. Yet we know now that it is a statement of fact." . Mr. Ball added that provincial relays had been adopted as a cardinal feature’ of the Broadcasting Company’s policy. Mr. A. R. Harris, the general manger, and his co-directors, had as their objective the extension of the transmitting system on lines designe to provide } New Zealand with one of the most complete and efficient broadcast services in the world. This would involve the establishment of a-care-fully-planned chain of modern relay stations linked up with the four main stations. Meanwhile temporary relay lines were being used for provincial broadcasts as the ocedsion, required. The company realised that the provinces were rich in talent. and it was with an earnest desire to encourage that talent and awaken a wider and keener jnterest in the musical and elocutionary arts that these relays were undertaken. ' Mr. Ball coneluded, by stating that any centre which desired a broadeast and could provide an acceptable. programme had only to make wtpplication to the company. tnd provided the necessary line facilities were available the applications would be favourably considered.