Sent to Bed

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 39, 11 April 1930, Page 10

Sent to Bed

| But Listens to 2YA "THE Byrd broadcast has brought the New Zealand stations prominently before the notice of overseas listeners. From all over Australia letters are pouring into the offices of the Broadcasting Company to congratulate them on the remarkable achievement. One in particular shows the keenness with which even the young folk took in the proceedings. A boy at Red Cliffs, Victoria, writes two letters to 2YA regarding the broadcast. One letter was -evidently written on his receiving the parental injunction to "go to bed" just when he wanted to stay up to hear the twoway conversation. The next letter is equally brief. The boy does not waste words in unduly long explanations. He merely sounds a note of triumph: "I was able to listen in." The first letter reads: "We have a three-valve set and enjoy your programmes very much. You have just closed down until midnight, but I must go to bed, so I cannot listen in to your broadcast from New York." Then fol- | lows the other letter: "I was able to

Reena ereeeeeeeeereereereeeeree ees listen in to Rear-Admiral Byrd speaking to his friends in New York and heard it all. It was too noisy through 8LO and Sydney and best through New Zealand. After 5CL, Adelaide, closed down at 11 it was perfect: listening to Dicky Byrd returning thanks to the

New Zealand people. Adelaide is one point off 2YA." Another correspondent adds: "We wonder what next. We get your stations very clearly here during winter months. Let me know if there are any more special broadcasts coming on, Could you not arrange for a special broadcast for Australia some night? Say arrange for a station such as 2FC, Sydney, or 3L0, Melbourne,