WELLINGTON RADIO EXHIBITION

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 52, 11 July 1930, Page 7

WELLINGTON RADIO EXHIBITION

Held this Monin JOINS WITH "MAORI ENTER- : TAINMENT

RArr0 Exhibitions are becoming a distinct feature in other countries of the world. The success that. has attended these shows in. Wngland, Australia and America has been spoken of before. . Some months ag6 the Broadcasting Company received advice from Japan

that a Radio Exhibition was to be held, and an invitation to help was extended. The Broadcasting Company replied by -sending an enlarged photograph (by 8S. P. Andrew) of 2YA transmitting station on Mount Victoria. It would seem that the exhibition authoritiés made good use of the fine _ picture. The Broadcasting Company. received the following letter from JOAK, Kwanto Division, Broadcasting Corporation of Japan, known as Tokyo Chuwo Hosokoyu (Tokio Central Broadcasting Station) :-- "Kindly accept our thanks for your courtesy in sending us an enlarged photograph of the transmitting station of 2YA. The picture was duly put in a handsome frame, and displayed with full explanation in the exhibition, and attracted the attention of the visitors interested in such matters. By the way, the exhibition was, thanks to the enthusiastic support and good offices

on the part of our friends, fur more successful than we had first expected. During the session (37 days from. March 20 to April 25), we had some four hundred and fifty thousand visitors, and we feel it particularly a great honour that we had the pleasure of visits by seven Imperial Princes and

a Princess-(Sgd.) KR. Nakayama, Managing Director. ) UST about this time last year the Wellington radio trade was planning, simultaneously with Dunedin, the first of a series of radio exhibitions that was to prove most successful and unique. The unqualified support that these exhibitions received showed beyond doubt that these were to be permanent institutions. The Wellington and Dunedin exhibitions were rapidly followed by others in Auckland and Christchurch. These, too, proved of undoubted success, and even then plans were made for future occasions. The listening. public throughout the country were interested in-these exhibitions because they showed them the trend of radio design, and the new speakers, eliminators, valves, and other equipment that would modernise their sets. The shows were also of great interest to the non-listener who casually strolled in to look at the radio world. It showed him how he could get a set to suit his requirements for the exact sum he wished to spend. And so.the radio exhibitions attracted thousands. Tew were disappointed... They had seen inside the radio business, and they had even. witnessed the. broadcasts tak-

ing place. They saw. the announcers, the artists, and the uncles and aunta, who had meant so much to the little folk, Our of the support accorded the in_itial experiment it was decided to hold further shows this year. The order has been somewhat reversed, for Dunedin was the first centre to stage an exhibition, and Christchurch followed last week. The Christchurch exhibition, of which more appears elsewhere, was a great success. A larger hall was used, and it was justified for the crowd was greater by far than that of last year. Wellington and Auckland are to follow. The dates of the latter have not yet been decided, though the Wellington exhibition will be held in the main Town Hall from July 16 to 19 inclusive. We are assured from the trade that this will eclipse anything of ite kind. : 7 There will be more exhibits, and they will be more varied. Radio has changed even in the last twelve months, and the new models are arousing a’ great deal of interest, HEN there will be the Maori enter-. tainment. The Wanganui Maori party, who have for the last two years successfully entertained from 2Y4A, are again to be heard in a new entertainment, "Hawaiki Calling." This will be presented on Tuesday evening and again on Wednesday evening, at 11 pm. On the remaining nights of the exhibition they will appear at the Town Hall in public-a uniqué opportunity for listeners to see these remarkable entertainers in person. This gives considerably more scope, and this has beén made use of to the fullest extent. Colour and setting are to be brought in as never before, and visitors to the exhibition will be able to see these Maoris stage in pageantry items the great myth of Hawaiki. The stands are to be specially arranged to suit this setting.

ihe "hadio hKecord" will commemorate'the event by a specially illustrated Maori number. The paper will tell the story of the Maori race in a new and interesting way, and will deal especis ally with the myth of Hawaiki. Thie number will probably be specially enlarged, but will remain at the same price. From all angles the Wellington 1980 exhibition promises to be one that every listener who can should attend.