Australian "B" Class Stations

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 15, 24 October 1930, Page 11

Australian "B" Class Stations

Recent "Additions DZ=SPITE the financial depression at present existing in Australia, the number of "B" class stations operating in that country has been increasing regularly since the inception of broadcasting. This appears to indicate that however bad times may be, broadcasting will always prosper, for people ‘realise the cheapness of such a varied means of entertainment. The first "B"’ class station to be operated in a country city or town in Victoria.is 8BA, Ballarat-"The Voice of the Garden City"-as its slogan proclaims. Although on the air only since August 1, the new station has already received reports from all over the Commonwealth, and even from so far afield as New Zealand. In view of the comparatively low power-50 watts is put on the aerial-this is a splendid achievement. The station is situated in the Commonwealth Bank Buildings, at the cor-. ner of Lydiard and Sturt Streets, and broadcasts on a frequency of 1300 k.c. (230.8 metres). At present it operates nightly from 9 p.m. to 12 p.m., and on Saturday nights from 12 p.m. to 1 a.m. on dance music (New Zealand Summer Time). The station is on the air on Sundays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Another "B" class station which has been frequently logged by New Zealand listeners, despite the distance intervening and the low power used (500 ‘watts), is 6ML. This is operated by Musgrove’s Limited, the Music House, Perth on a frequency of 1010 kilo-’ cycles (297 metres), and is on the air from 9 p.m. to 12 p.m. (N.Z.8.T.) on week days.