Radio Round the World
‘ey the ancient city of Rouen, former capital of the Province of Normandy, is a carillon of 29 bells. Fee camp now proposes to relay the carillon recitals as a special feature. These recitals often include choral singing accompanied by the carillon. * ote * ME. HARRISON HOLLIDAY, manager of KRFO, San Francisco, began announcing from his own amateur station in 1919, and from 6BN in 1920. He claims, since no one who preceded him is still a regular announcer, to hold the world’s record term for radio announcing, 6 * 2 IN the office of the Empire Press Section of Broadcasting House, London, are seven identical clocks, all ele«trically controlled,.and all showing different times, One clock shows Green: wich mean time; four others show the times in Africa, India, New Zealand, and Australia, while Canada has two clocks, since the time difference between east and west is not less than five hours, * * K . HE International Radio Committee proposes these new wave-length classifications:-Low frequencies, up to 100 kilocycles (3000 metres); medium frequencies, 100 to 1500 kilocycles (200 metres); medium high frequencies, 1500 to 6000 kilocycles (50 metres); high frequencies; 6000 to 30,000 kilocycles (10 metres) ; and very high frequencies, above 30,000 kilocycles. ‘ z * * DURING recent months thé Soviet authorities have largely increased facilities for reception of programines publicly. Many trains have been equipped with receivers, and travellers in the early morning hear from them the latest news. Loudspeakers on the public address system have been in: stalled in most of- the squares and in . stallations have been made in factories. clubs, hospitals, schools, and prisons,
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Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 6, 18 August 1933, Page 41
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266Radio Round the World Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 6, 18 August 1933, Page 41
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