Jottings from Near and Far

Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 8, 1 September 1933, Page 41

Jottings from Near and Far

T has been proposed by some members of the Musical Advisory Committee of the B.B.C. that no artist shall be allowed to broadcast unless in the possession of a diploma or other suitable credentials from one of the established schools of music. A LABORATORY aeroplane appropriately named "General Ferrie," and the property of the French Government radio service, is scheduled to fly to French Equatorial Africa on an experimental flight, the object of which is to determine whether it is possible to use very short waves for aerial navigation. . = e o "THE Canadian Radio ‘Broadcasting Commission, which now -has more than one-and-a-half million dollars derived from licenses at its disposal, is projecting a complete reorganisation of the Canadian broadcast system. It has purchased the main stations ‘of the

CNR chain and will reconstruct their plant to secure increased power. In addition, the new plan calls for the erection of a 50 kilowatt transmitter at Montreal. The call signs of the old CNR stations will be altered; the letters NR (National Railway) being exchanged for RB (Radio Broadcasting). CRBO {late CNRO) Ottawa will become one of the main stations of the network. *» | * * OFFICIAL investigation in the U.S.A. reveals that roughly 90 per cent. of the total number of ‘listeners are able to receive broadcasts from numerous local stations without any sign of interference. These favourable conditions were achieved largely by not allowing more than 8382 out-of 600 stations to operate at the same time. Previously 565 transmitters were on the air together, thus causing mutual heterodyning.