Radio Round the World

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 17, 2 November 1934, Page 24

Radio Round the World

BRESLAU, which gives gramophone | recitals at 5 a.m. for the. benefit of farm workers at breakfast, claims tobe the first on the air of Buropean stations. — [XN the first quarter of this year 176 German listeners were convicted for having no licenses, and five were sentenced to imprisonment for periods up to three weeks. "THD Turkish Government has drafted a law prohibiting the use of radio. receivers or gtamophones unless the windows are shut, and empowering the’ police to fine offenders jmmediately. . THE Italian national ‘stations are contemplating a scheme for regular broadcasts in Latin; the- idea is that such transmissions would have an international. ‘appeal to all the world’s scholars. USTRIA has abandoned the idea of putting np a new short-wave station to give official news. to Austrians abroad, owing to lack of funds; but has decided to put back on the air the existing short-wave station on 49.4 metrés, which has been out of use for some time. AT the Orly Flying School, France, pupils communicate by telephony on ultra-short: waves with the ground, or other ’planes in the air at ranges from fifteen to fifty miles; in the eoncluding stages of a flying course, the instructor directs his pupil by radio from the ground. T the 20th International Congress of Press Associations in Brussels in June, the following resolution was passed: "This Congress is of the opinion that advertisements are the legitimate sphere of newspapers, and urges -newspapermen, whether proprietors or journalists, to use their influence to prevent the dissemination of advertisements over the air." a THE Hgyptian Government has built ‘a 20-kilowatt Marconi transmitter at Abu Kabal station. This and the 250-watt station at Ras el Tin, near -Alexandria, are connected by landline to studios at Radio House, Cairo. Seventy-five per cent. of programme time is for natives and 25 per cent. for Europeans. News is broadcast in Arabic, French, and English, oJ APAN is to spend a million pounds on new broadcasting stations, beginning with a £200,000 station of 150 kilowats at Tokyo (fifteen times the present power), and other high-power stations at Osaka and Kyushu, and ten or fifteen small stations here and there. The building programme govers abont fiye years, The Tokyo station is expected to be operating within a year and a half, Hi French broadcasting stations made eareful arrangements for hroadeasting the annual eycling rato round France, one of the most popular sporting events of the year, which lasted from July 3 till July 29; during this period 101 commentaries were given from State stations, and three travelling radio reporters were kept fully occupied, also several braadecasting vans, and a large technical staff, following the race from town to town all through France,