New Programme Organiser Has Been in Radio Since 1926

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 29, 25 January 1935, Page 21

New Programme Organiser Has Been in Radio Since 1926

A{VaR since September, 1926, Mr. H. CG. Urim has hed his heart in the broadcasting gane, and now he has been appointed to succeed Mr. Owen Pritchard as programme organiser at 2YA, Wellington. He first got mixed up with studio work when a_ friend enlisted his help for the running of the old 50-watt station. under the original Broadcasting Company, when. the

transmitting gear was atop of the old "Dominion" Building in Lambton Quay: very now and then the vibration of machinery ruined a valve filament, but generally speaking, the crystal-set pudlic was treated to more than three hours’ radio broadcast for five days a week. As @ special treat on Sundays, the little station used to provide a two-hour concert from the studio after the church broadcast. In June, 1927, 2YA came into being, and no longer was Mr. Trim one of a staff of four, for his training had fitted him for the job of programme organiser for the national Wellington station. Three years later he was transferred to Auckland in the same capacity, adding the duties of acting-announcer. In May last year he returned to the head Office in Wellington, and has been associated with programme worl in the office since then. One of his inemories of the earlier days of broadcasting as it is known now was the instance of a friend who showed him a set of valves worth £80. The whole lot could be bought to-day for about £2. Things have changed quickly in wireless, although as far as programmes are concérned it has been a question of gradual evolution. It is indeed a far cry from the old 50-watt days, when the staff comprised an engineer, an announcer, his assistant and a pianist, and the programmes were provided by friends of the staff. Mr. Trim has decidedly more talent to work on now,