LISTENING TO THE EMPIRE

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 1, 12 July 1935, Page 8

LISTENING TO THE EMPIRE

England and Canada Favoured in the U.S.A. .

(Written for the "Radio Record" by

Raymond M.

Bell

Pennsylvania. )

HEN American listeners want programmes from another land, they generally turn to those of their cousins in Britain or the Dominions. The noncommercial B.B.C. and O.R.C. .programmes are a welcome change. -Canadian mediunt-and shortwave stations have many listeners south of the international border. . Those heard best in the States are CKAC, CROM Montreal, CRCK Quebec, CRB, CRT, VE9GW Toronto, CKLW Windsor, and CJRO, CJRX Winnipeg. B.B.C. programtnes are heard regularly via the Daventry shortwave stations. Droitwich and the mediumwave stations are heard infrequently, and then they are not comparable with the reception on short-wave. The American listener with his all-wave set can often receive the London pro- . grammes ag Well as his British cousins, Australian and New Zealand statins come through on both medium and short waves. The great distance to Australia and: the time at which they are heard (before sunrise) put them in ‘a different class: They seldom come through at full speaker strength, and’ cannot be counted on.nearly as ‘regularly as the B.B.C. and C.R.C. stations. 2BL Sydney and 1¥A Auckland are two of the best heard médium-wave stations. Other parts of the-Hmpire are heard in America only rarely, A few shorte ‘wave enthusiasts have logged VUB Bombay, ZTJ Johannesburg, and VQ7TLO Nairobi. VRY Georgetown, British Guiana, provided interesting programmes a number of years ago. A comparison of programmes presented by -stations in Great Britain, Canada, Australia ‘and New Zealand for a typical evening recently, is interesting. ~ ‘Whe B.BC., national,programme presented :-7.30, talk; 8.0, dance orchestra; 9.0, talk; 9.20,,piano concert; 9.30, news; 10.5, symphony. ; ‘14. 15, dance music; 12.0, close down. The coast-to-coast network of the Canadian ,Radio Broadcasting Commission (O2R:C.) offered! :-T, 30, dramatic sketch; 7.45,’ dance orchestra ; 8.0. popular progrdmme; 830, orchestral programme; 9.0,‘ classical music; 10.0, educational programme; 10. 80, ‘dance music ; ‘10.45, news; 11.0, close down. _ The ‘New ‘Zealand Broadcasting Board (N.Z.B.B. ) presented from 1YA Auckland :-7.30, talk; 8.0, concert; 9.0, talk; 9.20, classical programme ; 10.0, popular programme; 10.30, dance music; 11.0, close down.. The Australian Broadcasting .Commission (A.B.C.) offered from 2FC Sydney and 8L0O Melbourne:-7.30, dinner music; 8,0, dramatic sketch ; 9.0, talk; 9.30, violin; 10.0, concert’ orchestra ; 10. 40, dance music; 11.380, close: "down,