3ZB's New Studios Are Daily Nearer Habitation

Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 32, 20 January 1939, Page 3

3ZB's New Studios Are Daily Nearer Habitation

[NVERY day sees the new studios ‘for 3ZB, Christchurch, nearer Structural -plan « is much the same as that of the old studios, but there are many alterations in a technical sense. .As radio equipment is changing almost daily, the service has the very latest. The reception desk is once again at the head of the: stairs and .no change has been made in the lay-out of the administrative offices. A light buff colour ‘is the presiding decorative motif and this, coupled with ample window space, gives a maximum of daylight. . In the sig studio, all the walls and windows slope inwards, from bottom to top "on the torque" as contrasted with the fc"mer scheme of "staggered" walls. This is considered to be an even better method of sound absorption. The studio windows are_ in three separate thicknesses of glass. Workmen had to use the utmost care in installing the middie panes, for, once in position, they could not be cleaned. They had to be spotless. The station will be opened at 8 p.m. on January 21 by the Hon. D. G. Sullivan. The Controller, Mr. C. G. Serimgeour and Mr. B. T. Shiel, national advertising manager, will also be present.