WIRELESS BROADCASTING

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 212, 7 September 1922, Page 13

WIRELESS BROADCASTING

UNDER OFFICIAL CONTROL. 1.0. ATinx OK .STATIONS. (Ey Tfi.'S"apli.— rarliamenlary Reporter.) WKI.UXCrrON. -Wednesday. Fu!! consideration ha* now been given tn the .-uiiio.-t ol" broadcasting by radiotelephone* <>{ inmtTte, lecture*, ot-.-.. Stau-* : lie I'u-.tmastJ'r-l ieneral. A Fi-heme h.i- been evolved which, it is ib.li.-v.-.1. will result in avoiding the .-haoti. .-ondition brought about in the Vnu.-'i States and elsewhere for want in" pr..|~T regulations of this recent development ..f modern science. In determining the location of broa.least in" stations and technical conditions under ulii.ii they shall operate careful -nidi }ia* l*'cn made of such features as distribution nf population, topography "' country, isolation of area, from other means of communication, etc. The main object has been to render the bom-tits of the s.-heme as widely available as possible, both to thickly populated areas tnd to scattered communities, and at the same time to reduce to a minimum flic objectionable features which have marred the success of radio-phone broad. ea-tini.' in other countries. Ihe broadcasting programme will lie limited to items of entertainment, lectures, and information generally, but ■will not include direct advertising. TH?'. AMATEUR QUALIFICATION. One of the qualifications for broadcasting licences at places where no < toy. ernmeni station is located will he ability to receive the Morse code at the rate of ten words a minute, either by license or ■by a certified assistant. This requirement is necessary in order to ensure that eess-ation of broadcasting may ho broujrht about by instructions from v Government radio coast .station when it Interferes with the conduct of important radio trafiic such as distress signals. Al Auckland and Wellington a telephone subscriber's con. Bcction will suffice. In the immediate vicinity of Government coast station* a condition of the isMie of a broadcasting license will be ability to operate the set without interfering with the work of the -tation. In all cases a knowledge of the oner.Uing and adjustment of t.he -et will '.'■.- Toquired. The following places have !>.>,. n chosen as half kilowat radio telephone broadcasting centres, the fignres following 1 he name of the place indicating the transfitting wave length in metres: —Whangarei. 330: Auckland. -260: Hamilton. :S(S0; New Plymouth, 38j»: C.isborne. 335: Napier, 3Sn ; Palmerston North, 340: Wellington. 27.V. Nelson, 335: (Ireymouth, "265: Christchurch. 380: Timartt. 330; Dunedin. 370; Invercargill, "270. At each of the above-mentioned centres time-tables will be arranged by the department which will ensure that, only one broadcasting station will be operating at any one centre at the same time, and where applications may be in excess of the number of permissible stations at any one centre priority will be given to applicants best qualified to cater for the public interests. At the following small broadcasting will be permittpd£tio approved stations with power up to quarter kilowat on wave lengths, indicated by the figures following the name of the centre:-Kaitaia, 720: Dargaville. ISO: Thames. 10.3: Tauranga. 225: Rotorua. 100; Whakatane,. 250: Te Kuiti. 240: Taumaruuui. 21QU. Hawera,. i 00: Has- , tings, 103: Wanganui, 220: Danncvirke. ! •250: Masterton." 105: Westport. ISIO-. Kaikoura. "220: Oamaru. 225: Queenstown, 190; Roxburgh. 250: (lore. 105.