EMPIRE WIRELESS STATION.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20733, 19 December 1932, Page 13

EMPIRE WIRELESS STATION.

O #ICIAL OPENING AT DAVENTRY. -rtgX BROADCAST TO-DAY. t j»v w ill bo marked by an event -Igllfst importance in British radio * jgjgaent—the official opening of the *«££ Broadcasting Corporation's sew station at Daventy, which programmes to the Em- " %L Baipire has been divided into five *^^fyf the purposes of the direct proand the scheme is to give ser- ; Sfjartwo hours daily to each zone. "Lag of the times and destinations jfte broadcasts are:— Sjs*Jß- t0 IL3O a.m.—Australia, New J2L* «* the Pacific Islauds'VaTSja. to 4.30 p.m.—lndia, Burma. dZJiad the Malay States. S p.m.—East Africa, taking Egypt, Malta, and Pales*S»pjri. to 10.30 p.m.—West Africa, JftLJaislaada, and possibly South l jSu to 3 a.m.—Canada, West In- «- pmdnras, etc. jfo one in England will be able to JjTfcese Empire broadcasts, as they ««W out on a special short-wave Zf& widen is inaudible inside a radius *jf?L»t 300 miles. The wave-lengths fa fWJ according to the season of the (juration of Pinan.ce. 'gj definite scheme of finance has been for the maintenance of the SSTtbe capital cost of which is '23 to be £BO,OOO, and the yearly upBir Thomas Wilford, High }siiir""' * or New Zealand, inSSltie new station recently, and Jfgijatly impressed by the Empire J-JJasiing seheme. He informed the Sir Charles CarpenIfeffeat the British Broadcasting CorLptkiß need not fear any lack of as2*K» f ronl * ne Dominions and provided the experiments were jfjaMfoL Sir Charles mentioned that tests in New Zealand had been S'wi in Australia fair. Australia's ■SeK-vas bo designed that the aerial were interchangeable, en§jj» beam to be radiated round of the great circle routes accordWto atmospheric conditions. They M« $t present using the western circle fet pseeption might be better by the jgfly. mb.. Australia was now getting garire Indian Zone signals excellently. Twelve Hours' Difference. ' SHMbe Daventry station, will broadjflf itc fi«t programme to New ZeaI 3 to-day, at £».30 a.m., Greenwich St tine. New Zealand's half-hour of SfcAt *ving l)laces the Dominion tIMW ** hours ahead of Greenwica Ljw- To-day's programme is given bei'S'tte lime stated being New Zealand ; mefi&nt time: — , .-*» iUiir-Titae signal from Big Ben; asamar announcement. > #0 ojb,—Pianoforte recital. laW pair-The Word and Gurnet*," & commentary by Mr Vernon fcr&tt. : JS£5 Bm.—P*Bce music. *H4S pJB. *» 11 - 30 P.m.— News '"fie iww-leeath' to be used is 23.28 "MbM {UjB6S TStoejeles). New Zealand listeners have heard test Jau«raissiEms*fTOM GSD, and tbey are *&&£ that its'opwaUen represents a seat step is*E»j?i& »# 0 progress. If Ktw SSailpi M**P'? <m is successful, pogmtmfa jjfljpfl picked up and reU lhupd(fti YA stations. ;.f ;:■':.: GOODWILL. ||pOAUCAST. jfeSjjvCHUJZCH LISTENERS pIp'DISAPPOINTED. ■ #&'listeners in Christcburch. reHttlf& the goodwill broadcast to liifptad from Station WCKY at Kentucky, was not a sucthat the broadcast ■gMyKJjJBg to New Zealand messages Hoover, the Tresident-|Mfflfe'-Frankiin D. Roosevelt), the HmN| Ambassador, and others; but HSpißha bad entertained hopes ot Bpftafcapeaches by America's leaders 88f1®? 33 Lindsay were completethat no sound of the H|§Hp|, : station could bo picked up. are not surprised at this. HHKWwe that at present the powerstation, KFI, is heard '" New Zealand, so'that IsHmMI of hearing the more dis-. KSHBifaelr* station, especially durKnj|ndi hours here, must bo remote BwMpwfeast' from America was exheard in New Zealand at MHlillliUiiy 4.30 yesterday *• afterarranged to last three