TRANSFER OF TRANSMITTER
OLD 2YA TO WOBK AS 2YG [Pee United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, April 21. The Acting Minister in Charge ot Broadcasting (Mr Jones) stated to-day that the old 2YA transmitter on Mount Victoria lias been remodelled and trailsferred to Titahi Bay. It will be brought into use again on Sunday, and will be known as 2YC, operating on the frequency at present used 2YC and observing the same hours. The present 2YC transmitter will operate from Mount Victoria on a frequency of 1,000 kilocycles, with a wave length .2-°” metres, and will bo known as -YU. This small transmitter will he used between 7 and 10 p.m. daily,--when programme rearrangements have been completed. Mr Jones said that the 60-kilowatt transmitter at 2YA will serve as the Dominion station, and will transmit the more important items on the programme, and 2YI) will ho the Wellington city subsidiary station.
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Evening Star, Issue 22629, 22 April 1937, Page 1
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