ADVERTISING NEW ZEALAND
POWERFUL TRANSMITTER PROPOSED BROADCASTS IN SEVERAL LANGUAGES [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, August 6. Asked it there had been any developments in connection with his proposal to have regular short-wave broadcasts from New Zealand to other countries, Mr Savage, in an interview, said that the statement he made before his departure for England still stood. .Some scheme of broadcasting to other countries would be established, immediately the arrangements for the Dominion’s internal broadcasting system had been completed, by broadcasting from a powerful station in more than one language. Mr Savage hopes to he able to tell other nations what New Zealand is achieving, as well as to advertise its products and attractions. Mr Savage also said that Sir John Reith, Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation, whom he met in London, had offered to give New Zealand any assistance he could in the development of radio services in New Zealand, and had offered to send a man to the Dominion to advise if at any time it was found necessary to obtain expert advice on any technical broadcasting problem.
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Evening Star, Issue 22720, 6 August 1937, Page 7
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182ADVERTISING NEW ZEALAND Evening Star, Issue 22720, 6 August 1937, Page 7
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