COMPARABLE WITH ANY

Evening Star, Issue 22893, 26 February 1938, Page 4

COMPARABLE WITH ANY

MODERN EQUIPMENT AT SGE Modern ideas, combined with expert construction, have resulted in the latest Western Australian broadcaster, 6GE, which, it is said, can stand comparison nvith any station in the country. It was officially opened last October, and is operated by Great Northern Broadcasters Ltd. 6GE is situated at Geraldton, some 100 miles from Perth, and serves a largo district in the north-west, where listeners previously knew but little of the benefits of wireless. The transmitter, situated at Deepdale, four miles from Geraldton, is powered at 500 watts, but is capable of delivering 1,000 watts, and this increase is contemplated shortly. The masts appear to be rather low, being only 150 ft, but the strength of the signals delivered back into the city of Perth, over country most unfavourable to radio waves, proves the efficiency of the system in use. Likewise the Geraldton studios include the latest equipment and are modern to the last detail. The programmes are compiled to appeal to every taste and mood of the lisener, and include . women’s sessions, always of importance to the country housewife; reports for the farmer and business man; children’s sessions; and, of course, musical entertainment, the station carrying 30,000 recorded l titles. Weekly relays are carried from Sydney, bringing New South Wales entertainment into the homes of the Far West. New Zealand can claim an interest in 6GE, as Mr Bryan Henderson, station manager, counts Wanganui as’his home town. Mr Henderson is keenly interested in reception reports from over here, and, considering the quality of reception experienced during the summer, he will receive many letters from this side. 6GE transmits on 1,370 kc (219 metres), and is heard after 2MO closes down.

Carson Robison and his Pioneers. 9.17: Sidney Torch (organ). 9.23: Hildegarde (light vocal). 9.30: Recorded serial presentation, ‘ Hotel Revue.’ .9.42: Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert. 9.50: Ivor Mairants and Albert Harris (guitar duet). 9.63: Light Opera Company. 10: Sports summary. 10.10; Dance music. 11.15: Close down. TO-MORROW 4YA (790 kc), Dunedin. 9: Chimes. Recording. 11: Service relayed from St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church; preacher, Rev. H. J. Ryburn; organist, Mr L. S. Adam. 12.15 (approx.) : Close down. 1: Dinner music. 2; Recordings. 2.30: Songs of Debussy. 2.45: Recordings. 4.30; Close down. 5.30: Children’s song service, conducted by Big Brother Bill. 6.15; Recordings. 6.30: Service relayed from St. John’s Anglican Church; preacher, Rev. L. D. O. Groves; choirmaster, Mr W. H. Allen; organist, Mrs W. H. Allen. 7.45: Recordings. 8.30: Recorded opera, selections from works of Weber, Lortzing, Thomas, and Wagner. 10: Close down. 4YO (1,140 kc), Dunedin. 6: Recordings. 8.30: ‘ That Girl from Paris ’ selection. 8,36: Turner Layton in two new numbers from A Day'at the Races.’ 8.42: Lani M‘lntire and Hawaiians. 8.48: Sydney Torch at the Wurlitzer. 9: ‘ Richelieu : Cardinal or King ’ Episode 6. 9.30: London Piano-accordion Band. 9.36: Bobby* Breen (boy soprano). 9.42: Rawicz and Landaur (Viennese duettists). 9.48: Lew Stone and his band. 10: Close down. 3YA (720 kc), Christchurch. 9 : Recordings. 11: Service, relayed from St. Mary’s Anglican Church: organist and choirmaster, Mr Alfred Worsley, 12.15 (approx.): Close down. 1; Dinner music. 2; Recordings. 3: ‘Sonata for Violin ’■ (Nicolo Porpora). 3.8: Recordings. 4: Time signals; recordings. 4.30: Close down. 5.30: Children’s song service, conducted by Pastor Gregory and children from Linwood Congregational Sunday school.

tin, 9.35: Sporting highlights of the week. 10: National Military Band, conducted by Stephen Yorke. 10.30: Recordings by Alexander Kipnis (bass). 10.40: ‘Big Business’ No. 2 —‘Oil’s Well that Ends Well.’ 11: Variety programme. 11.30; Summer orchestral hour. 0.30: Australasian news service. 0.55; Australasian mail hag. 1: Dance music. 2: Close down. Radio-Colonial, Paris. On 25.24ra.— 7 p.m.: French 'news. 7.20: Records. 9.30: News in English. 9.50: Records. 10; Close down. On 19.68m.—11 p.m.: ' Records. 11.45: Talk on current French events. Midnight; News in English. 0.15: Concert from Greenoble. 0.45: Records. A; Concert from Marseilles. 2.20: Records. 2.30: Variety entertainment. 4: Close down. 2RO, Rome, x . On. 25.4m.—10 p.m.: Italian East Africa—news, one-act opera. 11: Far East—news in English, concert of folk songs, etc. - TO-MORROW Empire Stations (16.86 m, 19.76 m, 19.82 m, 25.53 m, 31.55 m), Daventry, 8.15: Big Ben. Scotland v. Ireland: Commentary on international Rugby Union football match. 8.45: Pianoforte recital by Robert Edwards. 4J.55 : Weekly newsletter, sports summary. 9.25: Service relayed from Wylde Green Congregational Church, Birmingham. - 10.15; Orchestral music. 10.25: Close down.* VLR (31.34 m), Lyndhurst. 8 p.m.: ‘ln Quires and Places Where Thev Sing,’ presented by the A. 8.0. (Svfiney) Wireless Chorus and Soloists. 8.30; Talk on international affairs, by Professor A. H. Charteris. 8.50: News bulletin. 9; Alice in Orchestralia.’ 9.30: Celebrity recordings. 10.30: This week’s story. 10.45: The New Note Octet. Leader, Albert Fischer. 11.15: Play, ‘ Lady Windermere’s Fan.’ 0.15: News brevities. 0.2 b: Epilogue, • 0.30: Close down.