WAS IT HOLLAND?
BROADCAST HEARD BY ZIFB
OPOTIKI CLAIM
(Special to the Times) OPOTIKI, April 7
This morning at six o’clock, Norman E. Guide, Opotiki, heard a station, presumably broadcasting from Holland, as the announcer said- ’‘Hulloa”, then spelt a name, and finished with “Holland here.” This station has been heard at Z.J.F.8., Opotiki, nearly every morning for about a fortnight, the music Being steady and clear, but to-day was the first time the speech was intelligible. Jt is believed to 1>» a world’s record for broadcast reception.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10368, 8 April 1927, Page 4
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88WAS IT HOLLAND? Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10368, 8 April 1927, Page 4
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