WIRELESS IN AUSTRALIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18567, 27 November 1923, Page 3

WIRELESS IN AUSTRALIA.

■ BROADCASTING STATIONS. ANOTHER BEING OPENED. Wireless enthusiasts near Sydney will be well catered for during the approaching Yuletide, which should prove a landmark in the annals of Australia's wireless . development. v v . _ Another large broadcasting station is being opened by the various wireless dealers, under the name of Broadcasters (Sydney) Ltd., who will operate _inV conjunction with Smith's newspapers. It is expected that this Elation will be operat- | ing by the end of the month, when a free daily news and entertainment service ; vlil be available between the hours of 9 a.m. and 10.45 p.m. Transmission will be on a wave length of 350 metres and no subscription fee will .be charged on any receiving set tunea to the company's wavelength if such set is purchased from a trader member. ;;;I V■;■'■"'■■'■■' . With the commencement of Fanners Broadcasting Service early in' December, New South Wales, and possibly the Com-, monwealth, will have at least two highpowered stations supplying excellent material for making "listening in" one of the most popular diversions of the apiOaching festive season. * Of the toll broadcasting stations, farmers. Ltd., will be the first to enter the field and #s already accepting subscriptions to November 30, 1924. As a charge of £3 3s per annum will be made the NewZealand fee of £1 Is compares very favourably.

BROADCASTED APPEALS. GRATIFYING RESULTS. Several appeals ly~"means of wireless have alread> been successfully made by several Stations and clubs throughout Australia. The Conservatonum of Musiin the presence of Duly Forster, recer appealed for funds for a new building, and the result was surprisingly good. An excellent musical programme was transmitted from an amateur experimental station and in addition to a large audience in a hall, groups of listeners gathered at different experimental receiving stations in and around Melbourne. One large, wireless firm presented a loud speaker to the demonstrating amateur who collected the most toward the appeal, a charge evidently being made for the novel privilege of hearing a concert from the air.