EMPIRE BROADCASTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21531, 31 December 1931, Page 11

EMPIRE BROADCASTS

NEW STATION AT DAVENTRY READY IN YEAR’S TIME. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, December 29. (Received Dec. 30, at 6.5 p.m.) The new Empire broadcasting station, which the British Broadcasting Corporation is erecting at Daventry, will comprise two transmitters each capable of working on a number of wave lengths so that various parts of the Empire will be reached at times suitable for local reception. It is expected that the station will be available for use in a year’s time. In a review of the year’s work the Broadcasting Corporation mentions that its stations transmitted for nearly 08,000 hours, and the percentage of breakdown time was only .03. An interesting experiment in testing the suitability for broadcasting purposes of ultra short waves will shortly be made in conjunction with Marconis. A special transmitter using waves in a 6.5 to 8 metre wave band is being installed at Broadcasting House, the huge new headquarters to which the corporation’s activities are gradually being transferred from Savoy Hill. The King has approved of the reappointment of Lord Gainsford as vicechairman of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and of Viscountess Snowden and Dr Montague Rendall as governors for a period of one year. The King has also approved of the appointment of Mr Harold Brown to be governor for a period of five years. Mr Brown, who takes the place vacated by Sir Gordon Nairne (retired), has had wide commercial and financial experience.