Moscow Calls The World

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18235, 2 November 1933, Page 10

Moscow Calls The World

• D.irmSH listrni-rs lire, hading dhat • (he lout lost' voice in the European 'oilier now, having regard to distance, jis Moscow. Tin' new ."i«>o-l<iio\v;i 1 1. [transmitter. on (lie Inin;'waves, can I lie licani clearly in London, even hi ' daylight. i Mo.-cow. was I'm nierlv .ill.nail to to toivo. Its enormous tne'rease power will make it audii'de to an everincreasing j'u roper a audience as the days dose in. j The Soviet practice in the past ot broadcasting propaganda talks m English, German and other foreign languages may lead to cO ir, pi a’ at ions. Germany, in particular, has been eoncorned about the ant i-Xa/.i broadcasts of its neighbor. ■i Moscow alleged that the .German : j station at Xauen had fie on oanrming; ' her transmissions. This ma.V he ac(fontplislied by using a similai wave-

length. The ( : ennnn reaction to the new transmitter this winter will be awaited with interest. To jam Moscow's 000-lt.w. broadcasts does not necessarily involve the use of enormous .power. But chaos in European broadcasting would result from a l'usso-Oerman retaliatory “war” in the ether. As far as English listeners are concerned, at present Moscow can be cut out quite easily on a modern set, and does not interfere with .Daventrv.