RADIO NOTES

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 97, 6 December 1928, Page 3

RADIO NOTES

(By “GRID LEAK.)

MID-DAY MUSIC. This week the Broadcasting Company announced that mid-day music would ho broadcasted from their stations t'hreej days a week from noon till 2 p.m. This will no doubt be appreciated by listeners, TAKJAPUNA DACES. Last Friday and Saturday the racing at Takapuna was broadcasted. Every detail such as the starter, •riders, position at the 'post, tote and results were announced, and very clearly and was freely commented on by listeners.. Altogether the broadcast was quite as good as before the ban was placed on racing by the cdhference. CRICKET NEWS. I Owners of receivers are the envy of those hot so fortunately placed on account of being abl e to follow the latest -cricket news. It' is only those who possess receiving sets that have any idea of the interest taken in these contests. One local enthusiast assures “Grid Leak’’ that one of the greatest curses he has < to put up with is the incessant 1 enquiries over the phon e from keen followers of the game. WEAKNESS OF AUSSIES. New Plymouth fans report the weak reception of Australian stations. One must expect it this time of the year, and another factor that must be considered is the longer daylight and the Sidey half-hour. WANGANUI CONCERT. Next Friday evening the relay from Wanganui. It is th ‘ longest relay that has ever been attempted by any New Zealand broadcasting station, and it is hoped it will be successful. OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS. 'The programme that is promised is probably the best that has been submitted for many months, and the star attractions is the Queen Alexandra’s Own Band, the champion band of New Zealand. Two contest selections are to 'be played. Other items will be “In a Monstery Garden,” the sketch “The Mill in the Dale” and 1 “The Dawn of Freedom.” One of the items that should be w/rth listening to is the cornet solo to band accompaniment by Mister Jack Buckley, twelve Real’s of age. On the vocal side we are to hear Mr Hubert Carter, the well known tenor, Miss Leo Campion (contralto), Miss Edna Greenwood, Mr Keith Grant (baritone), Mrs Wills (contralto), Miss Vivienne Ralph (contralto), Mrs G. E. Tarrant (soprano), Mrs T. L. Spurring, humorous monologue, arrd M'r Geo. Swan elocutionist who has app/eared before a Stratford audience), and last but not least is the item by the Wanganui Harmonica Band of 6d performers. The land line is 125 miles.

LICENCES GO UK ' Forty-two one hundred and six licences werb in force at October 31, according to official information. One hundred and sixty-eight of these wer e free licences issued to blind people. Wellington district had the largest 1 number, with 16,036 receivers. Auckland was second with 13,645, Canterbury third with 7882,’ and Otago fourth with 2777. Dealers’ and other licences account for the balanbe. COMPARE AUSTRALIA! There they had an increase' during September alone of 35,000, making their total nearly 290,000. The Commonwealth ratio of licences to each hundred of population jumped from 1.5 in January, 1926, to 4.5 in [.ir-r.ember, 1928. JAPANESE STATIONS. At the Japanese broadcasting stations tlie , microphones are placed about two or three feet from the ground, owing to the fact that most

of the performers are seated upon the floor when broadcasting. “EARTH THE CAT.”,' A Washington wireless experimenter states that interference may be caused by electricity generated in a cat’s fur. The remedy is obvious —earth the cat 1 . RADIO LA lOWA. In a land where he has to pay nothing in the way of license fees, radio has become most popular with the farmer. In the State of lowa, according tb a recent official report, one farm in every three has a receiving set. The number rose from 1t),556 to 76,032 in one year. How a similar increase would delight the heart of the R.B.C. RADIO—AM) |A( LK! ■ A strange combination, isn’t 1 it? The fact is, ,however, that an Australian University professor claims that by troal/.ng miJk with radio waves of. shot length, he has discovered that the milk will remain perfectly sweet for over a month. The new “radio milk” is produced by passing an intense beam of short waves through the liquid. This, it is said, instantly kills all germs which cause the milk to spoil. The milk itsef is not heated by this treatment, nor does it acquire* a “cocked” taste. “PREFERENCE DENIED By broadcasting the function arranged by the Presbyterian General Assembly on Monday evening IYA •made a most effective answer to an insinuation of denominational preference that had been made, following the visit of Cardinal CeVretti.