RADIO

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 365, 5 March 1932, Page 26 (Supplement)

RADIO

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The Most Powerful Station in Australia. Some Details of 2CO. The N.B.C. (Australia) Riverina Regional broadcasting station 2CO, Corowa—s6o kilocycles (535 metres), 7.5 kilowatts. In a letter to (and kindly placed at “Aerial’s” disposal by) Mr A. D. loot'd, of Riccarton, received this week from one of the executive officers of this new Australian station, some interesting information is supplied concerning its equipment. As readers of these notes are aware, 2CO has been hoar 1 locally at excellent loud-speaker strength by several “ fans.” Enthusiasts in Auckland also reported recently that the station was heard there with great volume and clarity. Following are extracts from the letter to Mr Ford:— Tour New Stations. “Station 2CO is the third of the series of modern stations designed to augment the service supplied by existing stations in the capital cities of Australia, by providing country listeners with high-quality and reliable programmes. The two already in operation are 2NC, Newcastle, and 4KK, Rockhampton. 2CO is the third, and work is proceeding on the fourth, located at Crystal Brook, about fifteen miles south of Port Pirie, South Australia. “ Station 2CO is by far the most powerful in operation in Australia, as it has a. power of 7.5 kilowatts in the aerial, capable of 100 per cent modulation as compared with 4 kilowatts and 70 per cent modulation used by the next most powerful station. 2CO is designed for complete ‘ push button ’ power, and piezo-electric frequency control. Usually, programmes will be supplied from 3LO and 3AR, Melbourne, over the main MelbourneSydney trunk telephone lines to Albtxry, and from there over special lines to 2'CO. A splitting amplifier at Albury enables 2CO to be linked up with the whole N.B.C. system—involving the use of from 3000 to 4000 miles of trunk telephone line. . . . A Few Teclmical Details. “ The modulation system is a modification of the well known Heising system, and, as complete modulation is possible for the audio-frequency range of from 30 to 8000 cycles per second, very realistic reproduction of speech and music is ensured. . . . An elaborate earth system is used, consisting of seven miles of buried copper wire arranged in a ‘ herringbone ’ system which covers six acres.” Reception Notes. Per all-eleetrie receiver. Location: North Road. Tuesday, March 1: “ Atmospheric disturbance was light on distant stations. Heard XER, Mexico, close down at 7.5 p.m., with the announcement that the station was operating on 735 kilocycles. At 6.55. KNX was good, but, later, was smothered by 2ZO. Palmerston North. Heard WLW (in conjunction with WBXAL) of Cincinnati, at great strength in an allnight broadcast. P*eports on reception were asked for from those interested. KFI was very strong until closing time, with only slight interference from etheric disturbances. Although both KGO and WBBM were good, noise was too much for them. “As an experiment, between 9.40 and 10.15, with the set’s volume control adjusted for just medium loud-speaker reproduction, a run round the dial was made to see what could be heard. Commencing at 550 kilocycles, the following were tuned in. all fairly free from interference and at comfortable volume: 2CO, 7ZL. 3AR. 2FC, 4QG, 3LO. 2BL, 4RK. 2GB, 380, 3 HA, 2CH, 2NC and 2SM.” It may be some consolation to listeners located in the city or closer in than “ Aerial’s ” North Road correspondent, to know that, using the B.T. six-valver (battery-operated set) at Mersey Street. St Albans, last Tuesday night was not a whit better than on many bad nights recently. Which is proof—if proof be needed—that it is possihle for two or more listeners, with equally good (sensitive) receivers. located within a radius of five miles to experience in one case very good reception and in the other very poor, to say the least. Power-line Trouble. Listeners in several suburbs have been complaining bitterly lately regarding power-line, etc., interference with broadcast reception on many nights. There are three particular sources of interference that call for attention: That caused by trolley buses, which is not only violent but is audible over a wide area. The second has only been manifested recently, and takes the form of heavy Morse code key work on from 380 to 450 metres. The third is, according to reports, the most annoying of all and affects listeners from Papanui to Belfast. It would seem to be caused by a fault in the power lines. A listener rang up “Aerial” on 'Wednesday last, complaining: “ We are suffering from some form of high-tension interference up North-Road way. It. is very bad—a greater trouble than static.” The new Board and its Advisory Council would become very popular, from one end of the Dominion to the other, if they could succeed in eliminating- the many forms of man-made interference that spoil the enjoyment of so many listeners. POR TO-NIGHT. 2YA, Wellington. 8.0: Salon Orchestra, “In the Land of Mystic Egypt.” 8.10: Mona Grey, “Entertaining Peter.” 8.IS: Orchestra, “Three Light Pieces.” 8.28: Twenty minutes with the Melodie Five —Quintette—Melodie Five. “Southern Moon”; bass. Mr W. W. Marshall. “ The Skipper ”; novelty piano. Mr Bert Burton, “Marigold”; quintette, Melodie Five, “Go Home and Tell Yc-ur Mother”; tenor, Mr Frank Bryant, “ I Love You More”; quintette, Melodie Five. “Cinderella’s Wedding Lay.” 8.48: Orchestra, “Rose Marie.” 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.2: Lecturette, Mr B. S*.Merlin. “ Secret Service During the GreaT. War.” 9.17: Orchestra. “Air de Ballet,” “ Balletscene.” 9.25: The Melodie Five —Tenor, Mr Sam Duncan. “ Mignon”; baritone. Mr It. S. Allwright, “Lily of Laguna”; novelty piano, Mr Bert Burton, “Frivolity”; quintette, Melodie Five. “The Owl and the Pussy Cat.” 9.45: Piano, Schutt and Cornell, “Canadian Capers,” “ Flapperette.” 9.49: Orchestra, “ Farewell,” “ The Dancing Lessen,” dance novelties. 10.0: Dance programme. 11.0: Sporting summary. 11.10: Close. 3YA, Christchurch.. 8.0: Christchurch Salon Orchestra, “A Night in Venice.” 8.10: Syd. Howard, Vera Pearce, Leonard Henry and Company, “Our Village Concert.” 8.18: Saxophone. Rudy Wiedoeft., “ Llewellyn ’’ Waltz. 8.21: Bass, Mr Charles L. James, “The Bell at Sea.” 8.24: Guitar, Frank Ferera, “ Love Dreams of Lulu Lu.”

5.27: Humour, Phil Smith. “The First Forty Years are the Hardest.” 8.34: Orchestra, “In a Clock Store.” 8.43: Novelty, Buddy Morgan and his Veterans. “La, La. Mama.” 8.46: Piano. Leslie Hutchinson, “ O Kay, Baby.”

8.49: Soprano, Miss Lottie Colville, "A Wee Bit of Love,” “Listenin’.” 8.55: Bands of H.M. Grenadiers and Scots Guards, “The Battle of Waterloo.” 9.3: Weather forecast and station notices. 9.5: Orchestra, “ Gabrielle.” 9.13: Salon Group, “Kiss Me Again.” 9.19: Mr James, “The Merry Monks,” “King of the Deep.” 9.27: Concertina. Flanagan Brothers, “Chicken Reel,” “Turkey in the Straw,” “Arkansas Traveller.” 9.30: I Jons Quartet of Seattle. “ Vere is Mein Beetle Dog Gone?” 9.3.3: Humour, Phil Smith, “How Ya' Gonna Keep Your Mind on Dancing?” 9.40: Orchestra, from “ Mignon.” 9.45: Miss Colville, “Love is a Merry Carpenter,” “When the Wind’s in the Chimney.” 9.49: Charles Coborn and Company, “An Oldtime Sing-song.” 9.57: 8.8. C. W'ireless Military Band, " Dance of the Tumblers.” 10.1: Dance music. 11.0: Close. POR SUNDAY. 2YA, Wellington (416 m 2.0: Selected recordings. 6.0: Children’s song service (children’s choir from St Jude’s Anglican Church, Lyall Bay). 7.0: Relay of evening service, St Gerard’s Redemptorist Church. Hawker Street, Wellington. 8.20 (approx.): Berlin State Opera House Orchestra, “Allegro Con Brio”; bass, Cesaroni, “In Questa Tomba”; pianoforte, Monsieur Paul Vinogradoff, “ Apassionata ” Sonata First Movement; tenor, Tudor Davies, “Adelaide”; soprano, Signora Bulmas. “ Know’st Thou the Land”; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. “Torch Dance in B Flat Major”; weather report and station announcements; two pianos, Paul Vinogradoff and Mavis Dillon, “Concerto in D Minor”; tenor, Tudor Davies, “Oh, Voice of Magic Melody,” “ Oh, Loveliness Beyond Compare”; vocal duet, Cesaroni and Signora Bulmas, “ Why Cruel?”; Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, “Gavotte” from “ Idomeneo,” “ Andante for Flute and Orchesti'a”; bass, Cesaroni, “When the King Went Forth to War”; piano, Paul Vinogradoff, “ Polonaise In A Flat Major”! soprano, Aida Bulmas, “Farewell, Sweet Memory”: .1. H. Squire Celeste Octet, “ Prseludium ”; vocal duet, Cesaroni and Aida Bulmas, “Oh. My Daughter”; National Military Band, “Ballet Egyptien”; close. 3YA, Christchurch (306 m 2.0: Gramophone recital. 3.0: Relay of Welsh service from the Christchurch Anglican Cathedral, in commemoration of St Npavid’s Day. 4.20: Gramophone recital. 5.30: Children’s song service by children of Methodist Sunday schools. 6.15: Selected recordings. 7.0: Durham Street Methodist Church; preacher. Rev L. C. Horwood. 8.15: Relay of programme from 4YA, Dunedin;—Berlin State Opera House Orchestra, “La Belle Helene.” 8.23: Baritone, Mr J. Devereux and chorus, “Toreador Song.” 8.29: Signora Martinelli Reggiardo’s Sextet, “ Hungarian Lustspiel.” 8.38: Tenor. Signor Giovanni Stella, “Lolita.” 8.43: The Sextet, “Dance Slav.” 8.49: Soprano, Miss Kathleen Geerin, “Far Greater His Lowly State,” ” Coming Through the Rye.” 8.56: The Philadelphia Orchestra, “ Gotterdammerung Finale.” 9.0: Weatbec report and station notices. 9.2: The Sextet, “Santiago.” 9.7: Contralto, Mrs E. Stone, “La Serenata.” “The Slave Song.” 9.14: ’Cello, Pablo Casals, “ Goyescas.” 9.18: Baritone. Mr Thomas Kennedy, “ There is a Flow’r,” “ Boat Song.” 9.24: Trio, Signora MartinelliReggiardo, Miss Anna Briasco, and Mr P. J. Palmer, “Tom-Tom Dance.” 9.28: Mezzo-soprano, Miss Vanda Duncan, “ Pre de Rampart de Seville,” “Habanera.” 9.33: Dajos Bela Orchestra, “ Eldgaffein.” 9.37: Tenor. Signor Giovanni Stella, "Sorrento.” “Nostalgia”; soprano. Miss Clare Dillon, “ Elsa’s Dream,” “Waltz Cc-ppelia.” 9.49: The Sextet, “Love’s Dream,” “ Zallah.” 9.54: Mezzo-contralto and chorus. Miss Dorothy Rogers, “ The Fairy Tales of Ireland”: baritone and chorus. Mr J. Devereux, " You Will Remember Vienna.” 0.59: Band of H.M. (Joldstream Guards., “El Capitan.” 10.2: Close. POR MONDAY. 2YA, Wellington (416m.-720k.) 10.0: Selected recordings. 11.12: Lecturette, “Cooking.” 11.30: Relay from the Basin Reserve of second test cricket match, South Africa v. New Zealand. 11.37: Lecturette, “Health Hints or First Aid.” 12.0: Lunch hour music. 2.0: Selected recordings. 3.30 and 4.30: Sports results. 5.0: Children. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News, reports and sports results. 7.40: Lecturette, Mr W. A. Sutherland, “Road Signs and Signals.” 8.0: 2YA Orchestrina, “Slavonic Rhapsody.” 8.9: “Musical Portrait” series, “ Musick of Olde England”: quartette. Versatility Singers, •“ Now is the Month of Maying”; tenor, with dulcitone accompaniment, “My Bov Billy”; dulcitone, “Dances, Grave and Gay”; soprano, with dulcitone accompaniment, “Early One Morning”; Versatility Singers, “Swiftly from the Mountain’s Brow.” 8.26: Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards, “Fantasia on 17th Qentury Music.” 8.34: Story, Miss Mary Cooley, from “Out of the West.” 8.44: Orchestrina, “Ecstasy,” “French Spirit,” “Les Sirenes.” 8.52: The Versatility Singers. “British Music To-day”; tenor, “Five Eyes”; quartet, “Morning song”; soprano, “My Brother has a Falcon”: bass, “ Money O.” 9.1: Weather report and station notices. 9.3: Orchestrina, “Sappho.” 9.13: Humour, Gillie Potter, “Mr Potter Visits Southend.” 9.19: The Versatility Singers. “A Darkey SingSong”; quartet, “Stephen Foster Harmonies”; contralto, “Little Wheel aTurnin’ in Ma Heart”; quartet, “Far Away Ober Dere.” 9.30: Gramophone lecture recital, Mr Karl Atkinson, “Prodigies, Past and Present.” 10.0: Dance programme. 31.0: Close. 3YA, Christchurch (306m.-980k.) 3.0: Gramophone recital. 4.30: Sports results. s*o: Children. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News session. 7.30: Talk, Mr R. W. Marshall, “Tourist Resorts.” 8.0: Ashburton Salvation Army Silver Band, “ Jubilee,” “On to Victory.” 8.9: Light Opera Company, “Songs of "Wales.” 8.13: Christchurch Broadcasting Trio, “ Fairy Frolic,” “Serenade.” 8.20: Tenor, Mr Keith Sharp, “ The Chinese Flower,” “ Love Went aRiding.” 8.24: Band, “ Newcliester.” 8.27: Sir Harry Lauder, “The Pirate.” 8.30: Lew Cobey, “Sometime.” 8.33: Soprano. Miss Hilda Hutt, “Lift Thine Eyes,” “Phyllis.” 8.37: Parlophone Musical Comedy Company, “ One Heavenly Night.” 8.40: The Trio, “Tarantella,” “La Lisonjera.” 8.46: Baritone, Peter Dawson, “ Captain Stratton’s Fancy,” “Two Old Tramps.” 8.52: Band, “The Old Wells.” 8.56: Sea Chanties, Westminster Glee Singers, “ The Sailor Likes His Bottle,” “ The Drummer and the Cook.” 8.59: Organ, Edward O’Henry, “ Ca, e’est Madrid.” 9.2: Weather forecast and station notices. 9.4: Mark Hopkins Hotel Orchestra, “Billie,” “ Senorita.” 9.10: Mr K. Sharp, “Song of the Open,” “ The Roadside Fire.” 9.16: Band, “ Wearmouth.” 9.20: Parlophone Musical Comedy Company, "Viennese Nights.” 9.23: The Trio, “A La Passepied,” “ Valse.” 9.30: Humour, Sandy M’Farlane, “ The Lassie I Left on the Shore.” 9.33: Juan Llossas’ Orchestra, “Twilight.” 9.37: Miss Hutt, “A Mood,” “Were I a Bird.” 9.42:

Band, “American. Melodies.” 9.49: Westminster Glee Singers, “Breeze of the Night.” 9.52: Band, “The Hardy Norseman,” “Wellington Citadel.” 10.2: Close.