Listen In!

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 266, 13 November 1935, Page 14

Listen In!

NOTES AND ’PROGRAMMES

(By

“Detector.”)

j They say that one 'lay during the ’week the fA stations broadcasted the' result oi a race—in which the favour- i ite did not win—and the next item was “Uh, Dry Those Tears.” Jrcyhound Racing Described. 2LW, Sydney, has arranged tu broad ■; cast descriptions of the greyhound rue- ■ ing at Harold Park as from Saturday night, November 2. This feature will ! be programmed each Saturday in fu-, tore between 7.30 and 10.15 p.m. Wavelengths Altered. Advice has been received that, pend-1 ir.g the erection of a new regional sta- I tion, 3WV, at Dooen, Australia, it has ; been decided to alter the wavelengths I of 3AR and “NT so as to provide; gieater frequency separation, particu- 1 larlv between .“>AR and S<AK. This tern ! porary change will hold good until j 3WV is ready for testing, when that station will replace 3AK on 580 k.c. Jti j view of the difficulty in separating TNT . and 3LO, the former station has been changed from 750 k.e. to 710 k.c., thus providing ample differentiation for any | receiver at all selective. When the : Dooen station comes on the air 3A R 1 will revert to H3O k.c. ami the new plant will be adjusted to 580 k.c. A New Valve. The advent of a self-coupling valve is claimed to usher in a new phase cf simplicity in set design. The new type i ’valve really comprises a valve with an j in-built choke which permits self-coup-ling between two of these valves and j eliminates the interaction hitherto set lup by older methods of component asI sembly. A portable receiver using ' these new valves is a very simple af- [ fair, the whole outfit, including frame aerial, speaker and batteries, being accommodated in a box about lOin. by 8 in bv 4in., the total weight of which ’is 121 b. Copyright. Last year the Periurming Rights i Society, England, examined 4O1,:;15 j musical programmes, many of which i were broadcast by the 8.8. C., and I from the Corporation alone was able Ito obtain £96,000. This sum is divided I among the various copyright owners. _ The society's income from broadcasting ’according to the annual report, continues to expand with the increase in • the number of receiving licences issued, but “the increase is not. nearly sufficient to compensate for the lisastrous effects which broadcasting has had on ihe musical profession generally. Empire Interference. It has been staled that the listener can do nothing to cut out interference,, says the 8.8. C. Il is. however, most desirable that all types of interference should be reported to Ihe broadcaster ’ whose station is affected, for. although some types of interference with trans missions from the British Empire Broadcasting Station. Daventry. can be heard in this country, short-wave pro pagation conditions do not always make this posible. It may happen that interference to the reception of Daventrv is caused in certain areas without the 8.8. C. being aware uf it. unless it is reported bv listeners in these areas. Reports should give all available informtion as to the identity of the interfering station, such as its callsign. if it is a telegraph station; the tvne of interference, such as morse telegraph transmission, heterodyne interference; whether the interference is 1 int»-rmitten or continuous: the time of dav at which it is experienced, and the particular wavelength on which the in terferem-e is caused. Rugby Tests. Il is now definite that the Empire : short wave .-laiiou w.ll broadcast ac- | lual commentaries of the Rugby I Test matches, which commence about 3 | a.in. New Zealarnl time) on the following Sundays: November 21. Dei eember December 22. January 5. Although tran *uission at that period of the dav is not intended tor reception in the Dominion, the New Zealand Broadcasting Board is conducting tests io ascertain the possibility of rebroadcasting the actual descript ions. Apart I from this, however, recorded commentaries will definitely be broadcast from I r h p national stations from p.m. on I the Sundays mentioned.

j New 8.8. C. Transmitters. The 8.8. C. announces that orders have been placed with the Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company, Ltd., and Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., for two additional short-wave broadcasting transmitters for the Empire broadcasting service. One transmitter will be supplied by each firm. The construction of a new building at Davenjtiv to house the transmitters, together 1 i with a xrc:«i ly-cx ten.le.l ae rial system, will begin shortly. 1 Titahi Bay Station. ’ Contracts will be out for ihe build- . ing. etc., in connection with the 60kilowatt station at Titahi Bay at an 1 early <late. At the moment the equipment is being made in Australia, ami [this part of the job will take some little rime. The actual erection of ihe building will not lake long once the work starts. Nevertheless, one does not expect to see any noticeable work in progress for the next five or six months. 1 Listeners Active in Auckland. < Spurred on no doubt by the forma- i tion of a rival organisation of listeners which was recently launched in Auckland. the United Listeners’ Club pro- 1 poses to hold a mass moding in the Town Hall in a week or two. Last week the council of the Chamber of Commerce received a letter from the United Listeners’ Club asking for the’ counc Ts support. The letter slated that the club had a membership of | over 1700, and that it was felt that if a strong representative committee, comprising all interested associations, were formed to support the club at this juncture some substantial eonces- 1 sions could be gained. After a discussion it was decided to take no * action. ‘‘This is not a matter which I concerns this council, which has more important business on hand,” said Mr. A. G. Lunn. I«

Noi Suitable. • Do railway travellers enjoy radio ; reception? The question is being holly j debated in America, and three of the ; largest eastern railroads, viz., the New York Central, the Baltimore and Ohio, , and . the Pennsylvania, have answered ■ with a negative. They have, in fact. ; agreed not to equip anv of their trains j with radio except for an occasional big j “hook-up” such as a national election :or vital baseball match. The railways | declined to lit wireless sets on their trains for President Roosevelt’s recent i to the Young Democrats. Radio Sports Club. The initial broadcast of the Bill j Hindman Radio Sports Club will be ' I carried out on Thursday next from i IZM between the hours of S and 10 j p.m., following the popular sports a*n•nouncer’s weekly sports session. | Weather permitting. the Onehunga j Citizens’ Band will play selections on '•the Ijivvn in front of the studio, while I eight leading Auckland artists will ftlso contribute to the programme, which is to be interspersed with sport,ing humour of a more or loss im- ! I promptu nature. Altogether the broad- ’ [.cast promises, to be interesting, amus- ’ : ing and informative. The club now has a membership of 5006. ami listeners are enrolling in large numbers every Prohibited by B B.C. ‘ The 8.8. C. has regulations 1 for tho-e who appear before the micro- - phone, in which the follow.ing is proI hibited, among other things; Mention [ ing of trade articles or firms, a re ligion. poltiral persons. infidelity in ■ married life and divorced men, all -.forms of immorality, bodily defect.-. . including deaf and dumbness ami . squinting, as well as incurable diseases. $ I’inallv it is. also forbidden to mention ( the people of a country by a nickname ami to name theatres or institutions with which the artist appearing before the microphone is connected. - ' N ot Correct. lAn advertisement appeared in some New Zealand papers urging listeners ( to tune in to n Sydney R station at j I stated times. Many conjectures have been made regarding the subject of the broadcast, some of these being ’ Christian Science lectures or propa gamla for New Zealand R stations 1 which has been banned in New Zea- ’ land. Neither of these was correct, as the broadcast at the hour indicated ’ was a sponsored session eulogising 1 South Australian wines. ! Just a Few. ■ Here are just a few of the weekly 'radio features which an American • 1 magazine sets down for its New York readers. It is dated September 11. - 1935. Golf summaries of the National ■ Amateur championship play at Clevc--1 laml. by Ted Husing; stroke by stroke reooits on the final rounds. Gary 1 Cooper and Ann Harding in a con- • denseil radio version of the’r non pic lure. ••'Peter Ibbetson.” Polo, broad- ; cast of the Inst chukker of the National Open championship final al Meadow Brook. Grace Moore, resuming her vveeklv radio recitals. War- , den Lawes, returning to the air for . the fourth sm»-essive year of his • • 2’>.’)tMi years in Sing Sing” series. • (Rudy Vallee varieties . . . Kate Smith . . . N.R.t . Symphony Orchestra . . . , Paul Whiteman .. . A 1 .Tolson . . . , Waller Winchell . • . Burns and Allen. These names speak for themselves. It’s the talent that counts. Me-'.al Tubes. A good many people have asked whether the new metal tubes are belief than ihe older glass envelope type. As the new tubes usp the same filament, , the same grid, aml oi hei elect l ones as t'ne cider types, the functions of the two types should l»p similar. The metal tubes, however, have a smaller envelope. which ran be used as a groumled shield, and this eliminates th? ‘‘cans” of the glass type and simplifirs set construction. Then, again, tho base is smaller, ami capacity ami leakage can therefore be reduced. There are no reasons why the metal ' tubes should be worse than their predecessors and some why they may be a little better. The fart that they have not been universally adopted in American receivers for 19. Ji would seem to indicate that any superiority is not marked, ami that some manufacturers are waiting to see how the public responds to rhe innovation. Ths Elections. The radio authorities have already plans htjll in hand for election night. Experience gained in previous elections indicates that after about S.-'bl p.m. there will be very little normal programme ami nearly all election news. Arrangements have been made to re reive results as they come to hand. iThev will be broadcast from all stallions as soon as received. In the early stages of the evening the news may be intermittent ami interspersed with music. Later in the evening the stallions will be handling election news almost entirely. Arrangements have, been made to keep I lie stations on the air until at least midnight. If the situation warrants it, there is little doubt that the stations will close in the small hours of the morning. Radio Repair Service. Make use of our Radio Repair S«rvice. Radio is our specialty, therefore brihig your repairs to the firm who specialise in this work. All and an} classes of sets repaired. Valves may te the cause of pour reception, so bring them in, and we will test them free. — D. A. Morrison and Co., Avenue.*