Over The AERIAL

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19632, 19 July 1935, Page 4

Over The AERIAL

THE COMING WEEK

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Sunday. —JLYA: 11, church service;

4.30, rob road cast of King’s Prize shooting at Bislcy; 7, service from Pitt _ Street Methodist Church; 3.30, MuniBand concert. 2YA —H, church jjj -service; 4, rebroadcast from W’imbleiSg'ylon'°f Davis Cup inler-zonc finals; 7, 'lvvjserVioc D'om St. Gerard's Bcdcmptorist w'CJuu'oh; 8, studio concert. 3YA —11, service; 7, service from Angli- :|; v icdn Cathedral; 8.30, studio concert,. j»y : 'featuring Gladys Moncrieff. 1 ' Monday. —lYA: 3.30, home science talk; ' 6.30, talk, “Tlie Jubilee Air Mail,” by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith; 8, radio play; 0, wrestling relay, 2YA —Talks, 3 "Home Science,” 6.30 “Jubilee Air Mail," 7.40 “Motoring”; 8, studio concert; 10, dance music. 3YA—Talks, 2.30 “Home Science,” 6.30 "Jubilee Air Mail,” 7.35 “Ballroom Dancing"; 8, Woolston Brass ’Band concert. Tuesday. —lYA: 1.50, educational . session; 7.30, book review; S, studio concert; 0,8.8. C. programme; 0.10, dance music. 2YA—Talks. 11.30 “Health Hints," 7.40 “Motoring"; 8, studio concert. 3YA—Talks, 11 “Fashions,” 7.35 “Books”; 8, Mayor’s relied’ concert; 10.10, dance music. Wednesday. — IYA: 12.30, community singing; 7.45, -talk. "Women’s Institutes”; 8, studio concert. 2YA — 12.30, community singing; 7.30, gardening talk; 8, studio concert; 9.45, “Japanese Housoboy” episode; 10, dance music. 3YA —11.30, talk, “Diet”; 1.50, educational session; 7.33, Addington stock market reports; 8, studio concert; 9. wrestling relay. Thursday. —lYA: 12.30, church

sendee; 3.30, home science talk; 8, studio concert; 10, dance music. 2YA—2, educational session; 7.40, talk, “Lessons in Maori”; 8, studio concert; 9, concert by Jubilee Choir. 3YA—II, talk, "National Council of Women”; 8, studio concert; 9.20, dance music.

Friday. —lY’A: 7.30, sports talk; 8, studio concert. 2YA —Talks, 11.30 “Public Health Subjects,” 7.40 "Laws of Rugby"; 8, studio concert; 10, dance music. 3YA —11, talk, “Everyday Meals”; 8, studio concert. \ Saturday. —lYA: 3, Riugby relay; 7.30, gardening talk; 8, studio concert; 10, sports summary; 10.10, dance music. 2YA —11.15, home science talk; 2.45, Rugby relay; 8, studio concert; 9, dance music; 10, sports summary; 10.10, dance music. 3YA —• 2.45, Rugby relay; 8, studio concert; 10, sports summary; 10.10, dance music.

FUTURE OF 8.8. C. INQUIRY TO BE ■'HELD. The future of broadcasting in Great Britain is to be considered by a committee which includes an cx-Spcakcr of Hie House of Commons, two former Postmaster-Generals, and a former Assistant Post mas ter-General. The announcement of (lie constitution of ttic committee was made in the House of Commons in May by Sir Kingsley Wood, at that lime Post-mastcr-Gcncral. He said the committee would have the following terms of reference: ‘To consider the constitution, control and finance of the broadcasting service in I his country and report and advise generally on the conditions under which this service, including broadcasting lo the Empire, television broadcasting, and tlie system of wireless exchanges should lie condueled after December 31. 1936.” The present charter of the 8.8. C. expires at liie end of next year. The charter will then be ten years old. The inquiry is to be much wider than had been expected, says the Daily Telegraph. The committee’s terms of reference indicate that there will lie a full and searching inquiry into broadcasting and it is unlikely IliaL the 8.8.C.’s charter will be renewed in its present form.

The main task of the committee will be to define the frontiers of broadcasting and to consider any private Interests which consider that the 8.8. C. has stepped outside its proper province. An Important Problem.

Television Is another important problem. It will bo hard for the 8.8. C. to prove that it has done its best for television hitherto, and it Is necessary to ensure the future of the high definition service. How the 8.8.C.’s Empire short-wave service compares with similar services operated by Germany, France and Italy will bo another problem. The right of the wireless exchanges to Include foreign broadcasts in their relays to subscribers will also oomo under review'.

When Sir John Reitli, DirectorGeneral of the 8.8. C., gives evidence before the committee, he is certain to urge that the 8.8. C. should be given a greater share of the license revenue, in 1934 this share amounted to 4s 9d out of every 10s liccnso fee. The 8.8. C. contends that it has no adequate funds available for meeting future capital expenditure, and that large appropriations of' revenue arc necessary for this purpose. The present charier was granted for len years from 1927. In the first year the 'total revenue of the 8.8. C. was 2901,626, including a profit of £93,686 on publications. In 1934 the total income of £2,055,983 Included profits on publications amounting to £347,706. Licenses have increased from 2,178,447 at the beginning of 1927 to just over 7,000,000.

RADIO NOVELTIES. AMERICAN B R GAD CASTS. George Tilden, an eminent American basketball referee, opened a game of basketball at Barranquilla, in South America, during their third national Olympic Games, but lie spoke from 3000 miles away at Schenectady through W2ZAF toy two-way circuit; he checked over the Bogota and Cali loams and the timers and officials, and then tic blew his whistle. Another Schenectady stunt was the first bob-sled broadcast, when Eugene Darlington travelled third man in a

bob-sled at 70 miles an hour with a pack set trasmitter strapped to Ills back; the transmitter had one watt of power, and could transmit four or five miles; its seven-metre signals were received at the finishing mark of the Mount Van Hoevenberg run at Lake Plaoid, and relayed on 150 metres six miles to Lake Placid village, whence they went by land line 'to Schenectady, and were put over In America through WGY and for short-wave listeners 'through W2XAD; 'the broadcast was well received 5n Europe. 'Later on, the describer went for another run, and the description was put through loud-speakers around the track, for tho amusement of spectators.

ITEMS OF INTEREST. RADIO ROUND THE WORLD. Penny-in-tlie-slot radio sots for the home have been introduced in France. Instead of buying a set it is possible to have installed free a high-powered set with a small slot machine attached. On putting a coin into Hie slot 40 minutes radio programme is assured.

■ Sir Ambrose Fleming, inventor of tlie thermionic valve, has been awarded the Franklin Medal for 1935 by the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, for his work in Hie field of wireless research. The name of Sir Ambrose is coupled with that of Professor Einstein, who receives a similar medal for Ills researches into relativity.

Wavering signals, or reception that fades away and comes again strongly, is caused by leakage in the aerial due to swinging or contact with some object,,sooty or dirty insulators, loose bearings in condensers, poorly soldered wiring contacts, or possibly the “howling" of a neighbouring regenerative receiver.

Tlie Post and Telegraphic Department has recently made a new automatic device for installation in tlie remo'te-conlrol reception point at Brown’s Bay, Auckland, where all Empire short-wave programmes are picked up for rebroadcasting toy tYA or IYX. This new apparatus enables programmes to be picked up at a point many miles away from the point where tho operator is stationed.