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1935. NEW ZEALAND.

THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NEW ZEALAND BROADCASTING BOARD (FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1934).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly in pursuance of Section 21 of the Broadcasting Act, 1931.

REPORT

To the Honourable Adam Hamilton, Minister op Telegraphs, Wellington. Sir,— The members of the New Zealand Broadcasting Board present their third annual report—for the year ended 31st December, 1934. The past year has been one of marked progress, as is witnessed by an increase of 31 per cent, in the number of radio-receiving licenses. The bringing into operation of a modern transmitter at Henderson, Auckland, having a power of 10 kilowatts aerial energy and the erection of modern studio buildings in Auckland City were the most important events of the year. GENERAL. Hours op Transmission. The progressive increase in the hours of transmission since the Board took over control of the service on the Ist January, 1932, is shown in the following table : — Hours of Transmission (Rate per Annum). At Ist January, 1932 .. .. ■ • • • 10,612 hours. At Ist January, 1933 .. .. • • • • 16,484 hours. At Ist January, 1934 .. .. ■ ■ • ■ 23,036 hours. At Ist January, 1935 .. .. • ■ • • 25,700 hours. During 1934, owing to power-failures and technical faults, twenty-six hours of transmitting-time were lost out of a total of 25,794 hours. Programmes. The Board has supplied throughout the year programmes from the eight national stations, namely : —

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Aerial Frequency Wave-lengths fetation. Energy. (Kilocycles). (Metres). Kw. 1YA Auckland .. .. .. 10-00 650 462 1YX Auckland .. .. .. 0-15 880 341 2YA Wellington .. .. .. 5-00 570 526 2YC Wellington .. .. .. 0-20 840 357 3YA Christchurcli .. .. .. 2-50 720 416 3YL Christcliurcli . . .. . ■ 0-50 1,200 250 4YA Dunedin .. .. •• 0-50 790 380 4Y0 Dunedin .! .. .. 0-15 1,140 263