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Percentage of Licenses to Population. There were at 31st March, 1940, 21-27 licenses per hundred of population. New Zealand still maintains its position as third in the list of countries where licenses are issued in respect of the density of licenses to population. The table below shows the position at 31st December, 1939, of the six countries having the greatest density.

Owing to a newly-introduced system of recording receiving licenses it is not possible this year to show the percentages of licenses to population in individual towns. The following table, however, shows the percentages of licenses to population in the various postal districts : —

Hours op Transmission. For the year ended 31st March, 1940, the total transmission time of stations operated by the National Broadcasting Service was 50,038 hours. Of this time, 31 hours 10 minutes were lost owing to technical faults and power-failures. The extent to which transmission hours have been increased in the past nine years is shown by the fact that in the year ended 31st December, 1932, the transmission time of national stations was just over 13,000 hours. Programmes. The National Broadcasting Service, at the 31st March, 1940, was supplying programmes from the sixteen stations indicated hereunder : —

In addition to the above stations there were in operation two stations privately owned which are subsidized by the Government.

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Percentage of Country. Licenses to Population. Denmark .. .. .. . . .. .. 22 • 12 Sweden .. .. .. .. 21-52 New Zealand .. .. .. .. .. .. 21-00 Great Britain .. .. .. .. .. .. 19-48 Netherlands .. .. .. .. .. .. 17-21 Australia .. .. .. .. ... .. 10-80

Percentage of Percentage of Postal District. Licenses to Postal District. Licenses to Population. Population. Wellington .. .. 26-21 Napier .. .. .. 20-31 Westport .. .. 26-11 New Plymouth .. .. 20-15 Christchurch .. .. 23-33 Blenheim .. .. 19-45 Dunedin .. .. .. 21-72 Greymouth .. .. 19-31 Auckland.. .. .. 21-34 Nelson .. .. .. 18-64 Palmerston North .. .. 21-07 Invercargill .. .. 18-64 Timaru .. .. .. 20-80 Hamilton .. .. 17-68 Wanganui .. .. 20-49 Thames .. .. 17-52 Oamaru .. .. .. 20-48 Gisbome .. .. 15-20

Station. I Aerial Energy. j Frequency. Wave-length. I I Kilocycles. Metres. 1YA, Auckland .. .. .. 10-00 kw. 650 462 1YX, Auckland .. .. .. 0-15 kw. 880 341 1ZM, Auckland .. .. .. 0-75 kw. 1,250 240 2YA, Wellington .. .. .. 60-00 kw. 570 526 *2YB, New Plymouth .. .. .. 0-03 kw. 810 370 2YC, Wellington .. .. .. 5-00 kw. 840 357 2YD, Wellington .. .. .. 0-20 kw. 990 303 2YH, Napier .. .. .. .. 5-00 kw. 760 395 2YN, Nelson .. .. .. .. 0-03 kw. 920 327 *2ZJ, Gisborne .. .. .. .. 0-10 kw. 980 306 3YA, Christckurch .. .. .. 10-00 kw. 720 416 3YL, Christchurch .. .. .. 0-30 kw. 1,200 250 3 ZR Grey mouth .. .. .. 0-10 kw. 940 319 4YA, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 10-00 kw. 790 380 4YO, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 0-15 kw. 1,140 263 4YZ, Invercargill .. .. .. 5-00 kw. 680 441 * Stations owned by the National Broadcasting Service, but operated privately under contract.