by remote control. It is hoped to have the service in operation by the end of 1959.
101. The arrival of new equipment and the replacement of certain obsolete equipment gave greater production facilities and improved the quality of the programme services generally. The coming of FM broad- casting, with its ability to give listeners sound quality equal to the best high fidelity home reproducers necessitates the use of the highest quality studio equipment and where equipment is not up to the standards demanded, it is being replaced.
102. To improve operational techniques, and to meet the growing demands of complex studio production, selected technical personnel completed a local course in Studio Management during the year.
103. Overseas news correspondents and commentators frequently used studio and recording facilities for voicecasts transmitted over radio telephone circuits. The Quemoy crisis and the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh were two occasions on which these commitments were extremely heavy.
TRANSMITTERS
104. There was no change in the deployment of transmitters during 1958/59. The following is an account of the transmitter running hours and interruptions during this period:
Transmitter Call Sign Freq.
Running
Service Interruptions
Hours
Due to Transmitter
ZBW 860 Kc/s
4,777
3 mins. 43 secs.
Other Causes
2 mins. 5 secs.
ZEK ZBW3 3940 Kc/s
640 Kc/s
6,107
1 min. 3 secs.
9 mins. 55 secs.
6,155
3 mins. 15 secs.
2 mins. 30 secs.
STUDIOS AND EQUIPMENT
105. Much new equipment authorized under broadcasting expansion projects arrived and was installed during the year. The two vans attached to the department were modified to act as mobile studios. Seven disc and tape playback units were constructed and installed in the programme offices for use by producers in programme makeup.
RECORDING
106. Studio facilities for recording work were considerably increased during 1958. This was brought about by the arrival and installation of new recording equipment, of which there are now over twenty units in
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