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WIRELESS NOTES.
A REVIEW OF LAST YEAR.
NO STARTLING DEVELOPMENT
ing in this country of Australian programmes, and In Australia of special short-wave transmissions from this country, but the results have been rather disappointing,
The Commercial Side.
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The
THE B. B. C.
REVIEW OF A NOTABLE YEAR.
THE REGIONAL SCHEME. As regards the development of The close of the year marked the radio on the commercial side, a
London, Jan. 2. first anniversary of the change-new epoch was opened in January
The British Broadcasting Cor- over from the British Broadcast by the inauguration of the wire poration was twelve months old yes- less telephone service. between Ing Company to the British Broad- England and the United States, terday. The transition from com- casting Corporation. There has not been any remarkable develop via the Rugby station. This ser-pany to corporation regime a year the drastic changes that some anti- ment in broadcasting during the vice, although somewhat costly, led Ago occurred smoothly and without year, but there has been a very de- to a big saving of time.
cipated under "semi-State" control, finite move with a view to the in- "team" system has made very It is now recognised that in the past auguration of the regional system rapid strides during the present of transmitters. This scheme year, and communication by this year the broadcasting organisation means the complete reorganisation means has been established be has lost none of its original viril- of the B.B.C. transmitting stations,tween England and Ottawa, Austy, that setady progress has been made in many directions, and that broadcasting is on an even firmer so that the present low-power sta-tralia, South Africa, and
footing than before.. The number tions will be replaced by fewer with very satisfactory results.
Much Improvement has been acf broadcast receiving licences in stations of much higher power, in general with two-wave lengths,complished in the design thus giving more widespread dis-ceiving aets, and in this direction force at the end of December, extant in November, 1927, the last tribution of signal strength and at manufacturers are producing sets 1926, was 2,178,259; the number heat which, from their external appear-month for which figures are avail- the same time enabling ane alternative programme to be received on simple apparatus,
on
With the intention of (n) pro- viding the B.B.C, engineers with facilities for investigating the best form of transmitter; (b) enabling other users of the ether to test the amount of interference on other wave-bande that might be caused by such a station; and (e) enabl Ing the B.B.C. to start an experi- mental programme service which to gain experience for the future, the Daventry experimental station 6GB was erected and 'be- gan operations on August 21. This new station actually replaces the Birmingham station, and broadcasts a programme entirely different to that of 5XX, which normally relays the
London pro- now under
grammes, The plan consideration is to have a high- power station in the vicinity of London, another in the West Coun- try, a third in the North of Eng- land, a fourth in Scotland, and a fifth in Northern Ireland. In ad- dition to, these stations there may be relay stations in thickly popu lated districts. There appears to! be little likelihood of the scheme being definitely embarked upon before the end of 1928, and it la on the 5GB experiments that the final decision will depend.
There has been a steady increase
India
of re-
NOTED CHINESE SINGER.
Mas Chee Toy, daughter of the famous Chinese magician Ching Ling Foo, is appearing at all perform- ances in the Queen's Theatre to-day and to-morrow to sing popular English and Chin- ese songs. Miss Chee Toy. ís a star in her own right, having "opped the bill" at the Ziegfeld Follies.
able, was 2,366,620.
The past year has seen the be- ginning of two important experi menta which may have far-reaching effects. The first concerns the re- | organisation of British broadcast- ing on the lines of fewer high-power stations, the second the beginning of official experiments, in Empire- broadcasting through 5SW at Chelmsford, The opening of Daventry experimental station, 5GB, in August was regarded as the foundation-atone of the regional scheme; the first transmissions from SSW took place in the late autumn. Both stations are des- cribed as "experimental," but it is safe to prophesy that this year will see big developments in both direc- tions,
One of the most effective demon- strations of Empire broadcasting was' from Canada to this country on Dominion Day, when Keston picked up and relayed a programme! transmitted by the Marconi beam station at Drummondville, Quebec, The successful rebroadcasts from Sydney, Australia are still fresh in the minds of listeners, and 1927 stands out as the year in which Empire broadcasting in its first stages was occomplished.
During the week-end the B.B.C. issued its annual review of the year detailing the outstanding events of the past twelve months. Most
of them will be sufficiently familiar
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1928.
DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE
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(Tre solution' of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in to-morrow's issue along with a new cross-word puzzle.)
BANNED PLAY, ·
AUTHOR ON THE BACK'S "ABSURD" ACTION.
In the number of licences Issued, ance, bear not the slightest resem- which in December last year was blance to anything pertaining to 2,178,259, as against 2,263,854 in radio. They are self-contained March, 2,299,822 (plus
7.691 with or without built-in loud- to listeners. There were the broad-
casting of descriptions, from the "It is absurd for the B.B.C. to as- licences to the blind) in June, and speakers and operated from the Derby, the Boat Race, the Grand 2,387,738 (plus 10,125 free licences usual batteries, or direct from National, and Wimbledon. For the sume that the majority of listeners to the blind) on October 81 last. electric lighting mains. Selectiv-
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On both the amusement and the ity, purity, and ease of control are first time, also, broadcasts from Sir are children and fools," said Cap- educational sides broadcasting has also details which have received Henry Wood's Promenade Concerts tain Reginald Berkeley, discussing mode steady progress, although their due consideration. there has been much criticism in cabinets are designed in all styles, possible by agreement with Messrs. the action of the B.B.C. in rejecting various directions with regard to 80
that a fastidious purchaser Chappell, and there were such im his play, "Machines," the story of
marries any dil-pressive outside broadcasts as the a Labour leader who the "uplift" character of some of should not experience the items. Among the numerous culty In obtaining a set which one from the Menin Gate Memorial capitalist's daughter. excellent programmes
broadcast would be in complete harmony within July. A list of the chief broad-
Captain Berkeley said that he was during the year perhaps the most the furnishing of any particular casts of 1927, and the longer lat
of the eminent people who have specially commissioned by the attractive were, the publicly per-room.
broadcast, are alike indicative of the B.B.C. to write a play. When it Increasing prestige' of the service. The B.B.C. looks forward to 1928 jected on the grounds that it was
was submitted, however, it was re- HONG KONG HOTEL VISITORS.
formed musical programines, which Include the B.B.C. series of pro- menade concerts from the Queen's
TRANSOCEANIC TESTS.
will be
Hall, London, conducted by Sir The chief engineer of the Na-with a confidence that Henry J. Wood, the national con- tional Broadcasting Company, of shared by the majority of listeners, certs, and the Halle concerts from New York, Dr. A. N. Goldsmith, reDaily Telegraph."
the1 the Free Trade Hall, Manchester.cently. made a statement on
February 26, 1928.
politically controversial, and that Ilsteners switching on and off, might receive a wrong impression, simi- lar to that given to certain listen- Mesaro. W. J. Alexander, E. H. ers by Father Ronald Knox in a Salive Amorin, H. H. Arnold. London, Jan. 17.
Mesars. G. G. Bingham, H. K. humorous broadcast account of an Bauks. The Broadcasting Corporation
imaginary British revolution. will shortly transmit continental programmes to all parts of Eng- Captain Berkeley
that such & misunderstanding land and vice versa.
Of the "outside" broadcasts the joint experimenta by his company NEW BROADCAST SYSTEM. more notable, perhaps, was the and the B.B.C. to determine the running commentary on the Uni- feasibility of international re- versity Boat-race, which presented | broadcasting.
maintained
Mr. R. de M. Cosme, Mr. A. Felmann. Mesara. M. Gutmann, J. P.
Mesara. A. F. Henry, Fred A.
J. E. Hope, Capt. T. P. Hall, Mr. and
the B.B.C. engineers with a very River Head, Long Island, will be difficult task. It was erential the new western end of the trans that the commentators should fol- oceanic link. Dr. Goldsmith de low the race in a motor-launch, i clared that experiments so far have As a result of special telephone would be impossible. "There is a Gearge. and this made it necessary to em- shown that the receiver on his side lines which are being installed in thread of music. running through ploy a complete transmitter in the of the Atlantic must be located in the European capitals, the natural the play," he said, "and nobody launch, as the first stage in the a spot outside of the city. It has tone of opera and musical concerts could imagine a revolution set to Hill, E. Hunt, C. A. Henderson, relay had to be by radio link. An- also been demonstrated that it will will be unaffected. The system munic. other successful outside event was be necessary to utilise exactly the will operate as successfully as Lon- "Unless a work fails because it is Mrs. W. A. Hannibal.
Mr. J. E. Joseph, Mrs, Jobson. the relaying of the service and right wave length for the hour of don transmissions to the provinces. not good enough to broadcast, the
Messra, H. A. Keller, R. A. ceremony at the opening of the the day when the broadcast is to Programmes will be interchanged B.B.C. should not tear up its con- New Menin Gate Memorial at be transmitted, and just the right in 1929 under the auspices of the tract-except on the ground that Krenlen, A. Kopp. Ypres, Belgium, on the morning of type of receiver and aerial equip Union Internationale de Radio the work is obscene, blasphemous, Miss H. Lille, Mr. Karsten July 24.
ment.
phonie, which is the wireless or seditious."
Larssen, Dr. Geo. W. Leavell, Mr. Empire broadcasting is full in Dr. Goldsmith said he had receiv- League of Nations.
When the B.B.C. was appproached K. C. Lon. its experimental stage, and it will, ed a message from Captain Ecker- These developments are the out- for its reply, the following state- Mesara. D. MacDonald, T: Milch. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Priestley, "THE CHINA MAIL," General no doubt, be many months before sley, of the B.B.C., saying the en- come of the recent land line experiment was made:-
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