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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1932.
RADIO B10
FEATURES
drone, motor-ear, motor-cycle, trot- AUSTRALIA'S RADIO, At present, the Australia Broad- frighted music at a lesser rate than STARS MADE IN A
ting horse," and a score of other
A BOW TO TAX- SUPPORTED RADIO.sounds.
England's Remarkable New Broad- cast Home Symbol of Non- Advertising Achievement.
"Nation eball speak Unto nation," is tho motto of the British Broadcasting Corporation, whose Broadcasting House," the new
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Six gramophones located in al-
STRADDLE.
Eaid, is exorbitant,
easting Company, a private corpora that now prevailing, which, it is i tion, provides programmes for the Class A stations. This year however, its contract runs out, to
other studio are ready to produce Both Government Control and Ad-be replaced by the proposed 'com
1 per cent. of B.B.C's programimes from library of thousands of re- cords. When a conversation or seng is supposed to be given in the open nir a non-echo studio, lined with soundproof tile, allows the per- former to stand a distance from the microphone to produce the effect.
vertising Support Advocated
In Now Legislation.
lated, must be a woman.
NIGHT.
ROMANCE OF THE NEWEST WIRELESS “FIND."
[BY GARRY ALLIGHAN.]
There are at least a dozen front- rank stars who have been "mado " by broadcasting. Clapham and
radio uity," as it were, of Great Another studio lacking this tile is with advertising in the United Amalgamated Wireless, a semipublic This also applies to broadcasting Dwyer, for instance: as a pair of
The broadcasters are in the un-' certain position of not knowing when they are breaking the copy- mission, one of whom, it is stipright law since the association re
fuses to print a list of the com-1 Australian listeners are now positions of which it claims the copy- charged a license fee of 24s.,, half right. Yet every hall and theatro of which now goes to the broad-in Australia has to pay an hnnual Australia, with the results beforecasting company, as. to the Comfee to the association for the per- hor of privately controlled radio monwealth Treasury, and 38 toformance of music owned by it.
corporation, for patent license fees.
Last year the Government-owned radio without advertising in Europe. The new commission would also re-
ceive 128. from license fees and" Class A" stations paid more than "Class has decided to be on both sides of the radio fence with government would have the power to issue bonds £30,000 to the association.
Their next performance was in controlled radio with advertising up to £50,000 for incorporation and B" stations pay their fees month-
ly, which amount to several thou-front of the microphone and the The present sand pounds annually. These changes are forecast in a bill operating expenses.
following morning they woke up to recently introduced by Postmaster-annual revenue from radio license. Speaking at Melbourne, Mr. G. find contracts awaiting their signa-
Britain, located on Portland Place, used for producing echoes, B.B.C's States and government-controlled
now addresses children as his equals instead of "talking down" to them as
formerly, speaks from the "Children's Hour" studio.
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off of busy Regent Street in Lon-"Radio' Uncle," from Oxford, who don, has just been opened. That motto rang out from an announcer's lips as Big Ben, in the tower of tha House of Commons, struck 12 on the eviting of Saturday, May 14, marking the end of the final pre- gramme over to be transmitted from the Savoy Hill studios of the B.B.C., headquarters of British radio-casting for the last nine
years.
The B.B.C is quite proud of its talks," which constitute per cent, of its programmes. There are several studios which hold a single speaker and a special room whero two speakers can debate comfort
Religious ably before a fireside. services are held in a chapel studio. is installed the Blattnerphone, which records all a magnetized steel broadcasts on tape for future use. The Blattner- phone has been found most useful for enabling artists to improve their technique.
In ono
room
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General J, E. Fenton in the nationalfers is £103,000. Legislature at Canberra.
stations.
The Parliament
amateur comedian they made their first appearance at an At Home before the Duke and Duchess of York.
Mabel Constanduros was a student
of elocution when she first faced the microphone. Olive Groves and Billy Bennett also owe much of their pre-
sent stage popularity to the wire- less.
L Chilvers, secretary of the Austure. Under the new scheme actual tralian Federation of Broadcasting The bill provides for a commission operation of the radio stations is Stations, said the Federation Par liament would be asked to free of five members on part time which given to the Post Office Department. Australian radio stations from un- shall have the power to appoint its as well as censorship of any broad- fair restrictions, own general manager and staff and cast material and the complete con would be asked to protect users be responsible for the programme trol of the facilities during periods against extortionate demands for
of national emergency.
use of copyrighted music. Provision the service of 12 guvernment-owned, or
has been made for the creation of Those claiming property rights un- The new "Clase A" stations.
der the copyright net would be a national orchestra to give encour broadcasting sot-up is based upon
compelled to register in the Com- the English system with the provisoagement to local talent. High up on the eighth floor is the that the new radio commission shall In Australia, as in the United monwealth the property for which in July, 1922, at which steners main control room with broad slant have the right to make use of apon States, the broadensters have had they claimed protection. It was also were treated to an entertainment ing windows like an artist's studio.sored programmes. This step has their trouble with the "copyright considered making it obligatory on
The next day, the B.B.C. was transmitting from "Broadcasting House," now considered the largest and most modern radiocasting studio building in the world, which, it is reported, has cost more than £1,000,000 to build. A far cry, in- deed, from the first B.B.C. pro- grainme ever radioeast in Britain from a garden fête in Hampstead
of unconsidered triflea of the lighter | Ranged under the windows are type.
eight deska for rehearsal and six quite naturally aroused opposition desks for actual broadcasting. Op from the newspaper groups and the pnsite are the banks of amplifiers low-powered "Class B" stations which operate between the studios which broadcast sponsored pro-ing Rights Association, a copyright and the transmitters, and out upen
Looking down Regent Street, Brondensting House stands out like the prow of a great concrete ship,
the British regional networks. As grammes and so depend upon sociated with the amplifiers is revenue for existence.
and duplicate gear equipment in case of breakdown.
a flat-iron shaped eight-story build- ing with two basements-in fact, a building within a building. The inner tower contains 22 studios" stand-by " located and above another and is isolated from the outer shell both The iner studie tower is tarpeted physically and acousticbilly, The to deaden footfalls, and is artifical- outer group of offices contains ly lighted by windows through among others the room of Sir which soft "eunlight” shines, Air
equipment John Reith, director-general of the conditioning
thermo- B.B.C., wherein is a beautiful statically controlled keeps the stu- stained-glass window of St.. Cecelia, dios at a cool and workable tem- the
patron saint of music," the perature. gift of Dr. Bredow, head of the Reich Rundfunk Gesellschaft, the The farewell to Savoy Hill had German radiocasting company. The begun tant: November when, the window is set into the oak panel | B.B.C. began to move piecement behind Sir John's chair and is from thero, For about ten days artificially lighted from behind.
previous to the official oponing of the new building. British listeners had been aware of a new, finer
the
The studios range froin a grent and different quality in their pro- concert hall which will accomodate grammes. On Saturday, May 14, 750 persons, as well as performers, when
"Good-by to Savoy down to the box which contains the Hill" programme went out on the "Interval Signal,”. a clock which ais, listeners heard Norman Long ticks off the seconds, and which sing the opening bars of the song Las been dubbed "The Ghost in with which the started the first Galoshes" by British listeners. It vaudeville programme.
owner." The Federal Government copyright holders to publish the is trying to bring about an agree musical repertoire on which claims for protection are based, on the ment with the Australian Perform-
demand of a bonú fude music user.
All these copyright issues must he approached carefully, however, because copyright agreements are made by international agreement. Any limitation, therefore, must be considered in the light of their
that
pool with world-wide ramifications, for the right to broadcast copy-
HAVE YOU HEARD THESE?
LONG-WAVE STATIONS.
Here are lists of long-w&TO and short-wave stations which should be picked up by anyone in Hong Kong who has a moda. rately good set suitable for re- ceiving such signals. Success in picking up these stations also depends very largely upon fav- ourable atmospheric conditions. Readers are invited to add to this list should they succeed in picking up any station not in cluded in either of these lista.
Wave length (Metres) Station
200 Manila 277 Shanghai 345 - Tokyo
Call Kilo Sign oyale K.Z.L.B. 1,153 K.S.M.S. 1,083 J.0.A.K. 070
860 353 Hiroshima - JO.F.K.
846 355 Hong Kong 2.B.W. 387.1 Bombay V:U.B. 840 301 Sapporo 3.0.LK. 630 300 Keijo J.O.D.K. 800 370 Nagoya J.0.0.K 810 370.4 Calcutta V.U.C.
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The latest instance is John Tilley, who, a week ago, was practically
unknown.
1 heard trim make his
microphone debut a few nights ago, and the ink on my Evening Stand- ard review of his work-hailing him a discovery was hardly dry be fore George Black, of, the Palla- dium, had signed him up to top the bill there the night after the Command performancel
But that is only part of the Tilly romance. His real name in Thom- son, and his father was Scotland's international "Soccer" 'captain. | John inherited £20,000' a few years ago, and invested it in an antique business. It failed, so the young] optimist looked for a job.
The first was in a paint factory; the second was as a anlesman of
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CENTRAL RADIO
SERVICE
KING'S BLOG (Oga Ferg
effect upon the rights of other coun-moth-proof bags for Women's RADIO EXPERTS-WORK GUARANTEED
tries.
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The Highest Radio Station?
Quito, Ecuador, 0,000 feet above sea level and close to the "roof of the world," has the distinction
clothes, the third was on a lending financial daily payer.
Five months ago Tilley heard that the Windmill Theatre were 'en- couraging now talent in their non. stop variety shows, and he went of operating perhaps the highest along. He has been on the stage Set less than 20 weeks, making as many ratio station in the world.
as 25 appearances b day at the down in the midst of the lofty Windmill, and writing his Andes is HOJE, one of the most material in the meantime.
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ow'n
800.9 powerful stations in northern Unquestionably he is one of the 380 Kumamoto J.O.G.K. 790 300 Benda J.O.EX. 710 South America, HOJB gives talks B.B.C. finds of the year. He will1 395 Dairen 400 O
broadenst again in a few days.
r
410 Canton 460 - Mauila
SHORT-WAVE STATIONS.
fori
STATION
CALL RIGH
is, presumably, a brother to the words were read of the first general "dinner chimes," which mark the nows bulletin on November 14, 1929, programme intervals of America's
N.B.C.
The Vicar of Whitechapel recalled
07.86
the first radio religious service of 60.12- Khabarovsk (Russia) December 25, 1922. There was in
Dobiatz (Germany)
66.7 50.
Nauenw Моксо Bome
41.3 08.9 The 87- 36.2
31.48
KILO
J.Q.A.K 760
C.M.B. 738 K.Z.R.M 025
J.Ó.B.K. TO in Spanish, the language of Ecua- dor, but English is also used for the Americans and other foreignera residing in Ecuador.
TIM (HONG KONG) OF WORKING
4,484 Mon., Wed „'& Fri., 8 p.m. & 2 M.m 4020 8-10 p.m.
9,620 Yri, 3 amy Batu 3 ani, & 10 a.m. 0800 Not regular
A.F.H
4.37.
A.G.J.
6,201 Not regular
RAN.
4,000 Tue, Thurs., Sat., 8 p.m.
1.M.A.
6,596 Sunday midnight
J.A.G.
7,142 Daily 6.30 p.m. & 11 p..
Blogapore Kootwijk (Holland)
V.B.I.A.B. P.C.L.
7,810 Not regular
7,730 Daily 1 p.m.
Bangkok (Biam) Bydney
Melbourne
Schenectady
HSAPJ. 3.B.L 3.L.0. W2X.A.T. 9,530 Daily 7
8,108 Tuos. & Fri., § pm,--1 s.m. 9,290 | Not regular B,503 Not regular
Da
Eindhoven (Holland) | P.C.J,
81.28 BL-
Sydney
2.F.C.
Nairobi (Kenya)
T.:0.
.6,077 Midnight daily
Fydney
2.M.E.
10,328 Not regular
27.8...
Dandoeng Chelmsford (England) 5.6.W.
PLE
11,761 7.30 p.m. & à s‚m, daily, croepț
Saturday and Sunday
K.1.X.E
12,240 Nightly
Bobenectady
WALO.
|18,850 | 6 am. Wed., Kri., Sat.
Bandoeng
PIAG
Kootwijk (Holland)
P.O.L
16,304 Daily Tp..
Bandoeng
ELE
17.280 Daily 8.5.m.. to midnight
16.0
Bangkok
KS.1.P.J.
17,761 Sundays 7 p.m & midnight
18.74
Nancy (Franen)
13.99
Kootwijk (Holland) Bandong
*Pittsburg
P.C.K
P.LE.
19,220 Dally 5,30/7 p.m.
10,861 Daily A
W8.LK.
31,540 || Not regular |
According to the B.B., 3 per cent of its programmes are drama impression of the first B.B.C. opera 43.5
43. Porth tia and in Broadcasting Hanse will relay from Covent Garden, a`por come from a group of studios rang. tion of "The Magic Flute," ed around & common control 'room whole was given with those inter 31.56 where the director will be able to ruptions and incidental breakdowns 31.20
which marked the early days of combine the sound efforts of actors, music and effects though they be broadcasting, and must have 28.5
smile to the 25.53 distributed in as many as from brought many a
Manila 245 eight to ten studios. Adjoining the technical staff. drama "toutrol room is the sound The concluding section of the pro- 188 effects studio, which produces in gramme was a tour of the varjous 17,4 mechanism sound effects many of studios at Savoy Hill during, which 163 which were make-shifts at Savoy the listeners hard the plugs dis- 16.5
connected that, successively reduced Hill,
On order the director can call for each of these studios to silence, running water, the sound of oars, nevermore to be broken by B.B.C.. 'escaping steam, thunder, airplane patortainnore.
23.86
13.4
11020 Manight-8 are daily
10,102 Daily 6.30 pm, to midnight
18,404 Each afternoon,
[Allowance must be made for "inmmer-time” in most Euro- pasa countries, which is one hour ahead of truk ślusa,
Heretofore, tho Pan-American Union states, Ecuadoreans have not been satisfied with their radio entertainment which comes to them from near-by countries, Central America and the United States.
A Memorable Performance.
I was present last night in No. 10 studio to see and hear the per- formance of the d'Erlanger Requiem Mass, and I have to record that, regarded as a picco of broadcasting, it was a triumph, This studio is peculiarly suited to big orchestral works, and the placing of the micro- Thus nightly now programmes come phones was the result of most care- down from the highlanders Ecu ful testing for frequencies and
dor's bid for notice in the sparsely settled equatorial region.
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11 to 11.30 a.m.-Stock quotations. 11.30 am.-Chinese programme. 12.30.p.m.-European programme of Victor and H.M.V. records. p.m.-Local time and weather
report.
1.30 p.m.-Rugby Press nows, ete. 2 p.m.-Close down.
5 to 8 p.m.-European programme, 5 to 8 p.m. relay of the Hong Kong Hotel Orchestra by courtesy of the management. (During the intervals recorded music will be broadcast from the Studio.)
to 8 p.m.-A programme of
Victor and H.M.V. recorda. to 6.32 p.m.-
Operatic,
Chorus "Boris Godounow
Coronation Seone" (Moussarg- sky)..
balance.
It was an interesting scene: 120: musicians and 100 singers grouped
Chorus
UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS. around a little dais on which stood Dr. Adrian Boult in shirt-sleeves, conducting with far greater free- dom than I have even soca before.
Bitting on the stairs which ran
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first two-minute interval be stood up and wayed an encouraging greet- ing to the conductor, and, when the work was finished he congratulated the musicians.
Miss Sonia Franck
Cook and Soni
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Boris Godounow Polonaise "***** (Moussorgsky). Royal Opera Chorus and Coá, vent Garden Orchestra $400... Song" Aida Patris Mia
(Verdi) Song-"I. Trovatore --D'Amor Bull' Ali Rosco,” (Verdi).—Eva Turner (Soprano)-L2158,
Vocal Gems" Tales of Hoff;
man"
(Offenbach).
Vocal Gems Mignon" (Thomas)
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Song Manon Lescaut. Maiden
so Fair" (Puccini), it
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