MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1978
AM RADIO SERVICE TO OPERATE ON NEW FREQUENCIES
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HONG KONG'S AM (MEDIUM WAVEBAND) RADIO BROADCASTING SERVICES WILL OPERATE ON A NEW SET OF FREQUENCIES FROM NOVEMBER 23 IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN AGREEMENT REACHED AT AN INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION (ITU) CONFERENCE IN GENEVA.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HONG KONG TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY SAID THE NEW FREQUENCIES ALLOCATED TO HONG KONG ARE WITHIN THE TUNING BAND OF ALL RADIO SETS DESIGNED TO RECEIVE MEDIUM-WAVE BROADCASTS. IN FACT, LISTENERS WILL FIND MOST OF THE NEW POSITIONS ON THEIR RECEIVER DÍALS QUITE CLOSE TO THE PRESENT ONES AND IN THE SAME ORDER.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE CHANGES WILL NOT AFFECT THE FM RADIO AND TV BROADCASTING FREQUENCIES.
THE FREQUENCY CHANGES TO BE INTRODUCED ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
STATION
LANGUAGE
OLD FREQUENCY NEW FREQUENCY/WAVELENGTH
RTHK 3
ENGLISH
545 KHZ
COMMERCIAL RADIO 2
CHINESE
610 KHZ
567 KHZ/529 METRES 675 KHZ/444 METRES
RTHK 1
CHINESE
640 KHZ
COMMERCIAL RADIO 1
CHINESE
850 KHZ
COMMERCIAL RADIO
ENGLISH
1050 KHZ
783 KHZ/383 METRES 864 KHZ/347 METRES 1044 KHZ/287 METRES
THE SPOKESMAN SAID: THE RE-ALLOCATION OF MEDIUM WAVE BROAD- CASTING FREQUENCIES IS AIMED AT IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF AM RECEPTION BY MINIMISING RADIO INTERFERENCE IN ASIA AND EUROPE. THE PLAN WAS WORKED OUT AT AN ITU CONFERENCE IN GENEVA IN LATE 1975 AND THE DELEGATES ALL AGREED TO IMPLEMENT IT ON NOVEMBER 23, 1978.+
+ IN OTHER WORDS, ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 23, HONG KONG JUST AS OTHER TERRITORIES IN ASIA AND EUROPE WILL BE OPERATING ON THE NEW AM FREQUENCIES ALLOCATED TO THEM. IF ALL NATIONS REPRESENTED AT THIS CONFERENCE COMPLY WITH THIS REQUIREMENT BETTER RADIO RECEPTION WILL RESULT.+
+HOWEVER,+ THE SPOKESMAN WARNED, THERE ARE AT LEAST 40 OTHER STATIONS THROUGHOUT ASIA AND EUROPE USING THE SAME FREQUENCIES AS OURS. IF SOME OF THESE DO NOT CHANGE ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 23 WE MIGHT GET SOME INTERFERENCE. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE IRONED OUT
IN THE FOLLOWING FEW WEEKS.+
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