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CURRENT RADIO TOPICS.

NOTES AND NEWS LOCAL AND OTHERWISE.

MALAYAN RADIO.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1926.

BRITISH... BROADCASTING.

NEW SYSTEM OF CONTROL.

RADIO JOTTINGS.

More than lifty countries are en-

couraging amateur work on short D waves. These hams are now. engaged in effecting two-way in ternational communication.

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Denmark has about 70,000 radio D 1379 receiving, sets in use, according to

report to the Department of Commerce. Copenhagen, the capi-D 1533 tal, has 48,000, of; which 35 per cent are tube sets; also new regu D. 1454 Intions making adequate provision fog the operation" of privately owned radio amateur stations have Just been put into effect according to a bulletin issued by the Inter- national Amateur Radio Union.

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Broadcasting Company To Be Started.

Broadcasting on a properly or From the beginning of noxt ganised plan for the territory of year broadcasting in Great Britain Malaya appears to be within men will be in the hands of a new

Practically every radio station surable distance, following the authority, which it is proposed to issue of the recommendations of call the British Broadcasting Cor in America refuses to assist find- the Malaya Wireless Committee,poration. As recommended by the ing last articles or missing per- which was appointed by the gov-Committee which inquired into the sons by mentioning the loss. The ernments of the Straits Settle-subject under the chairmanship of first reason is that such an an- ments and the Federated Malay the Earl of Crawford, it will noundement does not entertain or The States and has had the matter une take over the undertaking of the interest people generally der consideration for a consider-present-British Broadcasting Com-second reason is that such a mes- blo time. Kitherto brond pany as a going concern, and finan-ago may be code information for casting efforts have been carried cial arrangements are now being legal purposes, out by the Amateur Wire made by which it is hoped that less Society of Malaya. This the new body will be started with has shown the possibilities, and in addition owners of powerful re- The intentions of the Govern ceiving sets have found much to ment in the minttor were made interest them in picking up Mauild known to the House of Commons and other stations and sometimes by the Postmaster-General in the

Australia. Certain in-

course of his speech on the Post terests, mostly Chinese, have Office estimates. Sir Williami announced their intention of Mitchell-Thomson intimated that' floating a broadcasting com the Government accepted in gene pany as soon as official sanral the recommendations made by: tion could be obtained, but, judg- the committee. These included, ing from the conditions announce in addition to the establishment ed. the field is quite open, and ap of the new body, the proposal that show the most reliability will get the concession,

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master-General for a period of not less than ten years; that it should consist of not more than The recommendations of the seven or less than five.commission committee provide that no, broaders; and that the receiving license casting licence will be issued until fee should be maintained at the the expiration of three months figure of ten shillings. As to the after official publication of the Constitution of the new body, the conditions, so that all companies Minister thought it unlikely that who wish to do so will have the he would be able to say anything opportunity of applying. The suc- until the autumn. cessful company will have the ex-; OBJECTIONS DISCUSSED. clusive rights of broadcasting for Sir William discussed the oh five years from the date of issue jections which seemed to be in the of the licence Within twelve

way of adopting the specifie sur months of receiving the licence the "estion of the Committee regard company must instal and operate Ing the setting up of the Corppra one or more broadcasting stations tion.. It was recommended that with machinery of British manu- it should be a public corporation, facture of the latest type. Re: nating as the trustee of the nation-

be of British manufacture.

The Broadcasting Company of. Great Britain now has 21 stations in its system, which serves an estimated population of 23,000,000, most of whom are said to be with- in crystal set range of tho stations.

Many stars of the stage broad-' cust. However, the contract of

many of these stara prohibit their broadcasting, 40 they assume names and broadcast as imitators of themselves.

Future broadcasting bookings indicate that this winter season will be radio's greatest in scope and quality of radio entertain- ment.

William Thomas, baby of three years, is one of America's young- eat radio performers. He is heard on programmes given from Station WJJD, Mooseheart, 111.

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America's first broadcaster, whoever he is, isn't Belgium claims the first, in the person of Raymond Braillard, now president of the technical commission of the International Radio Union. Bruil- lard, so the claim goes, transmit- ted concerts weekly from a station

at Laeken, near Brussels, begin

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VALVE COSTS:

ment or incorporated under the Companies Act. One of the ob- continuing until he had to dis- The company must carry out a jections to the creation of a statu-mantle it in August, 1914, because regular service consisting of mu- tory body was the danger of con- sic, entertainment, instruction, 'necting it in the minds of the pub- public announcements, or other lic, with political activity, said the The Government pro- matter which may be approved by Minister.. the Postmaster General. At the posed, therefore, in preference to

The B.B.C. is to be congratulat- request of the Postmaster General, both, the suggestions of the Com- the company must broadcast mat mittee, to proceed by way of peti ed on the rapidity with which it ter for public purposes, in addition to the Privy Council moving seizes upon good advice and acts tion to the ordinary programmes the Crown to be pleased to grant upon it, when such advice, is in free of charge for a total period a Royal charter for the incorpor-practical and constructive form. not exceeding three hours in any ated body to hold a license from Comments were made recently, on week. The company will have the the Postmaster-General, and to the lack of protective devices for The regula- the more coatly and delicate com- right to make contracts with-ad-conduct the service.

nonents. of British broadcasting stations, and it was pointed out that the provision of a few simple pieces of apparatus would mysh. reduce the number of breakdowns cence for listeners in be issued at The Postmaster General said and delays in the service. It is an annual fee of $20. It is re- that there were now 2,076,000 re-understood that the control panel cognised that this is considerably ceiving licenses in the country, at the Daventry station is now to higher than the fee charged in the compared with 1,587,000 a year be rebuilt and will embody many To defaulters he gave the more protective devices, particu United Kingdom, but it is believed ago." that this will barely cover ex-warning that the department did larly in the circuits affecting thes penses in view of the very limited not intend to relax its efforts many large water-cooled vales, the Broadcasting he replacement of which constitutes number of persons likely to avail against them. themselves of a broadcasting described as the cheapest form of a large proportion of the main- service. Of this sum $18 will go entertainment ever offered to any tenance costs of this station.

In this regard it is interesting to to the broadcasting company and one.

note that a "history sheet" of each valve is kept, showing exactly how many hours the valve has been in use, the conditions in which it works, and its characteristica.

vertisers provided that advertise- tion of the finances of the Corpora- ments shall not be broadcasted for tion would be done by the House, more than ten per cent. of the total either by way of legislation in the daily broadcasting time, and it is autumn or by supplementary recommended, that a uniform li-estimate.

$3 to revenue.

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LINKING UP EMPIRE. The House listened with interest The general view of the recom- and appreciation to details of mendations is that they are very Post Office development in many They heard of the fair, but that there are many dif- directions.

In a transmitter, valves are used ficulties in the way, so that con-equipment and achievements of the siderable time must elapse before Rugby station--the biggest in the ns modulators to impress the Singapore, or some other centre in world which for a fee of 13. 6d. speech and music vibrations on Malaya, can possess a broadcast word will seada telegram to the carrier wave, as "oscillators" ing station equal to these already any ship in any waters; of the to produce the carrier wave, and installed in India and other parts progress being made with the link-as amplifiers" to magnify the of the British Empire. The suping up of land lines, so that the carrier wave to the correct power port of the amateur society which Postmaster Generdi was able to for which the station is rated. has been carrying on experimental claim that we were getting ap work has been meagre, so that the

The valves which work as "oncil. latora, have by far the heaviesti company which proposes to broad direction, but even ships at sea task and are, therefore, the most Cast оп a business basis must have found it difficult on occasion likely to break down. From the needs be optimistic. So far auch to establish communication. The history sheets it is possible to tell receiving sets as there are belong blg Government wireless station exactly the running costs of the mostly to Europeana. A company on Singapore island causes power station as regards valves. to be successful will need to have ful interference which will probatg

the support of the Asiatic com-ably never be altogether eliminat preciably nearer the day of the commercially-practicable trans- munities, particularly the Chineseed.

Atlantic telephone service. That which means that the programnjez supplied will have to be varied. The cost of a complete broad-the Dominions and India had been and make a wide appeal More-casting station is estimated to be invited to co-operate in the new over, it has to be noted that this about $100,000, and the overhead wonder of trans-oceanic telephony: part of the world is considered by cost would, of course, be very big halghtened the interest the House experts to be the most difficult it is suggested that the Govern was showing in the subject. From ares over which to operate wire- ment might go a step further by this it was a short stride to the less. Several theories are put guaranteeing the operating com Imperial chain. The Postmaster- forward. One is that owing to pany against possible loss for the General gave the House particulars the nature of the subsoll, which fret few years. Unless somens to the progress of the stations, le largely mineral, the waves are thing of the kind is done it is and his note was quictly confident more readily drawn to the earth thought that the prospects for any when he predicted full operation Not only has the amateur society company, oporating are not very for the new service before the end

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