nee)eee ee _ ey eae Se i Ftadio Times, December 25,1055, SOUTHERN EDITION. WHICH PROGRAMMES HAVE YOU ENJOYED MOST IN 1928? (See page 855.) THE Bo I WEMOOKVALH| | THE JOURNAL OF te HseTSH eislocesrnc CORPORATION | = x Regiitored af pie DECEMBER 28, 1928. Every F r i d a y . Two Pence. Vol. 21. No. 274. [oxo 8 Nowspe oer, Improved European Listening. New Wavelengths for British Stations on January 13. HE RADIO TIMESattempts to keep | should be directed. towards giving the best | mitted to the Council of the Union a plan listeners in touch with the broad |-Enropean service. The Committee room | for the allocation of ‘wavelengths, called outlines of what has: been called the | does not, according to enlightened opinion, | the Plan de Geneve, which was agreed to by international situation, A series of six exist as a market place where wavelengths | 8o per cent. of the stations of Europe, That articies, entitled" Taking Stock,’ published | are sold to the highest ar most persuasive’ plan ‘exists today, but many new. stations / in our columns last summer, crew attention bidder. Uneer the inspired, tireless, and have prown up since March, T9260, and: to the fact that the most serious obstacle to | suave chairmanshipr of Vr Braillard much the plan-is. not working ‘well, It became the progress of wireless broadcasting was the has been done, and, had the Committee not obvious last-year that a new plan based upon lack. of wavelengths available for broad- been formed, unimaginable chaos would now the old was necessary. The Governments at easting. Nothing that has happened since | reign. Unfortunately, a few tecalcitrant, the World Wireless Conference at Washington Delies the statements made tm in rg27 cut down the total those articles; the situation to ae ie aaay = ; S| allocation’ of wavelengths for Gay is even worse than was | : : broadcasting, new stations grew anticipated last summer, and NEW WAVELENGTHS FOR OLD. | upand newauthorities clamoured | hardly a day ai without a PRESENT. NEW. for + eae ne gee BBC. station _ Su ce unter- ‘Rilo- Kiio- pase oa os paz poe ference. There % of course, & ) hebts. Metres. Sabine. hertz. Metves Sialion: ave 68 CEREUS T particy arly the ae policy hc action ee 192 1,562.5 Daventry KX 192 1,562.5 Daventry 5XX aneae nae cut pee 2! a ecient: She tateanata - es Glasgow on = oe Glasvow a Bere innpecative, “Itis “nh et1 tiehi policyMiCy are asaS 780 384.6: Manchester.: 793 378.3: Manchester.er : eesalize. the hecreefl (x} To seek, byevery avail- “8 cat aera at oS Eee the situation in 1925, and 2 aole means, to arrive at an r : Me) ke seth though it left place for all nations, agreement a3 to the allocation 220, FST) SouTnemOU, 19g8 303.8 Cana, it. gave the better sans to these of wavelengths between all - 312.5 Newcastle. 964 311.2,. Aberdeen, who were then working and did authoritieser responsiblereefor the 1,049? 288.5soot Belhest.Edinburgh. ro40991 388.5302.7 RelaysBelfast. and not,Tefor example,ert feee Britishnee working — broadcasting sta- Tiedensath stations to take inferior waves ions in Europe, ause Ruritania m1 i pe To frais the. British 1,230 243.9 Newcastle. WantCoieeeaaaeeTRC ateeeae system so that it gives satis- N.B.—These changes come into operation on Sunday, Ruritania was left free, but it P factory service to the maxi- Tanuary 13. was not a good place. ‘The new nimpumber of listeners, valet | es p Meet e ae ra eee = Plan, then, had to be negotiated (3) Out of fairness to other in terms of sacrifice on the nations, to attempt to make the maximum misinformed or ignorant authorities, by part: of the pioneers who held, force ase possible of the limited facilities refusing positively or castially to adhere to a Priorité, a place in the sun while giving available, plan, produce an apparent chaos, albett their a better place than onginally propos The most important of these points is number is small, Discouragements are to the neweomers. The higher the wave -the- probably that concerned with arriving at an many, but persistance alone can win, and better, of that there js no doubt, anc it eéd plan for the allocation of the 113 gradually the worst equipped, most casually indefensible to maintain the attitude that available wavelengths among European tun stations will come into line; the fact the powerful nations first in the field should. stations. Month by month and year by of their backsliding must not deter the for ever guard the lion's share. Had sucha year certain of the members of the technical enlightened from pursuing a sane and policy been adopted no agreement would be Committee of the Onion Fulernationate ode definite policy of struggling to secure agree- achieved and in place of ement there” Rudiophonia have attempted to show their ment both in Committee and in action. would: be interference. It is better to haye colleagues that the work of the Committee In March, 1926, the Committee sub- Hoontinued overleaf.) Ace : RABIO TIMES PECKMBER 23; 1S, SS — ———— CHANGING THE WAVELENGTHS OF BRITISH STATIONS iUpnttued (ran pret ines page. an agreed plan and mo interference than all The BBC, average frequency at present 15 quicker, Today the Regional. Scheme in the best places for a few countries but whole- 790.2 kilohertz; the new average will be Britain is in hand two years late. sale interference. 834.6 kilohertz, The mean of the European Meanwhile under pemt (3) ‘all that is Aiter protracted negotiation there has allocation is qa20. possible is beng done to bridge the gap emerged a majority agreement between the the new flan will be pet into axecufion on between the present and the future. To nations of Europe for a new plan called this end all B.B.C. relay stations and Bourne- the Plan de Gruxelles. It is agreed upon january 13, 1929, The situation ts so serious mouth will be put on a common or sane not as a fixed and right plan; for ever, tt | that immediate acton ts imperative, hence ational exclusive wave. It hud been hoped rather-as an anncable adjustment of station the absence of longer notice, to start this arrangement in“November, but wavelengths for the benefit of all. As has | unexpected difficulty delayed te scheme. Under point (2) above is meant. simply been indicated above, it implied. sacrifices that the national systems must .be based on The B.B.C. will be ready, however, to start from all those unduly favoured by priority fewer stations of higher power rather than on single wavelength working early in the mn the Plan de Geneve. Eritain among the 1 the present system of many stations of New Year. The delay 16° 4ine solely fo rest had to give up waves. low power, The B.B.C., realizing the implica- manufacturing difculties, It should “be On the previous page is tabulated the new | tions and possibilities of the mternational remembered that the apparatus is unique allocation of wavelengths for Britain. situation, framed proposals three years ago amd the scheme ambitious. It is impossible The 5.B.C,"s sacritice, in order to make ‘te meet the mpendime difficulties. These to foresee every dificulty ;.one can only this new Plan posstble, has been to exchange proposals finally became known as the generalize from experiment.-and say that, metres) for 1,230 kilo- 850 kilohertz (353 Regional Scheme. Permission to go ahead humanly speaking, the scheme seems bound hertz (243.Q metres), Thechangein kilohertz with the Regional Scheme has been delayed to Work. per‘station will be as under :— so long that interference everywhere is now Finally, as in the case of altnest every. past Eaveniry 53% i 7 ae nl] improvement of the service as.a whole, a Bavagtry fh Vs e pine 2 much aggravated. Had a start been made a a a - ae much earlier, as and when frst proposed by partial dislocation for a few listeners. will Matchenter..., Ae a a's ui Ee be unavoidable, Previous experience en- Lepaloay ia i a hy it a the B.B.C., the situation need not have become Canhit i. a Hees be be tel as acute as itis at present. In this respect courages the hope that this will be intell- Abrideen |. Pee a ia wo GH gently accepted in the tmterests of the {te pete eeelalye Wave.) Germany has gained the reward of foresight, Belinea ay ‘el a k ay majority. PP. 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