The Archive · 1938

From. Malaya The British Malaya Broadcasting

Corporation announces that two new short-wave stations will be inaugurated at Singapore this month, ZHP, 31.48m., 953 mc/s and ZHO, 49.90m., 6.012 mc/s. The former will transmit on Saturdays and Sundays, the latter on week-days only. So for there have only been two shortwave broadcasting stations in the Malayan peninsula, ZGE,. Kuala Lumpur, owned by the Selangor Amateur Radio Society, with a programme on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays, between 1940-2140 on 48.92m., 6.13 me/s, and ZHJ, Penang, operated by the Penang Wireless Society, on 4934m. 6.08 mc/s, on week-days from 20.40.2240, ZHI, Singapore's first broadcasting station, was closed down some months ago to make way for the official new transmitters; ZHI wa san amateur station, True Pitch it is reported that listeners to W2XE, Wayne, N.J., in the United States, will shortly hear at the beginning of each programme the striking of a tubular gong which, vibrating 440 times a second, will reproduce a true "A" in order to enable musicians all over the world to tune their instruments. Now, where's that mouth-organ of mine? 5

On the Air In the early mornings, a number of good catches can be made by those

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