According to information arriving here while ye Radio Editor was on holiday, the General Electric Ca., Schenectady, N.Y., was to bring into operation its new 100-kilowatt shortwave transmitter some time this month; the channel to be used is 3141 metres. At present, W2XAD is reported to be operating as follows (Shanghai time):—from 20.00-24.00 on 13.95 metres for Latin states in South America; from 2415 to 06.000 on 19.56m., for a beam broadcast to Europe; and from 07.15-11.000 on 31.41m, for the second transmission to South America. W2XAF on 31.48m. is daily used for a broadcast to the world from 04.00-06.00 and from the latter hour to noon in Shanghai for a transmission in Spanish to the Argentine Republic. larger orchestra. The musical accompaniment will be provided by a section of the BBC Northern Orchestra, conducted by H. Foster Clark and David Porter will be the producer.
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