"Nornu-Cunsa Dany News"
Sm—You advertise in your paper that station XMHD can be heard with unusual clarity and over a very wide area. You might be interested to Know that this is so, but only until the French station (183 Avenue Joffre, T believe) opens up.
We hear your reporter clearly and distinctly for less than five minutes, when with a bang, the French station comes on the air and your reporter completely drowned, most exasperating.
Tt is the same in the evening with the children's hour, over XMHD. "The French station seems to 0 on the alr (630) at the same time, ud the children's programme is com: pletely spoiled, "As far og 1_know there are only two stations in Shange that consider the children, XMHA and XMHD. XMHA often has a male speaker who takes the children's period, and 1 think you will agree with me that the male voice does not Tend itself very well to the telling of children's stories. That leaves only XMHD, which is entirely spoiled by the French station.
there anything one can do?
Shanghai. Jan, 25, To Control and Be Controlled To the Editor of the "Nommi-Cuma Dany News"
Sin—Your footnote to my previous letter is very unsatisfactory. The International Radio and. Telegraph Convention. in Washington in 1027, contains the pledge that each nation pledges to respect the Radio right of each other. If any foreigner, because he is under extraterritorial rights and ives in a concession, has the right fo setup any. broadcasting station without any permission from the Chinese Government, at once you can {magine what ihe situation would be, hence the need of the Convention.
That is exactly what this hroadcosting station FZ. has done. has a call letter of its own. It chooses its own wave-length and sets. up its own power. It it is set merely for the benefit of the people who live in the French Concession, 50 watts power is more than ample. Why have 2,000 watts power unless alms to spread its arts and cultures allover China?
Do we 'Chinese people like that kind! of "eulture™ forced down on our cars? "Or do we like foreigners ho, though enjoying extraterierat et. respect' our" sovereign Jan, 28,
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