Successful Reception of Programmes from Treasure Island Interesting programmes from Station W6XBE, the new 20 KW shortwave station of the General Electric Company situated at the Golden Gate Fair Grounds on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, have been heard by many Shanghai and outport listeners since the official opening of the station on March 2. The inauguration of the station was marked by elaborate ceremonies from the Latin-American Building at the Fair Grounds, opening addresses being made by prominent officials of the Exposition, the General Electric Company, the National Broadcasting Company, and representatives of the eighteen Latin and South American countries, preceded by the national anthem of each.
The race meeting at the famous Santa Anita track in Southern California provided a most exciting 2-1/5 minutes' commentary on the running of the $135,000 handicap race, won by Kyack, with Whitfield second. The winning horse, who was favourite, did not come up beyond third place until the last quarter of a mile, and beat by one-fifth of a second the record for the race established last year for the 1% mile distance. Among select musical programmes heard during the week have been the Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, Bach, from Carnegie Hall. dance music Hotel Edison in Times Square, New York City; the Hotel Biltmore Rendezvous Hour; and Carlos Toledo's Orchestra from the Persian Room of the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco,
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