Islands Broadcasting

Plans by A.W.A.

EQUIPMENT to establish a broadcast ing station at Port Moresby—the first in the South Pacific Islands —was despatched to Papua by Amalgamated Wireless, Ltd., in mid-April. The new station, to be known as 4PM, will be operated by A.W.A., by whom the plant was designed and manufactured.

It is announced, also (but this is not officially confirmed), that plans are afoot by the same enterprising company to establish a broadcasting station at Suva, in Fiji.

The establishment of these stations will be of benefit to Islands residents.

In the past, many people in the Pacific have installed receiving sets in the hope of being able to pick up news bulletins and entertainment broadcasts from Aus tralian and New Zealand stations; but, for the most part, their success has been only seasonal. For a large part of the year, atmospheric interference has made satisfactory reception almost impossible.

The new Islands stations probably will re-broadcast Australian mainland pro grammes: and listeners in Papua, New Guinea, Nauru, Solomons, New Heb rides, New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Gilbert and Ellice, and Cook Islands should have no difficulty, using standard four and five-valve sets, in keeping in constant touch with the wide world.