Station Zjv
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Broadcasting in Suva
From Our Own Correspondent SUVA, February 27.
STATION ZJV, the Fiji Broadcasting Company’s new station in Suva, is now completed and “on the air.” The plant, which has been manufactured in Australia by Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd., is most up to date; in fact, it is the first of its kind manu factured by the company, and bears the serial number “1.” Numbers “2” and “3,” when they are manufactured, are to be installed at Cairns and Rabaul.
Alternating current from the Suva power house has been supplied, and the transmitter has an output of 400 watts on the aerial. The wavelength is 341 metres.
Afternoon and evening programmes are being put on the air, consisting of re corded material.
Local listeners complain that the an nual license fee has been increased from 5/- to 30/- since the new station com menced operations—that they have to pay for what they don’t want, as they have no desire for “canned” music from the local station when there are good pro grammes available overseas. [EDITORIAL NOTE: We understand that A.W.A. are making plans to broadcast a daily news service through this and other Islands sta tions. That should be worth 30/- per annum.]