Broadcasts
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Changes in Islands Broadcasts
RADIO listeners in the Islands JL\» may be interested in the follow ing recent developments.
Noumea is now broadcasting on 3,375 kc s (85 metres) in addition to its 6035 kcs (49 metre) channel.
As with Suva, the lower frequency is giving better coverage in the Islands. The station is on the air gom 0000-0200 GMT and 0700-1030 ’
Radio Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, has also shifted from 7126 kc/s, in the 41 metre band, to a
lower frequency—so4s kc/s and 4865 kc/s have both been used recently.
The station will soon shift across to Biak Island, where a 5 k/w trans mitter should give excellent cover- Apia has been testing on 6040 kc/s (49-metre band), but is at present off the air on the short-wave channel, pending some adjustments.
The broadcast channel of 1430 kc s continues in use. a llVfl o PPrriQ nriw 0 n 3980 asd 5980 kc/s; with the former providing a reasonably good service as far away as Tarawa, in the north, and New Zealand, in the south.