They Listen To Radio Peking

Prom a Port Moresby Correspondent Favourite radio stations of Papua-New Guinea listeners, accordw to two members of P-NG Legislative Council, are Radio Peking and tr reorganised stations in Hollandia. One reason for this is the low-powerr transmitters of Port Moresby’s ABC short wave radio, they say.

Mr. lan Downs, member for the New Guinea Highlands, said February that Hollandia station’s wave-length was so close to that of ti\ Moresby short wave station—and so much more powerful—that listener could not tune out Hollandia even if they wanted to. Another statw. that swamped everything near it was Radio Peking.

Mr. Paul Mason, member for New Guinea Islands, said the mo listened-to station in Bougainville was Radio Peking. It was impossilA to get Port Moresby and although it was possible to receive the Admin station in Rabaul, most people preferred Radio Peking, anyhow.

He said that he felt that there was something wrong somewhere whu the Australian Government could spend a great deal of money havin Radio Australia broadcast to Asia and Indonesia but could not eqm the ABC’s station in Port Moresby so that local native people com hear it.