Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tuesday 24 August 1926, page 10


BROADCASTING.

New Station Opened.

THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.

The broadcasting station of the Theosophical Society was,opened last night in the Adyar Hall by the Minister for Education (Mr. Mutch), who stated that he regarded the work of broadcasting stations as being in the nature of secondary education.

The station's call number is 2GB, and its wave length is 326 metres. The input power at present is 1500 watts, but it will, the manager states, be increased to 3000 watts on the arrival at an early date of transmitting valves from Britain. For the present the station will broadcast on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenlngs, and on Sundays.

Bishop Arundale, chairman of directors of the Theosophlcal Broadcasting Station, Ltd., said that they would regard other broad-casting stations as comrades in a good work. The programmes of the new station would be as good, as beautiful, and as true as they could make them. All the music would not be of the sterner, classical kind, as they recognised that dance and lighter music served a very useful purpose. Their pro-grammes would be for the uplift of Aus-tralia and the inspiration of the listener. The station would know no politics, creed, dogmas, or doctrine.

The Minister for Education (Mr. Mutch) said that the broadcasting stations were doing a splendid educational work of a secondary nature. A broadcasting station which put on bad programmes could very well destroy some of the educational work of his de-partment, and for that reason he was de-lighted to hear the high Ideals the chairman and directors of the new station had set before them. He hoped they would be able to live up to that ideal.

Mr. Bennett, mannger of the station, said that he had received a number of telephone calls stating that the station was being clearly and loudly received in all parts of the metropolitan area, and beyond.