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4BH Brisbane - Transcriptions and notes

1930s

1931

1931 08

"B" CLASS STATIONS. Another for Brisbane. 4BH's Powerful Plant. Within three months Brisbane should have another powerful B class broadcasting station on the air. The Postmaster-General's Department has granted a license for a B station to Broadcasters Australia Limited. The call sign 4BH and a wavelength of 217 metres have been allotted to the station. The construction of the transmitting station has been begun on a site at Bald Hills, on the Redcliffe Road. The studio will be located on the first floor of G. J. Grice's music warehouse, and the registered office of the company will also be there. The musical activities of G. J. Grice, Ltd., including the use of the recital hall, has been made available to the company. A director of the company yesterday told "Listener" that a statement made in a section of the Press that 4BH will be "a new Catholic broadcasting station" was incorrect, but that the activities of the Roman Catholic Church in Queensland will be broadcast by this station. The general activities of the station, he said, would be entirely a matter for the directors to decide. He added that it was the intention of the company to erect one of the most powerful "B" class stations in the Commonwealth. It would be of most modern design and would incorporate all the latest principles of transmission which are in use in the most up-to-date stations in other parts of the world. Tests, he said, would take place within two and a half months, and it was expected that the station would be on the air for the first performance within three months.

1931 11

4BH reported intending to use both medium and short wave transmitters

Dual Transmission. SHORT AND LONG WAVES. Brisbane's proposed new station 4BH, which is to be opened about December 15, will have something new to offer in the way of transmission. An excellent short-wave transmission set is being inaugurated for transmission throughout the State. This will give dwellers in the outbacks greater chances of reception during the day, when the A and B class stations do not penetrate.