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Stations in Operation

The following stations were in operation on 31st March, 1949 :

* Privately-owned, but subsidized by New Zealand Broadcasting Service. t Owned by New Zealand Broadcasting Service and operated under contract. t Composite station. § Commercial Division stations. || Operated by the New Zealand Broadcasting Service for the Administration, Western Samoa. Station 2XG Gisborne, which was previously operated under contract, has since September been operated by the Service. Hours of Transmission The aggregate programme transmission of all stations, both national and commercial, during the year to 83,641 hours. . Of the scheduled programme time, 27 hours were lost through defects in equipment and 29 hours through the failure of power-supplies. This does not include time lost through close downs for conserving electricity. Apart from the new stations, there has been very little change in scheduled programme times. The increase of 11,203 hours on last year's total of 72,438 hours is almost entirely due to the reduction in the number of power-conservation " close-downs" during the year. William Yates, Director of Broadcasting.

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Station Call Sign. Location of Studio. Location of Transmitter. Frequency. Radiated Power. Mediumw-ave Stations Kilocycles/sec. kW. 1YA Auckland Henderson 750 10-0 2YA Wellington Titahi Bay 570 60-0 3YA Christchurch Gebbies Pass 690 10-0 4YA Dunedin Highcliff 780 10-0 1YC Auckland Auckland 880 0-15 2YC Wellington Titahi Bay 650 5-0 3YC Christchurch Christchurch 960 0-3 4YC Dunedin .. Dunedin 900 0-15 1YD Auckland Henderson 1,250 0-75 2 YD Wellington Wellington 1,130 0-5 2YZ Napier Opapa 860 5-0 3YZ Greymouth Kumara 920 10-0 4YZ Invercargili Dacre 720 5-0 2XG Gisborne Gisborne 1,010 0-25 2XM* Gisborne Gisborne 1,180 0-09 2XN Nelson Nelson 1,340 0-03 2XPf New Plymouth. New Plymouth 1,370 0-10 3XC$ Timaru Washdyke 1,160 2-0 4XD* Dunedin Dunedin 1,430 0-06 2ZA§ Palmerston North .. Palmerston North .. 940 0-25 1ZB§ Auckland Henderson 1,070 1-0 2ZB§ Wellington Titahi Bay 980 1-0 3ZB§ Christchurch Christchurch 1,10Q 1-0 4ZB§ Dunedin Dunedin 1,040 1-0 2AP|| Apia, Western Samoa Afiamalu 1,420 2-0 Short-wave Stations ZL2 Wellington 1 Titahi Bay 9,540 7-5 ZL3 Wellington Titahi Bay 11,780 7-5 ZL4 Wellington Titahi Bay 15,280 7-5