Queensland Radio News Service commences Monday

The Courier-Mail Saturday 4 January 1947

NEW RADIO NEWS ON MONDAY

A NEW radio news service for Queensland will start on Monday. 

To be known as the Queensland Radio News Service, it will be heard on all leading commercial stations from Brisbane to Cairns, as well as in the Downs and Burnett areas. 

At 7.45 a.m. on Monday the Queensland Radio News Service will be heard from stations 4BK-AK, 4BC-SB, 4BH, and 4IP.   

From then on, these stations will broadcast the news service at 7.45 a.m., 12.30 p.m., 7 p.m., and 10 p.m. daily, except Sundays, when the early morning session will be heard at   8.45 a.m. instead of 7.45 a.m. 

Other country stations will join the hook-up on Monday, January 13.   

The Queensland Radio News Service, in addition to making use of a highly trained staff of its own, will be compiled from the world- wide news services of The Courier-Mail and The Sunday Mail. 

The new radio service has been designed to provide listeners with the speediest possible distribution of news, free entirely from political influence or control.

Broadcasters Say . . . 

Last night leading radio   executives said this about the new service:-     

Mr. C. R. Carson (Queensland vice-president of the Australian Commercial Broadcasting Federation and manager of 4BH): In recent years radio, particularly during the war, has made a great advance. Especially is this true of radio news reporting - factual and up-to-the-minute. News gatherers are applying the modern technique, and the inauguration of the Queensland Radio News Service will supply listeners throughout the State with a reliable and swift service. 

Mr. Prouse Knox (general manager of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation Queensland, Ltd.): Main object of this new Queensland radio news service is to give a world cover of news. The aim will   be to publish it on the air accurately, impartially, and concisely. The Commonwealth  Broadcasting Corporation, network, controlling Station 4BC (Brisbane), 4GR (Toowoomba),   4MB (Maryborough) and 4RO  (Rockhampton) would not take this service unless it felt that these three fundamental principles of radio news would be followed. The new service will  meet the special demand created by the size of Queensland and the diverse interests of Queenslanders. 

As Modern As Any   

Mr. A. Robertson (manager of The Courier-Mail Stations 4BK and 4AK): One of the greatest benefits that radio his brought to humanity has been the development of what is called a "news sense." It has   given news a greatly increased value to the average man and woman, and has been a tremendous factor in presenting news from all over the world   speedily and vividly. This outstanding service to the people   by radio is still developing, and there is no doubt that the inauguration of the Queensland Radio News marks another very important state of that development for Queensland radio listeners.   

Original article: The Courier-Mail Saturday 4 January 1947  

Queensland Radio News Service was first to announce King's death across the state in 1952

The Courier-Mail Thursday
 7 February 1952

Q.R.N.S. was first

QUEENSLAND Radio News Service beat all other news services in the State by more than 15 minutes in bringing the news of the King's death to radio listeners. 

First cable messages began reaching The Courier-Mail offices at 9.3 p.m. At 9.7 p.m., the first news flash was broadcast to the Q.R.N.S. network.

Before 10 p.m., a special edition of The Courier-Mail announcing the news, was on sale in Queen Street. 

4BK-AK began immediately a recorded programme on the King's life, and at 9.13, the senior Q.R.N.S. news reader, Don Chadwick, read the first full message from London, a few seconds after it came off The Courier-Mail teleprinter. 

Public told 

Radio stations outside the Q.R.N.S. network were still broadcasting their standard programmes up to 25 minutes after 4BK had first flashed the news. 

From the first flash, 4BK with two news readers and a station announcer kept the public informed of latest details cabled from overseas, and at 11 p.m. the Q.R.N.S. network went on the air with a special bulletin giving a summary of events.

Original article: The Courier-Mail 7 February 1952                                              

Queensland Radio News Service commences 6 January 1947

The Courier-Mail Monday 
6 January 1947

Listen To This News From To-day

THIS morning the Queensland Radio News Service goes on the air.

This is a new service, compiled from the world-wide news sources of The Courier-Mail. 

All commercial radio stations in Brisbane and 4IP (Ipswich) will inaugurate it to-day at 7.45 a.m. 

Next Monday country commercial stations as far north as Cairns and in Toowoomba will join the hook-up. Queensland Radio News Service broadcasting times over 4BK-AK, 4BC-SB 4BH and 4IP will be:-

WEEK-DAYS: 7.45 a.m., 12.30 p.m., 7 p.m., 10 p.m. 

SUNDAYS: 8.45 a.m., 12.30 p.m., 7 p.m., 10 p.m. 

An experienced staff of Queensland journalists will collate and edit for the air an up-to-the-minute cover of overseas, interstate, and Queensland news.