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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18635, 9 March 1926, Page 9

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BROADCASTING At HOME. , REORGANISATION PROPOSALS. {Br cable—phsss association—corraioHT.) (HETTTEB'S tELEGBAMS.) LONDON, March 7. A complete scheme for reorganising the management of broadcasting services in Britain is outlined in an official report of the broadcasting committee appointed to decide the nntura of the administration after the expiry of the present company's license on December 31st. | The report recommends that broad- | casting should be made a public service, and that a corporation, consisting of from fire to seven nominees chosen by the Crown, should be appointed to take over the staff, contracts, and apparatus of the existing ! company; that the Commissioners! should be persons of judgment and independence, and be empowered .to consult appropriate societies, organisations, or advisory committees, to ensure the duo consideration of all phases of broadcasting; that generous provision should be made for experiment and research; that the corporation should operate under license from the Postmaster-General for at least a decade, and that the Commissioners should be invested with' the maximum freedom consistent with Parliamentary control through the spokesmanship of the Postmastergeneral. Among the minor points are recommendations that the receiver's license fee should remain at ten shillings, blind persons being free, that every effort should be made to raise the standard of programmes, Especially music, and also to meet the claims of those, although relatively few, who desire a larger proportion of educational iiiafrtef. The report raises the present ban oh controversial which may henceforth be broadcast, provided it is of high quality, and is distributed With scrupulous fairness. The committee counsels the vigorous pursuit and prosecution of pirates. It emphasises the fact that the recommendations do not iiiiply criticism of the company which was formed when broadcasting in the embryonic stage and was regarded as a toy fantasy or even a joke. It had raised the service in a degree reflecting high credit on firifcish efficiency and eriterpiisei TWO-WAY WIRELESS. (iUSTiAtIAif A#D H.ji. CABtB ASSOCIATION.) NEW YGJSK, Marcfe 7. Through the cd-Grjeffitioli of the American ' Tdlephdne and Telegraph Company, the Radio Odrporatioii of America aiid the British General Post Office, the United Press to-day conducted the first two-way trans-Atlan-tic wireless telephone tests, conversing With various journalists in London. Auditors declared that the trailsmission was perfect arid conversers declared that they were able to hear better than, over the ordinary city telephones. Officials believe that commercial; wireless telephdny, Is one step nearer. The tests were conducted at 8.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. New York 0X0.4. The subjects of conversation were the recent collapsG in Wall street and Prohibition. EXPERIMENTER'S SUCCESS. (B* CABLfi—KtSfcS ASSOOIATiOtt— OQTYBIGHT.) (HEUTEfe'S TBLfeOEAMS.) 'LONDON, March 7. Shannon, a wireless experimenter, in Warwickshire, has exceeded in exchanging Morse both Ways With New Zealand and Mexico, without the aid of either eatth or aerial, his own pat' ent. He expects shortly to exchange wireless telephony with both countries.