BROADCASTING

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 221, 19 June 1928, Page 9

BROADCASTING

BRITISH CORPORATION’S REPORT THE YEAR’S WORK (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, June IS. Tlie first annual report of the British Broadcasting Corporation shows that tlie cost of wireless programmes in 1927 was about £7 per hour. There were more than GB,OOO hours of transmission from all stations, music occupying about two-thirds, of the programmes. The year's income of the Corporation was over £900,000, of which over £BOO.OOO came from licenses. and the total expenditure was £770,000. Licenses number about 2.400.000, and show an increase during the year of over 200,000. Lessons by wireless are growing in favour in the schools, 4000 of which are known to listen to London and Daven try. Referring to experimental work, the report states that, although undue expectations of Empire broadcasting for the near future are to be discouraged, there is little doubt that the prospects are encouraging.

CANADA-AUSTRALIA BEAM SERVICE (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, June 16. The Marconi short wave beam wireless between Canada and Australia opened for, public use to-day. The <’anadian Premier. Mr Mackenzie King exchanged greetings witli the Premiers of Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland. .South Australia, and New .South Wales.