EMPIRE WIRELESS PROGRAMMES
The "Daily Mail" understands that consideration is being given to a proposal to erect a wireless broadcasting station in England able to give a continuous 24-hour programme to all parts of the Empire. Por the last two years SSW, the short-wave station at Chelmsford, has carried the Empire broadcast of the British Broadcasting Corporation at daily intervals, and from timo to time has been brought into service on special occasions. This station has fulfilled its experimental' purpose without satisfying the demand from all parts of the Empire for unbroken broadcast contact w,ith the Mother Country. The Dominions and Colonies aro still largely dependent on foreign stations. The difficulty which stands in the way of the contemplated development is one of finance. The 8.8.C. takes the position that it cannot spare tho. money from its funds, which are contributed by listeners in tho British Isles for their own enjoyment. One suggestion is that the British Government should allocate a proportion of its own broadcasting revenue for the support of tho Empire station; another is that tho Dominions should contribute at least a proportion of tho cost of' a service designed to meet their own needs.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 45, 21 August 1930, Page 23
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197EMPIRE WIRELESS PROGRAMMES Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 45, 21 August 1930, Page 23
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