REMARKABLE GROWTH
BROADCASTING IN BRITAIN
LEADING THE WORLD
(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, 11th August,
The Postmaster-General, S;r Kingsley Wood, speaking to-day at a lunch in connection with the forthcoming Hadio Exhibition to be held at Olympia, London, this month, commented on the remarkable growth of broadcasting in the United Kingdom. He said that •i,000,000 people, paid for wireless sets each year, and there was little doubt the number would soon reach 5,000,000. Britain was leading the world in broadcasting, but the exploitation of wireless was only just beginning. • Its popularity and progress in the United Kingdom owed much to British radio manufacturers, who had reason to be proud of the part they' were playing in the development of broadcasting.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 38, 13 August 1932, Page 9
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119REMARKABLE GROWTH Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 38, 13 August 1932, Page 9
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