KING’S BROADCAST

Evening Star, Issue 22271, 24 February 1936, Page 9

KING’S BROADCAST

GREAT INTEREST AROUSED VOICE FAMILIAR TO LISTENERS (British Official Wireless.) Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, February 22. (Received February 24, at 11 a.in.) Great interest has been aroused, not only throughout the British Empire, but also the rest of the world, by the announcement that King Edward will broadcast for the first time since his accession on Sunday afternoon, March 1. The King’s voice is familiar to listeners over the wireless. Ho was, indeed, the first member of the Royal Family to broadcast. This was as far back as 1922, when, having addressed a gathering of 50,000 Scouts at Alexandra Palace, he spoke later through the microphone to those who could not attend the rally. There were then less than 18.000 holders of wireless licenses in Britain, compared with several millions to‘day. Most of the King’s broadcasts were on behalf of charity. One particularly remembered was his appeal for relief of distress among the miners in 1928, which, within a few days, produced contributions amounting to £3/0,000. He has on several occasions broadcast on behalf of the unemployed, and in April last year he made another remarkably successful appeal over the microphone for King George’s Jubilee Trust, the funds of which were devoted to providing further means of healthy recreation and training for young people.