DESCRIPTION OF RACING

Northern Advocate, 3 August 1932, Page 9

DESCRIPTION OF RACING

BROADCAST A UTHORTSED. TO START NEXT WEEK. (Per Press Association.—Cooyrlght,) WELLINGTON, This Day. The chairman of the Broadcasting Hoard, M r If. D. Vickery, stated yesterday that Ihe board had received permission from the racing authorities to broadcast running descriptions of events on the programme of racing and trotting chibs. A start will be made by station 3 YA, wliieh will broadcast the events at the Canterbury Joekey Club’s Grand National meeting on August 9, 31 and 13,‘ and the programmes on August 10 and 12 of the Metropolitan Trotting Club. Arrangements have been made to broadcast from the board’s four stations the Grand National Steeplechase The Winter Cup and the Grand National Hurdle Rare. Other events at both meetings referred to will be broadcast only from station 3 YA. Mr Vickery stated that, in the meantime, the board proposed to broadcast only from the courses at the four centres, but in special cases it would undoubtedly go further afield. Mr Vickery said he desired to pay a tribute to the racing authorities for the courteous treatment extended the Board during the course of the negotiations. The board was- very much indebted to Hie members of the recent Racing and Trotting Conferences for the reasonable and business-like manner in which the whole matter had been bandied.