BROADCASTING CONFERENCE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 5 April 1926, Page 5

BROADCASTING CONFERENCE

WAVE I.FNOTII CONTROL 'j... r.i» 0 rvii' 'lVleftrapt' ('"(ivhiki fAiistrali.iii A N.Z. Cable Association) LONDON. April 2. A erup ol cniijcct ere including the possibility of closing several British broadcast ina; stations, has arisen from i lie report of a conference representing twenty broadcasting organisations, in (hiding I'.rilish. The conference rccoiu mends a new .scheme of wave lengths under which certain lengths will be allocated to the existiiu: and projected broadcasting stations belonging to the International I'niou. The report dei hires thai to ensure giiod results it is absolutely necessary that wave lengths he standardised by a wave metre com moo tu all countries, and every station must adhere rigidly to its allocated wave length. The report has not. yd reached ihe post ollicc. which was not represented at the conference exeepl by the British Broadcasting Company, which is a purely private concern operating under a post ollicc license. Britain may or may tn 1 accept the whole or part of Hie recommendations, but in .any ease nothing will be done until the Covernineiil considered the Parliament;! i v commit tees report recommending the suppression of the present broadcasting com pany by a si mi-nflieia! lion prolil earn ing commission annlagous to Purl of London Authority, of which the post master will be general ministerial head. The conference recommended that certain stations have an exclusive wave length capable of guaranteeing good reception at long ranges, but the post office was not prepared to consider this until the new commission has been determined. Meanwhile, no British station is being cut mil. nor is Australia or New Zealand even remolelv affected.