THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION
FORTY-ONE LANGUAGES USED i Rec. 1.40 p.m.) Rugby, Feb. 17. The development of British broadcasting during the war was described in the House of Commons on the vote of £1.300.000 to the 8.8. C. in addition to £5.600,000 already voted. The number of languages used increased from 10 in 1939 to 41 by the end of 194], The hours of overseas news bulletins have risen from 44 weekly to 231. The Corporation now broadcasts 97 overseas news bulletins daily. There is a mass of evidence that, despite heavy penalties for listening-in and the efforts of the Germans to prevent it. broadcasts are being listened to by increasingly large numbers throughout Europe. The programmes are becoming more and more specialised and directed to particular countries —B.O. W
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 18 February 1942, Page 2
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