RACING TO BE BROADCAST

Taranaki Daily News, 3 August 1932, Page 7

RACING TO BE BROADCAST

PERMISSION GRANTED BY CLUBS.

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE BOARD.

By Telegraph.'—Press Association.

Wellington, Last Night. Mr. Vickery, chairman of the Broadcasting Board, stated to-day that the board had received permission from the racing authorities to broadcast running descriptions of events on the programmes of racing and trotting clubs. A start would be made by 3YA broadcasting the events of the C.J.C. National meeting on August 9, 11 and 13, and the programmes on Augus 10 and 12 of the Metropolitan Trotting Club will also be broadcast.

Arrangements have been made to broadcast from the board’s four stations the Grand National Steeplechase, the Winter Cup and the Grand National Hurdle Race and other events at both meetings referred to will be broadcast only from 3YA. Mr. Vickery added that in the meantime the board proposed to broadcast only from the courses at the four centres, but in special cases would undoubtedly go further afield. He desired to pay tribute to the racing authorities for the courteous treatment extended to the board during the course of the negotiations. He said the board was very much indebted to the members of the Racing and Trotting Conferences for the reasonable and businesslike manner in which the whole matter had been handled.