BROADCAST HOAX
Commentary On Crowd Scenes Press Association —Copyright. London, May 15. A young man with an Irish accent has achieved the first “mike crash.” He entered the Broadcasting Corporation’s observation box in Green Park outside Buckingham Palace last night. Telling the engineer that he was deputed to comment on the crowd scenes he broadcast a staccato commentary for two minutes before the control room at Broadcas'tin t g House realised that something was wrong. The corporation admits they! were badly hoaxed and are letting the matter drop.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 435, 17 May 1937, Page 5
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88BROADCAST HOAX Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 435, 17 May 1937, Page 5
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