WIRELESS SERVICES
BROADCAST OVER TELEPHONE LINES. DEVELOPMENT IN BRITAIN. (British Official Wireless.! RUGBY, March 30. In the course of an announcement today on wireless relay services, the Postmaster-General. Mr Tryon, informed the House of Commons of the Government’s decision that the Post Office should introduce a service for the distribution of broadcast programmes by carrier frequency over telephone lines, giving a choice of three or four programmes without interference with the normal telephone service. The service might eventually be extended to non-subscribers to the telephone. This service, in conjunction with the private relay services of companies whose licences are to be extended for 10 years, would enable programmes to be transmitted if so desired entirely over wires, which would be of advantage from the point of view of national defence.
Though it was the intention that wireless broadcasting should be continued in the event of war, it was also intended to make the new service available as soon as possible. The main consideration governing the decision was the importance of the matter from the point of view of national defence and safety.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 April 1939, Page 7
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182WIRELESS SERVICES Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 April 1939, Page 7
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