Effect in England.

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 11, 28 September 1928, Page 5

Effect in England.

Radio Altering Lives of People. "WVTREL ISS is altering the lives of the people of Hngland to an enormous extent," said the Rev. E. C. Crosse, M.A., headmaster of Christ's College, who returned from a trip to England recently. "On the wireless." continued Myr. Crosse, "you can listen to everybody. the Prime Minister, the Prince of Wales, and operatic prima donnas. It is adding tremendous interest to the people’s lives." There was, he continued, a wireless programme of some sort nearly all the day. One could listen-in to either Lon: don or Daventry, which always provided good programmes, or to any number of smaller stations, of which more were coming into being every day. It was a great boon to hospital patients and other people who were unable to go out, "¥ heard the Grand National deseribed in great detail by a man who knew every horse," said Mr. Crosse, "and it was almost as exciting as seeing the race." Theré was a movemént, saik Mr. Crosse, to get the speeches in Parliament broadcast, but it was wxather

pee strenuously turned down. Every house almost had a set which was turned on for half an hour or so in the evening. lIr. Cross® did not think that wirdless was in any way damaging the evening pewspapers,