Broadcast of English Soccer Final

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 50, 27 June 1930, Page 6

Broadcast of English Soccer Final

A Reversed Decision

T the last meeting of the New Zealand Football Association the statement was made by Mr. F. Campbell, chairman of the association, that the playing of the English Cup final had not been broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation. Apparently Mr. Campbell’s statement was. based upon correspondence received from the English Football Association outlining the preliminary negotiations. As a matter of fact, an agreement was finally reached between the corporation and the association for the cup final to be broadcast, and it was broadcast, not only through the B.B.C. stations, but through: short-wave sta~tion 5SW, being heard from the latter station in New Zealand. A Press Association message received in New Zealand at the time stated that the cup final had been played before upward of 90,000 people, and that the broadcast was particularly appreciated by the blind, especially by those who had lost their sight in the war but retained their interest in foot-