The Great Match

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 5, 15 August 1930, Page 3

The Great Match

Exciting Commentary

Se ‘the great match is over. And ‘radio played its part nobly. While 50,000 must have actually seen the match, only wild guesswork can set a figure to the number who listened to the broadcast description. Round each of the 50,000 licensed sets in the country there were grouped on, this occasion probably ‘an average of at least seven or eight people. That lifts the radio audience -into a figure approaching the half-million-and even at that the figure is only speculative. The fact is outstanding. that adio rendered a definite service to e sporting community of the country ad by that means secured for itself

and for its. subject a wonderful advertisement, using that word in the sense of public knowledge. Both the announcing and transmission on the part of 2YA left nothing to be desired. Mr. Lamberg excelled himself in his running commentary on a thrilling game-a game so fast as to frequently outstrip the power of speech to follow the incidents. At times Mr. Lamberg admitted his inability to keep up with all the fine points of the game. Nevertheless he made a wonderful job of his task and earned the gratitude of all listeners. With the aid of diagrams ,listeners could visualise in excellent fashion the-run of the play ud seeured all the thrill possible withexit actual presence. "Listeners in distant spots were not slow to appreciate the treat that was being given them by, radio, and very soon after the commencement of the game telegrams began to arrive both at the park and at the studio conveying the senders’ appreciation of the deseription and the transmission. Acknowledgement was made of many of these messages at the time and subsequent to the match. They indicated the outstanding success of the broadcast and of the complete technical arrangements made for perfect transmission. , FOR those who could not gain admission to the park, the Big Tree Oil Company, in conjunction with Philips Radio, arranged suitable reproducing apparatus in the Winter Show building. Upward of 600 people were present.