World Radio News

Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 7, 26 August 1932, Page 2

World Radio News

AUDERMAN WILLIAM GHORGE, y brother of Mr. Lloyd George, ye. cently-during his presidential election to the annual conference of the National Union of Welsh Society-des-cribed the B.B.C. as the arch-enemy of the Welsh language. He said that "like am eternal stream it is distilling English, Bnglish all the time. and that. is why the Welsh people are so vigorous in their protests at the way the B.B.C, continually ignore the demands of Wales." . « ‘ HE ban on the broadcasting of League football in England is to continue throughout the forthcoming season. A resolution by Newcastle United, one of the premier elubs, that the question of broadcasting games be left to the discretion of individual clubs was defeated by a large majority when the League directorate met recently in London. 8 @ * [HE Khedival Government has granted a concession to a broadcasting company, authorising it to elect and operate a radio-telephony transmitter. It is proposed to relay from important foreign stations and re-broadeast them for the benefit of Egyptian subscribers. At Port Said a radio-club already has @ 500 watt station working on a rather limited schedule. » * me @ T would appear that the recent exchange: of programmes between England and America cultivated a taste for the British type in the U.S.A Both the National and the Columbja chains regularly tap 58W during sus: taining portions of the programmes when no sponsors are broadcasting. American programmes have a very lime ited appeal in Britain.