World Radio News
HE cheapest wireless set shown at the Radio Exhibition in London in August was a two-valve set in a vy e lite cabinet, priced at 37/6. The mest expensive was a _ radio-gramophone valued at £262/10/-. {t is expected that the first broadcast from the new Empire shortwave station being constructed at Daventry by the British Broadcasting Corporation will take place on Christmas Day, when an effort will be made to transmit a part of the programme round the world. The station will begin its tests in a few weeks, but a complete service will not be established until next year. The decision to construct a wireless station for broadcasting throughout the Empire was made known ten mouths ago. The station is estimated to cost £40,000, and its maintenance £42,000. a year. ~
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Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 14, 14 October 1932, Page 24
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134World Radio News Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 14, 14 October 1932, Page 24
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