Radio Round the World

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 18, 9 November 1934, Page 19

Radio Round the World

‘HE speaker-magnets of a load of battery sets being carried by air in England affected the aeroplane com- © pass, and the pilot had to land and restow the cargo. .* * x ISTENERS who are also connoisseurs of recordings may sovun become familiar with a new continental orchestra, the French National Radio ‘Orchestra, conducted by M. Inglebrecht; after a special concert by this orchestra, which is part'of the new

French national broadcasting scheme, a critic said: "The performance justifies the hope that this orchestra may soon occupy the first place among French musical combinations," + * se HE Spanish Radio Union has been forbidden to give sporting broadcasts by a law which is said to have been sponsored ‘by the newspapers. Recently the Union proposed to broadeast the results only of the Brazil vy. Spain football match, but this was prohibited, and afterwards they were fined about £200 for the "lack of respect with which they announced the suspension . of the broadcast of the result of the mateh."

"THE American National Geographic ‘Society and National Broadcasting Company have combined to experiment with a balloon 15 miles up. Major Kepner, pilot, and Captain Stevens, scien--tist, will broadcast from the balloon. over national hook-ups, and by shortwave relays,.and new equipment will allow the balloonists to converse with officials on the ground. . * He * At the Porte de Vilette, the entrance to a new Paris subway, there is a photo-electric cell which gauges the height of every vehicle approaching; if the van or lorry is too high, a very loudspeaker says, "Car too high. Pass to the right." .