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Radio Record, Volume IX, Issue 14, 11 October 1935, Page 39

Te N the yéat ending March 31, Indian imports of radio gear rose from £84,000 to £119,250. Of this £62,250 was frown the United States and £34,500 from the United Kingdom. The year before, U.S.A. had £138,500 and the United Kingdom had £42,750. RK TERY day except Sunday, the Liffet "fower is broadcasting primary coutses in French, arithmetic, history, and geography, and secondary courses in French, English, Greek, physics, German, philosophy, mathematics, history and chemistry. The post office also wishes to make the Hiffel Tower available as a propaganda station to the Paris Chamber of Commerce, the French League of Instruction, the Agricultural Society of France and the General Confederation of Labour. PPARATUS insured at about five million ‘pounds and ¢osting about £50,000 to erect and ‘nstall, was to be fegtured at this year’s Radio Bxhibition (Radlolympia) In England, using 50; 0 square feet of firs: space, The B.B.C. was responsible for demonstratlon musie and apparatus, also lotdspeakers and vublic-speaking apparatus. Tts principal exhibit was two scale models of the new national trans. mitter at PDroitwiteh. A photogra-: phie mural 58 feet long gave na sectional panorama of all the main brondeasting activities. The most popular ex: hibit, probably, is the wsual radio theatre, seating over 2000 people, featuring elnhorate performances by | B.B.C, artists and a ballet. This year the theatre was to feature John Compton's "Hlectronic Organ," in which 4 of magnetie pick-ups operate on akdise engraved with sine waves, and revolving: at a constant sneed, John Sharman, one of the BBC. variety chiefs, heard the argnn brondenst as an experiment. and suickly booked it up for his Radtolympia show. —