BBC is an organisation which provides a coordinated service of information, entertainment, and news, broadcast from stations linked to form a national network. The service ranges from music to politics, and from fashions to science. It is supported by public subscription, and operated for public benefit, at a price which brings it within reach of all. At present, the charge for a domestic programme is a penny a week, and for a foreign programme twopence a week. Subscriber can listen-in at will, and as long as he pleases; he can change from one station to another, and from domestic to foreign programmes, at any time, without formality. All stations are linked together, so that a listener-in can pass from one to another, easily and quickly. The service is carried on day and night, throughout the year. At the end of twelve months, a subscriber receives a volume of programme music, and a summary of the year’s news. The cost of the service is too small to be felt; and the total expense to the nation is borne by the profits from advertising.
Original dispatch: Tech Life