The British Broadcasting Corporation accepts responsibility for providing facilities for public address. It does not accept responsibility for providing an audience. Application for facilities should be made to the Secretary, The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2, Whitehall Place, London, S.W.1, England 56015. Please do not ask for an audience. Technology has provided the British public with new amenities, and the spread of these amenities has been assisted by the facilities offered by the British Broadcasting Corporation. Technology has provided the British public with new amenities, and the spread of these amenities has been assisted by the facilities offered by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The wireless telephone enables men and women to talk to each other, even though they be separated by hundreds of miles. The wireless telegraph enables them to converse across the seas. The wireless gramophone brings amusement into the homes of rich and poor alike. The wireless news service provides information quickly and cheaply. The wireless stock and share reports inform the speculator of movements in the prices of securities. The arrangements for broadcasting sporting results keep followers of sport in touch with events on the racecourse and in the playing field. Finally, the wireless broadcasts lectures and concerts for the instruction and delight of all who care to listen. In all these ways, technical progress has contributed to the social amenities of life, and to the spread of culture among the masses of the people.
Original dispatch: Tech Now