Broadcasting
Found in 506 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 04 Apr 1932
Letter from Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] (Savoy Hill, London) to WSC asserting that the broadcast fee he offered WSC compares favourably with those offered by serious newspapers and stating that he will consult 1st Lord Gainford [earlier Joseph Pease] before responding to WSC's offer to broadcast on the general political situation.
(Untitled), 12 Apr 1932
Letter from Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] (Savoy Hill, London) to WSC reporting that he has consulted with 1st Lord Gainford [earlier Joseph Pease] about WSC's offer to make a general political broadcast, explaining the BBC's anxiety not to broadcast talks likely to arouse party controversy and asking WSC to give him an idea of what he intends to say.
(Untitled), 14 Apr 1932
Letter from [WSC] to Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] suggesting that after the Budget debate is over he might give a broadcast on the economic depression and the monetary problem which should not be controversial. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 18 May 1932
Letter from [WSC] to Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] offering to give a broadcast on the monetary question which will not arouse party controversy. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 20 May 1932
Letter from Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] (Broadcasting House, London) to WSC promising to write again [about WSC's offer to give a broadcast on the monetary question which will not arouse party controversy], recalling that WSC hailed him as "the enemy" at the Royal Academy dinner, and enclosing CHAR 2/190/12-20, for which he is getting into trouble.
(Untitled), [May] [1932]
Royal Institution Discourse by [Sir John Reith, later Lord Reith] on various broadcasting issues. Sent with CHAR 2/190/11.
(Untitled), 27 May 1932
Letter from Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] (Broadcasting House, London) to WSC explaining why the BBC Board do not think it would be appropriate for WSC to give a broadcast on monetary policy at this time.
(Untitled), 29 Jun 1932
Statement to Central News by WSC complaining of the BBC's refusal to let him broadcast on the monetary question and on India, contrasting this with the freedom afforded him by broadcasters in the United States, and announcing his intention of broadcasting to Britain on the monetary question from a foreign station.
(Untitled), 30 Jun 1932
Cutting from the "Morning Post": report of criticism of the BBC for advertising the Co-operative Society and of WSC's complaint about being denied the chance by the BBC to broadcast on the monetary question.
(Untitled), 01 Jul 1932
Letter from [WSC] to Sir John Simon [later 1st Lord Simon] asking for some indication of the limits within which the Government wishes WSC to confine himself in his broadcast from Paris [France] on the monetary question. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 13 Jul 1932
Statement read over the phone to the BBC denying that WSC asked the BBC to broadcast his speech at the Washington Bicentenary Dinner. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 08 Jul 1932
Page from the "Radio Times" including the billing for a speech by WSC for the Washington Bicentenary Commemoration.
(Untitled), 06 Jun 1933
Letter from J B Harrop (20 Regent Road, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands) to WSC urging him to broadcast from a foreign station about India.
(Untitled), 14 Nov 1933
Letter from Hugh Orr-Ewing, chief organiser of the Indian Defence League (48 Broadway, Westminster, [London]) to WSC (Chartwell) on the date for WSC's speech on India to be broadcast by the International Broadcasting Company.
(Untitled), 08 Nov 1933
Letter from Hugh Orr-Ewing, chief organiser of the Indian Defence League (48 Broadway, Westminster, [London]) to WSC (Chartwell) on his speech on India to be broadcast by the International Broadcasting Company.
(Untitled), 10 Jan 1933
Letter from Edward Doran, MP for Tottenham North [London] (63 Beverstone Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey) to WSC asking him to cooperate with his plan to set up a committee to monitor the BBC which he believes is showing a strong tendency towards socialist ideals and is not under any control save that of Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith].
(Untitled), 26 Jan 1933
Letter from [WSC] to Edward Doran [MP for Tottenham North, London] approving his plan to set up a committee to monitor the BBC, which he agrees has been performing unsatisfactorily, but declining to join it himself. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 01 Mar 1933
(Untitled), 04 Mar 1933
Letter from Elizabeth Nash, secretary to the Director-General of the BBC [Sir John Reith, later Lord Reith] (Broadcasting House, London) to Violet Pearman stating that the BBC will broadcast three factual statements about the White Paper on India and a series of talks in the autumn giving different points of view, about which WSC will be contacted.
(Untitled), 06 Mar 1933
Letter from [Violet Pearman] to the Director-General of the BBC [Sir John Reith, later Lord Reith] conveying WSC's criticism of the BBC's plan to broadcast three factual statements about the White Paper on India with no chance for an opposing point of view to be expressed until the autumn. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 25 Apr 1933
Letter from Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] [Director-General of the BBC] (Broadcasting House, London)) to WSC stating that he enjoyed the remarks WSC made about the BBC [during a broadcast after-dinner speech to the Royal Society of St George].
(Untitled), 29 Apr 1933
Letter from [WSC] to Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] [Director-General of the BBC] stating that he is glad Reith enjoyed the remarks WSC made about the BBC [during a broadcast after-dinner speech to the Royal Society of St George] and that he has had many approving letters from BBC subscribers. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 17 May 1933
Letter from Gerald Cock (BBC, Broadcasting House, London) to WSC enclosing a wax recording of an excerpt from WSC's after-dinner speech to the Royal Society of St George [not present] and reporting that people in the BBC enjoyed the speech.
(Untitled), 18 May 1933
Letter from [Violet Pearman] to Gerald Cock [BBC] stating that WSC will be delighted to hear the wax recording [of an excerpt from WSC's after-dinner speech to the Royal Society of St George] which Cock is sending. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 31 May 1933
Letter from [Violet Pearman] to Gerald Cock [BBC] expressing WSC's appreciation of the recording of an excerpt from WSC's after-dinner speech to the Royal Society of St George. Carbon typescript copy.