Broadcasting
Found in 507 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), Aug 1926
Telegram from Havelock Wilson to WSC asking him to help in getting the BBC to allow Wilson to broadcast an appeal for industrial peace.
(Untitled), 09 Jan 1931
Letter from 1st Lord Gainford [earlier Joseph Pease] (18 Mansfield Street, Cavendish Square, [London]) to WSC promising, as acting chairman of the BBC, to bring his request to John Whitley [to broadcast on India] before his Board.
(Untitled), 05 Feb 1931
Letter from WSC to John Whitley [Chairman of the BBC] asking for an opportunity to broadcast on India and explaining why he thinks that the permission given to Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken] to broadcast on Empire Free Trade has set a precedent for this. Signed carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 09 Feb 1931
Letter from H W Wilson (203 Elgin Avenue, London) to WSC explaining that the "Daily Mail" and the BBC are closely co-operating and that WSC will probably get the chance to broadcast on India if he asks Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] to lunch.
(Untitled), 11 Feb 1931
Letter from 1st Lord Gainford [earlier Joseph Pease] (BBC, Savoy Hill, London) to WSC reporting that the BBC Board of Governors cannot reply to WSC's request to broadcast on India until they have consulted with the three party whips.
(Untitled), 13 Feb 1931
Letter from [WSC] to 1st Lord Gainford [later Joseph Pease] asking him to put his reply to his letter [asking the BBC to allow him to broadcast on India] in a form which can be published. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 13 Feb 1931
Letter from Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] (Savoy Hill, London) to WSC inviting him to broadcast a talk on his experiences in South Africa as part of a series entitled "Escape".
(Untitled), 15 Feb 1931
Letter from [WSC] to Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] stating that he does not wish to broadcast [on his escape in South Africa] but on nationally important issues or for charity.
(Untitled), 20 Feb 1931
Letter from G Bowey (Linden Garden Hotel, Linden Gardens, London) to WSC complaining that the Dunlop Tyre Company has been allowed to advertise its products on BBC radio broadcasts.
(Untitled), 26 Feb 1931
Letter from Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] (BBC, Savoy Hill, London) to WSC explaining why the BBC Board of Governors cannot give further consideration to WSC's request to broadcast his own views on India.
(Untitled), 02 Mar 1931
Letter from WSC (Chartwell) to Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] attacking as unfair the BBC's decision not to allow him to broadcast on India. Signed typescript copy. Annotated: "not sent".
(Untitled), 05 Feb 1931 - 27 Feb 1931
Copy of the correspondence between WSC and the BBC on his request to be allowed to broadcast on India. 5 sets of duplicates at CHAR 2/183/70-89.
(Untitled), 16 Jun 1931
Letter from Dudley Myers (Conservative and Unionist Central Office, Palace Chambers, Westminster, [London]) to Sir Alfred Knox listing the twelve recent BBC broadcasts on India and suggesting why the BBC refused to let WSC broadcast.
(Untitled), 02 Jul 1931
Letter from [WSC] to John Whitley pointing out that the recent political broadcasts on India have all to a greater or lesser extent called for the reduction of British authority there and asking Whitley to help him get the chance to state the British side of the case. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 22 Mar 1932
Letter from Charles Siepmann, BBC Director of Talks (Savoy Hill, London) to WSC on WSC's dissatisfaction with the fee he has been offered for making a broadcast.
(Untitled), 28 Mar 1932
Letter from [WSC] to Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] offering to give a broadcast on the general political situation in the United States and Britain. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), [17] [Mar] [1932]
Telegram from Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] to WSC inviting him to broadcast about his trip to the United States. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 21 Mar 1932
Telegram from WSC to Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] asking what fee he would receive [for broadcasting about his trip to the United States] and how long the talk would be. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), [Mar] [1932]
Note from [Violet Pearman] to WSC explaining why the BBC's fee for a broadcast is lower than that for a written article.
(Untitled), 22 Mar 1932
Telegram from Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] offering a fee of fifty guineas for a broadcast of two thousand words.
(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.