Education by Radio (1932)

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EDUCATION BY RADIO BULLETIN VOLUME 2. NO. 21. JULY 7. 1932 NEXT ISSUE. JULY 21. 1932 Nationally-Owned Radio System for Canada A government radio system for Canada is practically assured. The Canadian House of Commons concurred in the report of the special radio committee on May 11, 1932. The remaining steps to be taken in putting the plan of the committee into effect are looked upon as a mere formality. The special committee of the House of Commons was appointed on March 2, 1932. The duties assigned to it were — first, to consider the report of the Royal Commission on Radio Broadcasting dated September 11, 1929 and commonly known as the Aird report; second, to ad¬ vise and recommend a complete technical scheme for radio broadcasting for Can¬ ada, so designed as to insure from Cana¬ dian sources as complete and satisfactory a service as the present development of radio science will permit; third, to inves¬ tigate and report upon the most satisfac¬ tory agency for carrying out such a scheme, with power to the said committee to send for persons and papers and to examine witnesses, and to report from time to time to this House [of Com¬ mons] . The committee appointed consisted of Raymond D. Morand, chairman, W. A. Beynon, P. J. Cardin, W. D. Euler, Onesime Gagnon, E. J. Garland, J. L. Ilsley, R. K. Smith, D. McK. Wright. The evidence and proceedings growing out of the twenty-seven meetings of the committee are found in a 728-page printed report. Included therein is found the testimony of fifty-six witnesses who ap¬ peared in person before the committee. Of this number, Major Gladstone Murray of the British Broadcasting Corporation, explained the operation of the English system, while Joy Elmer Morgan, chairman of The National Committee on Education by Radio, gave a careful analysis of conditions in the United States. All of the other witnesses called by the committee were Canadians. The thoroness of the Aird inves¬ tigation made it unnecessary to call others from outside the Dominion. In addition to the witnesses called, six briefs were sub¬ mitted and printed directly without the appearance of the witness directly concerned, while forty-six papers were in¬ serted as appendices at the end of the record of certain day’s proceedings. The official report of the committee taken from House of Commons Debates, Volume LXVIII, Number 64, May 9, 1932, follows in full text: In accordance with the duties and responsi¬ bilities delegated to us, and the terms of refer¬ ence submitted, your committee met on March 8, and, since that time, held twenty-seven meet¬ ings, heard evidence, received briefs and sub¬ missions from fifty-three sources, including governments, individuals, corporations, asso¬ ciations, leagues, and clubs. Your committee was seized, from the incep¬ tion of the national importance and inter¬ national character of radio broadcasting, and the evidence submitted has served to further consolidate our opinion of the farreaching scope and benefits of proper, wellregulated broad¬ casting services thruout Canada, as a medium of education, thotprovoking development, and fostering of Canadian ideals and culture, enter¬ tainment, news service and publicity of this country and its products, and as an auxiliary to religious and educational teaching, also as one of the most efficient mediums for develop¬ ing a greater national and empire consciousness within the Dominion and the British Common¬ wealth of nations. Your committee desires to express at the out¬ set, to the present radio broadcasting stations, this tribute: That they entered as pioneers in a field of service in the art of radio, and, under trying handicaps and sacrifices, worthily kept pace with a science fraught with ever-changing improvements and developments, and rendered this service under handicaps, which is most praiseworthy. Your committee is convinced, however, that the, present system, excellent as it is in certain respects, does not meet the requirements in quality and scope of broadcasting to ensure, its maximum benefits. Reference No. 1— “To consider the report of the Royal Commission on Radio Broadcasting, dated the 11th day of September, 1929, com¬ monly known as ‘The Aird report’.” Your committee was fortunate in having the three members of the Aird commission appear before us to amplify and explain their report, and much valuable information was thereby secured, and, if we are unable to completely accept their findings, it must be obvious that there has been a great change in the science of radio broadcasting, and in the financial condition of the country, in the last three years. Reference No. 2— “To advise and recommend a complete technical scheme for radio broadcasting for Canada, so designed as to ensure from Canadian sources as complete and satisfactory a service as the present development of radio science will permit.” Jos. F. Wright, director of Station WILL, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, who was recently elected to the presidency of the Association of College and University Broad¬ casting Stations and who will represent that organization on the National Committee on Education by Radio. He succeeds R. C. Higgy of Ohio State University , who held the position two years. The Philippines, as a relatively isolated country, off by itself, not yet in the grasp of a conscienceless band of private broadcasting corporations, may well determine upon and follow a radio development program of its own — liberal, instructive, entertaining, delightful, and, at times, even beautiful. We need not take all our ideas from the masterminds in the broadcasting game in the United States! — A. V. H. Hartendorp in Philippine Magazine, Vol. XXVIII, No. 11, April, 1932, p580. [ 81 ]