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Show H EUROPE FOLLOWS U. S. IN RADIO DEVELOPMENT i . : LForeign Countries Begin to Sit Up and Take Notice of Yanks V, ' V Hy PATL F GODLBY, AtJ8rlc'fl I'onmoM Kadlo Authority , America's load in tho development V S. of radio cm no longer be Ignored bv foreign countries. They are begln- V, ning to sit up and take notice. Nino months :igO with tho OXCOP-tion OXCOP-tion of one daip newspapers' In the BritlMh IbIos seemed to b decidi lly - -.gainst anv complrehenaive radio pro- gram. But thr strides made bj America Amer-ica have forced then? "it., line The British postmaster general Is ibout to take up the Heeding of broadcasting stations throughout England. The French were more prompt In realizing: tho potentialities of radio broadcasting Some time ago they initiated a program which, although .somewhat limited, nevertheless: bra i the ground for more extensive do-elopmcnts do-elopmcnts later on. Intense interest In radio broadcasting broadcast-ing la shown in Holland, Italy, Belgium, Bel-gium, and tho Scandinavian countries. coun-tries. Notwithstanding Ihis interest no move has yet been mad'- toward the adoption of a public broadcasting program. But there is little doubt that such development will come in the very near future. All tho foremost fore-most nations of the world soon will be listening to radiophone com . It is now proposed to divul. :.'.i;-land :.'.i;-land :ind Scotland lno broad., . -t I n-r areas of about f.O miles radius .-. taring about London. Cardiff, Ply-. si erj Hon m Lngland's Broadcasting Centers and Their .Areas. mouth. Birmingham. Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow and Aberdeen. One or more broadcasting str.rlons will be licensed in each area. These raB&mittera will be operated by British Brit-ish firms who are bona fide manufacturers manu-facturers of wireless equipment nc of the largest of London's department de-partment stores has already begun o demonstrate inexpensive receiving apparatus of British manufacture This equipment makes use of a crystal crys-tal detector and is sold at a price hlch is equivalent to about $30 Marconi's "Wireless Telegraphy 'Company, Ltd., has In production t". 0,000 receivers of similar type which it expects to be able to markot during dur-ing the next few months. Many other companies are also getting ready for the big rusn. oo |