ABSTRACT
The British Broadcasting Company (B.B.C.), organized by agreement between the Postmaster-General and the principal radio manufacturers, began its official existence in December, 1922. The scope of broadcasting's influence is as broad as human interests, but the alternative emphases or uses to which the ether has been put may be divided conveniently into commercial, political, and cultural. In a debate on B.B.C. policies, which occurred in the House of Commons on February 22, 1933, Sir Stafford Cripps stated that the theory of factual and non-controversial Ministerial talks had been gradually extended to cover some of the most controversial matter. The status of the B.B.C. will normally be reconsidered in 1936. There appears to be no serious question that the constitutional position of broadcasting will remain as it is. The monopolistic nature of broadcasting also seems to be unassailable. Within the framework of the organization, however, the issue is that of greater Democracy in the popular sense of the term.
