Britain's Broadcasting Monopoly

Trevor Brook


Region:
Anywhere
Notice Period:
Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
Type:
Professional
Fee:
Paid: £70
Category:
Science
Updated:
29th September 2025

Originally a presentation at the 'Signals From The Edge' conference on 1st March 2025.

In Britain, the Home Office and the GPO controlled broadcasting and obstructed change.

This overview covers the plethora of campaigns, studies, government reports, demonstrations and debates on liberalising radio, from the 1930s onwards.

The 70 slides in 7 minutes is here: https://radiofax.org/Britain%27sBroadcastingMonopoly.html

You could have a longer talk by adding some items from Radio Oddities.

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About Trevor Brook

You might be interested in talks which I can provide. I have lived in the North Downs all my adult life and am an engineer, broadcaster and website editor turned researcher and archivist for Albury History Society: https://alburyhistory.org.uk

I speak to time (45-55 minutes) and each talk is packed with over one hundred archive photographs.

I bring equipment as a backup and can do Zoom though real life is vastly preferable!

I have presented for Guildford Institute, history societies, U3A, social groups and at Guildford Guildhall.


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