BRITAIN'S BROADCASTING MONOPOLY
Trevor Brook
- Region:
- Anywhere
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Professional
- Fee:
- Paid: £70 plus travel
- Category:
- Science
- Updated:
- 10th August 2026
- Tagged:
- Broadcasting | Law | Pirate Radio | History
Originally a presentation to the 'Signals From The Edge' conference of 2025 this is just ten minutes, for scene-setting or discussion .
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 are here: https://radiofax.org/Britain%27sBroadcastingMonopoly.html
You could have a longer talk by adding some items from Radio Oddities.
Views: 514 | Enquiries: 1About 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 also do Zoom, though real life is vastly preferable!
I have presented for Guildford Institute, history societies, U3A, social groups, BBC and at Guildford Guildhall.
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