Almost unable to believe their ears, long-suffering French radio listeners heard with joy last week a characteristic order from the government of tall young Premier Pierre Etienne Flandin: After Jan. 1 no more broadcasting of advertisements by any French station.
Advertising broadcasts have long since been banned in most countries which, like France, charge listeners a license fee on their sets. Money thus collected pays for all broadcasts, state-produced and always more or less loaded with stodgy stuff which the state considers good for citizens.
In England listeners with bootleg sets are caught and forced...
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