History of Gerald Marcuse G2NM, founder of Empire Broadcasting

Eugen Gerald Marcuse (1886 - 1961) Source:

Eugen Gerald Marcuse (1886 – 1961) Source: The Reading and District Amateur Radio Club

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mike Barraclough, who writes:

The Reading and District Amateur Radio Club has released as a free pdf the history of Gerald Marcuse G2NM the founder of Empire Broadcasting who was granted a licence in June 1927 for a regular shortwave service of speech and music to the British Empire. These continued until August 1928. A statement from the BBC shortly after the licence had been granted “deplored them as an unfortunate publicity stunt.”

Click here to visit the Reading and District Amateur Radio Club page.

Click here to download this (brilliant!) history as a PDF.

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