In a speech written by the poet Rudyard Kipling, the king extolled radio as a way to reach out to men and women isolated by snow and sea.

• 诗人罗德雅德吉卜林在他的一篇演讲中说到，国王（乔治五世）曾称赞广播时说，过去因为地理的原因，人类四散各地，现在是广播把他们联系在了一起。