B.B.C. ACCOUNTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 136, 10 June 1932, Page 7

8.8.C. ACCOUNTS.

GROWTH OF LISTENERS,

(British Official Wireless.) (Received 0.30 a.m.)

RUGBY, June 9.

The accounts of the British Broadcasting Corporation show that the sum of £057,935 was. spent on wireless programmes in the past year. The capital expenditure amounted to more than £907,000 and the corporation paid £74,000 in income tax.

The net revenue of the corporation, which is derived from wireless licenses, exceeded the previous year's figure by more than £200,000. 'The number of licensed wireless listeners at the end of the year was 4,330,735, an increase of 718,825 for the year.

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