THEATRES' PROTEST.
AUSTRALIAN RADIO ACTIONS,
MELBOURNE, August 4. Theatrical and concert managers have sent a strong written protest to the Prime Minister, Mr. J. A. Lyons, against the practice of the Australian Broadcasting Commission in entering into direct competition with private concert entrepreneurs, whose business is being seriously affected and prejudiced. Mr. John Tait, general manager of J. C. Williamson, Limited, in voicing the protest, said the Broadcasting Commission, which depended upon public fees for its existence, had gone beyond reasonable limits in its methods of competing with theatres and other entertainments and in outbidding entrepreneurs for leading oversea artists and charging the public for admission to concerts. As a result it had become impossible for theatrical and conceit managers to secure engagement of prominent artists. Mr. Tait contended that the Broadcasting Commission should confine its activities to studio broadcasting.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 184, 5 August 1936, Page 7
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