MORE RADIO LICENSES.
USTCNBRS IN DOMINION.
Immediately following March 31, the date for renewal of radio listeners' licenses, there is always a temporary drop in numbers, but the recovery this year has been extremely rapid and at June 30 the total of 320,402 licenses was 3807 higher than the previous highest point, which had been attained on March 31. The advance for the year has been 27,606, or 9.3 per cent, which means that over 85 per cent of the households of the Dominion are now provided with radio sets. New Zealand's radio receiving licenses compare well in numbers with those of the Australian Commonwealth, where the ratio per hundred of population, according to the latest official figures, is. 16.29. The corresponding percentage in New Zealand is 19.8.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 181, 3 August 1939, Page 6
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128MORE RADIO LICENSES. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 181, 3 August 1939, Page 6
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