RUGBY BROADCASTS
N.Z. Union’s Decision
CLUB GAMES EXCLUDED Limitation of the broadcasting of Rugby matches to International and interprovincial games was decided upon by the New Zealand Rugby Union at its annual conference yesterday, after a brief discussion. Dr. G. J. Adams (Wanganui) moved that the broadcasting of club football be prohibited, but that broadcasting of interprovincial and international games be allowed. He stated that the broadcasting of matches by 2YA had caused many people in Wanganui to take more interest in games in Wellington that those in Wanganui.
A Waikato delegate spoke in similar strain, stating that the broadcasting of city matches was seriously affecting the finances of country unions. Several country delegates supported Dr. Adams’s motion.
Mr. J. McLeod (Taranaki)'said that his union bad had broadcast the report of matches for the past six years, but this had only been as a counterblast to the stuff they had been getting over the air from Auckland and Wellington. -Mr. M. F. Nicholls suggested that the moneys received by Auckland and Wellington for broadcasting the report of matches should be pooled for the benefit of country unions. The motion was carried on the voices.
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Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 171, 15 April 1932, Page 13
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194RUGBY BROADCASTS Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 171, 15 April 1932, Page 13
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