B STATIONS
PROMISE BROKEN
Mr. J. Hargest (National, Awarua) claimed that the Government had broken its promise to the B stations. He considered that there was something unsavoury about the whole of the broadcasting business, and he said it would clear things up it the Opposition's request for a Royal Commission were granted. The • Opposition did not consider that the Controller, by reason of his past actions, was a fit and proper person to be in charge of the department. .Mr. Hargest asked whether there was any truth in the suggestion that Stannage Radio, Ltd., had bought all the time of the commercial stations on the air and rented it to advertisers. The Postmaster-General: That is not correct. • Mr. Hargest said that the Government talked about raising the standard of culture on the one hand, and on the other it put across stuff that upset the people. He said that the proposal to separate the two services was right against the principles of the Labour Party. Mr. S. G. Smith (National, New Plymouth) said the broadcasting of advertisements was good,' but the supplementary items from the ZB stations was "putrid" and consisted of fifthrate American records.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 110, 5 November 1937, Page 6
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196B STATIONS Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 110, 5 November 1937, Page 6
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