RADIO LICENSES.

Grey River Argus, 11 February 1929, Page 3

RADIO LICENSES.

The Fees in Europe. (Received February 11 at 5.5 p-m.J LONDON, February 9. The suggestion that the wireless license, which at present is ten shillings per annum, should be reduced, has prompted the Postmaster-General to ray that a three-days programme for one penny is not unreasonable. It is pointed out that the British wireless license is cheaper than that of any place in the world where a fee is charged. For instance, South Africa, charges 35/-, and for hotels and clubs, 75/-: Czechoslovakia charges 22/-, and Denmark 20/-; France charges nothing, also Holland, while Germany charges 24/-, Hungary 12/-, and Iceland 50/-, but a reduction is there contemplated owing to the scarcity of listeners. Italy charges 15/-, Sweden 11/-, Switzerland 12/-, and Turkey 60/-, plus 25 per cent, tax on sets. Austria charges t4d per month for listeners, with an annual salary below £lOOO, and 4/- monthly for those ibovc that salary. In Russia private listening-in is not encouraged. The Soviet prefers communal listening by means of loud speakers in central parts.