BROADCASTING.
DEVELOPMENT IN NEW ZEALAND
(by TELEGRAPH. PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, July 20. Tlie Government has made an agreement with a new broadcasting company belonging, it is understood, to Wellington, for the erection by th e company of a 500-watts output station in each of the four cities and the maintenance of an efficient service. The company will receive 25s out of each 30s license fee paid by broadcast listeners, and a similar proportion of radio traders’ and other fees. The Government has been temporarily subsidising existing broadcasting stations until a national scheme was evolved. Negotiations have been dragging on for months without effect, anj this new company has now stepped in. The power of the stations will render the programmes audible in Australia, and even further afield.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 20 July 1925, Page 5
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127BROADCASTING. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 20 July 1925, Page 5
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