Uncertainty Regarding B Stations
MATTER FOR BOARD, NOT GOVERNMENT (By Telegraph —Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Last Night. In the House this afternoon Mr. W. J. Jordan asked the Postmaster-General whether he would make a definite statement of the Government’s policy concerning broadcasting as the present uncertainty regarding B stations was seriously affecting the sale of sets, thereby the discharge of employees by ftiiufacturers and dealers. Hon. A. Hamilton, in reply, said the Government was not aware that the present position was prejudicially affecting the sale of radio sets as the number of radio licenses was progressively increasing and New Zealand was
well forward in density of radio licenses .per head of the population. : The Govern ment’s policy was laid down in the Broadcasting Act which placed broadcasting in New Zealand on a national basis controlled by a board.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 September 1935, Page 6
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