RADIO POLICY

Hokitika Guardian, 12 June 1937, Page 3

RADIO POLICY

B STATION DIRECTORS. (Per Fress Association—Copyright) AUCKLAND. June 11. No reference to the Government’s hr "■a<lp-stß’.nr rolicv is to he allowed in future from the B Class stations, unless the script -of the proposed speeches or t n lks: has, l oon approved after submission Jo, : the office of the Director of Broodo r, s+ipn-. Professor SMlev. A letter to this effect was rce«ived '>v Auel.-l-nfl nr’vate Hro«*dcasting stations to-day and it follows closely upon protests levelled recently ee'ninst the nationalisation His class of radio station and the Government’s refusal to allow proceedings at meet- - .7 j- ' ■

ings of listeners in .Auckland . and Jhi nod in to he hrojulcast. The immediate effect of the Minster’s action is that arrangements for the broadcasting of further discussion of the B station nationalisation issue, on Sunday night, have had to be cancelled. Directors and .officials of two

'nnkl aml private stations, IZM and | IZT, are uncert-in exactly what the | effect of the censorship will he upon ( j the station programmes, although, in j one quarter, it was suggested that j the request to have scripts submitted to i the Director’s office irs tantamount j to a complete prohibition of the broad- j casting of any matter concerning the I Government’s broadcasting policy,' j sinoo.it was not to be expected that i t>o Minister would allow at j all. “The request is idle pretence,” it i was-stated. “Actually, we may expect complete gagging.”