B CLASS RADIO
A MISAPPREHENSION. STATUS OF STATIONS. [Per Press Association. — Covyriant.] DUNEDIN, This Day. The consensus of opinion among the proprietors of the four B class stations in Dunedin —4ZM, 4ZP, 4ZB and 4ZL—appears to be that the demand -made by the International Federation of Phonograph Industries has, so far as these stations are concerned, been issued under a misapprehension regarding their status. The federation has demanded 10/ a record side ior each time the record has been used without authority in a sponsored programme by a commercial station. Actually none of the local B stations could be classed as a commercial undertaking, as each of them is operated under an ordinary private transmitter’s license. Moreover, none of them derives revenue from advertising, as sponsored programmes are not permitted in New Zealand. In the meantime, all the stations propose to carry on and to await some definite action on the" part of the federation. In any case, they will be able, for a time at least, to transmit modified programmes with records, which are manufactured by companies not allied to the federation, and are, therefore, not- subject to the payment of royalties. Should the federation insist on demanding the royalty payments for the records used during the past three years, station 4ZM, for instance, would be faced with a bill for approximately £50,000.
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Northern Advocate, 26 July 1935, Page 5
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224B CLASS RADIO Northern Advocate, 26 July 1935, Page 5
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