DOUBLED IN FOUR YEARS.
RADIO LISTENERS’ UCENSES. The expansion in numbers of radio receiving licenses has been so remarkable in New Zealand year after year that it is surprising that the past 12 months should again show a further increase of 11.6 per cent. The total of receiving licenses on February 2Sth—--311,502 —being 32,393 more than that of the corresponding period of 1938. They all become renewable at the end of March. The latest figure included 960 licenses issued to schools, hospitals, and other institutions and to the blind The distribution of licenses bears a lairly close relation to density of population as the following details show. The postal district is given first and then the number of licenses:—Auckland, 68,192; Hamilton, 21,996; Thames, 9358; Christchurch, 42,458; Greymouth, 5136; Tiinaru, 8092; Westport, 1913; Dunedin, 25,800; Invercargill, 33,021; Oamaru, 3625; Wellington, 44,734; Blenheim, 3180; Gisborne, 5969; Napier, 12,974; Nelson, 5738; New Plymouth, 12,995; Palmerston North, 14,661; Wanganui, 11,660; total, 311,502. When radio broadcasting became a •State service in 1932 the licenses numbered only 71,686 and the latest total is double that of May, 1935.
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Otaki Mail, 31 March 1939, Page 3
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