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POSITION OF B STATIONS A.P.R.A.'s DEMAND TOR £2OO (Per Press Association ) CIIRTSTCIIt'tICri. this day. The position in which I! class radio stations have found themselves was explained by Mr. C. F. Wbodheact,. director of a company Which controls 3ZC A message from Wellington earlier this week stated that the Australian Performing Bights Association demanded £2OO for the right- to broadcast items for which it holds the performing rights. The message added that B class stations' failed to agree as to the quota which each would pay to make up the sum. In reply, Mr. YVoodhead said: "When the Performinfg Rights Association wrote to B class stations asking for £2OO they expressly told us they were only seeking to establish the liability of B class stations and that the claim of £9OO was not to be taken as an estimate of the amount they considered should be paid by B class stations. If we admitted their claim we do not know what they would ask ill future." . Mr. YVoodhead added that the Radio Broadcasting Co. was paying the Performing Rights Association £5600 a year, or roughly £I4OO per station.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17472, 22 January 1931, Page 11
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