CONTROL OF RADIO

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19045, 19 June 1936, Page 5

CONTROL OF RADIO

GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE

POSITION OF B STATIONS

RUMOUR NOT CONFIRMED

(Special to the Herald.) WELLINGTON, this day

A report circulated in Auckland suggests that the Government lias purchased IZB, the Friendly Road broadcasting station. This may ultimately turn out to be correct, but it is certainly premature at present, for the Cabinet, after considering its radio policy during a series of meetings after the sessional adjournment, decided to refer the whole question to a subcommittee of Ministers.

Explaining this decision to the Herald correspondent, the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage, stated that the main questions to lie decided are those of assistance to B stations, the method of conducting the proposed C .commercial stations, and the use of radio generally. Asked if it was likely that the Government would advertise tne appointment of the Director of Broadcasting, which has to 'be- made by July 1, the Prime Minister replied that this was Included among the questions on which the committee of Ministers would report back to the Cabinet. "We want the best,' he commented, "and if we have that in New Zealand, that is all right."