RADIO LICENSES
INCREASING RATE OF EXPANSION LATEST OFFICIAL FIGURES Radio receiving licenses in New Zealand are increasing at an accelerating rate according to the official figures released by the Director-Gen-eral of the Post and Telegraph Department. The grand total of radio licenses taken out as at March 31 last is 154,923, including 152,489 receiving licenses, the latter figure showing an increase in twelve months of 34,705, whereas the increase in the same class of license for the preceding year was 24,573. Listeners’ licenses are distributed as follows:
Auckland; Licenses 46,638, increase 11,712; Canterbury 27,792, 6,823; Otago 20,964, 5,351; Wellington 57,095, 10,819. In addition to the listeners’ licences there are 1214 dealers’ licenses, 573 issued to experimental amateurs, three for experimental research, 319 free to blind persons and institutions for the blind, and 25 broadcasting licenses.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume III, Issue 349, 2 May 1935, Page 5
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