RADIO CONTROL

Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1931, Page 3

RADIO CONTROL

SAFEGUARDS NEEDED. GOVERNMENT'S INDENTIONS. The Council of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce this week adopted a recommendation from its legislative committee on the subject of broadcasting control. .The committee submitted a long report upon the subject, in the course of which 'it stated that at the last meeting of the council a resolution had been proposed involving recommendations to the Government in regard to the control of broadcasting. Two very vital principles were involved in this resolution, namely: (1) The encroachment by the Government further into the field of private enterprise; (2) the granting of a monopoly in a public utility to private interests. Assurances had been given that there was no intention or desire on the part of the/Government or on the part of any Government department to take the place of the Broadcasting Company, or to. exercise any further control, which it must be recognised was necessary, than they did at present; The. committee submitted the following .resolution for the consideration of the council, with a recommendation that it is passed:— That it, be a recommendation from the chamber to the Government that in considering the question of the control of radio broadcasting in New Zealand, any system of control decided on shall not involve any further encroachment by the Government into the field of pri- ’ vate enterprise; and that in the event of the British or Canadian system of control being adopted, proper safeguards be provided against the possibility of any political control; and .that in the event of a monopoly being granted to private interests, more adequate safeguards be imposed with regard to the restriction of profits and the application of the income from license fees th n are contained in the present agreement with the Broadcasting Company. The recommendation was adopted.