BROADCASTING BAN.

Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15272, 23 June 1923, Page 19 (Supplement)

BROADCASTING BAN.

A meeting of delegates representing 13 organisations in connection with the theatrical, mlsic-hall, and concert entertainments, in London decided that the broadcasting of plays and similar entertainments should be stopped, on the ground that it was prejudical to the interests of all connected with places of public entertainment. Four sub-comittees were set up to consider what measures should be taken to stop the broadcasting of plays and prevent artists and actors taking part in' it. “We are determined to protect the common interests of the joint professions,” the chairman of the committee told a reporter. “We are asking the Postmaster-General to appoint a nominee of our committee to the broadcasting committee, and we shall put our case forward very strongly. “The statement made in the House of Commons by the PostmasterGeneral that one-half of the money he' recovers from listening-in goes to the Broadcasting Company is viewed by the committee with very much concern Wc look upon broadcasting as a Stateaided free entertainment in competition with our entertainments, from which, the State derives a considerable revenue. Consequently we feel that we are being made to help pay for our rivals."