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CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. Negotiations for the purchase by thq Government of the Christchurch B class radio station 3ZM are almost complete. : The price to be paid by t.he Government ia £1252 18s 8d but a formal agreement between the parties has stiU ! to be signed. This was indicated to-day by the Po.stmaster-General (Hon. F. Jones) in a telephonq conversation from Wellington. The ewners of the station are Mr. W. J. Gteen, formeriy of Christchurch but now editor of the, Standard, the Laboux party's newspaper published in Wellington, Mr. J. Younger, Christchurch, and Mr. C. G, Clark, Christchurch. The license for the station is held by Messrs Green and Younger and; negotiations with the Postmaster-Gen- ' eral were carried out by Mr. Green on behalf of his partners., The Postmaster-General said he was unable to say* when the station would go off the air. A Wellington announcement states that tlZM will be operated at the end of August as commercial station 3ZB.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 124, 11 June 1937, Page 5
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