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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 353, 6 February 1937, Page 6

NOT OUT OF FEES.

Radio Buildings Will Be Built By State. i The Director of Broadcasting, ProI fessqt? James Shelley, emphasised ; that_*building projects undertaken by • the National Broadcasting Service ; -vohld' absorb" only a small portion of thj£ license fees- p3id by listeners. •It is recognised by the Government as being unfair that the listeners of the present day should pay iQr.the listeners of the future,” said Professor Shelley. "It has therefore been stipulated that only a fair and reasonable amount in the way of changes for building programmes should came out of the fees; I am hoping—and at present it is ' coining more than a hope—that with- • in three or four years there will be ’ new YA stations both at Christchurch and ai Dr edin,” he continued. More creative work would be en- ■ ouraged in all the centres, and not > only in the centres but right through- • out New Zealand. “I am taking steps l now toward that end,” he added. ; ‘ The object is to have unifying ceni tree for creative work .established.” That did not mean centralisation in i Wellington, but the opposite. It wa*s obvious that for organising purposes there must be centralisation to i some extent, but that was unavoid- ; able. ■ The future of broadcasting in New ■ Zealand depended on the development ’ of creative work within the country, I i end it was l thus the duty of the i broadcasting service to see that I i everyone had the opportunity to raise I the standards “We will soon have • a different standard of work altogether, added Professor Shelley.