A UNIFORM LICENCE

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 30, 10 February 1928, Page 15

A UNIFORM LICENCE

Many people have argued that the owner of a simple crystal set, which zosts £2 or £8, should not be require to pay the same licence fee as the owner of an £80 or £90 super-het. t first glance there appears to be some logic in the argument, but apart altogether from the fallacy which is observed after a careful study of the matter, the fact remains that there are considerable difficulties in the way of arranging for differential licences. The question has been raised in every country where licence |: fees are collected, and it has been proved that the administrative difficulties of the people who sell the licences and collect the fees would be too great, and a common licence fee is essential. There would be no means of determining, unless at considerable expense, whether the correct licence was obtained, or whether a valve licence would be obtained when the crystal set owner chang'ed his set to a valve set. Consequently the uniform licence is not likely to be changed.