"The Press," Christchurch

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 7, 28 August 1931, Page 10

"The Press," Christchurch

¥ the Government has a_ policy which it means to put into force when the Radio Broadcasting Compainy’s license expires at the end of the year, the sooner an announcement is made the better. Only a few months remain before some change has to be made, whether provisicnal or final; und listeners have a right to know what is intended, and a right to be neard in criticism. Further, the interests of listeners apart, the public a: a whole has a right to know what "nd of control the State proposes to

establish over broadcasting, particularly if the system is to be nationalised or semi-nationalised and if public money is to be spent on it, Practically all that has been heard so far has been a very impetuous statement from Mr. Donald, many months ago, and another, soon after, in which he unsaid nearly everything and left only the present uncertainty. That ought be cleared up now as $00n as possible