Football Broadcasts

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 41, 22 April 1932, Page 4

Football Broadcasts

Limited by Rugby Union L_MITATION of the broadcasting of Rugby matches to international and interprovincial games was decided upon by the New Zealand Rugby Union at its annual conference on April 14, after a brief discussion. Dr. G. J. Adams (Wanganui) moved that the broadcasting of club football be prohibited, but that broadcasting of interprovincial and international games be allowed. He stated that the broadcasting of matches by 2YA had caused many people in Wanganui to take more interest in games in Wellington than those in Wanganui. A Waikato delegate spoke in similar strain, stating that the broadcasting of city matches was seriously affecting the finances of country unions. Seyeral country delegates supported Dr. Adams’s motion. Mr. J. McLeod (Taranaki) said that his union had had broadeast the report of matches for the past six years, but this had only been as a counter measure to the broadcasts they had been getting over the air from Auckland and Wellington. Mr. M. F. Nicholls suggested that the moneys received by Auckland and Wellington for broadcasting the report of matches should be pooled for the benefit of country unions. The motion was ¢carried on the voices.