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New Zealand Listener was first published 30 June 1939 as the weekly Journal of the National Broadcasting Service (NZBS). The Listener started as, according to Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage, ‘an essential means of acquiring entertainment and instructive information’ (30 June 1939: 9) making it easier for New Zealanders to gain information on radio programming and to plan their listening accordingly. Its introductory issue was offered free to every householder in New Zealand, claiming to have used fifty tons of newsprint and every postman in the Dominion to deliver it. In September 1939 the Listener would incorporate its precursor Radio Record.
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Latest additions to Magazines and Journals (June 2025)
- Radio Record (1927-1939)
- New Zealand Listener (1939-1959)
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