Extract from DAILY TELEGRAPH Dated 14th July, 1924.
AUSTRALIA AND WIRELESS.
The New Regulations.
From our own Correspondent.
290
SYDNEY, Saturday.
The Government's new wireless broadcasting regulations
completely alter the existing scheme, which is based on
sealed receiving sets, each set sealed with a particular
wavelength allotted to the broadcasting company to which the
purchaser subscribes. The new scheme adopts the principle
of the open set, and charges a license fee ranging from
258. to 30%, according to the radius of the broadcasting
station. Two classes of station are authorised, one mainly
devoted to advertising, and the other to entertainment.
The latter receives revenue license fees, less 5s. retained
by the Government. This scheme limite the number of
broadcasting stations in each State. The uncertainty of
the Government regulations has hitherto considerably
restricted the popularity of broadcasting in Australia, for
the sealed set, designed to prevent monopoly and ensure
revenue to the broadcasting companies, never had a chance to prove itself, although an excellent service was operating in New South Wales for several months. Experimental licenses
and boná-fide investigators are provided under the new
scheme, and the Government collects the revenue.
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