Australian Broadcasting Company
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The Australian Broadcasting Company was a consortium of entertainment interests formed in 1929 to supply radio
programs for broadcast on the former "A-class" transmitters contracted to the Federal Government's National Broadcasting Service. The Royal Commission of 1927 had recommended full nationalisation in the style of the BBC, but the conservative government of the time chose this out-sourced approach instead.
Funding was supplied through licenses rather than through advertising.
However, license fee income was low, jeopardising its viability.
Finally in 1932, the Australian Government
did fully nationalise the company through the Australian Broadcasting Commission Act (1932) and it became the Australian Broadcasting Commission
.
See also : History of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
programs for broadcast on the former "A-class" transmitters contracted to the Federal Government's National Broadcasting Service. The Royal Commission of 1927 had recommended full nationalisation in the style of the BBC, but the conservative government of the time chose this out-sourced approach instead.
Funding was supplied through licenses rather than through advertising.
However, license fee income was low, jeopardising its viability.
Finally in 1932, the Australian Government
Government of Australia
The Commonwealth of Australia is a federal constitutional monarchy under a parliamentary democracy. The Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901 as a result of an agreement among six self-governing British colonies, which became the six states...
did fully nationalise the company through the Australian Broadcasting Commission Act (1932) and it became the Australian Broadcasting Commission
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
.
See also : History of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
History of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The history of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation spans from its origins as regulatory body to its expansion as a content provider in radio, television and new media.-Origins:...