New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation

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The New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC) was a company founded in New Zealand in 1962 , the task of which was to maintain and develop broadcasting operations in the country, to grant broadcasting rights to radio and television stations, and to control their programs and broadcasts Broadcasting and advising the government on radio and television. The NZBC existed until March 31, 1975.

history

The New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation was based on the December 1, 1961 by the New Zealand Parliament adopted law New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation Act 1961 established on April 1, 1962nd The three statute members of the corporation should be appointed by the governor-general of the country. Through them, the company was able to build, change or convert broadcast stations, buy, sell and rent land, buildings and facilities with the approval of the responsible ministers, use broadcast facilities for cultural purposes and organize concerts and entertainment for the benefit of the country's society.

However, the corporation did not emerge from nowhere, but took over the tasks of the state New Zealand Broadcasting Service (NZBS) founded in 1936 . The reason for abolishing the state authority was the promise of the New Zealand National Party , which replaced the New Zealand Labor Party in government with the parliamentary elections of 1960 , to transfer the management and operation of radio and television stations to an institution organized under private law to facilitate private broadcasting.

With the renewed change of government to the Labor Party in December 1972, the end of the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation was sealed. However, it was not until April 1, 1975 that the corporation was liquidated and divided into two television stations and a radio station. The basis for this was the Broadcasting Act 1973 , on the basis of which the Broadcasting Council of New Zealand , the television stations Television one and Television Two , and the radio station Radio New Zealand were founded. The two television stations were merged in 1980 and Television New Zealand was founded.

Web links

  • Broadcasting and Television . In: Alexander Hare McLintock (Ed.): An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . Wellington 1966 (English, online [accessed August 19, 2019] and the following seven websites).
  • Robert John Gregory : The Rise and fall of the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, 1962-1973 . A Study in Political and Administrative Relationships . Ed .: Victoria University of Wellington . Wellington July 1979 (English, online [accessed August 19, 2019] Thesis: Submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration at the Victoria University of Wellington ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Radio and Television Broadcasting . In: Statistics New Zealand (Ed.): The New Zealand Official Year-Book, 1975 . Wellington 1975 ( online [accessed August 19, 2019]).
  2. ^ New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation Act 1961 . (PDF; 1.1 MB) In: Database of New Zealand Law . New Zealand Legal Information Institute , December 1, 1961, accessed August 19, 2019 .
  3. ^ New Zealand Broadcasting Service, 1936-62 . In: Alexander Hare McLintock (Ed.): An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . Wellington 1966 ( online [accessed August 19, 2019]).
  4. ^ Gregory : The Rise and fall of the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, 1962-1973 . 1979, p.  1 .
  5. ^ Gregory : The Rise and fall of the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, 1962-1973 . 1979, p.  410 .