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Letter to the Editor

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Preferred

n article on page 80 of Feb ry “PIM”, based on a despatch n Port Moresby by Reuter’s espondent there, has raised the of Mr. Douglas Channell, Man * of the Australian Broadcasting imission in Papua and New nea. e lists the article’s sins of com mon and omission after saying he was surprised that the 1 was not mentioned at all. ie correspondent did mention ion 9PA which, while being only of the ABC set-up, means ABC lost laymen. (The ABC conducts only broadcasting service in G.) r. Channell goes on: JCH of the information con tained in the article was in correct and none of it was ined from the ABC. ABC activ were confused with those of Broadcasts Section of the Ad strator’s Department and I Id like to clarify the part ?d by both organisations in itory broadcasting, including famines for natives, iterial for native news, sport sessions and some other pro xies, is compiled by European native officers of the Admin :ion Broadcasts section, ur article further confuses the by stating incorrectly that r Europeans and 12 natives on staff of 9PA’s ‘Native Broad- Section’ do most of the trans ? and broadcasting”. 9PA is the sign of the ABC’s medium transmitter in Port Moresby s not connected with the Ad itration Broadcasts Section. 3 ABC employs both Euro > and natives who are respon for preparing and broadcasting e programmes which are now fated with general programmes bast by the ABC, not only over tmt also over shortwave trans rs VLT6 and VLT9. The co tion of the Administration’s leasts Section is welcomed by BC which recognises the good done by officers of that section )viding some of the programme ■ial used. ir article places the native ing audience in the Territory

tempt to provide even an approxi" mation. Listener strength fs ™ cognised intangible of / anywhere but more L tmg the Ten-itorv Particularly in

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assist teachers and school children.

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municate with as man? people dhde^t?a^The 8 ° th6r e occasion arises.

i A t f her ‘J a . ccura <:y in your article if. contamed in the statement that t . he Programme, “Your Questions Answered”, enjoys great popularity, This programme has beefi replaced SS lefc^ ers TVT a y e * r mostly from Papuans p^ulaT^'" 6 * * S reqUeStlng -- c ' The H Pacific Commission’s nZT?- tech ™ cal mating on co- P “ attended

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held in Port Moresby in 1958.