The Australian Broadcasting Control Board was an Australian government agency whose main roles were to regulate commercial AM radio, Commercial TV broadcasting. It was also the introducer and regulator for FM broadcasting.[1]
It held public hearings and issued commercial broadcasting licenses. It performed the technical planning for the National and Commercial networks.[2] The Postmaster-General's Department was responsible for the engineering functions for the National transmitter facilities and the Commercial stations did their own construction and installation.[3]
The Australian Broadcasting Tribunal took over the functions of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board in the 1970s.
The engineering function in some cases was handled by the National Transmission Authority, when the Post Office ceased being responsible for the national broadcasting service. The ABC always handled the studio section of the national network The Australian Broadcasting Authority took over the functions of the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal.
On 1 July 2005, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) combined the Australian Broadcasting Authority and the Australian Communications Authority.
Reference
- ^ Australian Broadcasting Control Board (1972), Frequency modulation broadcasting : report of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board, Australian Broadcasting Control Board, ISBN 978-0-642-94991-2
- ^ Australia. Parliament; Australian Broadcasting Control Board, (author.) (1950), Annual report of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board, Printed and published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by L.F. Johnston, Commonwealth Govt. Printer, retrieved 19 April 2020
- ^ Australian Broadcasting Control Board. Engineering Services Division (1975), Report, The Board, retrieved 19 April 2020