No. 149

3501

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, 8 AUGUST 1985

Published by Authority

WELLINGTON: WEDNESDAY, 14 AUGUST 1985

Direction to Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand in Connection with the Development in New Zealand of a Frequency Modulation (FM) Broadcasting Service

To the Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand

WHEREAS a frequency modulation (FM) broadcasting service is being developed in New Zealand as an integral part of sound radio broadcasting in New Zealand: And whereas the general policy of the New Zealand Government in relation to that development is set out, in part, in a notice dated the 27th day of October 1981*, which was given to the Broadcasting Tribunal pursuant to section 68 (1) of the Broadcasting Act 1976, and, in part, in a notice dated the 23rd day of December 1982†, which was given to you pursuant to section 20 (1) of the Broadcasting Act 1976 (as enacted by section 4 of the Broadcasting Amendment Act 1982): And whereas those notices contained directions to the Broadcasting Tribunal and to you respectively: And whereas, pursuant to the directions given to you, you made certain applications to the Broadcasting Tribunal on the 20th day of April 1983: And whereas, by those applications, you applied to amend warrant AM-7 (2YC) and to amend warrant AM-6, 8, and 9 (1YC, 3YC, and 4YC): And whereas one of the amendments sought was the amendment of the conditions of the warrants to permit the broadcasting of advertising programmes: And whereas the Broadcasting Tribunal, by decision dated the 25th day of July 1984, approved, inter alia, the application to broadcast advertising programmes: And whereas the policy of the New Zealand Government in relation to advertising on the YC stations and in relation to other matters affecting the development in New Zealand of a frequency modulation (FM) broadcasting service and in relation to the consequences of the development in New Zealand of a frequency modulation (FM) broadcasting service has changed:

Now, therefore, pursuant to section 20 (1) of the Broadcasting Act 1976 (as enacted by section 4 of the Broadcasting Amendment Act 1982), I, Jonathan Lucas Hunt, the Minister of Broadcasting,—

(1) Give you notice that it is part of the general policy of the New Zealand Government in relation to broadcasting—

(a) That advertising programmes should not be broadcast in the Concert Programme; and

(b) That where—
(i) A YC-AM station by which the Concert Programme is broadcast is converted to FM; and
(ii) The primary coverage achieved by the FM transmission is not comparable with the coverage provided by the YC-AM station before the conversion,—
the deficiency in the coverage should be met by simulcasting for a period of up to two years after the date of the conversion; and

(c) That, during any period of simulcasting necessary to implement the policy set out in paragraph (b) of this clause, and after the expiration of any such period of simulcasting, you should continue to operate the stations known as the YC stations for the purposes of broadcasting, on AM frequencies,—
(i) The proceedings of Parliament as at present; and
(ii) Sports programmes as at present; and
(iii) Educational programmes (whether such programmes are broadcast by you or by you in association with other persons); and
(iv) Programmes to cater for the interests of cultural and ethnic minorities; and
(v) Other public interest programmes; and

(d) That, following the conversion of the Concert Programme to FM, the YC-AM stations should, except when they are broadcasting the proceedings of Parliament, be permitted to broadcast advertising programmes; and

(e) That the Young Adult Programme currently broadcast on the ZM-AM stations should be broadcast from FM stations in such a manner that the programme becomes available progressively throughout New Zealand in conjunction with the extension of the Concert Programme; and

(f) That, as funds permit, the existing YC-AM network should be extended to Waikato, Manawatu, and Hawkes Bay; and

(g) That, as funds permit, you should either establish broadcasting stations or provide transmission facilities for the holders of sound radio programme warrants to broadcast Maori programmes; and