TheAustralian Broadcasting Control Board was an Australian government agency formed in 1949 whose main roles were to regulate commercial radio and television broadcasting.[1] It was also the introducer and regulator forFM broadcasting.[2]
The agency held public hearings, issued commercial broadcasting licenses, and performed the technical planning for the national and commercial broadcasting networks.[3]ThePostmaster-General's Department was responsible for the engineering functions for the national transmitter facilities. Commercial broadcasters were responsible for their own construction and installation.[4]
TheAustralian Broadcasting Tribunal took over the functions of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board in the 1970s.
The engineering function in some cases was handled by theNational Transmission Authority, when thePostmaster-General's Department ceased being responsible for the national broadcasting service. TheABC[clarify] always handled the studio section of the national network.TheAustralian Broadcasting Authority took over the functions of the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal.
On 1 July 2005, the Australian Broadcasting Authority and theAustralian Communications Authority were merged to create a new agency, theAustralian Communications and Media Authority.
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