Nankicg, Nov. 4 'Regulations governing' the administration of broadcasting throughout China have been promulgated by the Ministry of Communications, Every station is requir ed to submit beforehand its general plan, outlining. the topies to broadcast and its broadcasting hours dally, to the Broadcasting Enterprise Birecting Committee, for examina tion and approval, Any change in the general plan after approval must reported to the Committee.
'The dally schedule, giving all items to be broadcast, and the names of persons. who will' broadcast, also must be submitted for examination and approval, and the committee may make any change considered neces~ sary. In special circumstances, when station adds new items to a dally schedule already approved, or cancels part of it, at most one-fifth of the entire schedule may thus be changed.
All broadcasting stations, it is also required, must rebroadcast such items as fixed py the Central Broadcasting Station, They are also under an obligation to rebroadcast other im~ portant items whenever so notified by the Central Broadcasting Station. Such extra items will not be more {han one dally.
As regards the nature of programmes, the regulations provide that those broadcast by Government owned stations should include material on educational purposes, or Teetures, while those broadcast by private-owned stations should con~ fain at least 40 per cent. of such subjects, With the exception of amusement items, Mandarin should be used for broadcasting publicity, education vl programmes, and lectures. Should local dialects be used, they must be supplemented with Mandarin, Broad-cesting items of a radical, obscene, OF superstitious nature is strictly prohibited, Standard China time must be the basis for broadcasting. In the same municipality or hsien where there are five stations of the strength of 100 watts, the broadcasting hours of ther stations with less than 100 watts should be restricted—Central
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