Director, Programme Services Division, Australian Broadcasting Control Board, 1949-74

 
Component identifier:
Series 5
Content Summary:

For almost 22 years Jose held the position of Director, Programme Services Division of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board, a statutory body established with the threefold purpose to manage the technical and administrative operations of Australian broadcasting services, and to oversee the operational and program standards of commercial stations. His directorship coincided with a period of transition in Australian broadcasting, marked most significantly by the introduction of television services to Australia.

Included here are papers documenting the range of Jose's Board duties, including station inspections undertaken in the early 1950s, a comprehensive sequence of meeting agenda, reports of official overseas visits to the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Canada and Japan in 1962 and 1967, commissioned audience surveys, and a large number of general files relating to other aspects of the Board's administration. Also located in this series is a folder of papers documenting the Board's Research Advisory Committee, a panel convened of expert and representative members to supervise research related to Board activities.

Papers relating to Jose's representation on, or association with, other internal and external committees can be found in Series 8-12. Copies of a number of official reports published by the Board are filed in Series 17.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The collection of his papers, which comprises correspondence, reports, minutes, cuttings and associated files, was donated to the National Library in two consignments: a small carton of radio talks and written reports from Jose in 1989, followed by a larger instalment of 18 boxes from his daughter in 1991. The University of New England historian Ross Lamont undertook a preliminary sort of the latter consignment before its transfer to the Library. Together the instalments extend back to 1917 and provide some coverage of most phases of Jose's career.
Names:
Adrian Jose

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Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2880149).
Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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