New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation

New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
Company typePublicly owned company
IndustryBroadcasting
Founded1 June 1960 (1960-06-01)
Defunct1 April 1975 (1975-04-01)
FateDissolved and reformed
SuccessorRadio New Zealand
Television One
TV2
HeadquartersAuckland, New Zealand
Area served
New Zealand
ProductsBlack and white television
OwnerNew Zealand Government

The New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC) was a publicly owned company of the New Zealand Government founded in 1962. The Broadcasting Act 1976 then reformed NZBC as the Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand (BCNZ).[1] The corporation was dissolved on 1 April 1975, and replaced by three separate organisations: Radio New Zealand, Television One, and Television Two, later known as South Pacific Television. The television channels would merge again in 1980 to become Television New Zealand, while Radio New Zealand remained unchanged.

  1. ^ Debrett, Mary (2010). Reinventing Public Service Television for the Digital Future. Bristol: Intellect Books. p. 166. ISBN 9781841503219. Under the [NZ Broadcasting Act 1976] the old NZBC structure was reborn as the Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand (BCNZ).