TY - JOUR
AU - Curran, C. J.
AB - BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION­ FUNCTIONS OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTORS* C. J. Curran ff OW to reconcile freedom with responsibility, public service with creative initiative, and financial autonomy with a proper care for the protection of the pubiic purse are the constant themes of the questions which are addressed to us in the BBC. They go to the very heart of our British broadcasting philosophy. The answers lie in the historical development of British society and in the fortunate accidents of the early days of broadcasting. It is not easy to transplant the roots of a society. Nor can one expect particular pieces of good fortune to be repeated in other circumstances. But it may be that the British experience can be a source of ideas which others can apply in their own circumstances-though wisdom lies more often in recog­ nizing the effects of differences between societies than in assuming that the surface similarities are a sufficient ground to justify uncritical imi­ tation. 1. The BBC started as a limited company, formed in 1922 by a group of firms interested in the manufacture of radio equipment. The ini­ tial motive was commercial, pure and simple. Programmes se11 
TI - British Broadcasting Corporation—Functions of Board of Governors and Responsibilities of Directors∗
JF - Indian Journal of Public Administration
DO - 10.1177/0019556119670405
DA - 1967-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/british-broadcasting-corporation-functions-of-board-of-governors-and-HAkLrZH8q3
SP - 745
EP - 754
VL - 13
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -