Dixon, Frank, 1890-1991
Variant namesEditor of Australian Broadcasting Commission news service furing the war. Dixon lobbied for an independent news service at the Parliamentary Committee on Broadcasting and later established the independent news service of the ABC.
From the description of [Inside the ABC] [manuscript]. [196-] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225644932
Journalist and editor, born 1890. Began work on Grafton Argus in 1906. Managing editor of the Maitland Daily Mercury, then editor of ABC News Services, 1936-1949. Appointed Federal News Executive of the ABC in 1949, he retired in 1950. Died 1991.
From the description of Papers. 1931-1990. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225712906
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| creatorOf | Dixon, Frank, 1890-1991. [Inside the ABC] [manuscript]. | Libraries Australia | |
| creatorOf | Dixon, Frank, 1890-1991. Papers. | Libraries Australia |
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