ABSTRACT
Just as in Sweden, the early impetus for broadcasting in Denmark came from groups of interested amateurs. Unlike Sweden, and in contrast with the UK or even Ireland, these amateur groups were not quickly displaced by commercial groups. The Danish press, though surprisingly open towards the new medium (see below), was not interested in operating it; nor were other commercial interests – such as radio-set manufacturers – viable candidates for broadcasting concessions. As Brink Lund (1976, p. 37) described the situation,
Private management [of radio] was no real alternative. The independent radio clubs were internally divided, and private industry was still unclear about the economic possibilities of the medium. Involvement in radio was not immediately profitable in 1920s Denmark, and the radio clubs could not therefore find non-risk-averse sources of private start-up capital.
