ABSTRACT
Radio must be changed from being a means of distribution to a means of communication. Inevitably the concentration of power in broadcasting has created demands for ‘democratisation’ in various forms. It is undoubtedly quite practical for broadcasting to undertake a simple publishing function, which it has traditionally in most countries eschewed. Many argue that there is room for a series of compromises, that mass entertainment can still remain the backbone of a more democratically oriented system. The programme companies hold annual meetings with the rank and file of their membership; they collect suggestions and criticisms. Nonetheless the Dutch system is one that must command the respect and attention of anyone concerned to find ways to make television as available a medium for general discourse as the press.
