Moses, Sir Charles

Moses, Sir Charles

▪ Australian broadcasting executive
born Jan. 21, 1900, Little Hulton, Lancashire, Eng.
died Feb. 9, 1988, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia

      British-born Australian broadcasting executive who headed the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) for three decades, building it into a nationwide media corporation.

      Moses graduated from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, Eng. (1918), and was stationed with the British army in Ireland before immigrating to Australia in 1922. After joining the staff at the ABC as a radio sports announcer (1930), he gained prominence as a news analyst, and in 1935 he was promoted to general manager of the entire broadcasting service. In 1956 he inaugurated Australia's first national television service, just in time for the Olympic Games in Melbourne. When he retired from the ABC in 1965, he founded the Asian Broadcasting Union and served as its general director until 1977. He was made a Commander of the Order of British Empire in 1954 and was knighted in 1961.

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