Charles Moses

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For the U.S. politician, see Charles L. Moses.

Sir Charles Moses CBE (21 January 1900 in Little Hulton, Lancashire, England – 9 February 1988 in Sydney, Australia) headed the Australian Broadcasting Commission (which became the "Australian Broadcasting Corporation" in 1983) from 1935 until 1965.

Educated at Oswestry School, Moses graduated from the Royal Military College Sandhurst in 1918 and emigrated to Australia in 1922. After a few years farming and selling cars, he joined the ABC in 1930 as a radio sports announcer, although the first broadcast was not made until 1 July 1932. In 1935, he was promoted to General Manager. In 1942, he escaped from Singapore with General Gordon Bennett. With the arrival of television in Australia in 1956, he oversaw the ABC's move to provide Australia's first national television service, ABC-TV, in time for the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.

Moses retired in 1965 and was succeeded as head of the ABC by Sir Talbot Duckmanton. He was made a Commander of the Order of British Empire (CBE) in 1954 and was knighted in 1961.

From 1965 to 1977, Moses served as the first Secretary-General of the Asian Broadcasting Union (now known as the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union), a non-profit professional association of broadcasters.

The Charles Moses Stadium in Sydney is named in his honor.

References

Inglis, Ken S., This Is the ABC 1932 – 1983, Black Inc 2006
Inglis, Ken S., Whose ABC? 1983 – 2006, Black Inc 2006
Global Media Journal: A Biography of Sir Charles Moses

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Date of birth	21 January 1900
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Date of death	9 February 1988
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