History
The CBA traces its roots to a Broadcasting Conference on February 15, 1945 for Canada, Australia, South Africa, India, the UK and New Zealand. This brought together representatives of the broadcasting organizations that had co-operated closely in reporting the Second World War and was held in the Council Chamber of Broadcasting House in London.
The title "Commonwealth Broadcasting Association" was adopted in Malta in 1974 as well as the CBA charter, which set out the principles and aims of the association. It stipulates that membership "shall be open to publicly owned national public service broadcasting organisations, or groups of such organisations, which are responsible for the planning, production and presentation of broadcast programmes in Commonwealth countries". This was modified in 1995 to allow for membership of commercial companies with a commitment to public service broadcasting and to allow for affiliate membership.
Following the first conference in Britain in 1945, a subsequent meeting was again held in Britain in 1952 and then in Australia (1956), India (1960), Canada (1963), Nigeria (1965), New Zealand (1968), and then on a regular basis every two years continuing with Jamaica (1970), Kenya (1972), Malta (1974), Singapore (1976), Mauritius (1978), Australia (1980), Canada (1982), Hong Kong (1984), Britain (1986), The Bahamas (1988) Cyprus (1990), Botswana (1992), Canada (1994), Malaysia (1996), Gibraltar (1998), South Africa (2000), Britain (2002) and Fiji (2004), Delhi (2006), Bahamas (2008). The next general conference is planned for 2010 in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa. The conference will be hosted at the Hilton Hotel in Sandton.
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