Background
Charles Moses was born in Little Hulton, Lancashire, England.
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Educated at Oswestry School, Moses graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1918 and emigrated to Australia in 1922.
Career
After a few years as a farmer and seller of cars, he joined the American Broadcasting Company 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 American Broadcasting Company"s move to provide Australia"s first national television service, American Broadcasting Company-television, in time for the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.
Moses retired in 1965 and was succeeded as head of the American Broadcasting Company by Sir Talbot Duckmanton. He was made a Commander of the Order of British Empire (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) 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. He died in Sydney in 1988, aged 88.
The Charles Moses Stadium at the Sydney Showground is named in his honor.
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Australia