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Similar to the sealed set system, class A stations on the ABC gained revenue from licence fees paid by listeners. This also included limited advertising. In 1929, the Australian Government acquired all class A stations that were originally owned and operated by the Postmaster-General’s Department.<ref>{{citation|title= The History of Australian Radio {{!}} Tadio Adelaide|year=2011|url=https://media.adelaide.edu.au/radio/intro/history_OZ-radio.pdf}}</ref> There was originally eight class A stations and most of the time, they aired music. This was done by placing a microphone in front of a hand-wound machine or pianolas. They either were broadcast live from the studio or another place connected to a station by telephone lines. The ABC would broadcast ‘stunts’ to influence the purchasing of licences, which financially benefited the A class stations and equipment shareholders would sell.<ref name="ThisistheABC" />
Out of all the stations broadcast by the ABC, station 3LO was the most profitable. Located in Melbourne, Victoria, 3LO was both an A-class and B-class radio station. Licence revenues for the station were immediately returned to the broadcasters after the government removed deductions and fulfilled royalty payments to the AWA. In 1928, a senior colleague working for 3LO estimated that the station was making an annual profit of around AUD 90,000 - in comparison to its initial investment of AUD 11,500.<ref
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