RADIO PROGRAMMES

Chronicle (Levin), 15 March 1946, Page 7

RADIO PROGRAMMES

-Press Association

FURTHER IMPROVEMENT REQUESTED.

By Telegraph-

DUNEDIN, March 14. The opinion tluil, while there liad been a change for the better in the standard of radio programmes, there was still 100111 for iniprovement in some of the features broadcast, was exprcssed by speakers today at the annual conference of the Doininion Federation oi' Sehool Coiniui! tee Assoeiations. The delegates wero coiu'erned particularly with tlie prograuinies broadcast froiu tlie commcreial stalious at times when children were most likely to be listening. Tlie remit 011 which tlie diseussion took plaec was as follows: "Tliat it be [a recommendation to the Direclor oi j Broadcast ing that the prograinmes of J ! coiiiniercial broadcasts between 3.10 j |i.ni. und S.OO p.m. be of an edueational , i nature only." j ! 'Altluuigh at the inomont there seern- 1 ed to be an iinproveniout, some pro- i j grainmes of a sensational nature wero j ! still beiiig broadcast, said llr. A. j j (ireenwomi (Caiiterburv) in inoving the ; j remit. There were, however, some good 1 ' l'ealures dealing with nature subjects, , | etc., and it wottld be a move 111 tlie right . ! direction if mere [•rogrammes of Ihe, kind could be introdueed. "Wliy should the commercial stat- 1 ions be siugled out?" asked Hr. J. C. ! Batf (Wanganui). "Thev have busi- ! ness to do and if thev were to cliange, I their reveitue would sulfer severely. j Vou are tisking for the impossible. " The secrelary, llr. J. A. Evans (Dunledin). quoled a letter to the federa- | tioii i'roin the Direclor of Broadcast ing i (Professor dames Hhelley) in which he : said that the programine organisers hau : instructions that 110 jirogi aiiime of a i sensat 1011:1 1 nature should be broadcast belore S p.m. JMr. Evaus added that there had been a delinilX' improvenient | in tlie prograinmes broadcast in Dun- j i cdin. 1 The remit was linallv withdrawn and | ■ the following sulunilted: •'That while i Ihe Fedoration appreciates tiie efforts ; i already mad; by the Direclor of Broad - ■ casling, it eonsiders that muru pro* ; gramme.s suilable for children, aml |>t*o* ; : I'ernbly of a suitnble edueational nat- ( | tiro, siiould be broadcast between 5.3G : | [i.m. and b.h'i [).m." |