“UNCLE JACK”

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 67, 10 June 1927, Page 8

“UNCLE JACK”

Sir,— Because Mr. Prentice, whose technical ability is undoubted, has dared to think of the welfare of the listenersin, and he had to resign. To my mind there is no justification for the despotic attitude taken by the company in this matter. All along the B.C.L.’s have been treated with indifference by the company, as regards broadcasting, and the irony of it is that the contributions of the B.C.L.’s maintain the Broadcasting Company. In view of the attitude taken up by the New Zealand Broadcasting Company and its complete indifference to the listening public and their complaints, I consider that it is the duty of every B.C.L. to demand that the Government take over the broadcasting stations and run them itself. Broadcasting is a national institution and should be run by the Government, and should never have been a private monopoly, exploiting the public for profit As an announcer Mr. Prentice has endeared himself to thousands and to lose his services now. and in this manner, will deal a very hard blow to broadcasting in New Zealand, for no announcer or organiser can be expected to work under, and take, the treatment that has been meted out to Mr. Prentice. In their own interests listoners-in must not allow this question to drop, but must use every endeavour to see that this last affront to tlie intelligence of all B.C.L.’s and to Mr. Prentice in particular, is satisfactorily explained. It has been the hope in many circles that up till this last minute differences between the Broadcasting Company and Mr. Prentice would be settled without the loss of Mr. Prentice In conclusion I would like to point out the remarkable quality CM of the programmes that we have ; hru’st on us under the designation of music. JUST A LISTENER-IN.