MYSTERY NIGHT

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 370, 2 June 1928, Page 10

MYSTERY NIGHT

RECOMMENDATION TO IYA SUNDAY PROGRAMMES At a meeting of the IYA Musical and Dramatic Committee, presided over yesterday by Mr. Karl Atkinson, a letter was read from the general manager of the Broadcasting Company, outlining the company’s views on the proposed competitions and mystery night. Considerable discussion ensued on the question of running a competition, and it was decided to limit this in the first instance to vocalists only, elimination test to be conducted at the studio, and only those selected by the judge, to broadcast. A sub-committee, consisting of Dr. Kenneth Phillips and Mr. Karl Atkinson was appointed to arrange details. The committee’s suggestion that a half-hour’s gramophone review held once a fortnight had been adopted by the company and these recitals will be introduced in the near future. Further discussion ensued on the question of the mystery night, which was originally proposed at the last meeting, and it was decided to recommend to the company to run two evenings of this nature, the first evening the item to be announced and the listeners to guess the name of the artist rendering the item, and the second evening the artist’s name will be announced and the listeners to guess the name of the item rendered. A series of programme suggestions brought forward by Dr. Iv. Phillips, were discussed in detail and it was decided to recommend to the company that one programme per month be compiled on a definite scheme of musical composition. This was followed by the adoption of a motion by Dr. K. Phillips that a classical night should be devoted to the broadcast of English composers in -chronological order. It was decided that the company should be asked to include on one Sunday per month a specially selected programme of electrical recordings of the world’s greatest artists, this programme to follow the usual church service. and the programme to be selected, suitable to Sunday evening.