“SILENT DAYS”

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 883, 29 January 1930, Page 14

“SILENT DAYS”

SHOULD THEY CONTINUE? With, more selective receiving sets on the market, making it easier to tune out the local station if necessary, it has been suggested that the YA stations should maintain a seven-day service. The “silent day” was inaugurated to give those near a broadcasting station a chance to listen to outside stations. and was necessary because of the difficulty in tuning out the local station. Most of the modern sets enable nearby stations to be cut out and there seems no reason why the “silent day” should continue. It may be argued that the station staff requires a holiday once a week, but it should not be difficult to organise the staff in such a way that members of It would still get their holiday. It has also been suggested that dinner music at midday on Sundays and at the evening meal hour would also be appreciated by many listeners. New by-laws which prohibit the use of loud-speakers and gramophones in premises opening on to public streets, and forbid their use in main roads, have been adopted by the Hereford City Council (England). In opposition to the adoption of this j by-law Cr. Oatfield declared that the regulations struck a decisive blow ! against public liberty and would put the people "in the hands of cranks.” Members said that many complaints had been received about speakers used at business premises and in some places the noise was so great that it was impossible for people to : work in adjoining shops. ■ Crowds collected on the pavements to listen to loud-speakers and cre§ted obstruction- ------ — :-