RADIO SERIALS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 September 1940, Page 9

RADIO SERIALS

CONCERN EXPRESSED ABOUT CRIME THRILLERS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND. September 4. Grave concern about some of the items included in the evening radio broadcasts was expressed by the Auckland Education Board today, when the subject was discussed on receiving a letter from the Hawke’s Bay Board, drawing attention to the serials such as “Piccadilly,” “Detective Scott of Scotland Yard,” and “The Black Moth.” “These crime thrillers are not conducive to the development of a sound emotional life among the people,” stated the letter, in outlining the Hawke's Bay Board’s view. “They are not in keeping with the best traditions of cur educational system, which strives to develop an appreciation of more wholesome dramatic art than that based upon gun play and crime.” The letter stated that it was fundamentally unsound that parents should have to take drastic action to protect their children from an educational and entertainment medium sponsored by lhe Government. While a strict censorship was exercised over the screening of films, the radio service more directly affected the home, and even stricter censorship was desirable over radio broadcasts. Details are given of broadcasts in which many murders were recounted. After a discussion the Auckland board decided to support the Hawke’s Bay board’s protest.