Great Britain
F. W. OGILVIE, Director-General of the B.B.C.: When I came into the office this morning, one of the most pleasant tasks. awaiting me was the writing of a letter of congratulation to you and the National Broadcasting Service on your new venture-the New Zealand Listener. As a listener in this country I have found the B.B.C. journals of the greatest value and interest, and I am quite sure that your public will welcome this new journal as we, in England, welcomed the Radio Times and The Listener. All of us at Broadcasting House send: you our very best wishes for the success of the New Zealand Listener in the hope that it will achieve the widest possible circulation, and prove a valuable link between the Service and your listeners.
THE RT. HON. M. J. SAVAGE, Prime Minister of New Zealand: I have great pleasure in greeting the firs: issue of the "New Zealand Listener" and wishing it every success. As a journal it will be a useful guide to radio listeners, and should promote stiil further the popularity of broadcasting throughout the Dominion. A wide field is ready for the. journal’s set vice. We are virtually within sight of the time when every household will have its radio set-not as a luxury, but as an essential means of. acquiring entertainment and in: structive information. Already 84 per cent. o1 New Zealand’s households have _ licensed radio receiving sets. Close on 318,000 sets are in use. Such interest is not peculiar to New Zealand. The radio is now a world force, for good or evil, in directing opinion on vital affairs. This Government has long realised the great part radio broadcasting can play in the daily life of the people. We have put Parliament on the air and have given tens ot thousands of people opportunity of hearing for themselves what legislators are saying and trying to do. With the idea of increasing the value and usefulness of programmes we have promoted the establishment of a journal controlled by the National Broadcasting Service-the "New Zealand Listener." I feel sure that it will carry out its function with marked success. Good luck to it.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 1, 30 June 1939, Page 9
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