A Radio Specialist
There is a woman in Middlesex who uses her radio for one purpose, and one purpose only-listening to opera. She is deaf to the claims of the crooner, the dance band leader, the talker, the variety comedian: her first and only love is the opera star. In eight years this Middlesex woman has heard nearly 1,500 complete operatic performances of 342 different operas. "Rigoletto" heads her list with 48 performances, with "Tosca," "La Boheme," and "Carmen" following in that order. A cynic might reflect that such singleness of purpose is indeed rare in a woman; but it is even more rare in a radio listener. Here is the listener who knows what she wants and gets it, whereas when the majority of people hear something that particularly interests them, it is, more than likely, because they "just happened to be listening" at the time. They switch on with hope but seldom with confidence. They plan their entertainment at the cinema or the theatre, but not their entertainment on the air.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 14, 29 September 1939, Page 55
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173A Radio Specialist New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 14, 29 September 1939, Page 55
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