RECORDED RACE BROADCASTS
Successful Innovation By 2ZA 2 HE 2ZA Sports’ Sessions were in- * greased over the holidays to provide the sporting public with results of various race meetings and of sports activities throughout the Dominion. In addilion to the usual Friday and Saturday sports sessions, there were sports results on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday over the Christmas and New Year period, and the Manawatu Racing Club’s meeting was featured extensively, At the last moment, a recording machine was taken down to the racegrounds, and commentaries on the Manawatu Cup on the first day and the main races on the second and third «days were recorded. These were broadcast from Station 2ZA in the seven o'clock session. This was a last-minute decision; and as the races were keenly contested, the commentary was keen and concise, and listeners enjoyed the innovation to the full. It is hoped that it will be possible to carry out this policy on future occasions. It is also hoped that it may be possible to have a member of the Manawatu Racing Club come to the microphone before the winter meeting and give a review of the history of the club, which, beside being one of the oldest in New Zealand, is at the present time spoken of as the Ellerslie of the Manawatu,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 29, 12 January 1940, Page 46
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218RECORDED RACE BROADCASTS New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 29, 12 January 1940, Page 46
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