THE CLASSICAL HOUR
To The Editor, "The Listener." Sir,_-The only programme through the whole day that I really enjoy is the Classical Hour. Why should this so often be cut into by Educational Sessions for the schools? It’s very disheartening to tune in at 2 o’clock and hear "Good afternoon, girls and boys." Perhaps the Classical Hour has not a big following, but I know of numbers who look forward to it. Recently a census taken in England showed that there were 1,000,000 listeners to the classical music session. I’m sure there must be the same proportion in New Zealand. Surely the morning. could be utilised for this purpose. Sometimes the lunch hour is. Would it not be better and fafrer to cut into that, as it is only the same kind of music as we hear the rest of the day. Also, couldn’t the breakfast hour be livened up a bit at 2YA? Marches get very monotonous. Before the Commerciel Stations started, the breakfast music was mainly of current songs., etc., but nowadays we hear very little of that. It’s a long way easier to eat to than a blare of brass. Yours, etc.,
Y.
Palmerston North, March 5, 1940,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 40, 29 March 1940, Page 12
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201THE CLASSICAL HOUR New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 40, 29 March 1940, Page 12
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