RACING AND THE REST.
Sir -It was New Zealand Cup Day. The ‘horses for the first race were being brought into line. Far south in Invercargill I sat by my radio. Some of the horses were a bit fractious and the starter was having trouble in lining them up. They were just about ready to go when a voice cut in to say that 3YA would now broadcast the news and that 3YL would take over the racing commentary. Well, that cut Invercargill listeners out because we can’t get 3YL in the daytime. Would not the more sensible arrangement have
been for 3YL to broadcast the news and 3YA to continue with the racing? Canterbury listeners could hear the news through 3YL and Otago and Southland listeners would be served by 4YA and 4YZ, and the racing broadcast from 3YA would have a wider coverage. I think listeners are entitled to consideration when any changing over is neces-
sary.
TALMAGUNDI
(Invercargill).
(This letter was submitted to the Director of Broadcasting, whose reply follows: "The correspondent’s suggestion is quite a reasonable one from the point of view of listeners who wish to hear the racing broadcasts, but what is to be done about bind ee who prefer to hear the war news, ly get this satisfactorily in the daytime "heok ie The matter is one of those many cases of conflicting interests with which programme organisers have to deal, and which have to be settled on a basis that can best be justified.’’)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 237, 7 January 1944, Page 3
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