Ten Years of The "Diggers' Session"
HE Diggers’ Session at 1ZB is ten years old this month. It was in 1934 that Rod Talbot (above) first went on the air with his session for returned men, which has remained one of the most popular features in New Zealand broadcasting. In the early years much good work was done in the way of providing comforts for men who were sick in hospital or at home. The session also did a great deal to encourage local talent, but this activity has had to be put in cold storage for the duration of the war. The Diggers’ Session has been. run from its inception. by Rod Talbot, who went away with the Main Body during the last war, and saw service on Gallipoli. His close association with returned soldiers has helped to make the session something of an institution by this time. It is presented from 1ZB every Sunday afternoon at 4.45. :
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 276, 6 October 1944, Page 21
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159Ten Years of The "Diggers' Session" New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 276, 6 October 1944, Page 21
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