RADIO SERIALS
Sir -So many have written condemning thriller radio serials, some going so far as to say they are responsible for child delinquency, that I should like to point, out that there are plenty of listeners who do not want radio serials watered down to the level of children’s minds. It is time to protest against the selfishness of parents who expect exciting radio serials to be stopped. Are they
entirely lacking in parental control that they cannot command obedience in the matter of tuning in to serials they consider unsuitable for children? There are plenty of other stations available when items one wants to avoid are due: we don’t ask for week-day church services and crooners to be eliminated, ‘so it is: but fair that we should have a continuation of thrilling serials, and these not too late in the evening, as many are early risers and therefore must retire early. 5 The children at any rate cannot do their homework properly with one. ear on the radio and should be in another room. Parents should realise that the chief trouble is their own lack of control, and should cease trying to spoil programmes for other people who also pay radio licences.
THRILLERS FIRST
(Auckland),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 283, 24 November 1944, Page 7
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207RADIO SERIALS New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 283, 24 November 1944, Page 7
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