RACE BROADCASTS

New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 296, 23 February 1945, Page 5

RACE BROADCASTS

Sir,-It is quite apparent to me that even after five years of total war the Home Front here in New Zealand has no conception, generally speaking, of the seriousness of the present gigantic struggle. Everywhere I have been I have heard nothing but continual bellyaching about trivialities of which the sample displayed by your correspondent T.C. is a first-class example, To T.C. I would say that it would, no doubt, be most gratifying to the people in the Home Country to know that we are able to spend Saturday afternoons gathered in groups to listen to racing results; again, I have no doubt, people at Home would grieve with T.C. if they knew that his precious racing broadcasts had to give pride of place to war news, of all things. I wonder how T.C. would react if his pet races had to be curtailed or even abandoned due to enemy action? ©

I consider that both divisions of our broadcasting service are doing a very good job in trying to please everyone, a well-nigh impossible task. My only minor cause for complaint is, perhaps, that the war is not brought home strongly enough. Additional rebroadcasts from the BBC would be welcome, for example, recordings of the four talks given by the Radio Padre. The success achieved by the two branches of the service here is a credit to those responsible. The programmes available to listeners in New Zealand compare more than favourably with similar services overseas. I, for one, am as satisfied as it is possible to be in this most unsatisfactory world.

R.A.

F.

(Dunedin).