BITS AND PIECES
Sir-I have just been listening to a very fine concert from 3YA_ Christchurch by the Choir of Sacred Heart Girls’ College in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. But why cut it off at 8.50? Why in New Zealand can the listening public never be allowed to enjoy a full evening concert programme? What is the peculiar idea that the broadcasting authorities seem to have developed that they think it is necessary to feed the public a constant stream of incomplete, unfinished, and interrupted entertainment? As one in close touch with the listening public I can assure the Broadcasting Controller that listeners are becoming tired and weary of this piecemeal programme idea. Is it necessary for every station in the country to break off at 9.0 o’clock each night and take chimes and news? Cannot we have stations for different types of programmes instead of every station trying to do the entire gamut of entertainment and as a result achieving a form of broadcasting that is very income~ plete and unsatisfying? There are very few receivers in New Zealand that cannot get fair reception of most New Zealand stations and good reception of two or three. The average receiver is a five-valve job and quite a good performer, so this type of broadcasting cannot be claimed to be a ques tion of coverage. I am certain that the voice of the majority of listeners will say with me: Let us have some complete programmes and concerts of our own New Zealand talent instead of bits and pieces. Let us hear some full studio and theatre presentations and less recordings.
DONALD R.
WHISKER
(Carterton). |
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 301, 29 March 1945, Page 5
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275BITS AND PIECES New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 301, 29 March 1945, Page 5
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