And You Get It
\ X 7 HEN, at its opening, Station 2YD announced its request session, enough requests were sent in to last the station for a year. And that has happened each time a further supply has been called for. On August 4 last, the station announced that it was ready to accept a further list of requests. By the following. Tuesday evening, 900 had been received by mail and it was expected that by the end of the week the year’s quota would be filled. At the end of the seven days, or so, the station refused further requests for another year. With such a number of requeststhere were 2,141 last year — there is bound ‘to be a good deal of duplication and then the arrangers of the programmes have the task of preserving a balance.
Popular hits of the day predominate, but "popular classics" also are strongly represented. Great diversities in musical taste are shown. Listeners frequently ask for such an item as a Beethoven Concerto and list Bing Crosby or Vera Lynn for their second choice. Requests come from Invercargill and North of Auckland. Last year one came from Ottawa. Of course the station was not heard there, but an American who had left Wellington left also a request for a song to be played for his wife who remained. New Zealanders on service duty in Australia send in large numbers of requests and Americans in the Islands write for some special item to be broadcast for the benefit of a girl friend left behind in New Zealand. A recent request letter asked for the items desired to be played in a month’s time, so that in the interim the batteries for the receiving set, at the back of beyond, could be charged.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 323, 31 August 1945, Page 7
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297And You Get It New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 323, 31 August 1945, Page 7
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