PROGRAMME INTERRUPTIONS
Sir,-This matter has been dealt with in The Listener before and this letter is not written to be annoying, but rather in the hope that you may mention the matter in the right quarter that it may some day not be allowed to happen. On Tuesday, September the 18th, 2YA had advertised at 8 p.m. Tchaikovski’s 6th (Pathetique) Symphony. Unfortunately I missed all the opening ree marks. The first movement was cut at, to me, the most impressive portion. I would imagine that either one or two sides of the first movement was cut. If there was notice given in the announcer’s opening remarks then I take back these remarks. To me it seems that to advertise that a certain symphony is to be played and then, without notice, to cut it, is misleading if not dishonest, and that some warning or apology should be given. The reason for the cut is quite clear, namely time. One cannot play a symphony of some six 12in. records, taking roughly 50 minutes’ playing time, in 40 minutes. But why advertise something impossible (no, I am not in any way blaming The Listener)? All I am actually asking is this-that when time, or some other matter, makes it impossible for an item to be broadcast as stated, we be told the fact. I do not wish to be rude, but it is a long time since I have heard an amnouncer apologise for
any slip.
A.
C.
(Wairoa).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 329, 12 October 1945, Page 24
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247PROGRAMME INTERRUPTIONS New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 329, 12 October 1945, Page 24
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