Commonsense on the Air
HE 3ZB Sunday night Round Table seems to have filled a need in Christchurch. Radio has done a lot to atomise the community by bringing’ entertainment’ to the home, and thus keeping more people in small groups, rather than bringing them together in community activities. A discussion programme, like the Round Table, seems to draw the community together in the consideration of common problems. Comparison with the BBC Brains Trust is almost inevitable, but surely the two programmes have different objectives. Barbara Ward, the economist, who often takes part in Brains Trust programmes, has \said, I think, that they are an exercise in conversation and should be judged as such rather than as a contribution to everybody’s general knowledge. Elegant and fluent conversation is not a New Zealand characteristic, but the Round Table does show, week after week, on the most diverse subjects, that plain honest minds can discuss problems and come to moderate and sensible conclusions, which are certainly more logical and wiser than any single contribution of the members taking part.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 395, 17 January 1947, Page 8
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177Commonsense on the Air New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 395, 17 January 1947, Page 8
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