LOCAL TALENT

New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 448, 23 January 1948, Page 5

LOCAL TALENT

Sir,--i thank you for the intormatiog about the 3252 broadcasts, good; bad and indifferent, by New Zealand artists last year. But I was referring ta recordings. We hear those broadcasts only once. There is no repetition. Noone could ever become a radio star here. Only musicians with. trained minds and memories can seize on 4 voice once heard and remiember it. Ta become a beloved personality an artist has to be heard over and over again by the listening public. Have any of those 3252 broadcastg been worthy of recording? Would I be in order if I asked to hear one song again? There are a few among the many whom we would love to hava repeated. For instance, I was lucky enough to hear an Australian artist sing the Kookaburra Song from a Wellington station. It was delightful. Was it recorded? [I do not wish to mention names, but the male singer in the programme said he was a New Zealander. I should like to hear a recording of the song he sang F Te) brilliantly, one of Noel Coward’s, Please give us New Zealand recordings by New Zealand artists, instead of the imported records to which we chew our way through dinner, breakfast and tea. Let us hear our artists again and again until they become familiar.to us, So radio stars. are made, Series of talks by the same lecturer are pleasant. We get to know the man although we are blind to the colour of his hair, and the fit of his clothes, Fisteners are often lonely people. The artists we listen to become our friends, Please give us a chance to get to know, thém better. Repetition is a form of art. It delights the mind. I hope [ have managed to convey my meaning, Incidentally, is there no oné on the NZBS payroll who can help us to laugh¥

STILL HOPING

(Feilding).

Sir,-On Christmas Eve we heard from Station 3YA a novel broadcast by a combination which I am sure all those who. heard it will wish to hear again, I refer to "The Carollers" presented by a Christchurch vocal trio. The whole thing was most enjoyable-the various characters well and convincingly port+ rayed, and the musical numbers harmonious. Why go overseas for artistg when we have such talent in our own country? I was one of a large party that night and we were all unanimous in saying that the broadcast was one of the best we had yet heard in New Zealand. It was suggested that I write to The Listener to voice the Opinion of at least 15 people, who came from vari+ ous parts of the Dominion-and twa from Australia,

OLIVER

TWIST

(Christchurch),