SWING PROGRAMMES.
Sir,-Please allow me to _ protest strongly against the policy of the NZBS in gradually eliminating the overseas recorded swing programmes. By this I do not mean the type of music heard in the breakfast session, Hit Parade, etc. It all began about a year when 1YA, 3YA and 4YA changed their swing sessions to Australian-released records, This was soon followed by the curtailment of the Tuesday night swing sessions from 2ZB. We swing fans thought that the Service would be satisfied with this, but such was not the case, as the next to go, without a word of warning, was the ZB’s Favourite Dance Bands session. This left us with four programmes. First we had 2YD’s Young Man with a Swing Band, which is now the only reliable session still going. Station 2YA gave us a featured band on Monday and "Turntable" on Friday. Finally, but by no means least, as this was perhaps the best programme of the lot, 1ZM presented Rockin’ in Rhythm, compéred by "Platterbrain." The latter, however, has now been’ suspended indefinitely. We are now, therefore, left with only one decent overseas recorded swing session, as the 2YA programmes are liable to be cut in favour of boxing, racing reviews, etc. So from nine broadcasts we have come down to three, and many of us are wondering why such is the case. Let us have more records by such arfists as Stan Kenton, Earl Spencer, Georgie Auld, Boyd Raeburn and Dizzy Gillespie. I know many people will protest against this letter, but how many of them have ever heard any of the above mentioned: Most people seem to think that any popular tune must be swing music.
DISC
(Wellington). |
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 469, 18 June 1948, Page 17
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