OVERDOING TIME
Sir,--Of all the irritating things for which radio. is responsible, by far the most irritating, in my opinion, is the action of announcers everywhere in coming to the microphoné every. two, three, or four minutes over long periods, morning, noon, and night, and blurting out the time, just as if they were timekeepers first and the rest of their job was only incidental. They seem to forget that ‘John Listener has had his clock and his watch repaired by now. Of course you don’t catch the announcers bursting in on a wrestling match, or a fight, or a sermon, or a "conshirto," or a session of Parliament. I think that if we were told at every change of pro‘gramme (say every’ quarter- or halfheur) what the time was that would be
"tons."
COUNTRY COUSIN
(Blenheim).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 477, 13 August 1948, Page 5
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137OVERDOING TIME New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 477, 13 August 1948, Page 5
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