THE GOOD OLD DAYS
Sir,-I think the time has come when something should be done about the very poor "serial" entertainment one receives from some New Zealand radio stations, particularly 2YZ Napier. Out of the half-dozen or so regular features presented, only North of Moscow and The Corsican Brothers are real dramatic serials which give the listener that hair-raising thrill at the end of each episode. But even those two are of little use to the average person who works daily, as they are presented between 10.0 and 11.0 a.m. Could not the Edgar Wallace or Rex Beach thrillers or some similar type be presented between 7.0 and 9.0 p.m. of an evening? I recall the time when 7,30 or 8.0 o’clock, on a Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday always used to be the time for such serials as The Circle of Shiva, Soldier of Fortune, Hunchback of Ben Ali, Inspector Scott of Scotland Yard, etc., and they were always looked forward to. Of course there are several evening features one occasionally hears, but they are tame. Oh, for the good old days!
PICCADILLY
(Waimarama).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 521, 17 June 1949, Page 5
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184THE GOOD OLD DAYS New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 521, 17 June 1949, Page 5
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