WEEK-END PROGRAMMES
Siri have every sympathy and a fellow-feeling for "Long-suffering Hospital Patient." I feel that there should be one station entirely for sport, so that those interested can listen in all day without interruptions. The programmes on a Saturday are a veritable torture. The poor office-worker and housewife at home preparing week-end meals, and doing all the chores, instead of having bright or soothing music, is forced to listen to mushy songs and discordant music interrupted every few minutes by sports or racing results, Sunday used to be a day to look forward to, with music of a high order and choirs and good English bands, and orchestras, etc.: Now, however, "sport" has invaded the programmes and even the raucous voices of those reporting the games. When the sport fans have most of Saturday relegated to them, besides reports at various times during the week, I think it only fair that the housewife might have Sunday in peace, quite apart from the religious point of view. There should surely be the one day in the week when people’s thoughts should be raised to a higher level.
ANOTHER LONG-SUFFERER
(Mount Maunganui)
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LETTERS FROM LISTENERS
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 531, 26 August 1949, Page 5
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210WEEK-END PROGRAMMES New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 531, 26 August 1949, Page 5
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