AFTERNOON PROGRAMMES

New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 630, 27 July 1951, Page 5

AFTERNOON PROGRAMMES

Sir-As one who has been without an effective radio for two years (and therefore comparatively fresh to radio listening) I meant to write this morning. an appreciative letter to the programme organisers via your columns. The past week or so has affordéd me much interesting listening.-.as many facts and facets of life and living have been presented interspersed with quite a large amount of glorious as well as "common garden variety" music, Which surely means that the.organisers are trying to cater for all kinds of listeners. But we are slower ‘at lifting ‘our pens to , praige than to "blame fognere a good ’ thing,.too), and I @on’t ink I would , have written at all if’ it were not that my old grouse comes to life once again this afternoon, : Why, oh; .why;* must’ there be that dead patch in-the- afternoons ‘when the broadcast to schools, comes,on% It would not ‘mat ifeothe. switch to ohe % the tat lief, but what ‘does * * alw: ys find?- _ Aunt Jenny's Real Life, Stories, a saccharine monstrosity in my opinion, and quite, unendurable. . It. probably: has -a large fallowing of listeners, but: in my Opinion it should be staggered over the four, ZB stations. In any, ¢asey?as one cat always be sitting by! the radio or carrying it with you, music should be available from some station, or other at all times; but if this is toa. much to ask, the above small adjustment would bring relief to what must surely be as large a section of listeners as "Aunt Jenny". variety. |. ce I notice a marked improvement in the standard of programmes efter two years, atid NZBS productions in particular have shown progress, But I hepe to see .eveh more improvement — the field is ‘limitless!

MUSIC LOVER

(Morrinsville)