ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 650, 14 December 1951, Page 7

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

K.f.0.6, (Oamaru).-Many thanks. Would have liked to use it but ‘the correspondence is closed. J. W. Dean’ (Otorohanga).-Letters should be related to) broadcasting or to topics discussed lately in The Listener. Agnes Merton (Christchurch).-Please send dates of issues and the pages on which the words were used. F A. M. Batr the corresponderice d been closed before your letter arrived. "Caruso Fan" (Paeroa), -R.* A. Craig (Mission Bay), R.H.L. (Wellington), an "The Outraged Opera Lover’ | ( Auckland).Points have been made by other correspondents. J. Mears (Auckland).-The announcement was unnecessary and has not been repeated; but all request sessions are supervised, as their type requires, and children’s request sessions are no exception, ‘ "Annoyed" (Oamaru).-The hours during which Parliamentary proceedings are broadcast are fixed by the Government. If no direction is received to continue a broadcast beyond the time fixed. the broadcasts must be terminated in accordance with the standing rule. "Raumati SouthY’-Wben Mr. Hoyle’s talks were broadcast in the United Kingdom they wete followed by broadcast replies; but these latter were not recorded for sending to New Zealand. Hence the reply arranged here. The NZBS endeavours always to present both sides of a question on which opposing views are strongly held--whatever the nature of the question. A script "containing views contrary to those of the religiots organisations of this country" would not be rejected on that score alone-but neither would it be accepted on that score alone. If it were accepted, a belancine talk would be coucht from the other side. More often, the Service brings persons of differing views to one microphone, in a discussion,