RADIO REVIEW
OME radio speakers are just radio speakers; others follow the personality line to the borders of irritation. A rare few have the ability to project a presence, and to lend the authority of character to whatever they say. The late Cecil Hull was’ one of the foremost of these latter, and her recent death deprived New Zealand radio not only of ¢ne of its first broadcasters, but of one of its most stimulating. Even those who may have questioned her approach to the language in the King’s English series would, I think, agree on her capacity for provoking thought and making such topics interesting to a large audience. A sincere, dignified and exceptionally well-phrased tribute to Miss Hull from Dorothea Turner in a recent Feminine Viewpoint session brought out the qualities of warmth, quick response, interest in life and human understanding in Miss Hull’s character, all of which came across in her talks. I . particularly’ liked Mrs. Turner’s point that Miss Hull only revealed she was not of our generation by returning borrowed books promptly,
rarely speaking of herself and not venturing an opinion on a topic on which she was not well-informed. And she made it clear that one of the chief reasons why Miss Hull was such a good talker was that she was an exceptionally good listener.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 659, 22 February 1952, Page 10
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222RADIO REVIEW New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 659, 22 February 1952, Page 10
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