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DOUBT whether anybody would deny that many ZB Book Review sessions were patchy, and several downright dull; but the programme’s longevity and the many regular listeners it won shows that its virtues outweighed its deficiencies. As R. M. Burdon pointed out in his valedictory during the final session, it is wiser to end a feature while it still has a respectable following than to allow it to outstay its welcome. At the same time, this feature gave a touch of distinction, even of "class," to ZB Sundays, and attracted many listeners whose normal channels were YA and YC. The pleasure the session gave me makes me regret its passing; but I will regret it much more if some similar literary feature does not replace it. Books receive almost no attention from commercial radio, apart from brief puffs in women’s hours, and since ZB Book Review was a success, I hope that the Commercial Division will be bold enough to devise another session for the reading public. This becomes especially desirable now that Book Shop, like one of those giant amoebas.of science-fiction, has absorbed all local book-review sessions, and has a national weekly monopoly of current literature.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 783, 23 July 1954, Page 10
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200END OF A SESSTON New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 783, 23 July 1954, Page 10
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