PROGRAMME FOR NOVEMBER 13

New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 799, 12 November 1954, Page 28

PROGRAMME FOR NOVEMBER I3

"HERES really no need to "draw attention" to the main programme from National and Commercial stations _of the NZBS on the night of Saturday, November 13-a pretty general interest | (to put it mildly) in the results of the |General Election can be taken for granted. But there are a number of factors that make this year’s election more interesting than some others. The most obvious is the larger number of candidates-actually the most _ since 1935, when there were nine more in the field-and the presence of a third party contesting all but one seat. A second point is that because of retirements, boundary readjustments and for other reasons 15 electorates must have new members-there will be no sitting member in the field. In another two electorates -Eden and Onslow — sitting members will be opposing one another. The revision of electoral boundaries has affected all but a very small number of electorates, though some much more than others; and it has abolished six electorates-Arch Hill, Brooklyn, Mt. Victoria, Parnell, Piako and Waimarino -and, of course, created six-Here-taunga, Manukau, Rotorua, Stratford, Waipa and Waitemata. For all these reasons speculation about marginal seats (sixteen sitting members had majorities of less than 1000) is more difficult than » usual. With Saturday polling and no newspapers till Monday, electors will again find their radio and The Listener chart indispensable, and this. time the usual caution about using a pencil need not

be given-it can safely be filled in with ink, How to Listen The story of how the election night broadcast will be handled was told in The Listener of October 15, and details of the coverage were repeated in the programme pages of last week’s issue; but here, for the convenience of those who will be using the election chart in this issue, is a summary of the arrangements. Nationa] Results: Progress and final results from all parts of New Zealand

will be broadcast from the YA stations, which will link at 7.15 p.m., and remain linked for the rest of the evening. Summaries of results from all parts of the country will be broadcast by the YA, YZ, ZB and X stations and 2ZA at 8.0 p.m., 8.30 p.m., 9.0 p.m., 9.30 p.m., 10.0 pm. 10.30 p.m. and 11.0 p.m. Local Results: Local results from their own areas will be broadcast by the YZ, ZB and X stations and 2ZA. When all local finals from their areas have been broadcast, YZ _ stations will, and X stations may, join the YA link and remain linked continuously for the rest of the evening. Speeches of Thanks: Speeches of thanks by the leaders of the three main parties will be broadcast by YA, YZ, ZB and X stations and 2ZA. Local candidates’ speeches of thanks will be broadcast by stations broadcasting local results. Alternative Programme: The YC and YD stations will broadcast a programme of music and entertainment. The 9.0 p.m. Weather Forecast and News will be broadcast on a link of YC stations. Sunday Broadcasts: Election summaries and reviews on Sunday, November 14, will be'‘as follows: 7.15 a.m. (after the Weather Forecast), from YA, YZ and ZB stations and 2ZA; 8.10 a.m., from YA, YZ, ZB and X stations and 2ZA: 9.0 am., from YA, YZ, and X stations; 10.30 am., from ZB and X stations and 2ZA; 12.30 p.m. (after the Weather Forecast), from YA, YZ and ZB stations and 2ZA. The speeches of thanks by the party leaders will be repeated in the 12.30 p.m. link.