ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 944, 13 September 1957, Page 11

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

"uy Powell (Dunedin): Sorry, too long, and other correspondents have covered much of the same ground. Pipebandsman (Dunedin): Thanks. It is hoped by various means to set a higher and more consistent standard in studio broadcasts and to make better use of recotdings. But please note that performances by the overseas bands you mention can only be broadcast if they have been recorded, either commercially or by the BBC. Ardent Listener (Christchurch): (1) The line used in networking that series is not available earlier. If it were, the programme would not be placed before 9. Your statement about the habits of "most of the older age group" is as likely as not to be contradicted y the next generaliser. (2) The Sunday afternoon sequence will be studied whenever a new variety series is to be begun. (3) The suggestion about "escapes’’ from poetry is impracticable, since (in spite of overlaps) the reception fields of the four stations are different. (4) Sometimes all right; sometimes all + eg» because A, which will follow X is out of place before it. So we'll see. . , Ad Captandum Vulgus (Christchurch ): Aren’t you a little severe? If cuts were neces. sary, they were replaced by Highlight entries. The programme for August 19 was included among the Highlights. On August 20 there was nothing to interest you, "Jazz at the Savoy" was in the programmes for August 21, On August 22 the BBC Jazz Club was highlighted. And there was a highlight on August 24, Replayings of programmes reviewed in "First Hearings in Jazz" are now listed at the end of the article each fortnight. The trouble with the sort of liveliness you ask for is that it so often goes with inaccuracy, But thanks for your good (in parts) nion.