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Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 5, 19 August 1927, Page 12

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A Candid View. ..4-was very amused at. the clippings ftom. some of .the letters received by the Broadcasting Company re programmes and announcers. I could add to. the list if I liked to be personal. Personally I consider all the announcers are splendid, aud do their work wonderfully well. ‘he programmes are good, and only have odd poor numbers; but. New Zealand is suiall, and they must. hive some difficulty im securing good attists. I think the women singers awful, especially when they get on their §op uotes.. They always sing too high’ for their range of voice. In.the studio it’ may sound ali right, but-over the airit is hideous, but after alla full programme of male voices would be very’ boring indeed. We love the jazz music. kt lightens the: programme, is very acceptable, and the comic songs are also very good, and broadcast well.’ Mr. Clement May is wonderful as a Pickens lecturer, and no praise is good: enough for him. 2YA, Wellington, is a. wonderful station, but we delight in Auckland, 1YA, and the other stations also. ‘faking everything in consideration, all the statious are a delight, and need uo criticism.---1 am, ete.

M.

M.

QOuecustown. More Humour Wanted. Third copy to hand, accept my congratulatious and best wishes for its future success. The programmics as uppeating in this copy should give satisfacton to the most critical. For my part it is going to be hard to know which station to tune in on, as all are so good, witl the exception of Dunedin, which I notice you give very little space. I myself waste very little time with this station, since it has gone Lepon the higher wave-leigth, and it is

the opinion of most listeners here that it is not worth tuning in on, as we only just hear it. Would it not be possible for this station to operate on thieold- wave-length used by 2YA? Last winter, on a five-valve neutrodyne, I used to get splendid reception. T now have a six-valye, and in the early part of the evening can only just lear, but later on, say about 9.30, it is a Hitle better, but not much, Tam very pleased to say that 2YA «gives the time of the different items appearing on their programines, and think that Auckland and Christchurch should do the same. One pugeestion I would like to make, and that is, I think a few more hrworons

items micht be appreciated.-

J.W.

C.

Masterton.

Information Wanted,

Could any of your readers tell me what _station transmits musical items ou Sat-. urday evening, first signals picked up 4.50 p.m., last heard about 5.15 p.m., on about 260 metres. Another station on about.365 metres, heard two Thursday evenings running, 6.40 to 7 p.m., organ pieces and then lady speaking. No call sign, signals faded, would it be 8L0? Slightly under that station's ‘dial reading though. Very pleased. with reception from Q2YA, coming through beautifully. Unwelcome hum of

station entirely disappeared and signals as near being perfect as anyone could wish. Saturday night, Wockyer aud Fox are at it, the items tLey are giving are good, in fact real good, We all think a lot of your announcer over here he is just alright, but for goodness | sake inoculate IYA’s man with a little humour, if he gave'a real good laugh I reckon I could hear his skin crackle in the speaker, Congratulations for enterprise in regard to ‘Record,’ a real boon to listeners. Au revoir-vYours, Radio, Picton. . Hard to Please Everybody. Being a very satisfied listener-in with all New Zealand stations, and secing so, many complaints are made, I thought that you would like to publish this old saying that I read in a book the other day. If you take thie part of the "Old Man," and those making the complaints, take the part of the "General Public," in the saying, I think that it answers the subject exactly,

A silly old man was going to market to sell his ass. Wis young son was going with him, and as the way was long, the father put him on the ass and let him ride. Some people passing cried ont, ‘"‘Thicre’s a silly old man to toil along on foot while that strong boy rides."’ That’s true," said the oi@ man, He took the boy off the ass, and mounted it himself. ‘"‘There’s a cruel old man,’’ said a passer-by, ‘"‘by riding himself and letting his poor child walk." The old man to please all parties, took ‘to his son before him. ‘"Ihere’s a cruel old man," cried some people by -the roadside, ‘‘putting two riders upon that poor little ass,’’ it is so weak he onglit to carry it himself.’ Anxious to please everyone, the old man got down, and he and his son tried to carry the ass. But the animal did not like to be carried, and struggled to get free. As they were crossing a bridge, the ass fell into a river and got downed. ‘‘Ah!" said the old man, "I see that it is very foolish to try to pléase everybody."’ .

I would hie to ask the management, while I am writing, if we could have a morning church service broadcast, every Sunday morning, as the last service that was broadcast, from SYA-whien Mr, Archer (Mayor) of the city, had a service broadcast from his church-was appreciated very much, I am a strong supporter of 1, 2, 3 and 4¥A stations, and think that there are no stations outside God’s Own Country that can show them anything, 21°C, and all his. clan, are dance mad, you very seldom get anything else than cheap songs and dance music. If you get IYA and 4YA on the same lines as 2 and 8YA stations, and time all items, so that one can make up their own programmes, from the list that is published in the ‘‘Record," we will then have the best broadcasting stations in anv part of the world.-I

fam, ete.-

Satisfied

Carry On the Goed Work. Just a few,lines for you to put in the listeners’ corner of your paper. Well, my opinion about New Zealand broadcasting is first class, and the concerts put on by the four main stations are very good. Wellington @YA is coming in pretty fair lately, but it fades a great lot here. I think our mountain might cause that. Anyhow,

we can put up with that, It will im- { prove later on, I hope. ‘Those people who say that the programmes are not worth listening to-well, no broadcasting in the Empire would suit them, It is hard to please everybody. §o carry on with your first-class programmes, It-is great.-I am, etre., S.

R.

Ellis

New Plymouth.

Thinks Timing a Mistake, In your issue of August 5S the suggestion of Mr. R. I’. Haycock in regard to the times of each item at all stations seems all right, but to my mind it will be the biggest’ mistake the Broadcasting Company. ever did. One only wants to listen to the. sets trying to tune in just before 8 p.m., and if wehave to put up with interferences such as this all night long one might as well get rid of his set, as it will not be worth listening to, The ene object I think all listeners. should try to do is to sct their machines on the station-they wish to listeri to and get as far. away from their machine as possible, and have the loud-speaker in another room if possible. We_ set our machine on the station we wish to listen to and leave it for the whole programme without interfering with it, having the loud-speaker in another room, and I think that if everyone tried this the squealer would in time be a thing of the past. ‘the company has got rid of a lot of the howlers by eutting out the five minutes interval at 9 p.m., as the listeners do not need to tune in another station during the interval. Hoping the times will not be included against cach item as suggested, as there is no need looking for trouble. Wishing you €very success with vour publication,-I am, — ete.,

T.C.

B.

Palmerston North_