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Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 23, 23 December 1927, Page 15

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‘The Anglican Proposal. Sir,-We gladly accept your invitation to accept atiy misreading of your previous article We will adopt your categorical method in our reply, using your numbering. » (1) Although your article of November 18 did not mention our association by name, it was taken by the general public as a direct attack upon our association, as is quite evident from the number of letters we received from all parts of the Dominion, from members of the Church of England who were very concerned with what was generally .understood to be the attitude of the Radio Broadcasting Com-. It was this pany of New Zealand. the chairman of that led us to see the company on the matter and to write to the managing director, aud to send our protest to your paper. (2) It is quite true that you do not. in actual words describe the Anglicans as ‘‘a-small percentage of the minority," etc., vet your reference is taken by Anglican readers as applving to them, for you go on to say "only a smal} percentage . . would be concerned with any particular service." The members of the Church of England {and perhaps the Roman Catholics) are practically the only listeners who are concerned with any particular service. The Anglicans certainly are concerned about not being able to have their own service and are, we know, prepared to provide it every Sunday. We quite recognise — that those who are not members of the old national Chureh cannot understand our love for for prayer book services. (3) We regret that we did not use the word "imply’’ instead of ‘‘state’"’ im our protest. We evidently misread this paragraph. The words "If their own station were on the air’ could apparently be taken in more than one way. The trend of your article was to alarm the public by causing them to believe that what is done in other large cities, such as Sydney an@ Melbourne, cannot be done in the smaller cities of New Zealand. (4) The Radio Broadcasting Company and the Anglican Broadcasting Association quite frankly understand each others position, and we think we quite fairly set it out in our protest. (3) You accuse us of the common failing of assuming that Auckland is New’ Zealand. Of course, living in the Queen City we cannot he "unconscious of the fact that Auckland is the number one district and contains over one-third of the whole of the population of this Dominion. In connection with this paragraph we would like to point out that our booklet, from which vou quote is issued to members of the Chrereh of England and embodies extracts from purely church reports concerning the religious out--look of the Church of England memhers alone. We. have no of entering npon a theological or dehominational controversy, and the general public are not likely to take — serionsly your contention that the teaching of the Church of England Catechism to Church of Eneland children scattered over the Dominion, and the regular provision of Church — of England services for Church of Eugland people. who dislike services other than the old national prayer book services, is a wild propagan:list movement which will stir up dissention and religious strife. Jn other places the Roman Catholis Chureh is doing for iis adherents just what we now pronose doing for the Church of Eneland people of this Dominion. No one listens to these Roman Catholic serviees antl instructions to their youn: unless they wish to, and such stations have caused no religious strife. When our station is on the air no ene who does not belong to the Church of Eneland need listen to us; a flip of the dial and we are gone. Tf we have unduly misread or attacked your article of November 18 -we are sorrv; we simply treated it as we found the general public treating it, and we thank you for so eonrteonsly publishing our protest and for giving us this further opportnnitv cf clearing the air-Yours faithfully, CECI A. B. WATSON, President. H. M. SMYTH, Hon, Gen. See. pro tem. We accept the admission of our correspondents that they misread our article on several potnts.-lditor. | Australian Stations, "7.8. (Blenheim.-The atmospheric conditicns for several weeks past have rendered long-distance reception remarkably weak. The Australian stations have suffered considerably, and the other station is also adversely handicapped. We du not think your valves are at fault. Log of 125 Stations, A. P, Morrison (Brooklyn).-Since writing you last, 1 have been successful in logging a great number more, which might be of interest to other listeners of the number of S.W. stations which can be logged. 1 would be very glad if any listener could give me the call sign of a station operating in South Africa on about 40 metres. I heard this station operating on Monday morning between 1.3 a.m. and 2 a.m. A miusical programme was _ received which was equal to the strength of REN. On his announcing I could get South Africa, but his call I could not get. It sounded like 2AB or 2AM, and also would like to know if a China station is operating on 32 metres between 4 and 5 a.m. on most mornings in the week, The new stations heard are:2A0, SAW, 2U4, 3BP, 2NO, 2AJ, 1A], QHW, 2BA, 2AV, 2HB, TNW, 5GC, 7NE, 7CW, 6AG, 7ZW, GAR, }2RB, SLM, 4GD, 4OR, 3WA, 72, QWW, 2AB, 2BC, 2BY. With the list of stations I sent you in before makes my list now 81 S.W., stations, in all, counting the stations I haye received on the higher wave band my total for five years as a listener is 125 stations, intention |

GENUINE APPRECIATION. Lower Hutt.-On more than one occasion, after reading the remarks of some of your "Radio Record" correspondents against 2YA programmes, I have felt that L should write to say how they are appreciated by others. It is our pleasure to inyite friends to "Tlisten-in,’? and the remarks generally are’ that the programmes are very good, especially the Symons-Eltwood. Short Trio, What has prompted me to write now is the excellence of last Sunday night's programme from the studio. It is a long time since we have had a_ prograinme in keeping with Sunday, and, on behalf of my ‘‘listening-in’’ friends and myself, I write to say that this programme was appreciated very much, and it is hoped you will receive sufiicient encouragement to carry on,