2YA LOSES UNCLE JASPER

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 41, 27 April 1928, Page 5

2YA LOSES UNCLE JASPER

OYA is losing the services of Mr. Clive Drummond as an anffouncer and as Uncle Jasper. ‘This news will be received with regret by thousands of listeners in grown-up and children alike. Mr. Drummond, who is a member of the Civil Service, has received notice of his transfer, on promotion, to Paeroa, where he is to be postmaster. He will be a considerable loss to radio in New Zcaland. Mr. Drummond was the announcer at old 2YK,, the tnake-shift station which carried on in Wellington prior to the opening of 2YA, and he did the announcing to the exceeding satisfaction of all listeners. ‘To him was entrusted the announcing on the opening night of 2YA, the most important radio event in New Zealand. It was the Broadcasting Company’s way of paying

a tribute to Mr. Drummond for his past services, and an acknowledgment of his ability. Since then Mr. Drummond has trequently been heard announcing at 2YA, another special occasion being that of the Maori Radio Pageant. After the opening of 2YA, Mr. Drummond ‘‘broke out’? in a new place. He became an uncle, and as Uncle Jasper, with Spot, his dog, he was soon a prime favourite with all the children. In Paeroa a listening-in set will be a very poor substitute for a broadcasting station to Mr. Drummond, who has always been a radio enthusiast-at the transmitting end. Uncle Jasper will be leaving Wellington on Thursday, April 26, and his farewell at Thorndon Station will be broadcast during the children’s session.