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E are particularly glad to see the inception of Sunday afternoon broadcast sessions from 2YA, and trust that it may prove possible for this innovation to be a permanent feature of this station. Country people in particular will benefit by this departure. Sundays are practically the only days that listening can be enjoved by the hard-working rural community. Owing to the need for early rising, many rural workers are unable to listen as late on ordinary evening sessions as their city friends, hence the greater need for Sunday afternoon progranimes. THE inception of the service by a rebroadcast of Miss Maude Royden’s service in the Christchurch Cathedral made it memorable as an historic event. In spite of a certain amount of extrancous noise by low-powered receivers endeavouring to receive direct, the transmission was good, and the singing of the choir and congregation will long be remembered. Miss Maude Royden’s address came through very excellently. She possesses a distinctly fine broadcasting voice, full of power and personality, and thousands of backblock listeners must have been grateful for the opportunity of hearing so prominent a personage over the air. We imagine that the fact that this service was broadcast may be accepted as a tribute to the value of the system of co-operative committees established by the company, for doubtless credit in the matter belongs largely to the 3YA Church Committee. FA UCKLANDERS will be particularly pleased at the announcement in this issue that plans are in progress for the formation of an orchestra on lines similar to that of 2Y.A, for broadcasting from the northern centre. The establishment of this organisation has definitely proved to be a most popular feature, and if the capable personnel of 2YA can be duplicated in the northern city it will be a very fine thing for radio in general, Our Auckland correspondent indicates, in notes published elsewhere, that special enthusiasm 1s characterising the meetings of the Auckland Musical and Dramatic Committee, and that some interesting suggestions have been advanced for. consideration. In this way these committees are justifying their formation, and proving the value of the contact thus made with the public.