VARIETY FOR 1YA.

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 52, 13 July 1928, Page 5

VARIETY FOR 1YA.

SUGGESTIONS ADOPTED MEETING OF MUSICAL COMMITTEL. The third meeting of the 1YA Musical and Dramatic Committee was held at the Auckland Studio of the Radio Broadcasting Company, Franct Street, on Friday the 6th of July, at 8 p.m. A letter was received from The Radio Broadcasting Company, under date the 28th of June, in which the General Manager pointed out that the Company had instructed their Auckland Station Director to carry out the following suggestions recommended by the Committee. oo (1) That two Mystery Programmes be staged, and in the first of these the ‘names of the artists be not announced but left to the listener to suggest by means of coupons, to be published in the "Radio Record," and if required by the Committee, in the local press. (2) That in the second of these programmes, the names of the items be not announced but left to listeners to guess in a similar manner. (3) That once every four weeks on Sunday evening after the church service, a one-hour gramaphone record es gg

programme ve brOddcCdst, si pure Ve the usual organ recital. (4) That short lecturettes with illustrations on singing, piano-playing and string playing be in the programme, each section .to be limited to fifteen minutes. : The company pointed out that the Committee's suggestions were viewed ‘as sound propositions, and were instructing their Station Director to cooperate with the Committee in every possible way and carry out the recommendations as above as early as Poss ible. , Appreciative comment was made by the Committee on receipt of this letter conveying the Company’s favourable consideration to the suggestions, and it was decided(1) That the first mystery programme be held on the 29th of August next, and the second one on the 26th of September. (2) That the first broadcast of the one hour gramophone record programme, after the church service, in place of the usual organ recital, be held on the 12th of August, the second on the 9th of ee. ee, eae}

peptemper, al Lue tiie vA eee 7th of October, 1928. (3) That Mr. Strong, of the Auckland Choral Society be asked to conduct the first of these programmes, Mr. Plummer the second and Mr, Lambert the third. Lt was suggested that Mr. John Tait be asqed to conduct the proposed Dnglish programme, which would include a short lecturette of not more than 12 minutes, and excerpts from the more prominent English composers. The Sub-Committee, consisting of Dr. Phillips and Mr. K. Atkinson, which was set up at the last meeting to bring down a report on the proposed holding of competitions, presented it’s report. This was received and referred for further consideration at the meeting to be held on Friday, the 20th of July. ‘he Committee then discussed the question of introducing some variety into the present programmes, and it was thought that in certain cases, groups of artists should not be engaged more frequently than once per fortnight. It was pointed out that this would not be a hard and fast rule applicable to all artists,