Auckland Notes

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 11, 28 September 1928, Page 8

Auckland Notes

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Listener

[HE debate on Saturday night, which is to be relayed from the Auckland University by 1YA, will provide an acceptable novelty for local listeners, and will show the possibilities of a new field in radio entertainment from which much is expected. Where a subject allows the speakers to play upon either the risible or pathetic emotions of. an audience, the transmission of this: debate by radio cannot but have a.wholehearted attraction for listeners. In this respect a university college can c¢ooperate to a big extent with broadcasting in the entertainment and instruction of listeners. a AGAIN broadcasting has played a splendid role in acquainting the public with the doings of our present national heroes-the fiyers of the Tasman and of the much more difficult Pacific. All of Auckland wished to hear the speeches at Wednesday’s reception to Kingsford Smith and his party, and a very large proportion of city dwellers chose the easiest and most comfortable way of doing so. They tuned-in to 1YA. As for country folk who had not the time to journey to the

Town Hall, they did likewise, and were well rewarded. From a vantage point outside the building Mr. Culford Bell detailed the scene of enthusiasm among the waiting throng, and listeners’ heard all details of the arrival and departure of the airmen. Stray scraps of conversation and the raucous cries of those lads selling early editions added a touch of reality to thé account. From the hall itself came every word of the speeches, and much more than that. The spirit which prevailed among the packed throng of ' welcomers came through in no doubtful manner. Those at their phones and loudspeakers could vision the whole gathering. Radio demonstrated that on an occasion such as this it was an invaluable asset. Thousands other than set owners evidently thought so too, judging by the manner in which they invited themselves round to the residences of more fortunate friends. It was a great hour for 1YA. OUR local orchestra came on the air for the first time on Tuesday. Numerically it is a small body in comparison with the Wellington one, but it is efficient and enthusiastic, and its first presentations were of just the type for which listeners have been longing. There is no doubt that it will win public appreciation to a far greater degree than the trio did before it. Mrs. Singer and her fellow-artists deserve the congratulations of all local listeners, and they are getting them, too. "REVIVAL" is a common procedure in the theatrical world, and where the play is a good one, its second presentation is always as popular as the first. With a favourite show one hearing is not enough for the real listener. He can enjoy better on the second occasion. Madame Ainsley’s concert party was well advised to "nike" a second performance of "Rose Marie." Shoals of requests | had come in for a repetition, and they were acceded: to, with the result that there were few sets off 336 metres after 9.30 last Tuesday. OR a few minutes on Tuesday evening the writer tuned in to 2YA, which of late has been coming in with splendid volume and clarity, quite unmarred by fading. At the time a vocalist from the Hutt Choral Society’s concert was singing, and his renditions roused to enthusiasm the small coterie of listeners gathered round the set. The vocalist, I think, was Mr. MHarison Cook. We should like to hear more from him, and hope that at some early occasion, when he is in Auckland, he Will try the microphone at 1YA. HE Auckland Amateur Operatic Society is fully alive to the advertising medium for its performances which 2 relay of items presents. As a result listeners are eagerly awaiting the broadcast on ‘Saturday evening, when the tuneful melodies of the "Belle of New York" will revive old memories of Sharles Carter, Albert Whelan, and May Beatty.