2FC's Fifth Birthday

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 26, 11 January 1929, Page 2

2FC's Fifth Birthday

GTATION 2FC celebrated its fifth birthday on December 5, and invited listeners to send in some candid criticism concerning the best and the worst feature that appeared in the station’s programmes. A big response was the outcome, and an analysis of the replies has been made with the following result :- 32 people thought that sopranos were the worst feature on the station, whereas 40 considered the announcing was the best feature. Those in favour of church services exceeded those against by 18; 33 people thought the classical programmes were the best, whereas, on the other hand, 56 thought the dance items came top; 29 people did not like pianoforte solos, whereas 26 thought the children’s session was a paramount feature-and so on, through the various items, with the pendulum swinging backwards and forwards, showing vividly how difficult various tastes are to cater for.

PUTER ELLE UU EL a HW prize of £1 1s. to the listener who sent in the most interesting letter was awarded by Mr. J. Laugier, Valencia, via Boisdale, Victoria, who gave the following as 2FC’s best feature gy Continuity of service with a minimum of waste time. Absence of fading. (2FC is the only station which can be received all the time, although other stations of equal power are closer.) Absence of thinly-veiled advertisements, trivial propaganda, and irrelevant announcements. Strict adherence to progrdmmes as announced. Your announcers speak with clarity and modulation without, on one hand, indulging in. » that imitation superiority of tone, fraught with artificiality so noticeable on some stations. As for criticism, when you warrant it, you will certainly have another epistle from me. ’