The Auckland Band

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 38, 5 April 1929, Page 7

The Auckland Band

"A Correspondent’s Views , CORRESPONDENT to the Broadcasting Company writes :- A letter signed 1 Councillor Murray and published in the Auckland "Sun" shows-if any showing were necessary-how utterly unpopular organ recitals are with the public, and that in trying to foist these recitals on you, with the band items, they are trying to sell you a "gold brick." This is, of course, well known to you already, but one of the councillors themselves (who is not afraid to give the

UU facts) proves your case in respect to the organ recitals at least. Why should you buy something you don’t wantand the public: don’t want-in order to get something you do want? As to your offer to the band, it should be remembered that whatever you pay the band it is, for the council, so much money "picked up." They are not giving the concerts for you; they are merely allowing you _ to broadcast what they are giving anyhow, and in making an arrangement with you they are simply getting so much extra revenue. The question, then, is-will the broadcasting keep many away from the band’s concerts? I doubt it very much, especially as a number of their concerts are already free. The broadcasting would certainly be a boon to many thousands in hospitals and public institutions, and to all those country people who seldom or never have an opportunity of hearing the band other-wise.-I am, ete, "Manikiu."