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Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 39, 12 April 1929, Page 11

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Praise for Orchesira. INDLY permit me to: express my appreciation of the programmes sent out from 2YA,. The orchestra’s rendering of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, in © Minor, on Monday night last was one of the finest things I have heard over the air. Items such as that certainly make listening-in worth while. I should also like to say a word in praise of "Mr. Announcer": to tune in at 7 p.m. and to hear his Hleagant "Good evening, everybody," is in itself a panacea for all the cares and worries of the day just gone.

Thank you and him.-

Listener

(Gis-

borne).

News of the Fliers. HIS evening I tuned in at 7 p.m. for news session with the express purpose of obtaining the latest information in connection with the accident to the Southern Cross. Surely no news of greater importance could have been put over the air, yet not a single reference was made by the announcer. Surely this was a great oversight upon those in charge of compiling the news of the day for broadcast... There must be many thousands of "listeners in" anxii; ously waiting for news of these most unfortunate airmen. There is another ’ point I would draw your attention to, and that is the omission on the part of the announcer from 2Y¥A when describing race results to give the relative ‘positions of the winners to the favourjte. This is not-done in most cases outside Trentham.-Herbert AZiele. D.D.f. (Napier). [2YA believes that it has given fullest possible service in connection with the missing aviators, and is thereby desirous of affording listeners all information concerning the missing airmen. The additional information concerning race results sought is not always available.-Hd.]