Auckland Notes

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 7, 30 August 1929, Page 5

Auckland Notes

(By

Listener

[Be local radio trade at the moment is much exercised upon the desira- _ bility of holding a radio exhibition, and thus falling into line with Dunedin and Wellington, who have set us so excellent an example. The one stumbling biéck to an. Auckland. exnibition seems to be the idea that the season of the year is inopportune. Many deal-' ers and others hold that. a ‘display would produce more beneficial resulis, if it were held at the beginning. of the season. ‘The idea has wrongly devel---oped, that radio is quite a seasonal pastime, that its period, like that of football, is the winter-time, that with the coming of summer listening in falls away to an astonishing extent. If all set owners were consulted, if would be found that there is almost as much reeourse to the dials in summer as ip winter, though the periods of tuning in may be shorter and at later hours. It seems a pity that such a number of people commercially interested in the radio business regard ‘the summertime. as one in which trade must inevitably faJl off. A progressive policy of bringing radio. before the public at ali times of the year, and more particularly at such 2 ‘season as provides in addition many other diversions, will soon kill definitely the seasonal idea of broadcasting. The same good standard of programmes is maintained in ummer as in winter. If Auckland trade and radio societies were to compine in the running of a wireless exhi- ‘ pition during September or October _ they. would stimulate listening during the summer months, and they: would keep radio at its present encouraging level. The impression conveyed by 2 comprehensive exhibition would show effects on sales lasting well over the coming Christmas season. it is to be hoped that, when finality in decision is reached, a radio exhibition will be on the programme of Auckland events of importance for the near future. There are other interests eager to co-operate with radio in the running of such an exhibition.

ON Tuesday, the Tudor Orchestra, a body of professional musicians who had given up their own time to afford delight to the children, paid a visit to 1YA. They afforded it to a large number of very old children as well, for their delightful selections appealed to bo¥n. young and old. It says a great a for the enthusiasm of professional musicians that at a time such as this, when things are looking very black for them, they can come along and give their services to entertaining Cinderella’s big family. {zt is difficult, without making repetitions of praise for those who have already merited and received it, to discuss programme items that’ maintain a uniformly good level, especially when the comments appear in print fully a week after the items have been rendered. By that time so much other .. entertainment has come along and been \pssimilated that a radio memory, to . a long one, has to be especially good. However, the point to be made is this. Growls still occur at the programmes, or more often at individual items, which do not suit a particular taste, but the body of listeners grows daily larger, caiie the voice of complaint dwindles