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Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 48, 10 June 1932, Page 7

THE WEEK'S BEST PAR: THS weeks best par. was submitted by S.J.@,, Hillgrove: It reads St happened some years ag0, when radio was young. The announcer of 2 certain Dunedin SB" class station; whose geography was apparently rather hazy , annorncing a recording of the Missouri Waltz said: We are mOW to hear the SMissisouri" Waltz ! The same gentle- man evidently believed in phonetic spelling (of 2 sort) a5 shortly aftert wards he announced selections from SThe Belly (Belle) of New York' ! K tuned in the same station next day in the hope of hearing further gems, hut record after record Izs played without auy announcement at all: Perhaps the management decided that after the previous day's experi- ence discretion would be the hetter part of (linguistic) valour , for M 9} timne at anY rate. THIS is a weekly competition for the best Spar: "' on a radio topic, preferably, but not necessarily. with a humorous hias. Para graphs on any radio topic treated with hrevity and point mnay be sqb- mitted: Address letters to "Spark; 9} c/o (Radio Record; 9) Po Box 1032_ Wellington, to reach here Saturday morning: