Between Items

Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 4, 4 August 1933, Page 16

Between Items

Chestnuts ~--~Gentle Thrusts-- And One or Two Ideas

by

THE IMP

BH 5/- prize this week has been awarded to Shortwave (Wellington). Stars mark the winners of the 2/6 prizes. The "Radio Record" is glad to accept your efforts and there are prizes every week for the brightest paragraphs. is] a B TILD discussing the relative merits existing between broadcast and short-wave reception, I said in a letter to my BOL friend up-country, "Once you’ve heard 2YA you’ve heard broadeast." His reply came rather unexpectedly. "I guess youre’ easily pleased, The general opinion in this part is that 2YA is a perfect example of what broadcast should NOT be."’--~ NZ1I6W (Wellington). a 2 o *k I was listening-in to the Parker Lowe fight from 4YA and was very interested when my son said, "Poor referee, Dad!" I jumped at him and asked him why. "Well," he said, "Parker has hit low (Lowe) several

times 1"

Cambridge

(Dunedin). &

HE YA stations should give the names of the records after the items during the day, and not before as at present. People may be busy when their attention is arrested by the item being broadcast, and if they wish to know its title they have to

station.-

Enthusiast

(Palmerston North).

ae m a A friend recommended me to see 2 talkie:in which Richard Tauber was singing. I was bitterly disappointed because I-could not go; but when glancing through the programme for 2YA in the evening I found to my joy the item, "Dwelve Minutes with Rich-

ard Tauber.

Music

(Whangarei).

mt oh * : INNIE’S mother recently had to reprove ’ her for telling stories. "Now Minnie," she said, "do you know what happens to little girls who’ tell stories?" "Yes," says Minnie, "They grow up and become lady storytellers over the radio!" WPxit the chil-

arens nour trom that wireless set.-

C.

G.

(Timaru).

* * A w% heard from 4YA recently that King George IV was the aunt of Queen Victoria, How long will it be before we hear that Peter Dawson was Mussolini’s favourite daughter ?-Vive 4YA (Dunedin). FATHER had just installed an allwave set and early one morning succeeded in getting Spain. Greatly elated he roused the other members of his household. Young Hopeful, aged ‘10, hearing of his father’s prowess, exclaimed excitedly: Dad, I wonder if we

will hear BHddie Cantor.-

E.J.

G.

In-

vercargill).

t was reading a Norwegian book "Kristan Lavransdatter," and put it down to tune into 2BL-they were giving a recital of Norwegian music by Ipjac A fittine accompaniment for mv

reading! =

E.M.

B.

(Wellington) _

4 "HE old man was bending over his wireless set explaining it all to his friend. Suddenly, unknown to his young companion, he changed the conversation and remarked, "I had eriatiea jJast nicht." "What wave

length?" inquired his friend.

Ace

(Hamilton).

~ YE isolated people of Gisborne see so very few plays that more broadcast plays would be appreciated. Sunday being also the only afternoon ses-

sion we workers can enjoy, could we have brighter music and less classical?

Birdie

(Gisborne). x x

N a volume of the London Magazines of 1909 I was reading an article written by the then superintendent of the O.1D, Just as I was reading of the capture of the famous anarchist, Francois Maunier, at Victoria Station. the voice of the son of the self-same Superintendent Melville came over the air telling of the self-same incident on

Victoria Station:

F.S.

B.

{North Auck-

land)

* x" x * A Jew and a Greek were in a cafe, Says the Greek: You know, Jacob, the old Greeks were the most wonderful people that ever lived. They knew everything. Just recently they were digging round in Athens and they found wire; which Shows that the old Greeks used telegraphy. The Jew replied: That’s all right, but I tell you the Jews were the most wonderful people. They recently dug round the walls of Jerusalem and did not find anything, which shows that the old Jews used wireless teleg-

raphy !-

R.D.

W.

(Christchurch),

T SUGGEST that the wavelengths of the Australian stations be revised, and that they be spaced more evenly over the dial, instead of all the "B" stations being jammed together. I used to get 2ZW well, but now I can "t get a thins. Other "B" and "A" stations are

similarly affected.-

South Otago

(Bal-

@lutha )

WVoOULpn’t it be good if, while listening to the station Aannouncements from one of the YA’s, we heard that two of these stations were going io give their usual 7.30 talks earlier

durine the session ?-

Wireless

(Dune-

din 1

ws bad Los AT a Wellington home recently a young man and his young lady were holding an impromptu wedding breakfast. The young man was saying how he would reply to the toast of "The Bride and Bridegroom." He had just said the words, "I am very pleased to accept the bride to my home," or words to that effect, when an amateur who happened to be tuned in on the set in the room said, "Oh, yeah! Bunkum."

Q.S.

T.

(Wellington).

wv ~ ~ N uncle in one of the children’s sessions at an Australian station, when giving. birthday greetings to twins, said: "You are lucky boys to have a party and two candles, with

lots of exkes on them.’

Q.S.

T.

er

lington

* a & TNJOYING himself listening-in to serious talks, Dad was deeply engrossed, when his bright young daughter entered, "Oh, Dad, that is too dull: tune in to something lively." This he did. and from somewhere came, "And

he is now in a mental hospital.’-

Not

Dull

(Westport).

g * m AS§ few listeners appreciate the applause between items during relayed concerts, might I suggest the microphone be smothered during these bursts. I am sure this would be especially appreciated by sick people, who may not have aecess to the volume control.-

A.

N.

(Milton).

(COMMUNITY Singing broadcasts have become very popular, and are chasing the blues away, without doubt. Many a happy hour can be spent listening in to the sings-but what a pity Auckland: and Wellington both hold forth on the same day, Wednesday! [I wonder if it would be possible to arrange that Auckland should hold its "Joy Germ" session on Tuesdays, and be followed by Wellington on Wednesdays, Christchurch Thursdays, and Dunedin on Fridays. I am certain a large number of listeners would appreciate the change if practicable. We want to hear Albert, but we want to

hear Owen as’ well-

Oliver

Twist

{ Wellington),

q Convert 2YC on to Short-waves In view of the fact that several listeners to-day, in country districts, are in possession of all-wave receivers, and still they are unable to get satisfactory reception of either 2YA or 2YC under present conditions, it would be a worth-while experiment of the Broadcasting Board to convert 2YC during its existing silent period on to short waves, both transmitters then operating simultaneously on long and short waves. A greater area than that of 2YA

{ should then be covered.-

Shortwave

i (Wellington).