Between Items

Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 14, 13 October 1933, Page 22

Between Items

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

by

THE IMP

THIS week's 5/- prize goés to Christchurch, The winners of the 2/6 prizes are marked with stars. Send your entries along-remember, there's money waiting for someone every week, ’ th * HILE listening in to station 4Z5F this evening, the following was announced :-"My Hero," followed by

"The Merry Widow." I wonder if 33

was the other way round.-

Listener

(Dunedin )

* bl bd *« I QUITE agree with the excellent suggestion made by John C.., of Nelson, in a recent "Radio Record," concerning a conference of the Broadcasting Board, the P. and T. Department, and B station representatives. I think that your paper, as representing the listeners of the Dominion, should foster and promote this idea. The ultimate object should he the removing of many of the present difficulties besetting the smaller sta-

tions in this country.

Betterment

(Nelson).

al bad * FrRom 2ZW’s announcer: "You ar now to hear a xylophone solo play ed by Rudy Starita on the xylophone.’ followed, presumably, by a lecturette delivered by Professor X with his

voice

Q-Mark

(Wellington ).

(THERE are few homes in New Zea land that do not possess a pet ol one kind or another. I would suggest the Broadcasting Beard inangurate a series. of lecturettes on their care and management. Extend these talks to include canaries and other cage birds. and I am sure they would have a very

wide appeal;

Avis

(Linwood).

T often happens that while awaiting the chimes there is an interval of two or three minutes. Could not the announcer give a short resume of the programme? It might save a lot of dial twisting.-5 Valve (South Canter bury). % 8 K AMONG the most instructive talks that are given from the ¥.i stations could a place be found for amateur photography? With summer and the holidays not far distant, many are beginning to cast speculative glances at their cameras. There are so many small points that could he cleared up for the would-be photographer that advice on this subject

would be most acceptable.-

L.P.

T.

(re Kuiti )

OW that the long srmmer days are approaching, let me suggest the starting of the dinner music session at

6.30 p.m. instead of 6 o’clock, ag in summer many people who enjoy the dinner music are at tennis or working in their gardens. The news and reports session could then be broadcast

at six to half-past, and the lecturettes from half-past seven to eight o’clock.B.P.M. (Frankton Junction). = m * AN occasional programme of hymn selections by a local band on Sun(ay mornings would be greatly appreciated. Band music is at its best in hymn playing, and there is the point to consider that ‘on a Sunday morning the bands would probably be at maximum

strengtn.-

W.O.C.

M.

(Christehureh)_

ve I WOULD like to suggest that when the name of a record is given out the announcer also state the number of times the item has heen presentedeg., "Blue Danube Waltz’ for the Y75th time." This would not only reveal to the public the number of times the record had been inflicted upon them, but would also serve as a reminder to the programme organiser that the activities of that particular record needed curbing somewhat:-

W.O.C.

M.

(Christchurel

e * * FTER reading over the "Radio Record" the other evening Dad _ remarked, as he laid the book aside, "I think I will have a Beverage Aerial erected." Little Johnnie, who was looking very interested, exclaimed, "By Jove, Dad, that should be great for the stummmer. What kind of drinks will we

we tune in 7?

Listener

(Gore).

[ HEARD the following from a loca! .B station recently. The announcer had been reading a discourse on cooking and concluded with the words, "Cooking therefore is an art," "we now have," "Two ’Earts and a Waltz Re.

frain" !!-

L.C.

P.

(South Dunedin), —

Now that the year is drawing to a close and schools will be staging their annual concerts, I venture to propose that one or more of these be broadcast from 2YA. Ii would indeed be a pleasant change to hear "real live stuff," instead of so many recorded items as at present, and, after all, we live again in the spirit of youth when we hear the children in scone «and

stort_

Youthful

(Wanganui) .