Scientific Analysis of Good Announcing

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 31, 8 February 1935, Page 7

Scientific Analysis of Good Announcing

-_- To the Editor Sir.-Surely it is time for the Broadcasting Board to take in hand the matter of announcing and put it on a corvect and scientific basis, The requirements of first class announcers are: 1. Radio penetration. 2. Correct and clear enunciation. 8. A knowledge of the correct tone inflection of terminal syllables. 4. The correct speeding of words. 5. Correct accent. To my mind there is only one announcer in New Zealand who comes near to possessing these necessary requirements, and that is the chief announcer of the 8YA station His anaouncing of the evening news session could be taken as a model, and is always a pleasure to listen to. There is far too much of the sing-song "boudoir". style of talking in most of the New Zealand and Australian stations, and it seems. to be conducive to excessive speeding. May I point out that there are probably 10,000 New Zealander listeners every evening who would like to have the Australian stations announced before each item, It is common to get from four to six items without the station’s ring announced, I would also make it cympulsory for all announcers to use the word "station" before the letters their studios. It would be of great telp to the beginner, the deaf and the far distant. listeners. , May I congratulate you on your won-

derful little journal and I am fully expecting to see it enlarged in the near tuture. I am sure subscribers would not mind an extra penny if you "did.-_ I am, etce., ,

N.K.

C.

Limaru,