"America For Me" Does Not Find Support

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 32, 15 February 1935, Page 6

"America For Me" Does Not Find Support

To the Editor. : Sir,-I wish to make a few reniatke concerning a letter appearing in’ your issue of 25th ult. over a singularly appropriate signature, ‘America for Me.’ I take exception to the manner in which your correspondent quotes ‘his highly debatable opinions .as though: they were accepted facts.. In the first place, his statement to the effect that ‘licenses in this country are "falling away by thousands" is too absurd to merit much comment. He proceeds to point out that "in America programmes and annauncers are

bright every day and all day," while local announcers are represented as being "painful and slovenly." It might interest him to know that one of the acknowledged authorities on elocution. in this country recently mentioned to the writer that the chief announcer at that station possessed the most pleasing voice he had heard, and visitors. have timé and again remarked on.the high standard of an-

nouncing in this country. Of course, "America for Me" may prefer the American ultra=personal style of announcing, delivered with characteristic nasality, but to many listeners this particular form is irritating and crude. His last spasm, however,. is really’ a gem. He says that 1YA, 2YA, and 3YA are weak stations! 1YA is the most powerful station in Australasia. However, it is unlikely that his voice, howling strongly in a wilderness of wireless masts, will carry very much weight with listeners.-L am, etec.,

PRO-BRITISH

Gisborne.