Announcers—Please Name Conductors

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 37, 22 March 1935, Page 25

Announcers—Please Name Conductors

To the Editor. Sir,-One frequently hears announcers telling listeners that they have been listening to the Berlin Philharmonie Orchestra, the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, ete. But it rarely occurs to them to announce the vital point; that is, the name of the con-

ductor of the orchestra. hese aunnouncements might be intelligible to residents of Berlin or Budapest, but to the average New Zealand listener they are esoteric. Surely, in these enlightened days, most people realise that a conductor might well be called the "soul" of an orchestra. When such announcements as Il have mentioned are made, they always put me in mind of a book reviewer advising readers to buy a book without giving the name of the author. It might be by Hthel Dell, or by Bernard Shaw! I therefore want to thank 3YL’s announcers for the intelligence and consideration they show in always giving the conductors’ names. Their example could be emulated to advantage by many of our A station announcers.I am, etc., :

AN APPRECIATIVE LISTENER.

(hristchurch