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Radio Record, 13 May 1938, Page 54

SB "Dog Heroes," which commenced from 2U Wednesday, May 4, at 8.45 p.m., N.Z.T., and continued every Wednesday at the same time, a new type of radio entertainment is presented. "Dog Heroes" is a series of true tales taken from the personal recollections of the internationally famous judge and authority on all breeds of dogs, Krank Foster Davis. All dog lovers will thrill to the heroism

of the stories, which are excellently presented by a cast of well-chosen characters, Non-dog enthusiasts will find the stories, told in specially dramatised form, are full of excitement and interest. "ANHERE isn't room for temperament in any radio show," says Barbara Luddy, popular American radio star. "Temperament is especially out of place in a daily serial, since the plot

of such a serial frequently calls for comparatively minor members of the cast to hold the spotlight for one, two or three days at a time. During such a period, the star of the show may be completely eliminated from certain scripts or may be relegated to a few lines of dialogue. You can see what this would mean to a player who insists always on being the centre of auttention-the kind known in the pree fession as a ‘mike hog,’ "