RADIO “MUCK.”

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 40, 26 November 1938, Page 2

RADIO “MUCK.”

“BLASPHEMOUS MUSIC.” INFLUENCE ON CHILDREN. (Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN, Nov. 25. An attack on what he described as “blasphemous music” on tin 1 air, and what he later termed “muck,” was made by Dr. James Lyon, of Trinity College, London, in an address to teachers and students

“Music is the most spiritual thing wo have,” ho said. “It is the most eomforting thing wo have, and tin' sooner we get it hack into our homes the hotter off wc* shall he. Real music would he ever so much better than the blasphemous stuff that comes over the radio,” he exclaimed vehemently.

Admitting that radio could be an instrument for good, lie considered it was much abused in tin* hotels in this countrv. \

“| came , down for breakfast, and there was a gentleman crooning his head off that he had ‘lost his heart and thrown away the key.’ Did you ever hear such nonsense? Children all over the country hear that sort ol tiling over the radio. Something should be done to prevent them coming down to breakfast and getting that kind ol muck dished up to them.” ho said.