RADIO CHILDREN'S HOUR

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21085, 9 February 1934, Page 14

RADIO CHILDREN'S HOUR

'j u nir. Ei ito,l o y 'j'nr Sir,—Your contributor, "Ariel,' makes interesting reading, and I was mnused at his tirade upon the children's hour in "The Press" last. Saturday. 1 hold no brie/ for the children's hour, though I very often listen in with interest, and my youngsters get a good deal of pleasure out of it: but I fail to see how "Ariel" can consider himself a competent critic when he admits that he plugs in occasionally only to switch oft immediately with a "shudder." He switched off to some purpose evidently, and is six months behind time with his discovery of Commander Stephen King-Hall's "Broadcast Talks for Children," for these were introduced to the 3YA children's hour six months or more ago, and for several weeks extracts from them were read over the air, which probably was the next best thing to finding and paying for a man of King-Hall's calibre. "Ariel" has attacked the Broadcasting Board persistently of late. What good he hopes to accomplish by his downright destructive criticism 1 know not. If he had a genuine and intelligent interest in the improvement and development of broadcasting, he would come out with some helpful and constructive criticism.— Yours, etc., NEW ZEALAND. February 8. 1054.