FRIENDLY ROAD PROGRAMMES
Radio Personality To Retire “The Press" Special Service AUCKLAND, Dec. 17. The Auckland radio personality Uncle Tom —Mr T. T. Garland, now 86—is to retire from broadcasting in June or July of next year after 31 years on the air. During that time he created and built up an undenominational Christian radio service known as the Friendly Road. In this period Mr Garland, a Methodist minister, baptised 6000 to 7000 children and officiated at more than 4000 marriage ceremonies on his programmes. Mr Garland has been associated with broadcasting since the early days of radio in New Zealand. He was one of the earlier regular artists on station IYA when it was privately owned, and he was for a period station manager of the old station IZR, On this station he began Friendly Road broadcasts with children’s choirs on Sunday mornings. He introduced daily devotional services and other religious sessions.
Before entering broadcasting he was associated with a commercial undertaking and was for some years an executive member of the Manufacturers’ Association and a member of the Chamber of Commerce. He served two terms as a member of the Mount Eden Borough Council and a term as a member of the Auckland City Council.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29699, 18 December 1961, Page 17
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