Viewers’ views

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33770, 17 February 1975, Page 4

Viewers ’ views

) "THE SOUTH TONIGHT" I It seems that •■Divided) )They Fall” has Wellington' radio and TV high on his priority list. Was it Sharon Crosbie who replaced ) Graeme Thompson on I “Newsview”? Christchurch I lost her to Wellington with ’lew protests. Are we going to let the same thing happen 'with the popular “The South Tonight”? Local content is what people want retained, When 3YA linked with Wellington all local programmes 'were dropped, so people (switched to the commercials., 'The controller of TVI pro-’ grammes (Mr W. S. Munro) considers Christchurch is being selfish in wanting to retain Bryan Allpress and Rodney Bryant, but my im- ) pression is that we consider

. worthy of inclusion in the ) national set-up items such las in-depth interviews etc. providing the programme is still based on Christchurch. Has anyone consulted Mr Bryant about the possibility of his ending up in national television? Splitting up successful teams rarely works If the TV2 chief, Mr Bruce Crossen, is so keen to capture viewers, "The South Tonight” could be a drawcard. — UNITED WIST AND