POINTS FROM LETTERS

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 141, 16 June 1936, Page 8

POINTS FROM LETTERS

BROADCASTING service. Extraneous noises over the air, "'raucous motor-horns, hammering, loud conversation, and occasionally rehearsals in other studios" are mentioned by L. C. Ayers as a defect in station transmission which should receive attention in the reorganisation of broadcasting. Station 2YA, he states, is the chief offender in this respect, but the other stations are not free from this defect. It is caused by the use of studios and control rooms that are not sound proof. The operation of loud speakers at the transmitter is possibly the reason that the programme from 2YA can frequently be heard qs a background to the transmission from 2YC. In regard to programmes the correspondent adds: "It is surely an axiom of fair play that the man that pays the piper may call the tune, therefore, before radical changes in the service or programmes are introduced, the listener should be consulted."

"T.J.L." writes on the same subject of reorganising the broadcasting service: "If the present Bill will replace the selectors with men who can compile a programme of real entertainment, instead/of jazz and foreign performances (German bulking largest), we shall be thankful. . . . The public of New Zealand can judge the results of Government activities, and the propaganda Of political speeches, just as ably as the average editor or newspaper owner. In fact, we shall learn better and quicker if the Labour Government is for weal or woe through their own speeches and behaviour. If they fail us, then they won't be able to wriggle out by saying that they were 'misreported.'"