PIONEER BROADCASTING.

Evening Star, Issue 22106, 13 August 1935, Page 12

PIONEER BROADCASTING.

TO THE EDITOH. Sir, —Mr Bruce accuses me of a “ wild tirade ” in your issue of Saturday last. I stated my facts clearly and I have nothing to add or subtract. Mr Bruce is beating the air and avoiding the point under issue, and rushes into print with a lot of irrelevant matter. I will try again to bring him to the point at issue, that is, his claim that the Otago Radio Association is the pioneer broadcaster. Instead of lodging telegrams, etc., the association, I take it, has a minute' book giving record of broadcasts and official opening of transmission If he will produce this, concrete facts will be obtained. I opened my station officially on August 22, 1922. The mayor at that time, Mr Douglas, and many leading men attended. * This was the first sermon Which was broadcasted in New Zealand, and the minister was the Rev. Bush King. Now, let us have Mr Bruce’s facts. Let him give the publio his and what h© broadcast and who was there. If he cannot do this and stop mud slinging, let him take a dose of his own medicine in the last sentence of his letter, which reads, “ I think it would be better to be forgotten, etc,” and remember, abuse is no argument.— I am, etc., F. J. O’Neilii. August 13.