Broadcasting Service

Greymouth Evening Star, 5 August 1946, Page 4

Broadcasting Service

[TO THE EDITOIL] Siir, —While complimenting our Progress League on obtaining £25,000 for the improvement of 3ZR radio station, I have a suggestion which perhaps the League could take up—a belter system of broadcasting from the station. At times, a listener gains the impression that any casual visitor to the studio is allowed to have a “pop at it,” with very poor result. The relaying of our weather reports is bad. We are fortunate in being favoured by these reports from the Meteorological Department, and no doubt these relays are much appreciated, especially by the farmer. For some considerable time the 12.30 mid-day relay from 3ZR has been very erratic and instead of “standing lay” for. the weather report, we receive it all jumbled up with musical records, with the obvious result that the weather situation is more or less lost-to the listener. To-day (Sunday) for example, the weather report for us in Greymouth cut in “at National Park, Taihape.” Surely we pay a good licence fee and should not have to put up with such go-as-you-please methods. It is apparent also that a good deal of unpleasantness is being caused to a large number of listeners by interference, which leaves 3ZR the only station to listen to. Just at the pre- | sent time when we are so near thei election, the political broadcasts are interesting, but are blotted out completely. Can nothing be done about it?—Yours, etc., NATIONAL. Greymouth, August 4.