BROADCASTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19217, 5 January 1926, Page 7

BROADCASTING.

Sir, —I have just returned from a worldwide trip and have found that in wireless broadcasting we iu New Zealand aro fat' behind tho times. I have listened-in in Canada, America, England, Franco, etc., and also used instruments in these countries and only those, who have done so can realiso tho pleasure one obtains over the wireless. In Britain you can hear bands, orchestras, concorts, lectures, speeches, etc., beginning at mid-day and continuing until midnight for tho modest sum of 10s per year as license. This license has only just becomo compulsory, and even now allowances aro made for small crystal sets costing from 3s 6d to 10s, generally belonging to children from which wonderful results aro obtained. In Now Zealand the first thing is a licenso of £1 10s per year and for this you receive less than two hours per night broadcasting on four nights of the week and a good part of oven this time is spont in advertising firms who have lent gramophone records, etc. Just fancy broadcasting gramophono records! What are tho results ? Hundreds, yea thousands, have taken down their wireless and the children are deprived of an endless source of amusement and pleasure througli tho tremendous cost and restrictions. AuCKLANDE.It.