RADIO HUMOUR
ro THE EDITOR Sir, —1 heartly endorse " Mike’s ” letter in Saturday’s Times. The trouble lies not so much in the programmes as the method in putting them over. Superfluous remarks by the announcers upon the items broadcast are not warranted. The humour at times is perfectly idiotic. One can quote many instances, but I shall spare their feelings. Even the weather report is not without its share of personal comment. Too much cross-talk between the announcers over the air is another infliction the public have to endure. It is a pity it could not be confined to the children’s session, where it might be better appreciated. I. for one, am not interested in June and Jack or Tom and Harry, or whoever the particular announcers may be. Cut out the personalities and the comments, and give us the service without the uninteresting embellishments! One realises, of course, that a commercial station is conducted on somewhat different lines to the national station, but that is no reason why one should have to put up with silly wise-cracks, crude jokes, and personal chit-chat. —I am, etc,, Omar.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23703, 10 January 1939, Page 5
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