1928, "On how to listen to the radio"
Sandra Dodd
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ON HOW TO LISTEN TO THE RADIO
From The Art of Listening by Filson Young, printed in the 1928 BBC
Handbook:
Intemperate Listening
No one, however leisured his or her life, ought to listen all the
time. There would be something excessive and intemperate about such a
person. Yet like so many other things, listening to wireless
transmissions may become a habit, and a bad habit. Fear that one may
be missing something by not listening is one cause; but a more
insidious one is the feeling that something is going on somewhere,
and that rather than take the trouble to do anything else for
oneself, one might as well listen to it. That, of course, is as great
an injustice to the art of Broadcasting as it is to the listener
himself. It is a misuse of what, properly used, can be a very real
boon to the aesthetic life of any household. I would urge listeners
to cultivate the art of using their wireless receivers intelligently
and artistically, so that the immense care and trouble that are taken
in compiling and presenting the programmes shall achieve their true
direction and effect.
from Schott's Almanac, page-a-day calendar, e-mail edition
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ON HOW TO LISTEN TO THE RADIO
From The Art of Listening by Filson Young, printed in the 1928 BBC
Handbook:
Intemperate Listening
No one, however leisured his or her life, ought to listen all the
time. There would be something excessive and intemperate about such a
person. Yet like so many other things, listening to wireless
transmissions may become a habit, and a bad habit. Fear that one may
be missing something by not listening is one cause; but a more
insidious one is the feeling that something is going on somewhere,
and that rather than take the trouble to do anything else for
oneself, one might as well listen to it. That, of course, is as great
an injustice to the art of Broadcasting as it is to the listener
himself. It is a misuse of what, properly used, can be a very real
boon to the aesthetic life of any household. I would urge listeners
to cultivate the art of using their wireless receivers intelligently
and artistically, so that the immense care and trouble that are taken
in compiling and presenting the programmes shall achieve their true
direction and effect.
from Schott's Almanac, page-a-day calendar, e-mail edition
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]