Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Winter 1959, page 9

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

;m.l projects they have learned. They hold drama .- duals and square dancing competitions. They tater-rain the residents in County Homes and mung people from overseas. Radio and Television Evaluation \trs. Clifford compiled a report of the Radio t Television survey from answers to the quests funnuire sent to the branches: 347 reports were mad. about 25% of the membership. but Air 1005; more than were received last year. lit-Children‘s TV programmes. Howdy Doody till the most popular; Mickey Mouse. Disney~ i. Lassie. Rin Tin Tin. still favourites. Again sLll'ch asks for less violence and gun play. i . goes for radio programmes loo. Hours of -ing suggested for children are from 3 to .t 7 to 8. There is the criticism that there are not .tgh Canadian programmes for children. children's radio programmes. Kindergarten ot' \ir is s‘ill one hundred percent popular. A m programme, Nursery School. is now on rBC/TV network from Monday to Friday '45 pm. School broadcasts rate high. Sunday not of the Air is of great help in many local- Listeners feel that programmes for children iewer this year. Recommendations are: more my programmes wanted. more story telling. to have new stories. Children have great «ories and can spot repea's. "re survey on women‘s TV programmes shows women appreciate new food ideas. hobby- '. interviews with women of other lands. don shows. interviews with local women in news on both TV and radio. Recommendations that recipes he read more slowly. more hobby handicraft demonstrations. tips on sewing. men's customs in other countries. In radio. ten commentators are enjoyed; Kate Aitkcn uutly missed; and CBC Matinee is popular. tgc number reported good commentators on ‘ stations giving special attention and lime \omen's Institute gatherings. ucommendations on radio ask for one or two -l daytime serials on CBC. more book rCViews. rock and roll. On TV. requests are for good mics to be shown from It) to II p.m. instead her. less emphasis on broken homes and drink scenes. more plays involving characters front radian history, more amateur performers and ..idian talent. intong the favourites in radio entertainment Bob's Scrapbook, Hit Parade. Happy Gang. tombardo and Perry Como. Women ask for - u choir singing. 'ieneral interest is shown in programmes on non. On TV, This is the Life. and Faith for l-IY. and church services are highly ra'cd. There A recommendation for more church services. rnaiing all faiths, for Bible stories for shutâ€"ins l children. for more sacred music on Sunday ‘l more religious programmes on Sunday afterâ€" vn. 0n the radio. Sunday School of the Air 'x-l Morning Devotions are appreciated. All I urches‘ services on local s'ations are good. ;’ runs on Sunday morning are appreciated by : liners who have radios in barns and would likC '1' hear them while working. It is asked that Morn- : Devotions be continued. Shutdns espeCially WINTER 1959 At the annual convention of the Guelph Area Women's Institutes, a silk flag and standard wm presented lo the Ontario Agricultural College in appreciation of the many courtesies extended to the institutes by the Coll-292. Dr. J. D. Moclachlon, 0.A.C. President, is shown accepting the gift lrom Mrs. Norman Smith. convention chairman. look forward In this programme. I is‘cncrs \Hlllltl like more religious programmes on Hundu). In agriculture on 'I'V. ,-‘tlni;tnti:. (‘tauntry ('nlA endar. Over the line Fence are mentioned its favourites. T'hc surve} shims that agricultural news is well taken care of on “Will s‘:ittnns. Recomntendalium are for more prugl‘tlnm‘tcs mi gardening. for Farm l-nrum an ‘IV. more panels and discussions with information vital to the farmer. 0n the radio. market reports are very importan'. and (“Hf nnun hmudcztsl is highly favoured. Farm Forum rates high. the majority seem satisfied with local coverage. Recommenda- lions include more talks u‘lth successful farmers. Many derive help from talks by the local agri- cultural represen‘atiw. Nearly all seemed satisfied with TV news. cow cragc hut seem to prefer IIL'Ws coverage hy rntlin. 'I‘hcy still ask for news :it Ill p.m. instead of II. and for more l1L’W\ill mealtime. so tha' the farmer can hear nnd see it. and they like pictures of inâ€" terest with the news. Many reported rhut the radio is turned on first thing in the morning for news. Neighhotlrly news and local [1th are enjoyed. Storm and frost warnings rite high With the farmer. Weather forecasts are appreciated hy everyone, The survey showud satisfaction with news coverage. On the question of advertising, most agreed that advertising on TV and radio was good on the whole and was a necessary evil. They would 9

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy