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The Major at his desk where he prepared this letter to the editor, in answer to rumors about his program.
{When the March issue of Radio Mirror went on sale carrying the article "Is Major Bowes Dropping His Amateurs ?" the Major was asked to answer the questions tins story raised and to reply to the author's conclusion that all signs pointed to the necessity of Major Bowes turning to a new kind of program. Here is his reply, published as he wrote it himself. It is thoroughly revealing.)
THANK you for the advance copy of your article relative to amateur hours appearing in the March. issue of the Radio Mirror. I found it most friendly and interesting although I believe the article erred in many of its conclusions.
Insofar as amateur hours on the radio are concerned, I can speak only for my own program. When I originated this form of radio amateur hour, it was followed by a great 16
many other programs patterned after it, on both local stations and national networks.
These other programs were similar in the respect that all used amateurs as talent. The fact that almost all of those including all of the national amateur hours have since disappeared from the air, has no bearing on my own particular Amateur Hour.
What is important is that these amateur programs in leaving the air have given as their reason, a dearth of amateurs. They have simply announced that no more amateurs were available and one particular sponsor went as far as to announce that every amateur of talent in the New York area had already been given an opportunity. These statements were made all-embracing and the impression created that my program, too, was confronted wtih this insoluble problem. (Continued on page 101)