Galway Advertiser 1975/1975_06_05/GA_05061975_E1_008.pdf 

Extracted text

wheretogo

guide

-

wheretogo

guide
HARD OF HEARING
Amplivox Hearing Centres invite you to call upon our Manager, Mr. F. Brougham M.S.H.A.A.I. a t : O'BEIRN'S PHARMACY Henry SL, Gaiway Telephone 62479 on Thursday, 12th June, 1975 from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. S E C O N D CHANNEL A third and better possi bility remaind, said Mr. McRedmond. Instead of BBC 1, there could be a second national channel. Into it could be scheduled many British programmes which cannot now be received, in cluding programmes BBCl would not be showing be cause they appeared on other services. T h e two national channels between them would also offer wider opportunities to draw on Irish talent and to meet minority needs. An important advantage of the second national cahnnel would be that it could be consciously planned to differ from the first, hour by hour. T h e viewer would thus have a real choice and the national service would survive, strengthened and extended. M r McRedmond thought that Cork people might feel that with a seond national channel they would still be cut off from a number of British programmes. " I ans wer", he said, "by referring to the BBC and ITV sched ules over the past winter. Among the series they broad cast were "The Little House on the Prairie', 'The Odd Couple', 'The Rockford Files' 'Kojak', 'Jane Eyre', 'South Riding'. Their feature films included 'El Cid', 'The Wreck of the Mary Deare', 'True Grit', 'The Third Man', 'The Missiles of October', 'Sweet Charity', 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'. Not only were all these programmes carried by R T E but most of them were carried first by R T E . "Yet one of your arguments against a second national channel is that you don't want 'more of the same'. A British channel, make no mistake, would give you lots of the same". T o the argument that people in Cork did not want people in Dublin deciding what they would see, M r . McRedmond answered some body had to decide what went on air and if the decision were not made in Dublin it would be made in London. Mr. McRedmond con cluded by saying that R T E felt itself rather unfairly cast in a defensive role, as if its object was to deny the singlechannel area its entitlement. This was not the case. R T E ' s argument in no way challeng ed people's right to a choice of programmes. It concerned only the way in which choice might best be provided.

wheretogo

guide

MANHATTAN
Thurs. 5th Fri. 6th Sat. 7th Sun. 8th Mon. 9th Tues. 10th Wed. H t h THE HARMONIES T H E WILD BREED SILVER THE THE HAMMER

Rivetinafs opens with a spluslt
Saturday 14th June Thursday 12th June

SENSATIONAL SANDS SHOW/BAND
also RONNIE MEDFORD (see him go) also THE DANIEL BROTHERS (instrumental commedy act) Friday 13th June

THE NEW ROB STRONG BAND
also THE DANIEL BROTHERS (instrumental commedy act) Sunday 15th June

WORKS HARMONIES PADDY'S

ROCKIN KOJAK

BUBBLES BUBBLES BUBBLES
Monday & Tuesday 16th., 17th

THE OTHERS
(the new record release she's mine) also THE DANIEL BROTHERS (instrumental commedy act)

SNAKEHIPS
Wednesday 18th June

SALTHILL
OUR NEW UP T O T H E TRENDY MINUTERESTAURANT

TIME MACHINE

MEAL IN A M O M E N T

The Great T. V. Debate
Lost week we published ex tracts from the Minister for Posts and Telegraph's speech in Cork on May 22nd, during the Multi-Channel T.V. Debale. The Minister concluded that the people in the single chan nel areas should decide whether they want the second channel to be a re-broadcast of BBCl (Northern Ireland) or a second RTE channel. This week we publish ex tracts from the speech of Mr. Louis McRedmond, head of Information and Publications at RTE, who also spoke at the meeting advocating a second RTE channel. " R T E understood the frus tration of single-channel viewers. One of you will want a football match, another a discussion programme, a third a feature film. With a single channel you can have only one at a time. You get cross when you're stuck with a programme you don't want, and you're not consoled by the thought that it's giving pleasure to somebody else". The answer, said Mr. McRedmond, was to provide a choice so that viewers faced with a programme they did not like could switch over to one closer to their taste. He referred to the immediate

consequence to R T E if even one British service were ad mitted. In such a case R T E would not disappear. But it would cease to be an' Irish national service committed to meeting basic needs within the com munity of the Irish people. "The needs I have in mind include the adequate presen tation of Irish news and news of Irish concern, the examina tion of these matters in depth and from an Irish standpoint, the encouragement of Irish talent in various fields, the will to give expression to the many strands within the Irish cultural tradition, and not least the readiness to offer a range of entertainment from home and foreign sources in response to minority and majority demands alike". TOO COMPETITIVE The reason that such a

IS NOW OPEN EVERY NIGHT FOR SEASON

service could not survive lay in the nature of competition. Competition between rival television networks did not result in better programmes. Mr. McRedmond quoted BBC sources to show how the BBC met the competition of ITV by deliberately put ting on the same kind of light entertainment, programme for programme. Only by re ducing its range of program ming had the BBC been able to win back 50 per cent of the audience. Applying this lesson to Ireland, Mr. McRedmond said that if BBCl arrived it would be "a hotly competitive service, planned and pro grammed to lure the bulk of the audience into its net". Two possibilities would be open to RTE. It could con tinue as an Irish national service with "Landmark and 7 Days Specials and program mes in Irish, and famous plays with Irish casts, and musical shows with Irish performers". In that case its share of the audience could fall to as low as 20 per cent. This would drive away the advertisers and the resouices of the homesta tion would dwindle so that money would not be available for the full span of public broadcasting. Alternatively, R T E could choose to compete. A massive effort would be required, with all resources going into producing the kind of mater ial already appearing on the BBC. In that event R T E might hold half the audience, but at the cost of abandoning a national service in order to become a copy of the BBC. Readers views are welcome.

MAKE IT A "WIMPY" DATE

EYRE SQUARE DRY CLEANERS LTD.
AND

WILLIAM ST., DRY LTD.

CLEANERS

(Our down town branch) Two dry cleaning firms that take pride and rare in everything they do. Run by a stall highly trained in all aspects of the dry cleaning industry. If you compare our prices and the quality of our work wild other firms you will realise why more and more people get more and more clothes dry cleaned every week by us.

ST. PATRICK'S

(BRASS) BAND SOCIETY (Forster St.) LADIES COMMITTEE are holding a SALE OF WORK (Hi Sat., 7th June from 9 a.m. in

Mainguard St. (Chinese Restaurant)

CONNACHT SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

GALWAY

v. SLIGO
HOURS RETURN FARE Child Adult (under 15)

WIMPY
SALTHILL It's Finger Lickin' Good Kentucky Fried Chicken
A V A I L A B L E EVERY N I G H T

EXCURSION TO SLIGO BY EXPRESS BUS

SUNDAY 8th JUNE 1975
DEPART

1.40 2.50 11.30 Gaiway Station 1.25 2.00 12.05 Tuam Station 1.25 2.00 12.25 Dunmore (Glynns) . Buses will arrive at Markieviez Park, Sligo at 14.00 hours, and will return from Sligo at 18.00 hours sharp. Due to limited accommodation advance booking will be essential. Tickets available from Railway Stations Gaiway and Tuam and C L E . Bus Agency (Glynns), Dunmore.

W I M P Y BAR TAKE A W A Y SALTHILL

Mr. Pat Byrne General Manager. Western Tooling presenting a cheque for a set of Jerseys and football to Christy Egan on behalf of the Mervue G.A.A. Club.

Booking closes Friday 6th J u n e at 18.00 hours.