Au jour la jour... musique (From Day To Day... Music) - (1930)

Relisez les propos du directeur de la station de Radiophonie, propos que nous avons reproduits hier avec quelque plaisir. "La majorité des éventuels clients de nos concerts radiophoniques ont demandé des auditions de belle musique, voire de musique classique... A peine fera-t-on un jour de jazz par semaine..."

Un jour de dancing par semaine... Puis par mois... Regardez dans nos salles de danse. Ce sont toujours les mêmes danseurs. Ne disons pas que c'est le déchet. A Saigon, ils ont une excuse: il y a si peu de distractions!

Reread the remarks of the radio station director, words that we reproduced yesterday with some pleasure. "The majority of potential listeners to our radio concerts have requested performances of beautiful music, even classical music... Barely will one day of jazz be made in a week..." 

One day of dancing a week... Then once a month... Look in our dance halls. It's always the same dancers. Let's not say it's a waste. In Saigon, they have an excuse: there are so few distractions!

Saïgon républicain July 12, 1930

During the earliest days of broadcasting in Saigon much of the programming was live. The station featuring a quintet that provided radio concerts of classical and light classical music - the "concerts radiophoniques."

Jazz music in that context was essentially dance music (often "hot" dance music) or just the popular songs of that time. Professional musicians often worked in both worlds. The author providing commentary notes that there was a dedicated, even fanatical, audience for this dance music, but that it was limited to the same people who turned out every night at the dance halls. This was the excuse given for the author's preference for hearing classical music on the airwaves instead of jazz.