BROADCASTING

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 44, 2 December 1940, Page 7

BROADCASTING

TO-NIGHT’S PROGRAMMES.

The wireless programmes tc be broadcast to-night are:—

IYA. Auckland (650 k).

7.0: Local news service. 7.15: Farmers’ session. 7.30: NBC [-symphony Orchestra, “William Tell” Overture (Rossini). 7.44: “Singapore Spy.” 8.10: BBC Variety Orchestra, “Lulworth Cove” (Shadwell); “Seville” (Wood). 8.16: “Thrills.” 8.29: Cristina Maristany (Spanish singer). 8.35: “ The Hunchback of Ben Ali.” 8.45: George Boulanger and his Orchestra, ‘ ‘Hungaria” (arr. Knumann); “Budapest at Night” (Pilinsky). 8.57; Dominion and district weather reports and station notices. 9.0: NBS newsreel. 9.15: News commentary. 9.25: Clive Carey (baritone), of the Royal College of Music, London. 9.46; Leslie Bridgewater Harp Quintet, “Down in the Forest” (Ronald); “Songs Without Words” (Mendelssohn). 9.52: John McCormick (tenor), “Song of the Night” (Waldrop). 9.55: New Playfair Orchestra, “Padilla Medley” 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: News from London. 11.30: Close down. 2YA, Wellington (526m-570k). 7.0: Local news service. 7.15: “Britain Speaks.” 7.28 to 7.30: Time signals. 7.30: Reserved. 7.45: Music by Vaughan Williams. 7.46: The Queen’s Hall Orchestra, “The Wasps” Overture. 7.58: Nancy Evans (contralto), “How Can the Tree hut Wither?” 8.2: The Lener String Quartet, “Quartet in G Major” (Mozart). 8.34: Richard Tauber (tenor), “A Message Sweet as Roses” (Schumann). 8.37: Judith Bagnail (pianoforte recital). 8.57: Weather and station notices. 9.0: NBS newsreel. 9.15: BBC news commentary. 9.25: A concert by the 2YA Orchestra. Soloist: Gwenyth [Greenwood .(soprano). 10.0: Dance music by Lauri Paddi’s Ballroom Orchestra. 11. Q: News from London. 11.30: Close down. 3YA, Christchurch (416m-720k).

7.0: Local news service. 7.10: The Garden Expert. 7.30: Half an hour of recent releases. 8.0: Band programme with vocal interludes from the studio by Jean Scrimshaw (soprano), and Edward Hendy (baritone). 8.57: Weather and Station notices. 9.0: NBS newsreel. 9.15: News commentary. 9.25: Studio ' presentation of “Sonata in A” (Franck) played by Mrs Kenneth Ballantyne (violinist), and Eri\est Jenner (pianist). 9.51: Karl Erb (tenor), Songs by Wolf. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: News from London. 11.30: Close down. 4YA, Dunedin (790 kilocycles.) 7.0: Local news service. 7.10: Talk to farmers. 7.30: Albert Sandler and Orchestra, “Waltzes from Opera” 7.40: Oscar Natzke (bass), “Myself When Young (Lehmann); “Pilgrim’s Song” (Tchaikovski). 7.48: Frederick Grinke (violin), with the Boyd Neel Orchestra “The Lark Ascending” (Vaughan Williams). 8.0: The Royal Dunedin Male Choir. 8.57: Weather and Station notices. 9.0: NBS newsreel. 9.15: BBC news commentary. 9.25: Marcel Palotti (organ), “Whispering of the Flowers” (Blon). 9.28: “The Twelve Labours of Hercules”: “The Aegean Stables.” ; 10.0: “Night Club.” 11.0: News from London. 11.30: Close down.