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TODAY’S PROGRAMME 3YA, CHRISTCHURCH (690 Kilocycles) 7.30 p.m.: Theatre of Music: The Story of Charles Cochran. 8.30: British Variety Artists. 9.15: Loookout. 9.30: Calling Miss Courtneidge. 10.0: Sports Review. 3YC, CHRISTCHURCH (960 Kilocycles) 7.0 p.m.: Overture: In the South. 7.23: Sonata in E Minor. 7.47: Sea Pictures. 8.10: Time and Perspective: A Philosopher's View, a talk by Professor A. N. Prior. 8.28: The Alex Lindsay String Orchestra. 9.0: Irene Kohler (English pianist). 10.0: The New Pyramid, a feature on the discovery of an unknown pyramid at Saqqara. IYA, AUCKLAND (760 Kilocycles) 7.30 p.m.: Theatre of Music: The Story of Charles Cochran. 8.30: Twin Piano Music. 8.45: Tony Martin Sings. 9.15: Lookout. 9.30: Calling Miss Courtneidge. 10.0: Make Believe Ballroom Time. 2YA, WELLINGTON (570 Kilocycles) 7.30 p.m.: Theatre of Music: The story of Charles Cochran, the first of two programmes of memories of the great showman, by Eric Maschwitz, with music from Cochran’s productions. 8.30: Solo Spotlight. 9.15: Lookout. 9.30: Calling Miss Courtneidge. 10.0: Jim Golding and his Band. 10.30: Make Believe Ballroom Time. 4YA, DUNEDIN (780 Kilocycles) 7.30 p.m.: Theatre of Music: The Story of Charles Cochran. 8.30: The Doug Edie Quartet. 9.15: Looked. 9.30: Calling Miss Courtneidge. 10.0: Sports Summary. 10.15: World of Jazz. 10.45: Dance Music.
SUNDAY 3YA, CHRISTCHURCH 11.0 a.m.: Baptist Service: Oxford Terrace Church, preacher. Rev. Roland Hart: organist, Eric Law; choirmaster, George Macann. 7.0 p.m.: Presbyterian Service: Knox Church, preacher, Rev. M. W. Wilson; organist and choirmistress, V. Butler. 8.5: Orchestral Music by Albert Ketelbey. 8.30: Light Instrumental Selections. 8.45: Sunday Evening Talk, Dominion Weather Forecast and News. 9.15: Play: Mrs Watts, by Lisa Sheridan. 10.15: Sunday Evening Concert. 11.0: London News. 3YC, CHRISTCHURCH 7.0 p.m.: Sonata in G Minor. 7.30: Symphonic Synthesis: Boris Godounov. 7.54: Sonata No. 3. 8.15: Introductory Talk on the Mozart Opera Series, James Robertson. 8.35: Elisabeth Rethberg (soprano) and Ezio Pinza (bass). 8.44: Quartet in D Minor. 9.8: Symphony No. 7 in E. 10.6: Le Tombeau de Couperin. 10.28: Sheherazade. 10.45: Dances of Galanta. IYA, AUCKLAND 8.4 p.m.: Overture: Cinderella. 8.30: Music by Schubert, Prokofieff and Debussy. 9.15: Danish State Radio Orchestra (Svendsen). 9.30: Private Report: The Hunting Horn, a talk by Donald Boyd. 9.45: Play: To Live in Peace, by G. Forzano. 10.40: American Orchestras. 2YA, WELLINGTON 8.5 p.m.: Dancing Through the Years with the Harry Botham Orchestra. 8.30: Leonard Warren (baritone). 9.15: Music for a Quiet Time: Sandra Gunn (violin), Peter Averi (organ), and Margaret Ironside (soprano). 9.36: We Hear from the Stars. 10.0: Music Hath Charms. 10.30: Reverie. 4YA, DUNEDIN 8.5 p.m.: Nola Christie (mezzo-soprano). 8.30: Short Story: Mrs Griffin’s Silver, by Eric Roberts. 9.15: Play: Journey to Switzerland, by Carlo Fruttero and Robert Rietty. 10.0: Dennis Noble (baritone) with Wilfred Parry (piano). 10.15: Melody for Strings. 10.45: Music for Meditation.
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27896, 18 February 1956, Page 5
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