RADIO NOTES

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 186, 9 May 1928, Page 7

RADIO NOTES

(By

“Aerial.”)

In reply to “6-Valve” (Featherston) there Is no station with the call, KFOI at present listed. 'The station heard wi' probably KFOA. Seattle, Washington 447.5 metres, 1000 watts aerial power. The outstanding events in local broad casting during the past week have beci the performances by the 2YA, Wellington studio orchestra. This very line com bipation lias apparently delighted every one, for on all sides one hears nothing )iu praise of the orchestra and its pro grammes. Although there are only tei players, 3tr. Bellingham, musical dlreeto for’ till' Broadcasting Company, inform; "Aerial” it can do justice to fully 110 pc eent. of all uiusie written for a full eon cert orchestra of scores of players Listeners who' have not had the pleasin' of hearing the latest orchestral success "The Voice of the Bells,” which has bcei so brilliantly handled by the orchestra u 31,0, Melbourne, will be able to hear 1 shortly from the 2YA. Wellington, orehes tra. Mr. Bellingham has managed to ob tain the orchestral parts of this compos! tlon and it will be played by his orehes tra in the near future. Now that darkness sets in early tin Australian stations’ children's sessions ar heard in New Zealand with very fair vol time per medium of multivalve sets. Tin earlv evening Australian news sessions which follow, provide Interest for man.' New Zealanders. The programmes l>? 2FC, Sydney, have been of outstandlu; merit during the past week. On Frida; evening listeners were treated to a rela; of the first act of "Hose .Marie” from He: ‘Majesty's Theatre, Sydney. This was om of the hlgh-liglits of- the past week s eu lAwtninmAiit it nt fiio wns not UP

tcrtalnnient, but the relay was not up u the usual standard, being much weaKei than the transmission from the -b<. studio. Thev have their land-line trou bles in Sydney evidently. Nevertheless the dialogues, songs and orchestra eattn • 'through with ■ sufficient-volume to be en lovable. Towards the end of the act tin volume increased twofold. Another at tractive feature of 2FC’s programmes wm the incidental music to the film, Im King of Kings” 011 Saturday evening, ihi music was played by a truly wondci-Cu orchestra and a Wurlitzer organ at till Prince Edward Theatre, Sydney. Hili was a lino achievement, in relaying bj ”I<'C There are. indeed, many cvenliigi when one can listen to 2FC, Sydney throughout without finding•.one dull item 2BL, Sydney, lias been in good form. Ihi concerts from this station aret'also ot at attractive nature but the management ol 2BL have not the theatrical resources t< draw upon as have 2FC's.- 3LO, Melbotirnd, - rivals 2FC, Sydney, in point ol excellence in programmes and transmission. The volume from 3LO; Melbourne is subject to fluctuations, more titan tin. Sydney stations when a meteorological depression is reported in the Tasman Sen. IJAII, Melbourne, has conic in very well lately, but has faded a good deal at times, After 10.30 p.m. 7ZL,. Hobart, and uCL, Adelaide, have been audible on the loudspeaker. The Adelaide station has been clearer as TZL, Hobart, suffers iroin too •much "wave.” 44QG. Brisbane, .has- at limes been twice as loud as any other Australian station, but, it has lapsed into periods of bitd ■ distortion and lading. An Australian !' visitor lias informed “Aerial” that tlie trouble at tile Brisbane' station is that too many small valves uro employed in transmitting instead of fewer but larger valves to obtain the desired volume. .. .Whmt 2BL. - signed, oil about 1.15 o'clock lasi Sunday morning the Japanese station, JOAKg Tokio, came in with fair loudspeaker strength. The writer was .able to. feed tw.o' loudspeakers■ with JOAK, one loudspeaker being connected with a thirty-foot cord. Into an adjoining room.'- A ' Hungarian dance; as .a-, violin solo'was the first item-heard from the Japanese station. It was followed by a vocal quarter, the accompanying nitisie being played by a small orchestra, ■ lhe melody'was characteristic of the-Last, but tile composition sdemed to bo American just as Hawaiian music Is written in America. - Weird Japanese songs were . . .. j TDAk 'clinrt.

next h< ard and “Aerial” lost JOAK short.lv after 1.30 a.in. The announcer gave the station call letters in English, ;as usual, and repented them slowly an.d. distinctly “Aerial” made a further, search and found JQBK, Osaka, Japan, on about the wavelength of 4QG, Brisbane, which imd closed doWn over an hour previously. The second Jai'i'anesd station was only hall the volume of'the first, but could be heard several feet from the. loudspeakers, borne native songs and lustrumeutui music was heard till L 45 a.m., when JOBIv lilsiippeared, Both Japanese', stations had slow periods of fading, the complete cyclo trOm maximum to .maximum volume occupying about 3 minutes, bitt they , never were, so faint as to be lhe .wrltet heard a howling valve on JOAK, but the offending .set was apparently some distance awav from the- former set as the howling wits filint. ' There wits no. inter; fereneo at all on JOBK. It is rather,.unfortunate that t lie waveeugths of the Japanese stations clash with -BL, Sydney, and 4QG, Brisbane. otherwise, it, would not be necessary to wait, up until the Australian stations closed'down to hear the 5300. miles away Japimbsc. stations... borne time ago “Aerial”: wrote to the directoi ot JOAK, 'Tokio, which was 1 then on a diti'erent wavelength,'.reporting that. JOAK clashed with 3LO, Melbourne. A most courteous reply was received in English, expresslug extreme regret, but the director said that nothing could Im done to alter the wavelength of JOAK as it was fixed bv the Japanese Government. Bower line leakages do not appear to have caused any serious Interference. in and around Wellington lately. i hose listeners residing close to the -waterfiont have experienced u little interference iron! 11.M.5. Diomede berthed at .the . Queen s Wharf, which- ship lias sent out a lew

H nun, WlllULl- MUM NotMe ineFsages after broadcasting liours In New Zealand. The cruiser has a powerful transmitter, and when It starts. Un it plavs up with reception of Australian broadcasting. A couple of local listeners who have written to "Aerial” reporting Interference, from Morse at certain stated times will gather from this whence the Morse comes. “Aerial” has received letters from a nilniber of listeners suggesting •tju't' t‘ lu broadcast receiving licenses should conic into force from the actual date on which thev arc taken out. They claim that tins system would- be fairer to the listeners, the Broadcasting Company and the Government. “F.N.” (Mastcrton) says that under the present, system there is a decided tendency for listeners to abstain from taking out their licenses until the commencemeht of a quarter, and thus they get, in ninny cases, several weeks tree listening. ’Assembler” (Thorndoii) urges that quarterly licenses should be Issued to any listener without a special plea ol hardship on the applicant’s part. He says "There must be hundreds of Juveniles who cannot afford to pay for more than a quarter at a time. The Host and Telegraph Department' could charge an extra clerical fee of. say. halt’-a-crown for quarterly licenses, and they would get Il without protest. If broadcasting Is to lie populiirlsed and made accessible to all. the departnielit should take some steps to meet the uituatlou. The large lium.ier who failed to renew their licenses al I lie end of April Included hundreds who could not afford Io pay a full year or even u halt year in advance, and who, sooner than'go to any bother about the iiiattet', merely allowed their licenses to lapse. Tills Is bad bmdiieas, and should lie seriously considered by the heads of the departnieiit.” Ilelatlve to the above it was pointed out at the Wellington llndto Society’s meeting on Monday night that if only quarterly and half-yearly licenses were .permitted' the Income of the Department and the Broadcasting Company might be seriously affected In the summer months. This would react on those listeners who maintained their licenses the whole year round. A suggestion was made at the meeting that lhe Australian system would provide n suitable alternative. According to the Commonwealth regulations, if a listener takes out a license for six months he is logallv bound to renew it for the next six months. This ensures an all-tlie-year-roiind support to the broadcast stations, while at the same time it permits listeners to pay their annual license fees in two inst-allnentH.

The Dawson Printing Co.. Ltd. Auckland. has forwarded a copy of the "New Zealand Radio Handbook." No. 3. This is v. 60-page brochure of interest mainly to set builders, professional or amateur, the contents being almost wholly devoted to circuits and data for them. A handy adjunct Is the world tlmo and distance uiup, which goes with the handbook.

TO-DAY’S PROGRAMMES Following are to-day’s broadcast pro grammes :—

1 YA. AUCKLAND metres).—l! pan.: Afternoon session. selected gramophone Items, 4.11: Literary selection by the announcer. -1.9: Further gramophone items. 4.30: Close down. G.t): Children's hour, Undo Tom. 7.15: News and reports. 7.45: Lccturette. Mr. Norman Kerr. "Physical Culture.” 9.0; Chimes. 8.1: Relay of municipal organ recital from Town Hall, by Mr. Maughan Barnett (city organist), assisted by Uie Hazell.-Siitlicrland Duo (vocalists) aud Miss Lynda Mui'phy (sou-, beetle), who will' perform the . following itopis from the studio: Contralto solos. • Miss Phyllis Hazoll. (n) “Sink.. lied Sun"; ■(•Del lliego): <b) "Little Coon's I’ra'yor” (Hope). Baritone solos, Mr.' Frank Suf,her'land. (a) "There, is .My-Heai't” /Schubert) ; (b)‘'~“When the Sargeaut-Major's

on Parade” (Longstaffo). Duets. Ilazelb Sutherland Duo, (a) “Nights of .uusie„ (Cowen) : (b) “The Chocolate Soldier Duet (Strauss). Soubrctto, Miss Lynda Murphy, (a) “Family Lullaby”; (b) It You Knew MuvveY.” 10.0: God Save the KI 2YA, WELLINGTON (420 metres).— Silent. ' , L , 3YA, CHRISTCHURCH (306 metres).— 3 p.m.: Afternoon concert session, selected studio items. 4.U: Talk by a member ot the Canterbury Dental Association, Care of the Mouth and Teeth.” 4.25: Sports results. tl.O: Children's hour. Uncle 1 oter and Mother Hubbard. 7.15: Addlugtou stock market reports. 7.30: News session. 8.0: Chimes and overture. S.,>; joetti quartet (Miss Mildred Russell. ‘ Mrs. Claris Shaw. Messrs. Gregory Russell and K. J. Richards), "Sleepy Ceylon ’ (Moncton). Soprano solo. Mrs. Claris Slmw. 'She s All Right” (Rubens). 8.11: Banjo solos, Mr. George Dunn, popular melodies. b.Jb. Bass solo, Mr. W. J. Richards, Pearl ot Sweet Ceylon” (Moncton). 8.19: 1 iall A’' forte solo, Miss Aileen Warren, Cradle Song” (Brahms-Grainger). 8.23: Soprano and tenor duet. Mrs. Claris Shaw and Mr. Gregory Russell. “Pretty Poll (BrahmsGrainger). 8.20: Instrumental. tilos. Christchurch Broadcasting irio, (•!> “Miniature Trio” (Gurlltt); (b) Gavotte (Gossec). 5.30: Contralto solo, Miss Mildred Russell, "My Cinnamon Irec (Moncton). 8.39: Trombone solos, Mr. Ray O'Daniels, (a) Sing Me it B.lbj Song” (Kahn and Donaldson) , (b) "Everytiling- Nice About You (Waterson). 8.40: Teiior solo,Mr. Gregory Russell. "The Ladles” (Moncton). 8.411: Humorous recitations, Mr. A. H. J odd, (a) “Dillleult Ways of Telling a Story; (b) "Monty on Fashions” (Hayes). bmS: Bass solo and quartet, Mr. W. J. Richards and chorus, "Hail, the Noble (Monetou). 9.1: Weather report and forecast. Overture. 9.7:' Soprano solo, .Mrs. cTa’rls Shaw, “My Heart nt Your' Feet” (Moncton), Tenor anil contralto duet. Mr. Gregory Russell and Miss Mildred Russell "You and 1" (Rubens). 9.14: Builjo solos, Mr. George Dunn, popular melodics. 9.1»: Buss solo. Mr. W. J. Richards, Dear Little Clngalee" (Rubens), local quartet, “The New Year" (Rubens). 9.27: Instrumental trios. Christchurch Broadcasting Trio, (a) "Celebrated Minuet” (Beethoven): (b) “Bolero” (Fernandez): (el ‘ Loudonderry Air" (Morris). 9.38: Tenor solo Mr:'Gregory Russell, “I Love iou A’“ (Norton). fi.42: Pianoforte solo, Miss Aileen Warren, (a) "Vnlse Brilliante m A Flat” (Chopin). 9.4 U: Soprano and tenor duet, Mrs. Claris Shaw and Mr. Gregory RUssell. "Make a Fuss ot Me (Rubens). 9.48: Trombone solo. Mr. Ray O Darnels, popular song melodies, fi.rf.:, Loutrii to solo, Miss Mildred. Russell. lhe 1 - ,a ' ,, . L I’ll Lead” (Rubens). 9.5 b: K( J < i , , tll 1 t .? n 'in if: A H. Todd, ".Mixed and Muddled. IOVocal quartet, Mrs. Claris Shaw. Miss Mildred Russell, Jlyssrs Gregory Russel and W. J. Richards, “Island ot Gay Ce. Mon (Mbhctoii). 10.4: God Save Um Kji'k. . 4YA, DUNEDIN .(4(13 metresj.-bilent. "FC SYDNEY (-142 metres).—B.lo : p.m. . Prologue and Incidental music frotl ' Capitol Theatre. 5.,>2: Gladstone Bell, ’cellist. Also general, programme. 3LO, MELBOURNE (3.1 metros),-8.1 < pm.: The Victorian Railways Institute Orchestra, selection, “lolanthc (Sullivan). 8 "7- Elsie Davies, soprano. Open LIO liiue Eyes, My Beloved," "A Spirit Flfiwcr” (Tiptoll). 8.31: The V ctorian Railways Institute Orchestra, Htmgar an Dances” (Brahms). 8.40: ‘lsohel Blddill, .contralto, "By the .Sea”- (Quilter), Lite Has.Sent/Me Many Hoses (Lohr.). 8,-1.. Helga Breunlcke. ‘cello, se ectcd. 8.,y. The Gvnsv Players. “Dreams (Crist), in the Twilight” (Felix). 9.4: Guy Moore, (tenor). “At the niid-hbiir. pt Mk lll Cowan), “Good Night” (Rubenstein), “The Emptw Nest” (Masfln). Pianoforte recital. 9.11: Henri .I’eiiii, "Chanson (Frlml). ‘ Tarantelle” (Meade), Ln 111ctise” (Raff). "Coiintry Gardens (Grainger) 9.26: Elsie Davies, . soprano, aria, "Alda” (Verdi), 9.33: The Gypsy, Players. "Slow Movement. Tschaikowsky Quartet” 9.40: Isobel Biddell, contralto, "A Summer Night” ((lowing ■ Thomas), “Trees" (Rasbaeh). fi.47: English Nightingale records. "Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise the earth . where cares abound. Or. while the wings aspire, are heart, and ‘eye both with lliy nest upon the dewy .ground. ’! ny nest which thou caiist into nt will flip quivering wings composed, that music still! (Wordsworth). 9.54: Victorian Railways Institute Orchestra, march “Tannliauser (Wagner).' 10.0: Rupert Hnzell and Lisle Dav. “Hannonylarlty.” 10.12: Victorian Railways Institute Orchestra, overture, “Rosaniiinde” (Schubert). .1.0.20: • ‘Ar"Argus” news service. Meteorological information. British Ofiicinl M ireless news from Rugbv. Results of 'Varsity athletic cbampioiisliips, 10.30: Frank and-Francis Luiz, duet, "Hula .Maid,” steel guitar, "Three o'clock In the Morning.’-' ■ song, ■“Kun lpo," diiet, “My Honolulu Hula Girl." 10.42: Victorian Railways Institute'Orchestra. suite, “Three Irish Dances” (Ansell). 10.53: Guy Moore, tenor, "The Sweetest Flower .-that. Blows” .(Hawley), "Jenny’s Way” (Willeby).- .11.0: Our great thought, .11.1: The Vagabonds, Me and Sly Shadow” (Jolson), ‘(Pleading (.Tones), “Down in an Old Havana Town (Friend). "Russian Lullaby” (Berlin), “Hide. Hide” (Hufi'er), “Dance of the Fireflies” (Bloom). "When Banana Skins are Falling” (Potter). “When. .I’m With You” (Conely), “Egypt” (Poller), “Lucky Day” (Henderson). ‘.‘Consolation” (Earles), "Coquette”, (Kahn), "Somebody Lied About Me" (Kahn), '"A Bungalow and You” (O’Hagan). 11.40: God Save the King. » 4QG, BRISBANE .<385 metres).—A programme of dance uiusie li.V All’. Featherstone and his Studio-Syncopators, relayed .(by arrangement) from Hotel Carlton. 8 pan,: National Anthem. 8.1: From the studio—A thought for to-nigllt, "The Return of the Prodigal” (Will IT. Lister). 8.3: From Hotel. Carlton—Dance music, including fox-trots, '(a) "Souvenirs (Nicholl), (b) “If Your Face Wants to Smile—" Wily. Let It” (Barclay); fox-trots, | (a) “Tell .Me To-night” (Connor), (b) ( “You Can’t Cry Over My. Shoulder (Heath); slow fox-trots, (a) “The Birth of the Blues" (Ilmiderson), (b) “Dancing Tambourine” (Polla): jazz waltz, “That Little World is .Mine” (Deppen): rhythmic paraphrase, (a) “Russian .Fantasy (arr. Lange), (b) “Echoes of Ireland”: fox-trots, (a) "Roses (Britt), (b) “Oil. Tlng-a-loo” (Pollock) ; Jazz waltz, “Sometime” (Kahn): one-steps, (a) “I Didn't > Know” (Swift), (b) “Rosemary for Remembrance” (Malden): between dances lhe following will be broadcast from tile studio—Tenor solos, (a) “A Dream” (Bart-

lettl. (Ii) "At Dawning" (Ciidmiin), Mr. C 11. Wyman: soiibrettc numbers, (a) “C’est Vous” (Green), (b) "A Bungalow for You” (O'Hagon). .Miss Billie Bailey; humour bv "tlriiliiim and AVattlc.” J 0.0: "The Daily Mall’ news. 10.5: "The Queenslander” special news service for distant listeners. 10.39: Weather news. 10.40: Close down.

Note.—New Zcaiand lime is an hour and o half ahead of eastern Australian time.