TODAY’S RADIO

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 111, 4 February 1941, Page 5

TODAY’S RADIO

Empire Broadcasts News and news commentaries, often followed by topical talks, will be broadcast from Daventry transmitters as specified in the following list. (Those marked with one asterisk will be relayed by the principal stations of the National Broadcasting Service at the time of transmission, and those with two asterisks will be recorded and rebroadcast at the time stated after the asterisks.) The list is correct to New Zealand summer time. 1.00 a.m. GSD (11.75 mc/s.) 4.00 a.m. GSB ( 9.51 mc/s. j 6.00 a.m. GSI (15.26 mc/s.) • and •» 7 a.tn. 8.45 a.m. GSI (15.26 mc/s.) • 11,00 a.m. GSF (15.14 mc/f«.) 1.00 p.m. GSE (11.86 mc/s.) »» 1.15 p.m. 1.45 p.m. GSD (11.75 mc/s.) 3.30 p.m. GSB (9.51 mc/s.) 4.30 p.m. GSB (9.51 mc/s.) 6.15 p.m. GSB ( 9.51 mc/s.) • 7.00 p.m. GSL ( 6.11 mc/s.) 8.30 p.m. GSD (11.75 mc/s.) •• 9.0 P.m. 9.30 p.m. GSD (11.75 mc/s.) 11.00 p.m. GSD (11.75 mc/s.) • The Pacific transmission now extends from 6.10 p.m. to 10.0 p.m. and will be receivable on the following transmitters GSC (31.32 m., 9.58 mc/s.) until 8.0 p.m., GSB (1.55 m., 9.51 mc/s.) till 8.45 p.m., GSD (25.53 xn., 11.75 mc/s.), GSE (25.29 m., 11>6 mc/s.), GSF (19.82 m., 15.14 mc/s.), from 8.15 p.m., and- GSV (16.84 m., 17.81 mc/s.), from 8 p.m. Items of interest in today's programme are:— 6.45 p.m.: “Starlight,” featuring Nat. D. Ayer at the piano. 7.0 p.m.: “Journey in a Convoy,” a feature programme describing a ship's experience under dive-bombing and artillery lire in tile Channel. 8.15 p.m.: “Calling Australia,” a talk by Sir Alfred Zimmern. 9.0: Talk, “Matters of Moment.” National Stations 2YA Wellington 6.0 a.m.: News and recordings. 9.0: Correspondence School Educational session. 9.45: Recordings. Rainbow rhythm ; contrasts in rhythm and melody. 10.10: Devotional Service. 10.25: For the opera lover. 10.28: Time signals. 10.40: "For My Lady": “Tenors and the Girls They Sing About.” 11.0: “.Shoes and Ships and Sealing-wax,” by Nelle Scanlan. 11.15: Something new. 11.30: Talk by a representative of the Wellington lied Cross Society. 12.0: Lunch hour. 2.0: Recordings. 3.0 and 4.0: Sports results. 3.28: Time signals. 5.0: Children's session. 5.45: Dinner music. 7.0: Local news. 7.1 o: “Britain Speaks.” 7.28: Time signals. 7.30: Reserved. 7.45: Recital of Choral Music. 8.3: With the moderns. 8.39: W. Roy Hill (tenor), from the studio. 8.o7: Station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. Newsreel. 9.15: 8.8. C. Nows Commentary. 9.20: tor the Connoisseur. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 10.40: Repetition of the greetings and requests from the New Zealand Forces in the Middle East. 11.0: News, followed by meditation music. 11.30: Close down. 2YC Wellington 5 0 pm.: Tunes for the tea-table. 6.0: Musical menu. 7.0: After-dinner .music. 80: Variety. 10.0 to 10.25: 'Signal preparations for Air Force. 10.30: Close down. 2YD Wellington 7.0 p.m.: Ragtime marches on. 7.20: “Down the Texas Trail." 7.35: “A Gentleman Rider.” 7.47: Musical melange. 8.10: “Marie Antoinette.” 8.35: Soft lights and sweet music. 8.50: “The Fourth Form at St Percy's.” 9.2: The passing show. 9.17: Ports of Call: Ireland.' 9.47: Fanfare. 10.0: Close down. IYA Auckland

6 0 a.m.: News. 9.0: Correspondence School Educational session. 9.45: “Light and Shade.” 10.0: Devotional service. 10.20: Recordings. .10.45: "Shoes and Ships and Sealing-wax," by Nelle Scanlan. 11.0: “Musical Snapshots.’ 12.0: Lunch music 2.0: Recordings. 3.30 and 4 ; o0: Sports results. 5.0: Children's session. 545: Dinner music. 7.0: Local news. 7.10. Talk bv the Gardening Expert. 7.38: "One Good Deed a Day.” 7.51 and 8.18: Stud o recital by Ossie Cheesman (plano-nccordi-on) 83: 8.8. C. sketch: “Poor Old Snell, col- “The First Great Churchill." The story ol Winston Churchill 8.57: Station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. newsreel. O.lo: 8.8. C. news commentary. 9.30: Dance music. 110: News, followed by meditation music. 1L30: Close down. 3YA Christchurch

6 0 a.m.: News. 9.0: Correspondence School Educational session. 10.0: “For My

Lady”: "Martin's Corner." 10.30: Devotional service. 11.0: ’’Shoes and Ships and Sealing-Wax," by Nelle Scanlan. ILL;: Talk on "Fashions,” by Ethel Early. l-.y. Lunch music. 2.0: Recordings. 4.30: Sports results. ■ 5.0: Children’s session. u.4i>: Dinner music. 7.0: Local news. £.Jo: Book reiew by H. Winston Rhodes. and Dave." 7.51: Nathaniel Shilkret Orchestra and the Al as ter Singers, b.lu: A Gentleman Rider." 8.20: From the studio. Allen Wellbrock (pianist). 8.42: ’ Lhe Buccaneers of the Pirate Ship Vulture. , b.oi• Station notices. 0.0: N.B.S. newsriAi. 0.15: 8.8. C. news commentary. Studio recital by Heddle Nash (Engnsn tenor). O.3'J: Musical comedy mein ones. 10.0: Guy Lombardo and his Roytu Canadians. 11.0: News from London, followed by meditation music. 11.30: Close down 4YA Dunedin

6.0 a.in.: News and recordings- 9.0: Correspondence S.-li.nd Educational session 10,15: Devotional service. 19.401 "Slioes and Ships and Sealing-Wax," by .Scanlan. 11.0: "For My Lady”. Ibe Leeds Festival Choir. 11.20: Recordings. 1-.0-Lunch music. 2.0: Recordings. 3.0il uuu 4.45: Sports results. 5.0: Children s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 7.0: Local news. 7.16: Recorded talk by Douglas Cresswell, "The Cradle of New Zealand: Hobson’s Choice.” 7.30: Programme by the St. Hilda Band, conducted by L. Francis, with interludes, by Harold J o '?..? 0 ,? (tenor). 8.53: Station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. newsreel. 9.15: 8.8. C. news commentary. 9.28: “Coronets of England”: The Life of Henry VIII. 9.54: “Do You Know Why/ by Autolycus. 10.0: Music, mirth ana melody. 11,0: News, followed by meditation music. 11.30: Close down.