BROADCASTING

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 20, 25 January 1937, Page 4

BROADCASTING

TODAY'S PROGRAMMES All national stations will rebroadcast tlie opening of the new 2YA 60kilowatt transmitter at TitaJii Bay, with an all-star variety programme. 2YC—Relay of Wellington Burns Club concert. 2YA, WELLINGTON (570 kc.). i 5.0: Children's hour, Andy Man. 6 0: Edith Lorand and her Viennese Orchestra. "Gipsy Love" Overture. Berlin State Opera Orchestra, "Dance of the Hours." Edith Lorand, Paraphrase of Two Russian Folk Songs. : Paul Godwin's Orchestra, "Sizilietta." 6.20: Plaza Theatre Orchestra, "My Lady Dainty." Alexander Brailowsky (piano). "Dance of the Gnomes" in F Sharp Minor. Victor Olof Salon Orchestra, "Grieg"—A Selection of Works. Rio Novelty Orchestra, "Mientras Lloro el Tango." 6.38: Erwin Christoph (organ), "Arabian Gold." William Murdoch (piano), Nocturne in C Sharp Minor. Paul Godwin Orchestra, "Butterfly" Intermezzo, 6.49: Berlin State Opera House Orchestra. "Schwanda, the Bagpipe Player" Selection. Paul Godwin and his Orchestra, "Whisperings from the For--7.0: News and reports. IYA, 2YA, 3YA, and 4YA: Opening of the new 2YA CO-kilowatt transmitter at Titahl Bay. 7.30: Opening speeches. .7.53. Station declared open. National Anthem. 7.55: The Hon. W. Nash, Minister of Finance, speaking from Geneva: "World Problems Seen Through League Council." 8.5: Augmented Orchestra, conducted by Gil Dech, "Maori Medley" (arr. Dech). . . , Margherita Zelanda (soprano), with Orchestra, "Parla" Waltz; "The Gipsy and the Bird." , . . From 3YA.—Noel Ncwson (pianist), "Caprice Espagnol." Harmonic Society, "Fairy' Chorus; "Falstaff and the Fairies"; "The Campbells are Comin'." . From 2YA. —Ava Symons (violinist). Theme and Variations (Tartini-Kreis-ler). At the piano. Frank Crowther. From IYA.—Play, produced by J. M. Clark and Company, "How He Lied to Her Husband" (Bernard Shaw). From 4YA.—Wilfred Kershaw (bass), "The Floral Dance." From 2YA. —Gil Dech and the Augmented Orchestra, "Maori Song of Farewell." Weather report. From 2YA. —Wanganui Maori Party in "Music and Tradition of Aotearoa." 9.50: "In Such Short Time." A cavalcade, depicting in dramatic form the development of national broadcasting in New Zealand between the years 1926-1937. Arranged and produced by Will Yates. Narrators: Professor James Shelley, Alan McElwain, and Karl Atkinson. "Film Stars Parade." Introducing "The Man in the Street." A popular presentation featuring scenes and songs from well-known talkies of the past year which have been broadcast from national stations. 11,15: Close down. 2YC WELLINGTON (840 kc.) 5.0 to 6.0; Light musical programme. 7.0: After dinner music. 8.0: Band programme, with spoken interludes. 9.0: Wellington Burns Club concert. Talk by Sir James Elliott, M.D., F.R.C.S., on "The Immortal Memory." Assisting artists: Miss Jeanette Briggs, Miss Kathleen Sawyer, Mr. J. Cathcart, Mr. Glading, and Mr. J. Blackwood. Miss Dorothy Spinks (official accompanist). 10.0 to 10.30; "In Order of Appearance." Efrem Zimbalist (violin), The Maestro (vocal quintet), and Fred Elizalde (piano). EMPIRE BROADCAST. 8.0: Big Ben. "This is England." Talks by representative English people (3); Driver A. Dart, of the Great Western . Railway. Introduced by Anthony Weymouth. 8.16; A recital of Burns's songs by Ella McConnell (contralto), and George Fleming (baritone). 1 8.35: "Tamo' Shanter." A. dramatisation by Joe Corrie, based on the 1 Robert Burns poem. The action takes • place in the town of Ayr and its i neighbourhood, and the people encoun- ■ tered include Tam, Kate, Jean, Weelum, Doonfit, Souter, Nannie, and townsfolk. Produced by Howard Hose. 9.20: "Music and the Ordinary Listener" (10). A talk by Sir Walford Davies. 9.40: The news and announcements. Greenwich time signed at 9.45. 10.0; Close down.