TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

Evening Star, Issue 22475, 21 October 1936, Page 1

TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

4YA, Dunedin.—4.3o: Light musical programme. 4.45 : Sports results. 5: Children’s session, 6: Dinner music. 7: News and reports. 7.30 : Book talk. 8: Chiracs. Special recordings of orchestral music. (‘ Nautical Moments,’ by Winter). 8.10: ‘Technicalities,’ a further episode in the lives of a Japanese houseboy and his employer (recordings). 8.25: Quarter of an hour with the Kingsmen, radio’s royal quartet (recordings). 8.40: Reserved. 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Fifteen minutes of humour, featuring “ Darby and Joan ” in ‘ The Interior Decorator ’ (recordings). 9.20: A 8.8.0. recorded programme, ‘ The Table Under the Tree,’ an evening in a Continental cafe. 10.2: Dance music. 11: Close down.

4YO, Dunedin.—s: Selected recordings. 6 : Close down. 7: After-dinner music. 8: Orchestral programme. 9.20; Grand opera recital. 10: Comedy and light music. 10.30: Close down. 3YA, Christchurch.—s: Children’s hour. 6; Dinner music. 7: News and reports. 7.20: Addington stock market reports. 7.30; Time signal. Talk by Professor James Shelley, ‘ The Threshold of Our Age: Education ’ (part 2). 8; Chimes. Record (orchesSpecial recordings of solo ’cellist with orchestra (Schumann concerto). 8.38: Miss_ Belle Rcnaut (contralto). 8.48: Special recordings of orchestral music (symphonic poem by Saint-Sacns). 9: Weather report and statioii notices. 9.5: Record (orchestra). 9.13: Record (tenor). 9.16: Special recordings of orchestral music (Brahms symphony). 10: ‘ Music; Mirth, and Melody ’ (recordings). 11; Close down. 2YA, Wellington. —5: Children’s hour. 6: Dinner music. 7 : News and reports. 7.30: Time signal. Talk by 2YA gardening expert, ‘ More Hints for the Home Gardener.’ 8: Light orchestral and ballad programme. Selection from Mendelssohn's ‘ Songs Without Words ’ by 2YA Concert Orchestra (conductor, Mr Leon de Mauny). 8.12: Madame Irene Ainsley (contralto). 8.17: 2YA Concert Orchestra. 8.21: Record (tenor). 8.24; Madame Irene Ainsley (contralto). 8.30; 2YA Concert Orchestra presents ‘ In a Fairy Realm ’ suite (Ketelby). 8.40: Talk by Dr Guy H. Scholefield, ‘ World Affairs.’ 9; Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Mr L. J. Maule and company present ‘ The Fantastic Battle,’ a radio play by Leslie Bailey, based on a story by C. R. Burns. 10: ‘ Best Sellers,’ a recorded programme of popular dance numbers. 11: Close down.

_ IYA, Auckland.—s: Children’s session. 6: Dinner music. 7: News and reports. 8: Relay from the Lewis Eady Hall of programme by the Auckland Chamber Music Society. Performers; Mr Haydn Murray (violinist), Miss Lois. Walls (violinist). Miss Lalla Hemus (’cellist), Mr Owen Jensen (pianist), Mr Vincent Aspey\ (violinist). 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5; Recorded talk by Mr W. W. Bird, late Superintendent of Native Education, ‘ Songs of the Maori.’ 9.25: Programme of varied recordings, concluding with ‘ Music, Mirth, and Melody.’ 11: Close down.

Empire Transmission, No. 1. N.Z.T., 7.15 p.m.: Big Ben. Chamber music. 8: ‘ Foreign Affairs,’ by Sir Frederick Whyte, K.C.5.1., LL.D. 8.15: Variety. 8.25: ‘Empire Magazine.’ 8.55; News and announcements. 9.15: Close down.

World Short Wave Programmes. (All times are New Zealand summer.) 5.5 p.m.: DJB, German folk song. 5.10; ‘Playing for You.’ 5.45: TPA4, news in German. 6: DJB, news in German. 6.15: ‘Playing for You’ (continued). 6.55: DJB, ‘ Greetings to Our Listeners.’ 7; TPA3, relay from P.T.T. transmitter. DJB, news and economic review in English. 7.15: ‘ To-day in Germany,’ sound pictures. 7.30: DJB, ‘ High Up the Air is Fresh and Pure.’ 8.30: 3LR, countryman’s session. DJB, ‘We Come from “ Pommerland,” ’ homeland evening. 9: 3LR, sporting session, conducted by A.B.C. commentator. 9.15: TP A 3, news in French. DJB, ‘ German Winter Sports Territory : 11., Bavarian Alps.’ 9.20: SLR, national news bulletin. 9.30: DJB, news and economic review in German. 3LR, musical interlude. 9.38: National talk, ‘ Rickshaws at Midnight,’ by Mr Ben Sullivan. 9.45: TPA3, news in English. DJB, brass band concert. 9.53: 3LR, Victorian news bulletin. 10: VK3ME, ‘ With the World’s Famous Orchestras.’ SLR, the A.B.C. (Melbourne) Concert Orchestra, conducted by Percy Code. 10.30: VPD2, variety programme. 3LR, ‘ Kubla Khan,’ by S. Coleridge Taylor, the A.B.C. (Melbourne) Concert Orchestra and Wireless Chorus; soloist, Winifred Gardiner (contralto). 10.55: DJB, German folk song. 11: VK3ME, news bulletin and snorting results. ‘ A Tour of the World With VKSME’s Mailbag.’ DJB, concert of light music. RNE, ‘My Job,’ foreign workers and the micropho’ne. ‘ Soviet Opinion and World Affairs.’ 3LR, ‘ Nelson Exnects,’ a play by William Fitzmanrico Hill. The action takes place on land in England and on battleships at sea during the Napoleonic wars, 11.30: VK3ME. ‘The Loading Dance Bands.’ 12: DJB, news in English. SLR, the Vario Trio. 12.20: An interview with the English test cricketers. TO-MORROW. 7.5 a.m.: 2RO, more than three hours’ varied programme from Italian stations. 9: RNE. a repetition of the programme given at 11 p.m. 11: 2RO, a programme for North America, news in English and Italian. Selections from musical comedies. Talks on topics of general interest. Vocal concert, Neapolitan songs by a tenor. 12: PCJ, an hour’s happy programme. 12.30: DJB, folk music. 1.15: DJB, news and economic review in English. (DJN and DJQ, ‘ To-day in Grnmny.’) 1.30: DJB, Hitler youth programme, ‘ Hitler Youth in tiie Labour Service.’ 2: DJB, news in

German. 2.15: Light concert. 3.30: DJB, news in Spanish. 3.45: ‘Greetings to Our Listeners.’ TPA4, news in French. Market prices. 4: W2XAF. Jolly Colburns’ Orchestra. 4.15: Keith Beecher’s Orchestra. TPA4, news in English. 4.30: W2XAF. Jesse Crawford (organist). 4.35: TPA4, news in Spanish. ’ 4.55: Records or theatrical broadcast. Programmes given for DJB will also be broadcast from 5.5 to 10.15 p.m. by DJA and DJN; from 10.55 p.m. to 12.15 a.m. bv DJE; and from 12.30 to 4 p.m. by DJA, DJD, DJN, and DJQ.

Cali. Location Metr. Kcs. Watts. DJB, Berlin 19.74 15,200 40,000 TP A3, Paris ... 25.24 11.885 — TPA3, Paris ... 25.24 11,885 — 3T,H. Lyndhnrst VK3ME, Melbourne ... 31.34 9,580 1,000 31.55 9,510 1,500 VPD2, Suva ... 31.45 9,540 — BNE, Moscow 25.00 12,000 20,000 2BO, Borne ... 25.40 11,810 20,000 PO.l. Eindhoven 31.28 9,590 20,000 W2XAK. Schenectady 31.-15 9,530 25,000