TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

Evening Star, Issue 22573, 15 February 1937, Page 1

TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

4YA, Dunedin. 4.30: Light musical programme. 4.45; Sports results. 6: Children’s session. 6: Dinner music. 7 : News and reports. 8: Chimes. Special recordings, male chorus (five numbers). 8.14: Rees M’Conachy (violinist). 8.29; Dorothy Stentiford (contralto) sings four modern English songs; 8.40: Talk by Mr J. T. Paul, ‘ World Affairs.’ 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: The Dunedin Players present ‘ A Bridge Was Crossed,’ a radio play by Harry Pauli. 10: Dance music. 11: Closedown, 4YO, Dunedin. 5: Selected recordings. 6: Close down. 7: After-dinner music. 8: Variety, and vaudeville programme, 9:. Musical comedy programme. 10: Comedy and light music. 10.30: Close down. 3YA, Christchurch. 5; Children’s hour, 6: Dinner music. 7: News and reports. 7.30: Time signal. Talk by 3YA gardening expert, ‘ Garden Problems Solved.’ 8: Chimes. March and waltz by the New Brighton Municipal Band (conductor, J. A. Nuttall). 8.11: David M‘Gill (tenor). 8.17: New Brighton Band. 8.30: ‘Eb and Zeb, the country storekeepers,’ in another humorous episode (recordings). 8.39: Two foxtrots, by New Brighton Band. 8.46: David M‘Gill (tenor). 8.50: Foxtrot, one-step, and march, New Brighton Band. 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5; Talk by Roy Twyneham, ‘ Famous British Trials: The Bravo Mystery.’ 9.20: Louise Croucher (violinist) apd Ernest Jenher (pianist) present Grieg sonata. 9.44; Special recordings of orchestral music (Bach concerto). 10: ‘Music, Mirth, and Melody ’ (recordings). 11: Close down. 2YA, Wellington. 5; Children’s session. 6; Dinner music. 7: News and reports. (Time signal at 7.30.) 7.45: Rebroadcast from the League of Nations short wave station at Geneva. 8: Chimes. Chamber music programme. Special recordings, pianist and ’cellist (variations by Beethoven on an air from Mozart s ‘The Magic Flute”). 8.14; Recording (tenor). 8.18: Special recordings of instrumental quartet (Beethoven composition). 8.40: Recorded feature, ‘The Hollywood Talker: Scenario to Screen—How Talking Pictures are Made’ (1). 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: A 8.8. C. recorded programme, ‘ Beaten at the P«st, a musical burlesque. 9.45: A Haydn Wood Cameo,’ being a recorded programme featuring orchestral music and tenor solo. 10,2: ‘Take Your Partners,’ a programme of dance numbers ip strict tempo (recordings). 1,1.2:. Close down. IYA, Auckland. ’ 5: Children’s hour. 6: Dinner music. 7: News and reports. 8: Concert programme. The Repertory Players present ‘ Everyman,’ a sixteenth century drama. Characters— Everyman, Wilfred Manning; Death, Charles Archer; Fellowship, Henry Donaldson; Messenger, Dr S. Kenneth Phillips; Cousin, Harry Stanley; Kindred, Phyllis Tattler; Good Deeds, Kathleen Lendrum; Confession, H. Squires; and other characters played by Audrey Levick, Joan Clinton, and Lily Kennedy. 1 reduced by H. Squires. 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.0: Reserved. 9.20: IYA Orchestra (conductor, Harold Baxter) presents three masque dances (Haydn Wood). 9.30: Special recordings, soprano solos. 9.40: IYA Orchestra. 9.46; .Recording (tenor). 9:52: IYA Orchestra in two Irish tone sketches (O’Donnel). 10: ‘ Music, Mirth, and Melody ’ (recordings). 11: Close down. Empire Transmission, No. f. N.Z.T. 8 p.m.; Big Ben. Haunting harmonies in syncopation by Van Denvs. 8.10: ‘This is England’ senes of talks by representative English people —No. 6, talk by L. G. Emmett, of Cornwall, keeper of St. Hawes Castle; introduced by Anthony Weymouth. 8.25: An operatic programme by the 8.8. C. Empire Orchestra _ (leader, Daniel Melsa; conductor, Eric Fogg) and Heddle Nash (tenor). 9.20: Talk by Sir Walford Davies, ‘ Music and the Ordinary Listener.’ 9.40: News and announcements. (Greenwich time signal at 9.45). 10: Close down.. World Short Wave Programmes. (All times are New* Zealand summer.) 5.5 p.m.: DJA—German folk song. 5.10 : ‘ Musical Interlude.’ 5.30:3LR V. ball-tor ball description from Sydney of the cricket match, England v. New South Wales, interspersed with progress scores in. the Sheffield Shield match, Queensland v. Soutli Australia, plajea at Brisbane. 6: DJA,’ news in German. 3LR, race descriptions, interspersed with’ recorded music. 6.15: DJA ‘ Musical. . Interlude ’ (continued) • 6.55= DJA—‘ Greetings to Our Listeners in Australia.* 7: 3LR —Cricket descriptions (continued). __ DJA—News and economic review in English. 7.1 o: ‘ To-day in Germany,’ sound pictures. 730• DJ A—‘ New Voices at the Microphone.’ 8.15: D J A— ‘ Do You Remember? You Heard. . • • : radio review, arranged and conducted by Lydia Binder. 8.30: 3LR, Recorded music. 8.35; A resume from Brisbane of the day’s play in the cricket match, Queensland v. South Australia. 8.43: Sporting session, conducted by A. 8.0. commentator. 8.48; A commentary from Sydney on the day s play in the cricket match, England v. New South Wales. S 55: Sporting session (continued). 9: 3LR— talk, ‘ Housing in England and Europe (problem 5 of slum clearance), by Mr Marcus Barlow. 9.15’: DJA, sports re-

view. 9.20: SLR—musical interlude. 9.25: National news- bulletin. _ 9.30: DJA—News and economic review in German. 3LR—Victorian news bulletin, including cricket scores in brief. 9.40: ‘ Songs From the Shows,’ presented by the A.B.C. (Sydney) Concert Orchestra, conducted by Ivan Rixon, in association with Evelyn Fairfax (soprano). 9.43: DJA —Children's hour, ‘ Jungfrau Maleen,’ German national folklore. 10 : VK3ME —‘ Songs From the World’s Best-known Baritones.’ DJA, ‘Who Laughs, There P SLR— ‘ As Yo Sow,’ an Australian saga, written for radio by Edmund Barclay; episode the seventh, ‘ Governor Bhgh.* 10.30: VPD2—On© and a-half hours’ variety programme. SLR —‘ Night Manoeuvres of the Fleet,’ arranged by Ben Sullivan. A special broadcast from H.M.A.S. Canberra at sea during mght manoeuvres. The rear-admiral commanding the squadron and officers concerned in the manoeuvres will speak before the full calibre Bin shoot, including torpedo firing. This is the first broadcast of its kind ever attempted. 10.52: Interlude. 10.55: DJA—German folk song. 11: VK3ME—News bulletin and sporting results. ‘ Gems From Musical Comedies.’ DJA —A concert of light music. 3LR—The National Dance Orchestra, in a programme of the latest dance successes. 11.30: 3LR—- ‘ Variety,’ a 30-minute vaudeville programme. 12: DJA—News in English, SLR—‘Drama in a Dc.ice Hall/ a “ storv ” presentation by the National Dance” Orchestra and assisting artists: dance music of the moment, with “ arresting ” interruptions. TO-MORROW. 7.5 a.ra.; 2RO—More than three hours’ varied programme from Italian stations. 9: RNE—A programme in English. 1.55 p.m,: 3LR—A ball-for-ball description from Sydney of the cricket match, England v. New South Wales, interspersed with progress scores in the Sheffield Shield cricket match, Queensland v. South Australia, played at Brisbane, and the results of the Woodend races. 2.15: DJA—‘ Hour of Surprises.’ SLR—Luncheon music. 2.30: 3LR— ‘ At Home and Abroad,’ news comments by ‘ The Spectator.’ 3: 3LR —Cricket • descriptions (continued). 3.30: DJA—‘News in Spanish. (DJC and DJD—News in English). 3.45; ‘ Greetings to Our Listeners.’ Programmes given for DJA will also be broadcast from 5.5 p.m. to 12.15 a.m. by DJB, DJE, and DJN (also to 7 p.m. bv DJL and from 11 p.m. by DJQ), and from 2.15 to 3.50 p.m. by DJC, DJD, and DJN.

Call. Location. Metr. Kcs. Watte. DJA, Berlin ... 31.38 9,560 40,000 3LR. Lyndhurst 31.34 9,580 1,000 VKSME, Mel1,500 . bourne 31.55 9,510 VPD2, Suva ... 34.41 8,719 — 2RO, Rome ... 31.13 9,635 20,000 RNE, Moscow 50.00 * 6,000 20,000