TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

Evening Star, Issue 22576, 18 February 1937, Page 1

TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

4YA, Dunedin, 4.30; Light musical programme. 4.45; Sports results. 5; Children's hour. 0: Dinner music. 7: News and reports. 7.30: Gardening talk. 8: Chimes. A classical and symphonic programme featuring works by contemporary composers—Jean Sibelius (born Finland, I 860), Richard Strauss (born Munich, 1864), Arnold Schonberg (born Vienna, 1874), Yrjo Kilpinen (born Finland, 1892), Maurice Ravel (born France, 1875). The programme comprises orchestral numbers and vocal solos.. 8.40: Recorded talk by Mr W. W. Bird (late Superintendent of Native Education), ‘Songs of the Maori.' 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5; (Continuation of recorded programme. 10: , ‘ Music, Mirth, and Melody ’ (recordings), 11; Close down.

4YO, Dunedin. .5; . Selected recordings. 6 : Close down. 7; After-dinner music. ■8: Variety and vaudeville programme. 10: Light musical recital. 10.30 : Close down. 3YA, Christchurch.

5: Children’s hour. 6: Dinner music. 7: News and reports. (Time signal at 7.30.) 8; Chimes. Programme of recordings, featuring dramatic numbers and humorous sketches. 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5; Talk by Mr Leicester Webb, ‘ World Affaire.' 9.20: I)ance music. 11; Close down.

2YA, Wellington

5: Children’s hour. 6: Dinner music. 7; News and reports. (Time signal at 7.30.) 8: Chimes. Popular programme. ‘ Potted Revue,’ .No. 5, comprising half an hour of juried music and vaudeville (recordings). 8.32: A further incident in the lives of the Japanese houseboy and his- employer, ‘ Frank Calls for Assistance ’ (recordings). 8.46: Talk by Mr Johannes Andersen, ‘ Literature and Peace: No. 2, Personalities at the P.E.N. Congress.’ 9.6: Weather report and station notices. 9.11: Ethel Wallace (violinist). 9.27: Doris Black (soprano). 9.38; Special recordings of organ music (medley of popular classics). . 9.51: Recording (bass-baritone). 10.1: ‘ Music, Mirth, and Melory ’ (recordings). 11.1: Close down. IYA, Auckland.

5: Children’s hour. 6; Dinner music, 7: News and reports. 8; Concert programme. Recorded feature —Elizabethan music (what modernists owe to the sixteenth century composers), comjmsing orchestral numbers and tenor solos. 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Reserved. 9.20: Recording (massed bands). 9.24: Recording (military band). 9.32: Mavis Beadle (soprano). 9.38: Recording (military band). 9.46: Recording (massed bands). 9.50: Mavis Beadle (soprano), 9.56: Recording (massed band's). 10: ‘ Let’s Laugh,’ another recorded programme of comedy dance numbers, with interludes by Cyril Barnett (yodelling ' and . guitar). 11: Close down.

Empire Transmission, No. 1. N.Z.T. 8 p.m.: Big Ben. “The Roosters ” (hatched 1917; still crowing 1937). This famous Army concert party will give selections from its repertoire—Arthur Mackness (tenor), Septimus Hunt (baritone), Percy Merriman (entertainer), William Mack (humorist;, Charles Harrison (comedian) ; at the piano, Frederick Pain. 8.41: A pianoforte recital by Henry Bronkhurst. 9 : ‘ Food ■ for Thought,’ comprising three short talks on matters of topical interest. 9.20: ‘ Diamonds,’ an actuality programme, produced by Pascoe Thornton. 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: ‘An Entertainment Hour.’ _6: DJA —News in German. 6.15: ‘An Entertainment Hour ’ (continued). 6.65: DJA —‘Greetings to Our Listeners in Australia.’ 7: DJA—News and economic review in English. 7.15: ‘Today in Germany,’ sound pictures. 7.30: DJ A —A concert of light music. 8.30: 3LR—Recorded music. DJA—‘The German Way: Evening in Sans souci.’' 8.45: SLR—Sporting session, conducted by A.B.C. commentator. 9; 3LR—‘ I Look at Life,’ by Mr Alan Moyle. 9.16: Musical interlude. DJA —Trio for violin, ’cello, and piano, by Haydn, played by the Weinkauf Trio. 9.20: 3LR—National news bulletin. 9.30: DJA —News and economic review in German. 3LR —Victorian news bulletin. 9.40: The A.B.C. (Sydney) Wireless Chorus. 9.45: DJA.— Hitler Youth programme: ‘Carl Peters,’ presentation of a life story, arranged by ’Rudolf Schaffler. 10: VK3ME—‘ Band Music from Everywhere.’ 3LR—‘Contemporary Composers,’ a programme arauged by Roy Agnew, well-known composer-pianist. 10.30: VPD2—One and a-half hours’ variety programme. 10.45: A recital by Rita Miller (coloratura soprano), Leslie Baiklam (flute), and Adrian Beni dall (harp). 10.55: DJA—German folk song. 11: VK3ME —News bulletin and I sporting results. ‘Famous Vocalists.’ 1 DJA —A concert of light music. 11.15: , SLR— ‘ Current Topics ’ (from Hobart), I an interview with a prominent person, a special talk on current events, or the 'like. 11.30: SLR—‘ Hiawatha.’ a pre- , sentation of the ballet music of S. Coleridge-Taylor, with the verses of ' Longfellow spoken by Dorothy Lloyd, in association with the A.B.C. (Tasmanian) Wireless Chorus and Orchestra ; devised and conducted by Clive Douglas. 12: DJA—News in English. 3LR—A programme by John Morley’s Quintet, with Arthur Lee (vocalist). TO-MORROW. 7.6 a.m. : 2RO — More than three hours’ varied programme from Italian stations. 1.55 p.m.: SLR—A ball-for-ball description from the Melbourne Cricket Ground of the cricket match, England v. Victoria. (During the day SLB’s programmes will be interrupted by progress scores in the match New South Wales v. South Australia, played at Svdney.) 2.15: DJA—Military concert. 3LR—Luncheon music. 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 pan. to 12.15 a.m. by DJB, DJE, and DJN (also to 7 p.m. by 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. Watts. DJA. Berlin ... 31.38 9,560 40,000 VK3MK. Melbourne 31.55 9.510 1,500 31/11, Lvndlnust 31.34 9,580 ‘ 1,000 VPD2, Suva ... 34.41 8,719 — 2RO, Romo ... 31.13 9,635 20,000