TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

Evening Star, Issue 22682, 23 June 1937, Page 1

TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

4YA, Dunedin. 4.30: Light musical programme. 4.45: Sports results. 5 : Children’s session. C : Dinner music. 7: News and reports. 7.30; Talk by 4YA motor expert, ‘ Helpful Hints to Motorists.’ 8: Chimes. A variety programme. Recordings of instrumental sextet (‘ At tho Lansdowne’). 8.10: Piano novelties by Athol Wise. 8.17: Recording, vocal party. 8.20: Recording, sketch. 8.26: Recording, male trio. 8.29: Further piano novelties by Athol Wise. 8.36: Recording, waltz hand. 8.40: Talk by a Dunedin barrister, ‘ Famous Murder Trials.’ 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: A theme programme—‘ Yorkshire Musicians and Mummers ’ (recordings), This recital will introduce listeners to some of the greatest personalities in the ranks of musicians and popular entertainers in tho County of Yorkshire. 10.5: Dance music. 11: Close down. 4YO, Dunedin. 5: Selected recordings. 6: Close down. 7: After-dinner music. 8: A Schumann symphonic programme. 9: Light orchestral and ballad programme. 10: Comedy and light music. 10.30: Close down. 3YA, Christchurch. 5: 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, ‘This Changing World: The Twentieth Century: Ethnology.’ 8: Chimes. Concert programme. Recording of orchestra (Strauss overture). 8.9: Recording of soprano (four Brahms numbers). 8.15: Recordings of orchestral music (Bizet composition). 8.31: Arthur S. Bell (baritone). 8.41: Recordings of pianoforte musio (Chopin fantasia). 8.51: Recording, orchestra. 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Reserved. 9.20: Recordings of orchestral music (Schubert symphony). 10: ‘ Music, Mirth, and Melody ’ (recordings). 11; Close down. 2YA, Wellington. 5: Children’s session. 6; Dinner session. 7: News and reports, 7.30: Time signal. Talk by 2YA gardening expert, ‘ More Hints for the_ Homo Gardener.’ 8: Chimes. Recording, orchestra. 8.5: The Orpheus Sextet. 8.11: Josef Kaartinen (Finnish saxophonist). 8.31: The Orpheus Sextet. 8.37: Recording, orchestra. 8.40: Talk by Dr Guy H. Scholefield, ‘ World Affairs.’ 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: ‘A Tale of Two Cities,’ by Charles Dickens. Dramatised for radio presentation by Edmund Barclay, and presented by W. J. Mountjoy and company. 10.5: Relay from the Majestic of dance music by Mr Lauri Paddi and his band. 11.5: Close down, IYA, Auckland. 5: Children’s session. 6: Dinner music. 7: News and reports. 7.40: Talk by Mr D. M. Rae (principal of the Teachers’ Training _ College), ‘ The Forthcoming Educational Conference.’ 8: ■ Chamber musio programme. Recordings of string quartet (Arnold Bax composition). 8.24: Jessie King (mezzo-contralto). 8.36: Dora Judson and Madeleine Wilcox present ‘ Romance ’ for two pianos (Greig). _ 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Talk by Mr F. G. Brewis, ‘ Tea Manufacture in Ceylon.’ 9.20: Two numbers by the Studio String Orchestra, conducted by Harold Baxter. 9.26: John O’Malley (tenor), 9.33; Recording, violinist. 9.36: Mavis Bennett (soprano) . 9.42: Studio String Orchestra. 9.47: John O’Malley (tenor). 9.53: Studio String Orchestra in ‘ Seven Scottish Airs ’ (Holst). 10: ‘Music, Mirth, and Melody ’ (recordings). 11: Close down. SHORT WAVE PROGRAMMES (New Zealand times are given.) Empire Stations (16.86 m, 19.76 m, 25.53 m, 31,55 m), Daventry. 5 p.m.: Big Ben. ‘ World Affairs.’ A talk by H. Wickham Steed. 5.15: ‘At the Theatres.’ Descriptions and songs of London shows, by Dudley Glass and Dorothy Brunton. 5.35: ‘ The Castle of Edinburgh.’ A reminiscence of days long past, by W. Mackay Mackenzie. In this programme scenes from the history of the Castle of Edinburgh will be presented—played not from the studios, but from the castle itself. Fanfares and production by John Gough. 6.25: The news and announcements. Greenwich time signal at 6.30. 6.45: All-England Lawn Tennis Club championship meeting. Commentaries on the play, from the centre court, Wimbledon. 7.15: Close down. DJA (31.38 m), DJB (19.74 m), Berlin, 4.35: German folk song. 4.40: Gay music-making. 5.30: News in German. 5.45; Gay music-making (continued). 6.25: Greetings to our listeners. 6.30: Nows and economic review in English. 6.45: ‘To-day in Germany,’ sound pictures. 7 : Children’s hour, ‘ The Frohlich Family Plays Theatre.’ 7.15: ‘A Masked Ball.’ Cross-section from Giuseppe Verdi’s opera. 8.45: Women’s hour. Talent and vocation, ‘ Women’s Cultural Creativeness.’ Conversation with Lore Bauer-Hundsdorfer. 9; News and economiv review in German. 9.15: ‘ Press Review.’ Editor-in-chief, Hans Fritzsche. 9.30: Modern piano music, Agathe v. Tiedemann. 9.45: Sign off. SLR (31.34 m), Lyndhurst. 8 p.m.: Chimes, news, markets, weather. 8.15: Sporting notes. 8.30: Chimes. Talk by Professor A. H. Charteris. 8.50: National news bulletin. 9: Queensland news bulletin. 9.5; ‘Lyre Bird.’ 9.10: Serial. 9.30: Programme by the National Military Band. 10: ' Topical revue. 10.30: Spotlight on rhythm Jim Davidson and the A.B.C. Dane© Band. 11; Programme from tho Melbourne studios. Midnight: News. 0.15: Meditation music. 1: Close clown. To-morrow. —2.15 p.m.; ‘At Home and Abroad Tho Watchman.’ 2.30: Time signal. Victorian news. . 2.35; Interstate weather notes. 2.45; Music, including community singing. 6.30: Close down. VK3ME (31.55 m), Melbourne. 9.30 p.m.: ‘ AVith the AVorld’s Famous Orchestras.’ 10.30: News bulletin and sporting results. 10.35; ‘ A Tour of the AA 7 orld AVith VKSME’s Mailbag.’ 11: ‘The Leading Dance Bands.’

Radio-Colonial, Paris. On 25.24 m. 8.45: News. 9.30; Close down. On 19.68 m. 11.15: Talk ou French events. 11.30: News in English. 11.45; Concert. 1: News. 1.30; Economic and social talk by Mr' Oualid. L4O; Theatrical talk by Pierre Seize. 1.50; Records. 2: Concert, conducted by H. Tomasi, with Mrs Marie Panthes (pianist). 3.35: Close down. On 25.24m.—T0-morrow, 3.35 a.m.; News. 4.30 Concert. 6: French news. 6.20: ‘ AVho’s AVho To-day,’ by F. JPottecher. 6.30: Records. 7: News. 8: Relay. 10.30: Close down. On 25.60 m 10.45: Records. 11.45: News. 12.30: Close down. 2.30: Records.. 3.30: News. 4.15; Records. 5.15: News. 5.30: Close down, JZI (31.46 m), JZJ (25.42 m), Tokio. To-morrow.—l.3o a.m.: News in English. 1.45; Selections from new Japanese music, played by Jiro Hiraoka and others. 2.7 : News in Japanese. 2.17: New folk songs and letters from home. 2.30: National Anthem. 2RO, Rome. On 25.4m.—11.30 p.m.: Varied programme from the Italian stations. 0.50: Mediterranean hour—news, symphonic concert, talk. 1.30; Near and Far East —news in English, instrumental and vocal concert, sports survey, talk. 3.50: Italian East Africa—news, symphonies from the stage, sports news, latest news. On 31.13m.—5: Arabian hour—news, concert of Arabian music. 5.51: News in English. 6.35: Varied programme from the Italian stations. 10.30: North America —news in English, concert of folk songs, talk, organ recital, soprano. W2XAD (19.56 m), Schenectady. Variety programme from 2.30 a.m. to-morrow. Sign off at 10.30 a.m. W2XAF (31.48 m), Schenectady. Programme of varied items, commencing at 8.30 a.m. to-morrow and terminating at 4.30 p.m.