TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

Evening Star, Issue 22720, 6 August 1937, Page 1

TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

4YA, Dunedin. 4.30: Light music. 4.45: Sports results. 5: Children’s hour. 6: Dinner music. 7: News and reports. 8: Chimes. ‘ Music Round the Campfire ’ (recordings). 8.16: ‘The Morning After,’ being a further episode in the lives of a Japanese houseboy and bis employer (recordings). 8.28: Chapter 2 of ‘ The Empress Josephine,’—a dramatic serial dealing with the life of the famous Empress of France (recordings). 8.42: Talk by Mr H. A. Glasson, ‘ The Heyday of Bay Whaling in Otago and Southland.’ 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Recordings by instrumental quartet (Schubert composition). 9.21: Recording, mezzosoprano. 9.28 : Recordings of pianoforte music (‘ Beethoven Sonata No. . 9 ’). 10: Relay from the Savoy Restaurant of music by the Savoy Dance Band. 11; Close down. 4YO, Dunedin. 5: Recordings. 6: Close down. 7: After-dinner music. 8: Miscellaneous classical programme. 9: ‘ The Simple Life and Rural Delights,’ a musical trip in the country. 10: Comedy and light music. 10.30: Close down. 3YA, Christchurch. 5: Children’s hour. 6: Dinner music. 7: News and reports. (Time signal at 7.30.) 8: Chimes. Recordings of orchestral music (Rossini overture). 8.13: Recordings, four baritone songs. 8.25: Audrey Ruddock (pianist) presents four forgotten fairy tales (M'Dowell compositions). 8.36: Tenor recital by Thomas E. West. 8.48; Recordings of violin music (four numbers) . 9: Weather report. Station notices. 9.5: Talk by Miss Cora (Wilding, ‘An Artist in Spain.’ 9.20: 3YA. Orchestra, conducted by Gil Dech, presents ‘ Blue Heaven ’ (Robrecht) and ‘ Woodland Pictures ’ suite (Percy Fletcher). 9.33: Miss Gwyneth Hughes (contralto). 9.39: The Gil Dech Ensemble presents two numbers. 9.45: Gwyneth Hughes (contralto). 9.50: 3YA. Orchestra in selection from ‘ The Desert Song ’ (Romberg). 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 Professor W. H. Gold (professor of education, Victoria College), ‘The Kindergarten Movement: A Centenary Tribute.’ 7.40: Young Farmers’ Club talk. 8: Chimes. ‘The Mystery of the Seven Cafes: Chapter 1, Paris ’ —a Secret'Service melodrama written for broadcasting by Sydney Horler and produced by. George Swan. 8.30: A . recital bv Josef Kaartinen (Finnish Saxophonist). 8.40: Talk by Miss Veronica Quinn, ‘The Romance of Harold and .Edith Swanneck.’ 9; AVehther report and station notices. March bv the Port Nicholson Silver Bafid, conducted by J. J. Drew. Cornet solo, ‘ Elizabeth’s Prayer,’ by Bandsman H. F. Vincent, with band accompaniment. 9.20: Albert Chappell (baritone). 9.30: The Port Nicholson Band in hymn ‘ Newchester ’ and ‘Faust’ selection. 9.43: Albert Chappell (baritone). 9.49: Waltz and march by Port Nicholson Band. , 10: Programme of new dance recordings (compere, Arthur Pearce). 11: Close down. IYA, Auckland. 5: Children’s hour. 6; Dinner music. 7: News and reports. 7.30: Sports talk by Mr Gordon Hotter. 8: Concert programme. Reading of prose and verse by Mr D’Arcy Cresswell, with appropriate music. Reading from ‘ A Voyage Round the World ’ (Anson). Recording, ‘ In the South ’ Overture (Elgar) . 9: Weather report. Station notices. 9.5: Eva Stern (pianist), in Brahms compositions. 9.20: Recordings of orchestral music (‘ La Source ’ Ballet Suite, by Delibes). 9.30; Recording, soprano. 9.33: Recordings of orchestral music (‘ln a Summer Garden,’ by Delius) . 9.45: Recordings, soprano. 9.49: Recordings of orchestral music (‘ La Valse,’ by Ravel). 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. 4.30 p.m.: Big Ben. ‘ Cupid and the Diplomat,’ a comedy by Robert Crombie. Production by Howard Rose. 5.15: ‘ Here Lived . . .: Sir Stamford Raffles,’ the fifth of a series of six talks in which S. R. Littlewood describes the places in Great Britain where men who made Empire history once lived. 5.30: The Continental Players, directed by Ernest Leggett. Leonard Gowings (tenor). 5.55 : The news and announcements, with Greenwich time signal at 6. 6.20: Violin solos. 6.30: ‘ The Anglers’ Arms.’ A feature prpgramme. 6.45: Close down. DJA (31.38 m), DJB (19.74 m), Berlin. . 4.35: German folk song. 4.40: Music for all. 5.30; News in German. 5.45 Music for all (continued). 6.20: Greetings to our listeners in New Zealand. 6.30: News and economic review in English. 6.45: ‘To-day in Germany,’ sound pictures. 7: Songs and music from Swabia. Colourful folk music. 7.45: March music. Marches, songs, and scenes from army life. 9: News and economic review in German. 9.15: ‘ German Law,’ Dr Fritz Schwiegk. 9.30: Songs by Franz Schubert, Karl Oskar Dittmer. 9.45; Sign off. SLR (31.34 m), Lyndhurst. 8 p.m.; Chimes. Finance and commerce session. Weather. 8.15; Sporting notes. 8.30: Chimes. ‘ Current Books Worth Reading.’ 8.50: National news bulletin. 9: Queensland and North Australian news bulletin. 9,10; News, markets, weather. 9.40: A recital by Sydney Mac Ewan (tenor). 10: Programme from Melbourne. 10.30: The National Military Band. 11.10: Sketch from Hobart. 11.30; Return to Melbourne. Midnight: News. 0.20: Meditation music. 1: Close down. To-morrow. —2.15 p.m.: Music. 2.30: Time signal. Victorian news. 2.35: Interstate weather notes. 2.45: Music and sporting programme. 6.45: Close down. VK3ME (31.55 m), Melbourne. 9.30 p.m.: Operatic selections. 10.30: News bulletin and sporting results, 10.45: Songs by sopranos and concontraltos.

Radio-Colonial, Paris. On 25.24m.—6.30: - French' news. 6.50: Records. 9: News in . English. 9.30: Close down. On 19.68m.—10.30 p.m.: Concert. 11.15: Talk. - 11.30; News in English. 11.45: Concert. 0.15: Talk. 0.30; Concert. 1: News. 1.30: Literary; talk by M. i Pierre Descaves. 1.40 s Events of the moment. 1.50: Records. 2: Comic opera, ‘The Deserter. 1 3.40: Close down. On 24.25m.—T0-morrow, '4.45 a.m.v News. 5.30; Concert. 6: French netvs, 6.20: ‘ Science and Mankind,’ by M. Luc Durtain. 6.30: Records. 7: News. 8: Relay; 10.30: Close down. ■ On 25.60m.—T0-morrow, T 0.45 a.m.: Concert. 11.45: News. 12.30: Close down. 2.30: Records. 3.3o:"News. ’4; News.in English. . 4.15: Records. 5.15 s News. 5.30: Close down. 2RO, Rome. On 25.4m.—11.13 p.m.: Varied proa gramme from the Italian ‘stations, 0.50: Mediterranean hour. 1.30: Neap and_ Far East—news'in English. : 3.50: Italian East Africa. • On 31.13m.—T0-morrow, 5: .Arabian hour—News, concert of Arabian linusic. 6.40: Varied programme from the Italian, stations. 10: Argentina—news in Spanish. 10.30: American hour—' new;s in English. W2XAD (19.56 m), Schenectady! 1 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, com* mencing at 8.30 a.m. to-morrow and terminating at-4.30-p.rn. - - WBXK, Pittsburg. This station is on the air daily aifollowing times:—On 13.91m-—10.15 p.m. to 0.30 a.m. On . 19.81m—0.‘30 a.m. to 10.30 p.m. On 25.56m—10.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. On 48.83m—1.30 p.m.—sign off, . . ..