TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

Evening Star, Issue 22780, 15 October 1937, Page 1

TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

o 4YA, Dunedin. (7901 cc.) 4.30; Light music. 5: Children’s session, conducted by Big Brother Bill, assisted by Mr Aero Man, with, at 5.30, ‘ The Lolly Kitchen.’ G : Dinner music. 7: News and reports. 8: Chimes. ‘ Stars in the Nursery,’ a programme by juvenile performers. 8.32: ‘ Frank Joins the Missing ’ (Japanese househoy recordings). 8.44; Talk by Miss Lola Maries, ‘Springtime in London.’ 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Recordings—Quintet in C (Schubert), played by the London String Quartet, ■with Horace Britt (’cellist). 9.53: Recording; tenor. 10: Relay from the Savoy Restaurant of music by the Savoy Dance Band. 11: Close down. 4YO, Dunedin. (1,140 kc), 5; Recordings. 6: Close down. 7: After-dinner music. 8: Miscellaneous classical programme. 9: ‘ Modern Versions of . Old Favourites.” 9.14: Studies in musical tastes. 10: Comedy and light music. 10.30: Close down. 3YA, Christchurch. (720 kc). 5: Children’s hour. 6: Dinner music. 7: Chimes. Hebroadcast from 2YA— Official news service, issued by tho Prime Minister’s Department; also British official wireless news. 7.10: News and reports (3YA). (Time signal at 7.30.) 8: Chimes. Recordings—- ‘ Romeo and Juliet ’ Overture Fantasia (Tchaikowsky), played by Wilhelm Mengelberg and his Concert Orchestra. 8.22: Recording, male chorus. 8.27: Recording, orchestra. 8.35: Viola Morris and Victoria Anderson (English singers) entertain in solos and duets 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5; Reserved. 9.20: Recording, orchestra. 9,26: A. G. Thompson (baritone). 9.37; Recording, orchestra. 9.44; Special recordings—Westminster Singers (male voices) in four numbers. 9.54; Recording, orchestra. 10: ‘Music, Mirth, and Melody’ (recordings). 11: Close down.

2YA, Wellington (570 kc.) 5: Children’s session. 6; Dinner session. 7: News and reports. (Time signal at 7.30.) 7.40.: Talk by a representative of the Young Farmers Clubs. 8: Chimes. Programme of miscellaneous recordings. 8.40: Talk by Captain W. J. Melville, ‘ Round About Scotland Yard.’ 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: ‘Eb and Zeb (recordings). 9.15: Recording, military band. 9.21: May Lander (soprano). 9.31: Recording, massed hands. 9.38: Recording by the Comedy Harmonists, vocal quintet, in Tea for -Twp'’ (Yonmans)., . 9.42: Recording, military band. 9.50: Dorothy Palmer (comedienne) presents ‘ Woman in Love’ (humorous). 9.55: Recording, band. 10: Dance programme of new recordings, with special swing session (compere, Arthur Pearce). 11: Close down. IYA, Auckland. (650 kc.)

5; Children’s hour. 6; Dinner music. 7- News and reports. 7.30: Sports talk by Gordon Hutter. 8: Concert programme. Readings of prose and verse by D’Arcy Cresswell, with appropriate music. Readings from the Memoirs of Buck Whaley and Thackeray’s Yellowplush Papers,’ with music , from Haydn’s ‘ Symphony No. . 2 in D Major ’ and ‘Le Bourgeois Gentiihomme,’ by Strauss. 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.0: Recording— ‘ Semiramide ’ Overture . (Rossini) played by the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York, conducted by Arturo Toscanini. 9.21: Mary Murphy (soprano) in a group ot four songs by Russian masters. 9-3 o • Recordings—Orchestral Suite from Das Rheingold ’ (Wagner), preesnted by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. 10. ‘Music, Mirth, and Melody’ (recordings). lit Close clown. SHORT WAVE PROGRAMMES (New Zealand summer times are given). Empire Stations (16.86 m, 19.76 m, 25.53 m, 31.55 m) , Daventry. 7 p.m.: ‘The Old Folks at Dome’ (second series) —1, The 8.8-C. Empu Orchestra; leader, Daniel Molsa; conductor, Eric Fogg. Ernest Hargreaves (tenor), Dorothy Eolkurd (pianoforte). 7 45; The 8.8. C. Military Band. 8. ‘Film Shots,’ by Anne do Eys and William Walker., 8.20: The news and anouncemonts, with Greenwich time signal at 8.30. 8.45: The Westminster Players in a recital of light music. 9.10. Close down. OJA (31.38 m), DJB (19.74 m), Berlin. 5 5 p.m.; German folk song. 5.10: Music. 5.55: Technical tips. 6: News in German. 6.15; Music (continued). 6 50 • Greetings to our listeners in JNew Zealand. 7 : News and economic review in English. 7.15: ‘ many,’ sound pictures. 7.30. Gi^n, music. 8.45 : ‘ Musical Treasures. 9.30. News and economic review in German. 9 45: ‘ National Socialist Social \\ork. 10: Bass-viola recital. 10.15: Sign oft. SLR (31.34 m), Lyndhurst. 8.30 p.m.: Chimes. Music. 8.45: Sporting notes. 9; Chimes. Current Books Worth Reading. 9-20: National news bulletin. 9.30: Queensland and North Australian news bulletin. 9.40. News, markets, weather. 10: Musical interlude. 10.10: Sydney MacEwau (Scottish tenor) and assisting artists. 10.40: Programme from Melbourne. 10 50: Brass band music. 11.30: Halt an hour of light orchestral music by the Tasmanian Studio Orchestra, conducted bv Clive Douglas. Midnight; 1 rogramme from Melbourne. 0.30: Nows. 0.50: Meditation music. 1.30; Glose down. ~ . To-morrow. —2.45 p.m.: Musim o. Time signal. Victorian news. 3.0: Interstate weather notes. 3.15: Description of the Victoria Amateur lurt Club’s Meeting, interspersed with records. 7.30; Close down. VK3ME (31.55 m), Melbourne. 10 p.m.; Operatic selection. 11: News bulletin and sporting results. 11.15: Songs by sopranos and contralto. Radio-Colonial, Paris. On 25.24m.—7 p.m.: French news. 7.20: Records. 9.30; News, English. 9.50: Records. 10: Close down.

On 19.68m.—11 p.m.: Concert from Montpellier. 11.35: Records. 11.45: Talk. Midnight; News in English. 0.15: Concert from Toulouse. 0.45: Talk. 1: Concert from Lille. 1.30: News. 2: Literary talk. 2.10; ‘ Events of the Moment.’ 2.20; Records. 2.30: ‘ Pair Sutler,’ a comic opera in three acts. 3.35: Rates of exchange and French stock. ' 4: Close down. On 24.25m.—T0-morrow, 5.15 a.m.: News, 6; Concert from Strasbourg. 6.30: Records. 6.50,: ‘ Science and Mankind.’ 7: French news. 7.30: News. 8. 10; News in English. 8.30: Relay. 11: Close down. On 25.60m.—T0-morrow, 11.15 a.m.: Concert from Radio-Paris. 12.15: News. 1: Records. 1.15: Close down. 3: Records. 4: News. 4.30: News in English. 4.45; Records. 5.45: News. 6: Close down. 2RO, Rome. On 25.4m.—11.43 p.m.: Varied programme from the Italian stations. 1.20: Mediterranean hour—News commentator, light music by the Eiar Orchestra. 2: Near and Far East—News in English, vocal concert featuring Maria Romano (soprano) and BaruttaBandiri in folk songs, duets, scientific survey, tho Cetra Orchestra, etc. 4.20: Italian East Africa—News, choral concert, sports, etc. On 31.3 m. To-morrow, 5.30: Arabian hour—News and concert of Arabian music., 7.10: Varied programme from the Italian stations. 10.30: Argentine—News in Spanish. 2 : American hour—News in English, concert of request numbers, talk, etc. W2XAD (19.56 m), Schenectady. Varied programme from 3 a.m. tomorrow. Sign oS at 11 a.m. , W2XAF (31.48 m), Schenectady, Programme of varied items, commencing at 9 a.m. to-morrow and terminating at 5 p.m. WBXK, Pittsburg. This station is on the air daily at following times: —On 13.91 m i 0.45 p.m. to 1 a.m. On 19.71m—1 a.m. to 11 a.m. On 25.56 m 1 p.m. On 48.83m—2 p.m.—Sign off.