TO-NIGHT'S RADEO

Evening Star, Issue 22798, 5 November 1937, Page 1

TO- NIGHT'S RADEO

4YA (790kc)j Dunedin. 4.30: Light programme. 4.45; Sports results. 5: Children’s hour, conducted by Big Brother Bill, assisted by Mr Aero Man with the Lolly Kitchen by Aunt Jean at 5.30. 6; Dinner music. 7: News and reports. 8« Chimes. Geraldo and his Gaudio. 8.10: Bobbie Comber (comedian). 8.16: ‘ Drama at Dawn,’ Japanese houseboy. 8.28; Scott and Whaley with the Dernier Warren Kentucky banjo team. 8.44; A talk by B. B. Blackmore, ‘ The Good Old Days.’ 9: Weather. Station notices. 9.5:' 4YA Chamber Music Players, ‘ Sonata for Violin and Piano in D Major, Op. 108 ’ (Brahms) , 9.29: Kristen Flagstad (soprano). 9.35: ‘ Piano Quintet in E Plat Major, Op. 16’ (Beethoven). 10: Dance music by the Savoy Dance Band, relayed from the Savoy Restaurant. 11:, Close down.

4YO (1,140 kc), Dunedin. s:' Recordings. 6: Close down. 7: After-dinner music. 8: Miscellaneous classical programme. 9: ‘The Music Wranglers,’ studies in musical tastes. 9.40: ‘ Accordiana.’ 9.46: ‘A Spot of Humour.’ 9.50: ‘Rhapsody in Blue.’ 10: Comedy and light music. 10.30: Close down. 3YA, (720 kc), Christchurch.

4.30: Sports results. 5: Children’s hour, conducted by Rajah. 6: Dinnermusic. 7: News and reports. 7.30: Time signals. 8: Chimes. The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. 8.9: Grace Empson (mezzo-soprano). 8.21; Douglas Zander (pianoforte). 8.35: Eugene Ormandy and the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. 8.39: Rex. Harrison (baritone). 8.51: Eugene Ormandy and the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. 9.:, Weather, station notices. 9.5; Talk by Mr P. C. Thomas, ‘ Reminiscences of Early New Zealand Cups.’ 9.20: New Light Symphony Orchestra. 9.28: ‘ Hawaiki Calling!’ Songs and memories of the South Seas. 9.44: New; Light Symphony Orchestra. 9.47: Alfred O’Shea (tenor), 9.55: New Light Symphony Orchestra. 10: Music, mirth, and melody. 11: Close down.

2YA (570 kc), Wellington. 5: Children’s session, conducted by Aunt Molly. 6: Dinner music. 7; News and reports. 7.30: Time signals. 7.40: Talk by Mr W. P. Ingram, ‘ Pages from a Sports Writer’s Scrapbook: The Proud Record of Negro Boxers.’ 8: Chimes. The 8.8. C. Symphony Orchestra, ‘ Portsmouth Point ’ overture. 8.8:. Beniamino Gigli (tenor). '8.14: Andy lona and his Islanders. ■8.20: Irene Price (the English Shirley Temple). 8.23: Patricia Rossborough (piano). 8.26: Leon Cortez and his Coster Pals. 8.32: The 8.8. C. Symphony Orchestra. 8.40: Talk by Mr J. S. Keith, ‘ Thrilling Experience of Two of My Shipmates Over Fifty Years Ago.’ 9; Weather, station notices. 9.5; “Eb and Zeb.” 9.15: The Port Nicholson Silver Band, conducted by J. J. Drew, ‘ The Lightning Switch ’ (Alford). 9.22; Elgar Christie (soprano). 9.28: The baud plays a hymn, followed by an intermezzo. 9.36: Raymond Newell (baritone). 9.39; The band. 9.49; Elgar Christie (soprano). 9.55: Tho band, with trombone solo by R. Osten. 10.1: Dance programme of now recordings, with special swing session. Compere, Arthur Pearce. 11.1: Close down.

IYA (650 kc), Auckland. 5; Cliildren’s session, conducted by Cinderella, Aunt Jean, and Nod. 6:, Dinner music. 7: Nows and reports. 7.30: Sports talk, Gordon Hutter. 8: Reading of prose and verse by D’Arcy Cresswell (with appropriate music). 9: Weather, station notices. 9.5: Paul Schramm (Viennese pianist), ‘Sonata No. 2 in C Major’ (J. S. Bach), ‘ Sonata Op. 7 in E Flat Major ’ (Beethoven). 9.35: Viola Morris and Victoria Anderson in vocal solos and duets. 10: Music, mirth, and melody, featuring a 2YD community sing. 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. 7 p.m.; Big Ben. The Band of His Majesty’s Irish Guards (by permission of Colonel J. S. N. Fitz Gerald, M.8.E., M.C., Commanding Irish Guards), conducted by Captain J. L. T. Hurd, Director of Music, Irish Guards. Wilfred Essex (bass-baritone). 7.50: ‘ As I See It ’ (1), A talk by G. Bernard Shaw.’ 8.5 : Recital by Judith Silver (New Zealand soprano). 8.20: The news and announcements, with Greenwich time signal at 8.30. 8.45: ‘At the (Black Dog,’ Mr Wilkes at home in his own bar-parlour. 9.15: Close down.

DJA (31.38 m), DIB (19.74 m), Berlin, 5.5 p.m. : German folk song. 5.10: Music. 0: News in German. 6.15: Music (continued). G. 50: Greetings to our listeners in New Zealand. 7 : News and economic review in English. 7.15: ‘ To-day in Germany,’ sound pictures. 7.30: Military concert. 8.45: Melody and rhythm. 9.30: News and economic review in German. 9.45: German law. Dr Fritz Schwiegk. 10: Light music.

SLR (31.34 m), Lyndhurst. 8.30 p.m.: Chimes. Music. 8.45; Sporting notes 9: Chimes. ‘Current Books Worth Reading.’ 9.20: National nows bulletin 9.30: Queensland and North Australian news bulletin. 9.40; News, market, weather. 10: Musical interlude. 10.15: Brass band recital. 11: Light orchestral programme from Tasmania. 11.30: Guy Fawkes play. 11.55; Interlude. Midnight: ‘Great Stars of Opera.’ 0.30: Nows. 0.50: Meditation music. 1.30: Close down. To-m0rr0w.—2.45 p.m.; Music. 3: Time signal. Victorian news. 3.5: Interstate weather notes. 3.15; Description of the Victoria Racing Club’s Meeting, interspersed with records. 7.30: Close down. VK3ME (31.55 m), Melbourne. 10 p.m. : Operatic selection. 11: Nows bulletin and sporting results. 11.15: Songs by sopranos and contralto. Radio-Colonial, Paris. On 25.21m.—7 p.m.: French news. 7.20: Records. 9.30: News, English. 9.50: Records. 10: Close down.

On 19.68 m p.m.: Concei’t from Montpellier. 11.35: Records. 11.45: Talk. Midnight: News in English. 0.15: Concert. 2; Literary talk. 2.10; ‘Events of tho Moment.’ 2.20: Records. 2.30: ‘The Mascot,’ operetta. 4; Close down.

On 24.25 m 5.15 a.in.: News. 6: Concert from Grenobles. 6.30: Records. 6.50: ‘ Science and Mankind.’ 8.10: News in English. 8.30; Relay. 11: Close down. On 25.60m.—T0-morrow, 11.15 a.m.: Concert from Radio-Baris. 1: Records. 1.15: Close down. 3: Records. 4.30: News in English. 4.45: Records. 6; Close down.

2RO, Rome. On 25.4 m p.m.: Varied programme from the Italian stations. 1.20: Mediterranean hour—News commentator; music. 2; Near and Ear East—News in English ; concert; sports, etc. 4.20: Italian East Africa— Nows; concert, 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, etc. W2XAD (19.56 m), Schnectady. Varied programme from 3 a.m. tomorrow. Sign off at 11 a.m. W2XAF (31.48 m), Schnectady. 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 13.91m —10.45 p.m. to 1 a.m. On 19.71m—1 a.m. to 11 a.m. On 25.56m —11 a.m. to 2 p.m. On 48.83m—2 p.m.—Sign off.