TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

Evening Star, Issue 22879, 10 February 1938, Page 1

TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

4YA (790 kc), Dunedin. 4.30; Light music. 4.45: Sports results. 5: Children’s hour, conducted by Big Brother Bill. 6: Dinner music. 7: Official news and British Official Wireless news, rebroadcast from 2YA. 7.10 (approx.) : News and reports. 7.30: Gardening talk. 8: Chimes: A classical and symphonic concert. The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. 8.42: A talk by Mr C. G. F. Simkin, ‘ Can We Prepare for Depressions?’ No. 2. 9.2: Weather. Station notices. 9.7: The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. 9.19: Jean Macfarlane (New Zealand contralto) in a studio presentation. 9.31: The London Philharmonic Orchestra. 9.43: Vladimir Horowitz (piano). 9.52: The London Philharmonic Orchestra. 10: Music, mirth, and melody. 11: Close down.

4YO (1,140 kc), Dunedin. 5: Recordings. 7: After-dinner music. 8 : ‘ Echoes of the Orient.’ 8.6 : ‘ Trouble Without Tears,’ radio comedy. 8.46: Two numbers from ‘Take My Tip.’ 8.52: Charlie Kunz Piano Medley, No. 8. 9: ‘Harmony Highlights.’ 10; Light recitals. 10.30 : Close down.

3YA (720 kc), Christchurch. 4.30: Sports results. 5: Children’s hour, conducted by Rainbow Man, with The Imp. 6 : Dinner music. 7; Official news and British Official Wireless news, rebroadcast from 2YA. 7.10 (approx.): News and reports. 7.30: Time signals. 8: Chimes. Studio presentation of ‘ The High Road,’ a comedy by Frederick Lonsdale. Adapted by Howard Rose. 9.15: Weather. Station notices. 9.20: Dance music, 11: Close down.

2YA (570 kc), Wellington. o; Children’s hour, conducted by Uncle Pat. 6: Dinner music. 7: Official news and British Official Wireless news. 7.10 (approx.): News and reports. 7.30: Time signals. ‘ Who’s Who and What’s What?’ A ramble in the news, by Coranto. 7.40: Talk by our book reviewer, ‘ Books, Grave and Gay.’ 8: Chimes. Concert programme. The Four Kings of Rhythm entertain. 8.13: ‘ An Easy Way,’ Japanese houseboy. 8.26: ‘ The Adventures of Mr Penny,’ Episode No. 1: ‘ Mr Penny on Government Service.’ Written by Maurice Moiseiwitsch, and presented by the National Broadcasting Service. 8.40: Talk by Mr J. H. Luxferd, ‘ Inns and Innkeepers,’ No. 1. 9; Weather. Station notices. 9.5: The Zigeuner Trio—Philip Cohen (violin), Henri Penn (piano). David Sisserman (violoncello). 9.40:, Joseph Hislop (tenor),9.50: llja Livschakoff Kunstler Orchestra, 10: Music, mirth, and melody. 11: Close down. IYA (650 kc), Auckland. 5: Children’s hour, conducted by Cinderella. 6: Dinner music. 7; Official news and British Official Wireless news, rebroadcast from 2YA. 7.10 (approx.): News and reports. 8: Concert programme. A continuity presentation, ‘ Musical Moods.’ 9: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Recorded talk by Mr Leon Gotz, ‘ Leaves From a Planter’s Notebook.’ 9.20: A band programme, with vocal interludes. The Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards. Jack Mackintosh and Jesse Stamp (cornet and trombone duet). 9.29; Nellie Lingard (contralto). 9.35: The 8.8. C. Wireless Military Band. 9.47: Nellie Lingard (contralto). 9.53: The Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards. 10: Dance music by the Bands of Billy Cotton and Jay Wilbur, with interludes by the Mills Brothers. 11: Close down. • SH9RT WAVE PROGRAMMES (New Zealand summer times are given.) Empire Stations (16.86 m, 19.76 m, 25.53 m, 31.55 m), Daventry. 8.15 p.m.: Big Ben. Talk, ‘Do We Understand English?’ (6). 8.30: The violin sonatas of Corelli (1), played by David Wise (violin) and John Pauer (pianoforte). 8.55: Variety. 9.25: Organ recital by J. I. Taylor. 9.45: Talk, ‘ World Affairs.’ 10: The news and announcements. Greenwich time signal at 10.15. 10.25: Close down.

VLB (31.34 m), Lyndhurst. 8.30 p.m.: Fifteen minutes of popular music. 8.45; Sporting news and notes. 9: News, markets, and weather for North Australia. 9.20: Overseas nows service. 9.25: Commentary on overseas news. 9.30: Queensland and North Australian news bulletin. 9.40: News in French for listeners in New Caledonia and the New Hebrides, 9.55; Musical interlude. 10: ‘ The Play’s the Thing ’ —‘ Taming Anne.’ 10.52: Musical interlude. 11: Programme by the National Military Band, conducted by Stephen Yorke. 11.30: ‘;I Remember.’ 11.45: Clement Q. Williams (baritone), in ‘ Folk Songs From Near and Far.’ Midnight; Jim Davidson’s A.B.C. Dance Band. 0.30: Australasian news service. 0.50: Musical interlude. 1: Recorded feature. 1.20’: News brevities. I. Close down. To-morrow. —2.35 p.m.: ‘At Home and Abroad,’ “The Watchman.” 2.50: Recorded music. 3: Time signal, Victorian news bulletin. 3.5: Interstate weather notes. 3.15: Luncheon music. 3.30: Description of the Empire Games' in Sydney, interspersed with musical items. 5: Broadcast to schools, ‘ Adventures in Music.’ 5.20: Further descriptions of the Empire Games and musical items. 7: Close down. Radio-Colonial, Paris. On 25.24 m p.m.: French news. 7.20: Records. 9.40: News in English. 9.50: Records. 10: Close down. On 19.68 m. —ll p.m.: Records. 11. Talk. Midnight: News in English. 0.15: Concert from Toulouse. 1: Concert from Paris. 2: Talk on international affairs. 2.10; ‘ Life in Paris.’ 2.20: Records. 2.30: Concert feature. 4: Close down. On 25.24 m. To-morrow, 5.15 a.m.: News. 6: ‘ This Week’s Gramophone Records.’ 6.45: Fifteen minutes with the poets. 7: News. 8.10: News in English. 8.30: Relay. 11: Close down. On 25.60m.—T0-morrow, 11.15'a.m.: Records. 12.15: News. 1: Talk. 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.:j Italian East Africa —Light music, etc. 11: Far East—news in English, symphony concert., etc. 0.21: Italian communities abroad—selections from operas, etc. 3.5: Middle and Near East—folk songs, news in English, etc. 4.20: Italian East Africa—sports news, one-act opera, etc.On 31.13 m. To-morrow, 5.30: Arabian hour—concert of Arabian music, etc. 6.11: Tourist topics. 6.27: News session. 7.40: News in English. 8: Programmes relayed from the Italian home stations. 11; Latin America — varied programme of music, etc. 12.35: American hour—news in English, selections from operas, etc. JZJ (25.42 m), Tokio. To-morrow, 1 a.m.: News in Japanese. 1.15: Feature. 1.35: News in English. 1.45; News in Chinese. 2; Close down.