TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

Evening Star, Issue 22889, 22 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 hy Aunt Anita. 6: Dinner music. 7: Government and overseas news from 2YA. 7.10 (approx.) : News and reports. 8: Chimes. Strings of the 8.8. C. Scottish Orchestra. 8.5: Richard Crooks, with Balladeors’ Male Quartet. 8.11: Primo Scala’s Accordion Band. 8.14; Sandy Powell and Company. 8i20: The Belgian Mandolin Orchestra. 8.23: Cicely Courtneidge (comedienne). 8.26: Sydney Torch (organ). 8.29; Tino Rossi (tenor). 8.32: Geoffrey Shaw (piano) and Percussion Band from St. Hilda’s Church of England Home, Bradford. 8.40; Recorded talk hy Dr ■ Paul Dengler, Director of Austro-American Institute of Education at .Vienna, ‘ Peasant Life in Austria.’ 9: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Concert by British brass bands, with vocal and humorous interludes. 9.14: Iris Wakelin. 9.51: Band of H.M. Welsh Guards. 10; Music, mirth, and melody. 11: Close down.

4YO (1,140 kc), Dunedin. 5 to 6: Recordings. 7.: After-dinner music. 8; Sonata hour. 9: Classical recital. 10: In order of appearance— Vasa Prihoda (violin), the, Victorian Quartet (mixed vocal), Viljo Vesterinen (accordion). 10.30: Close down.

3YA (720kc)', Christchurch. 4.3: Sports results. 5; Children’s hour, conducted by Skipper with Mouth Organ Band. 6: Dinner music. 7: Government and overseas news, from 2YA. 7.10: News and reports. 7.30: Time signal. 7.35: Book review by Mr J. H. E. Schroder. 8: Chimes. The Orchestra Raymonde. 8.5: ‘Westward Ho! ’ episode 50, dramatisation of Charles Kingsley’s novel by George Edwards and Company. 8.18 : Joseph Hislop (tenor). 8.30: ‘ Wandering'with the West Wind,’ episode 16. 9: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Talk by Douglas Cresswell, 1 Old Canterbury Estates: The Tripp Estate.’ 9.20: Flanaghan Brothers (accordion and banjo, with piano). 9.23: The Wellbrock Brothers in popular songs of the day. 9.30: ‘On the Trail,’ Japanese houseboy. 9.45: The Wellbrock Brothers. 9.52: The Variety Singers. 10: An hour of dance music in correct tempo, 11; Close down.

2YA (570 kc), Wellington. 4.45: Plunket Shield cricket commentary. 5 : Children’s hour, conducted by Jumbo. 5.50; Cricket commentary. 6: Dinner music. 7 : Government and overseas news. 7.10 (approx.) : News and reports. 7.23: Rebroadcast from League of Nations short wave station at Geneva. 7.30: Time signals. 7*45: Summary of play in Plunket Shield match. 8 : Chimes. Concert programme. Methodist bi-centenary meeting at Town Hall. 9.30: Weather. Station notices. 9.35: The Hamilton Dickson Orchestral 9.50: Olive Scoular (soprano). 10.2: Orchestra. 10.6: Talk on the British Industries Fair by British Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain, rebroadcast from Daventry. 10.15 (approx. ): Music, mirth, and melody. 11 : Close down.

IYA (850 kc), Auckland. 5: Children’s session, conducted by Cinderella and Uncle Dave. 6: Dinner music. 7: Government and overseas news from 2YA. 7.10 (approx.) : News and reports. 7.30: Talk by the gardening expert,. ‘ Further Improvements to Your Garden’ (2). 8: Don Rico and his Gipsy Girls’ Orchestra. SfS: ‘Trapped,’ Japanese houseboy. 8.18: Tex Rose and his Kailua Boys, with electric steel guitar and double bass (Hawaiian). 8.24: Hildegarde (light vocal). 8.30; ‘Eb and Zeh,’ the country storekeepers (humour). 8.39: Melody by the buccaneers of the pirate ship Vulture. 8.52; Tex Rose and his Kailua Boys (Hawaiian instrumental). 9: Weather. Station notices. 9.5; Talk by G. E. Minhinnick, ‘ Will Dyson— Cartoonist.’ 9.20: Dance music. 11; Close down.

SHORT WAVE PROGRAMMES (New Zealand summer times are given.) Empire Stations 16.86 m, 19.76 m, 19.82 m, 25.53 m, 31.55 m), Daventry. 8.15' p.m.: Big Ben. ‘Palace of Varieties.’ Variety acts, accompanied by the 8.8. C. Variety Orchestra. 9.15: ‘ Empire Exchange,’ points of view by travellers from the dominions and the colonies. 9.30; The John Dickinson (Apsley) Band. 10: News and announcements. 10.25: Close down. VLR (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: Light orchestral programme by the A.B.C. (Brisbane) Concert Orchestra. 10.50: Travel letter from Denzil Batchelor. 11: Danny Malone (tenor), in a recital of Irish songs. 11.15: Instrumental ensemble. 11.4(1: Comedy sketch, ‘The Durables.’ Midnight: Harpsichord recital by Mancel Kirby. 0.20 : Dance music by Harry Bloom’s Dance Band. 0.30; Australasian news service. 0.50; Harry Bloom’s Dance Band. 1.20: News brevities. 1.30: 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: Music. 3.30: Afternoon musical programme, interspersed with descriptions of the Ballarat races, by Jim Carroll. 5.15; Close down. Radio-Colonial, Paris. On 25.24m.—7 p.m.: News. 7.20 : Records. 9.40: News in English. 10: Close down. On 19.68m.—11 p.m.: Records. Midnight; News in English. 0.15: Relay. 1: Concert from Paris. 1.30: News. 2: ‘Unchanging People and Things.’ 2.10: ‘French Women’s Chronicle.’ 2.20 : Records. 2.30: Concert feature. 4: Close dow r n. On 25.24 m 5.15 a.m. : News. 6: Concert from Nice. 6,30: Concert from Paris. 6.50; Talk on the fine arts. 8.10; News in English. 8.30: Relay. 11: Close down.

On 25.60m.—T0-morrow, 11.15 a.m.: Records. 12.15 p.m.: News. 1: Talk by Madame Tolstoi in English. 1.15: Close down. 3: Records. 4; News. 6: Close down. PCJ (19.71 m), Hilversum. 8.30: Experimental programme, special for Australia, New Zealand, and the Fiji Islands. 2RO, Rome. On 25.4m.—10 p.m.: Italian East Africa —chamber music, etc. _ 11: Far East—news in selections from operas, etc. 0.21: Italian communities abroad-concert of request numbers, etc. 3.5 ; Middle and Near East—symphony concert, news in English, etc. 4.20: Italian East Africa—light music, etc. On 31.13m.—T0-morrow, 5.30 a.m.: 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—one-act opera, etc. 12.25: American hour news in English, economic survey, symphonies, 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.