TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

Evening Star, Issue 22891, 24 February 1938, Page 1

TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

4YA (790 kc), Dunedin, i 4.30_: Light music. 4.45: Sports results. 5; Children’s hour, conducted by Big Brother Bill. 6: Dinner music. 7; Government and overseas news from 2YA. 7.10 (approx.) : News and reports. 7.30; Gardening talk. 8: Chimes. Concert by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski; soloists, John M'Cormack (tenor) and Nancy Evans (contralto). 8.42: Recorded talk by Dr I. L. Kandcl, Columbia University, 1 A Visitor Looks at Our Education.’■ 9: Weather, station notices. 9.5: Orchestra. 9.13: John M'Cormack. 9.23: Sergia Rachmaninoff (piano), and the Philadelphia Orchestra. 9.47: Nancy Evans. 9.54: The orchestra. 10: Music, mirth, and melody, 11,; Close down, 4YO (1,140 kc), Dunedin. 5: Recordings. 6: Close down. 7: After-dinner music.; 8: ‘ Everything is Rhythm ’ selection. 8.6: ‘ Last Cali for Husbands,” radio comedy,* 8.46: ?- Teasing Tongue-twisters.’- 8.52: Bunk-house dances, No. 1. 9: ‘ Frae Scotia Hills and Glons,’ continuity programme, 10: In order of appearance— Terence Casey (organ), Raymond Newell (baritone), the Kalua Hawaiian Players (guitar), 10.30: Close down, 3YA (720 kc), Christchurch. 4.30; Sports results. _ 5; Children’s tour, conducted by Rainbow; Man and the Imp. 6: Dinner music. 7: Government and overseas news from 2YA. 7.10 (approx.): News and reports. 7.30: Time signals. 7.35: Talk by Dr (R. R. D. Milligan, ‘ Health Work of the League of Nations.’ 8: Chimes. Recorded play, ‘The Tragedy of Pompey the Great;’ by John Masefield. 9: Weather, station notices. 9.5: Talk by Mr Kenneth de Courcy Low, •‘Japan: the Country and-its People.’ 9.20; Modern dances by Bailey-Mars-tori Orchestra. 11: Close down.

2YA (570 kc), Wellington. 5: 'Children’!; hour, conducted by Unci© Pat. 6: Dinner music._ 7 : Government and overseas news (national broadcast). 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 hook reviewer, * Current Books.’- 8; Chimes. The Four Kings of Rhythm entertain. 8.13: ‘ Some Work for Albert ’ (Japanese houseboy). 8.26: ‘ Adventures of Mr Penny,’ episode No.' 3; ‘Mr Penny Goes Shopping ’; written by Maurice (Moiseiwitsch, and presented by the N.B.S. 8.40; Talk by Mr J. H. Luxford, ‘ Inns and Innkeepers ’ (3). 9: Weather, station notices,. 9.5; A piano recital by William Murdoch, -9.20: Stella Diracca (soprano), in popular Italian songs. 9.32: Alois _ Melichar, conducting the Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin. 9.50; Erkescha MannerGesangverein (chorus). 10: Music, mirth, and melody. 11: Close down.

IYA (650 kc), Auckland. 5; _ Children’s session (Cinderella). 6: Dinner music, 7: Government and overseas news from 2YA. 7.10: News and reports. 8: Concert programme, featuring the fZigeuner Trio—Philip Cohen (violin), Henri Penn (piano), David Sissermann (violoncello). ‘West ward Ho! ’ drama of Charles Kingsley’s novel, by George Edwards and Co. 8.15: Excerpts from ‘ln a Persian Garden,’ song cycle by Liza Lehmann. 8.35: The Zigeuner Trio. 9 (approx.); Weather, station notices. 9.5: Recorded Talk, ‘ Leaves from a Planter’s Notebook ’ (3), by Mr Leon Gotz. 9.20: Empire Massed Bands with choir, conducted by Henry Gheel. Harry Mortimer, accompanied by band. 9.29: John M‘Cormack (tenor), 9.35: 8.Q8.C. Military Band. 9.43: Peter Dawson (bass-baritone). 9.49: Harry Mortimer (cornet), with band. Massed Bands of Leicester Brass Band Festival. 10: Hour of dance music by bands of Hal Kemp, Lew Stone, and Ambrose, with interludes by Didk Powell and Francis Langford. 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. ‘ The Private Soldier ’ (2), a talk by lan Hay. 8.30: The violin sonatas of Corelli (3), played by Peggy Radmall (violin) and Peggy Grummitt (pianoforte), 8.55; ‘ Made in Great Britain (5) : Scottish Tweed.’ This is the fifth of a series of programmes which aim at giving a cross-section of the country and of the industries and interests of its people. Arranged by S. E. Reynolds; produced by Pascoe Thornton. 9.25: Musical variety. 9.45: ‘World Affairs,’ a talk by H. Wickham Steed. 10: The news and announcements. Greenwich time signal at T 0.15. 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 news 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; Play, ‘ Csesar and Cleopatra.’ 11.10: Orchestral concert. Midnight: ‘Folk Songs from' Near and Far,’ presented by Clement Q. Williams. 0.15: Talk on world affairs, rebroadcast from the Empire station. 0.30: Australasian news service. 0.50: Recorded feature. 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. 4: Afternoon musical programme, 5: Broadcast to schools. ‘Adventures in Music.’ 5.20; Musical programme, continued. 7 : Close down. Radio-Colonial, Paris. On 25.24m.—7 p.m.; French news. 7.20: Records. 9.40; News in English. 9.50: Records. 10: Close down. On 19.68 m. 1T.45: 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 25.24m.—T0-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 25.4m.—10 p.m. : 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, 5.21: Arabian hour concert of Arabian music, etc. 6.1: Tourist topics. 6.21: News ’ session. 7.36: News in English. 7.57: Programmes relayed from the Italian homo 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.—l a.m.: News in Japanese. 1.15: Feature. 1.35: News in English. 1.45: Nows in Chinese. 2: t Close down.