TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

Evening Star, Issue 23340, 9 August 1939, Page 1

TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

4YA (790 kc), Dunedin. 4.30: Light musical programme. 4.45: Sports results. 5: Children’s session (Big Brother Bill and the Travel Man). 6: Dinner music. 7: Government and overseas news from 2YA. 7.10: News and reports. 7.30: Motoring talk. 8: ‘Mittens.’ 8.15: ‘The Bold, Bad Buccaneers.’ 8.28: ‘The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s.’ 8.40: Sidney Torch (organ), with Webster Booth (tenor), ‘Torchlight Music No. 2.’ 8.48: Edith Lorand and her Viennese Orchestra, ‘ Who Knows Tango ' (Valerio). 8,51: Recorded talk by Marc T. Green, ‘ Athens to Bucharest.’ 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: ‘ Westward Ho!’ 9.18: ‘Thrills.’ 9.31: ‘Exploits of the Black Moth: Mr Hoffmeyer Pays.’ 10; .Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra, an hour of modern dance music played by this popular American combination, with piano interludes by Willie Smith; 11: Close down. To-morrow.—6.so a.in.: Weather report for aviators. 7: Chimes. Breakfast session. 9: Close down. 10; Weather report for aviators. Recordings. 10.15: Devotional service. 10.50: talk to women by Margaret. 11: Recordings. 12: Lulich music. 1: Weather report for aviators. 1.30: Educational session, rebroadcast from 2YA. 2.30: Recordings. 3.30: Sports results; classical music. 4: Weather report and special frost forecast. 4YO (1,140 kc), Dunedin. 5: G; Close down. 7; After-dinner music. 8: Orchestral con- I cert, featuring at 8.24 p.m. ‘ Concerto in A Minor Op. 54 ’ (Schumann), played by Myra Hess (piano) and or- I chestra conducted by Walter Goehr. *

Assisting artists: Elena Gerhardt (mezzo-soprano), Berlin Union of Teachers’ Choir, and Mischa Elman (violin). 9.15: Highlights from grand opera. 10: Music and merriment. 10.30: Close down. 3YA (720 kc), Christchurch. 5: Children’s hour. 6 : Dinner music, 7; Government and overseas news from 2YA. 7.10: News and reports. 7.20; Addington stock market reports. 7.32: Winter course talk: A discussion by Mrs L. G. Pocock and Miss A. M. F. Candy, M. on ‘ Early New Zealand.’ 8: Readings by O. L. Simmance, with music: (a) ‘Pickwick Papers,’ (b) ‘ The Diary and Letters of Madame D’Arblay.’ 8.35: Lotte Leonard (soprano). 8.-12: London Philharmonic Orchestra. 9: Weather forecast and station notices. 9.5: The Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin. 9.10; Dmitri Smirnoff (tenor). 9.14: Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. 10: Music, mirth, and melody. 11: Close down. 2YA (570 kc), Wellington,

5: Children’s session. 6; Dinner music. 7: Government and overseas news. 7.10 (approx.) : News and reports. 7.28: Time signal. 7.30: Broadcast of proceedings from the House of Representatives, (fn the event of a late sitting the broadcast will be continued from Parliament until 11 p.m.) 10.30 (approx.) : Dance music by Bobby Girvan and his Sweet Swing Band, from the Majestic Cabaret. 11: Close down.

2YC (840 kc), Wellington. 7.30 p.m.: Talk for the home gardener. 8: London Palladium Orchestra. 8.10; ‘ Pan Pipes ’: A programme of pastorales, devised and presented by W. Roy Hill. 8.30: Rosario Bourdon Symphony. 8.40: Talk by Dr Guy H. Scholefield: ‘World Affairs.’ 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: ‘Singapore Spy,’ 9.32; ‘Thrills.’ 9.45: ‘The Moonstone.’ 10: Dance music by Bobbie Girvan and his Sweet Swing Band (relayed from the Majestic). 10.30 (approx.): Close down.

IYA (650 kc), Auckland. 5: Children’s session. C; Dinner music. 7: Government and overseas news from 2YA. 7.10 (approx.) : News and reports. 7.40: Talk, under the auspices of the Government Youth Centre. 8: The Pcrole String Quartet. 8.18: Annette Chapman (mezzo-so-prano) in songs by Beethoven, 8.30: Lili Krauss (piano). 8.4(5: The Boyd Noel String Orchestra. 9: Weather yeport and station notices. 9.5: ** Coronets of England: The Life of Charles ll.’ 9.35: Dorothy Bennett (soprano) and Robert Naylor (tenor). 9.41: Albert Sandler and his Orchestra. 9.47: Donald Novis, with Eddie Dunstedter at the organ. 9.53: Barnabas yon Geczy and his Orchestra. 10; Music, mirth, and melody. 11: Close down.

SHORT WAVE STATIONS (New Zealand standard times are given.)

Empire Stations (19.66 m, 19.76 m, 19.82 m, 25.53 m, 51.55 m), Daventry.

4.30 p.m.: ‘An Australian Visits London.’ talk by Colin Wills. 4.45: ‘ When You and I were Dancing,’ with Dave Frost and his band, Helen Raymond 1 , and Les Arthur. 5.15: ‘On the Spot,’ part 1 of the play by Edgar Wallace. 5:50: Lieder recital by Ethel Ewins (Australian contralto). 6: The news. 6.15: ‘ Food for Thought.’ 6.30: Pianoforte improvisations by Ronald Gourley. 6.45 (to close down): Sports news and market notes.

Berlin (31.45 m, 19.74 m, 19.63 m, 16.89 m, 16.81 m, 13.99 m).

4.35 p.m.; Call (German, English), German folk song. 4.40: Wo strike up. 6.20: Greetings to our listeners. 6.30: News and economic review in English. 6.45: Topics (English). 7.15; Press review. 7.30: In the Apple Tree Tavern: The happy family sings and narrates. 7.15: ‘Dei* Frcischutz,’ opera by Weber. 9.15; Variety concert, 10.30:, Music from Stuttgart,

11.15: In the Apple Tree Tavern: The happy family sings and narrates 11.30: Nows in English. 11.45: Music from Stuttgart (continued). 0.45: The radio choir of the regional broadcasting station, Breslau. 1: Musical titbits. 1.30: News and economic review in English and Dutch. 1.50: Topics. 2.15: ‘ Goethe and the Spirit of Asia.’ Cultural relationship between two continents (German, English). 2.30: Press review. 2.45: Bernhard Lessmann (violin). 3.15: Germany by ABC. 3.30: Close down.

VLB (31,32 m), Melbourne. 7.45 p.m.: Music. 8.15: Weather and news. 9.10: Talk. 9.30: ‘As You Like It.’ 10.15; ‘ Emma and ’Erbert.’ 10.30: ‘ Australia at Work.’ 10.45: Light orchestral. 11.15: Variety. 11.45: Story. Midnight: Late news. 0.10: Recorded feature. 0.50: Summary of the day’s news. 1: Close down.

To-morrow. 8 a.m.: Weather and news. 8.45: ‘ Alarm Clock Hour.’ 9.45; ‘ Hero and There.’ 10 ‘ Hospital Half-hour.’ 10.30: ‘ Musical Mosaics.’ 11: Morning story. 11.30; Devotional service. 11.45: Close down. 1.30: Broadcast to schools. 1.50: Stock Exchange report. 2.10: ‘At Home and Abroad,’ “The Watchman.” 2.25: Weather and news. 2.35: Musical programme. 7; Young people’s session. VK3ME (31.5 m), Melbourne. 8.30 p.m.: Recordings. 10.30: Weather, mining news, and the mailbag. 10.52: Recordings. 11.30: Close down. Paris. On 25.24m.—3.45 a.m, to 10.30 a.m. On 19.68m.—10.30 p.m. to 3.30 a.m. On 16.81 m a.m. to 3.30 a.m. On 24.24m.—2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. On 19.83m.—6.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. EIAR, Rome. On 25.4tn.—2,30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. to 1.15 a.m. JZJ, Tokio. On 25.42m.—0.30 a.m.. to 2 a.m*