TO-NIGHT'S RADIO

Evening Star, Issue 23408, 27 October 1939, Page 1

TO-NIGHT'S RADIO

4YA (790 kc), Dunedin. 4.30 : Light musical programme. 5 ; Children’s hour (Big Brother Bill, with Uncles Tam and Lex and the Botany Club). 5.45: Dinner music. 7: A talk by the Hon. \V. Nash, specially intended for farmers. 7.15: Government and overseas news. 7.25: Nows and reports. 7.40: Talk by Mr T. O’Shea, 1 To-morrow’s Cricket Matches. 8: ‘ Dad and Dave.’ 8.15: ‘Pinto Pete in Arizona.’ 8.30: ‘The Rich Uncle from Fiji.’ 8.42: The Johnson Negro Choir—‘ All God’s Children Got Wings, ‘ It’s Me, 0 Lord,’ ‘ Carve that ’Possum.’ .8.50: Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra (with vocal). ‘Chant of the Weed’ (Redman), ‘Rhumba Fantasy (Various). 9; News. 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: London Philharmonic Orchestra, ‘Third Movement—Allegro.’ from ‘ Symphony in G Major,’ ‘ Paris ’ (Mozart). 9.33: Readings by Professor T. D. Adams—Alexander Smith, ‘ On the Writing of Essays ’: Leigli Hunt. ‘ The Cat by the Fire ’; Dr Samuel Johnson, ‘ Boswell and Carlyle.’ Musical interludes. 10.5: Dance music by the Savoy Dance Band (relay from Savoy Restaurant). 10.45: News. 10.50: Continuation of dance programme. 11: Recordings and news. 12: Close down. To-morrow.—o n.m.: News and recordings, G. 60; Weather report for

aviators. 7: Physical bxercises. 7.10: Breakfast session. 10: Weather report for aviators, selected recordings. 10.50: Talk to women by Margaret. 12 : Lunch music. 1: Weather report for aviators, weather forecast. Recordings. 3.30: Sports results. Recordings. 4YO (1,140 kc), Dunedin. 5: Recordings. 6: Close down. 7: After-dinner music. 8: ‘ Classics for the Connoisseur.’ 9: ‘Nigger Minstrels. 9.13; Variety and vaudeville. 10: Melody and humour. 10.30; Close down. 3YA (720 kc), Christchurch. 5: Children’s hour. 5.45; Dinner music. 7: As 4YA till 7.40. 8; 3YA Orchestra, conducted by Will Mutchc-ns, Mus.B. 8.16: Georges Thill (tenor). 8.28: 3YA Orchestra. 8.44: Aiisa Nicol (soprano recital). 5.56: 3YA Orchestra. 9; News. 9.20: Weather forecast and station notices. 9.25: Rosario Bourdon Orchestra. 9.29: Edward Hendy (baritone). 9.41; Rosario Bourdon Orchestra. 9.48; Dorothy Clarke, Webster Booth, and Foster Richardson, 1 Songs That Have Sold a Million.’ 9.57: Rosario Bourdon Orchestra, 10.5: Music, 'mirth, and melody. 10.45: News. 10.50: Continuation of programme. 11; Recordings and* news. 12: Close down. 2YA (570 kc), Wellington. 5: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 7 : As 4YA till 7.40. 8 : ‘ Song Hits with a Miss.’ featuring Mavis Edmonds and her Rhythm Makers. 8.17 :

Albert Sandler and his orchestra. 8.23: Harold Ramsay (organ). 8.29: The Ranch Boys (vocal trio). 8.35: Charles Kama and his Moana Hawaiians. 8.41; Jack Feeney (Irish tenor). 8.48: Gleb Yellin’s Gipsy Orchestra. 9: News. 9.20; Weather report and station notices. 9.25: ‘Eb and Zeb.’ 9.35; The 8.8. C. Military Band. 9.43: Gwcnyth Greenwood (soprano). 9.52: Band of H.M. .Scots Guards. Pipes and drums of H.M. 2nd Battalion Scots Guards. 10.1: Peter Dawson (bass-baritone). 10.7 : Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards. 10.15: Rhythm on Record. A programme of new dance recordings compered by Turntable. 10.45: Nows. 10.50: Continuation of dance programme. 11.1: Recordings and news. 12: Close down. IYA (65(3kc), Auckland. 5: Children's session. 5.45: Dinner music. 7; As 4YA till 7.40. 7.40: Sports talk by Gordon Hotter. 8: ‘Favourite Passages From My Favourite Authors—Jeremy Taylor and Sir Thomas Browne,’, by Professor W. A. Sewell, 8.22; The 8.8. C. Symphony Orchestra. 8.42: Mary Murphy (soprano). 8.52: The 8.8. C. Symphony Orchestra. 9: News. 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: Dorothy Davies (piano). 9.41; Heinrich Rehkeroper (baritone). 9.49: Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York. 10: Music, mirth, and melody. 10.45: News. 10.50: Continuation of programme. 41: Recordings and news. 12: Close down.

SHORT WAVE STATIONS (New Zealand summer times aro given.) Empire. Station (16.84 m, 19.32 m, 25.28 m, 31.55 m). Usual hours for transmission I. are 6 p.m. to 10.15 p.m. Frequencies are subject to change. VLB (31.32 m), Melbourne. Monday to Saturday: 8.30 a.m. to 12.15 p.m.; 2 p.m. to 8.45 p.m.; 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. News in English. Nqws in English from foreign short wave stations can be heard as under:— .6.15 a.m.: Rome, 31.13 m, 23.4 m, 19.61 m. 7: Berlin, 49.83 m. 31.01 m, 25.49 m, 19.86 m. 8: Paris, 41.2 m, 25.24 m. 9.15; Berlin, 49.83 m, 31.01 m, 25.49 m, 19.86 m. 1 p.m.: Paris, 25.6 m, 25.24ra. 1.15: Berlin, 25.29 m. 25.42 m, 19.74 m, 3: New York, 16.88 m; Pittsburgh, 25.27 m: Schenectady. 31.41 m. 3.15: Paris, 25.6 m, 25.42 m. 3.30: Berlin, 25.42 m. 19.74 m. G: New York, 30.02 m; Pittsburgh, 48,86 m. 7: Berlin. 31.46 m. 19.63 m. 16.89 m. 8: Moscow, 19.76 m. 3.15: Paris, 25 24m, 19.83 m. 9 30: Rome, 16.83 m. 11; Rome. 25.4 m, 16.83 m; Paris, 19.68 m, 16.8 m.