TO-NIGHT'S RADIO

Evening Star, Issue 23497, 10 February 1940, Page 1

TO-NIGHT'S RADIO

4YA (790 kc), Dunedin. 4: Weather report. 4.45: Sports results. 5; Children’s session. 6.45; Dinner music. 7: News service. 7.40: Talk by Don Miller, ‘ To-day’s Cricket Results.’ 8: Light ballad and orchestral concert, 4YA Concert Orchestra (conducted by Gil Decli), ‘ Down Channel ’ Overture (Rowley). 8.8: lan Macpherson (baritone), ‘ The Arethusa ’ (arr. Geehl), ‘The Valley Where the Leven Flows ’ (arr. Macfarlane), ‘ It’s a Sprig o’ Purple Heather’ (arr. MacFarlane). 8.18: The orchestra, ‘ Moods ’ Suite (Wood). 8.38: Dora Labbette (soprano), 1 At the Rainbow’s End ’ (Ronald), ‘ Song of a Nightingale ’ (Phillips), duets with Hubert Eisdell, ‘Marigold’ (Besly), ‘The Little Irish Girl.’ 8.50: The orchestra, ‘ Three Dances from “ Nell Gwynn ” ’ (German). 9: Reserved. 9.20: Wea_ther report and station notices. 9.25; Dance music, with, at 10. sports summary. 11.30: News. 12: Close down. 4YO (1,140 kc), Dunedin. 5; Recordings. 6: Close down. 7: After-dinner music. 8.; ‘ Marie Antpin-

ette. B.] 4: Modern mood. 8.30: ‘ His Lordship’s Memoirs: The Vicomte.’ 9: ‘ Leaves from the Diary of a Film Fan.’ 9.30: Band programme. 10: Merry and bright. 10.30: Close down. 4YZ (680 kc), Invercargill. 5: Light music. 5.30: Children’s session. 5.45; Saturday special. 6.15: Reserved. 6.45: ‘One Good Deed a Day.’ 7: Rebroadcast of official news. 7.10 (approx.): After-dinner music. 7.30: Station announcements. 8; Local results. 8.5: Shall we dance? 9: Reserved. 9.15: For the music lover. 10; Close down. 3YA (720 kc), Christchurch, 4.30; Sports results. 5: Children’s hour. 5.45: Dinner music. 7: News service. 8: Albert Sandler and his orchestra. 8.11: Richard Tauber (tenor). 8.15: ‘ One Good Deed a Day.’ 8.30; The Three Virtuosos on three pianos. 8.3 C: Dan Sullivan’s Shamrock Band. 8.43; The Scott-Wood Novelty Players. 8.49; Gladys Moncrieff (soprano). 8.52; Frank Westfield’s orchestra. 9: Reserved. 9.20; Weather report and station notices. 9.25: ‘ Hollywood Cavalcade for 1939,’ a review in retrospect of pre-eminent film presentations of the year that is past. 10.15; Sports summary, 10.30,:

Dance music. 11.30; News. 12: Close down. 2YA (570 kc), Wellington, 5: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 7: News service. 8: ‘Look and Listen,’ a merry mixture of songs, skits, and sketches, presented from the National Broadcasting Service Studio at the Wellington Centennial Exhibition by a versatile company of New Zealand artists. 9: Reserved. 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: Old-time dance music by the 2YA Old-time Dance Orchestra, with (at 10) sports summary. 11.30: News. 12: Close down. IYA (650 kc), Auckland. 5: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 7: News service. 8: Rosario Bourdon Symphony Orchestra. 8.10: James Hoskins (baritone). 8.22: Pinero' (violin). 8.31: Margaret Gerrand (girl soprano), in a recital of songs of her own composition. 8.43: Rosario Bourdon Symphony Orchestra. 8,49: The Melody Five (concerted male vocal). 9; Reserved. 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: Anton and the Paramount Theatre Orchestra, with Reginald Foort at the organ. 9.31: The Roosters’ Concert Party, with military band (descriptive sketch). 9.40: Sandy Powell and his Mouth Organ Band, 9.46: C. B. Coch-

ran (compere), assisted by Janet Joyce, Edw. Cooper, and Ray Noble and his orchestra. 9.54: Harry Robbins (xylophone, with Four Bright Sparks). 10: Sports summary. 10.10: Dance music. 11.30: News. 12: Close down. SHORT WAVE STATIONS Empire Station (19.82 m, 25.5 m, 31.55 m), Daventry. 5.57 p.m.: Announcements. 6: To be announced. 6.15: Full news bultin. 6.45: To be announced. 7.30: ‘ London Log,’ talk by Howard Marshall. 7.45: To be announced. 8: News summary. 8.15; Talk, ‘ln England Now.’ 8.30; To be announced, 9; Full news bulletin. 9.30: To he announced. 10.15: Close down. VLR (31.32 m), Melbourne. 7.30 p.m,; Young people’s session. 8.15: Music. 9: News. 9.15: ‘ I Don’t Agree.’ 9.25: Essential services and sporting information. 9.45: ‘Music Hall Memories.’ 10: Musical interlude, 10.15: ‘ Merry-go-round.’ 11.15; Orchestral programme. 11.30: News. 11.45; Orchestral programme, 0.30: Department of Information service. 1: Recordings. 1.50; Late news and Department of Information service. 2.30: Close down. For Sunday’s Programme see Radio Page,