TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

Evening Star, Issue 23526, 15 March 1940, Page 1

TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

' During the war all main stations will remain on the air until midnight, normal programmes ceasing at 11 p.m. Daventry news will be broadcast at 6,7, and 9 a.m., and at 12.30, 4, 6.15, 9, and 11.30 p.m.

4YA (790 kc), Dunedin. 4.30: Light musical programme. 5: Children’s session. 5.45; Dinner music. 7: News service. 7.30: Talk by Mr James Hogg, ‘ The Otago Provincial Patriotic Society.’ 7.40: Talk by T. O’Shea, ‘ To-morrow’s Cricket Matches.’ 8: ‘Dad and Dave.’ 8.15: ‘ Pinto Pete in Arizona.’ 8.30: ‘ The Circle of Shiva,’ a tale of Eastern mystery and intrigue. 8.43: Patricia Rossborough (piano), with orchestra — ‘ Alice, Where Art Thonp’ (Ascher), ‘ Barcarolle ’ Humoresque (arr. Scott Wood). 8.51: Effie Atherton, Bertha Willmott, Bobbie Comber, Leonard Henry, and Company—‘ Cinderella ’ Burlesque Pantomime (Wallace). 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.30: Readings by Professor T. D. Adams, with musical interludes. 10: Dance music by the Savoy Dance Band (relay from the Savoy Restaurant).

To-morrow. —6 a.m.; News and recordings. 6.50: Weather report for aviators. 7: Physical exercises. 7.10; Breakfast session. 10: Selected recordings. 10.50:. -‘ Flower Arrangement,’

by the president of the Society of the New Zealand Professional Florist Artists. Recordings. 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: 1 Classics for the Connoisseur.’ 9: ‘Piccadilly on Parade.’- 9.13: Dancing time. 10: Melody and humour. 10.30: Close down. 4YZ (680 kc), Invercargill. 5: Light music. 5.30: Children’s session. 5.45: Laugh and sing. 6: Carson Robison and his Buckaroos. 6.1 o: Daventry news. 6.45: ‘ Marie Antoinette.’ 7: Kebroadcast of official news. 7.10 (approx.) : After-dinner music. 7.30: Station announcements. 8; ‘ Egmont Overture’ (Beethoven), played by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Norman Walker (tenor); ‘ Le Coq d’Or ’ Suite (Rimsky-Korsa-kov), played by the London Symphony Orchestra. 8.40: Musical comedy. 9: Daventry news. 9.30: ‘Thrills.’ 9.43; Rhythm time. 10: Close down.

3YA (720 kc), Christchurch. 5: Children’s session. 4.45: Dinner music. 7: News service. 7.35: Talk, under the auspices of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society by A. G. Familtou; ‘Fish Cultivation and Maintenance.’ 8: ‘Memories of the Savoy.’ songs by Gilbert and Sullivan. 8.30; Lois Manning (pianoforte! red-,:

tal). 8.42: Mrs Tristram Willcox (contralto). 8.52: The Jacques String Orchestra. 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. 9.30: John M'Cormack (tenor). 9.38: New Light Symphony Orchestra. 9.50: Roy Henderson (baritone). 9.56: The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. 10: Music, mirth, and melody. 2YA (570 kc), Wellington. 5: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 7; News service. 7.30: Review of the races at Trentham to-morrow, by S. V. M'Ewen. 8: ‘ Every Friday Night at Eight,’ a musical absurdity, featuring the Rhythm Makers. 8.32: ‘The Mysterious Mr Lynch.’ 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25; ‘ Eb and Zeb.’ 9.35: Programme by the Wellington South Salvation Army Band. 9.45: Nettie M'Kay (mezzo-soprano). 9.55; The Band. 10.1: Charles Kullman (tenor). 10.4: The Band. 10.15: New recordings, compered by “ Turntable.” IYA (650 kc), Auckland. 5; Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 7: News service. 7.20: Sports talk by Gordon Hutter. 8: Lamoureux Orchestra, ‘ Spanish Rhapsody * (Ravel). 8.18: Phyllis Read (mezzosoprano) . 8.30: Edwin Fischer (soloist), and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, ‘ Piano Concerto in C Minor ’ (Mozart). 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: Vladimir Rosing (tenor). 9.33: Music from the Theatre: ‘ Le Coq D’Or.’ to the music of Rimsky-Korsakov. 10: Music, mirth, >aud melody..

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 bulletin, 6.45: To be announced. 8: News summary. 8.15: Talk, ‘ln England Now.’ 8.45: To be announced. 9: Full news bulletin. 9.30: Talk, ‘ Matters of Moment.’ 10.15: Close down. VLR (31.32 m), Melbourne. 7.30 p.m.: Young people’s session. 8.15: Special racing session. 8.30: Music. 9: News. 9.45: Talk. 10: Light orchestral programme. 10.30: Ballad recital. 10.45: ‘Other Men’s Jobs.’ 11: Jim Davidson’s Orchestra. 11.30: News. 11.45: Recorded music. Midnight: Two piano recitals. _ 0.30: Department of Information service. 1: Meditation music. 1.50: News and Department of Information service. 2.30: Close down. VLR3 (25.25 m), Melbourne. 8.30 a.m.: Weather and news. 9.15: Alarm clock hour. 9.45: News. 11: ‘At Random.’ 12: Daily devotional service. 12.15:. Close down. 2: Music, light and right. 2.25; Stock Exchange report, etc. 2.55: News. 3.35: Musical programme, interspersed with descriptions of the Caulfield and Warwick Farm races (news at 6.15). 7.15: Close down, 2R03 (31.15 m), 2R06 (19.61 m), Rome. 6 p.m.: Musical programme. 6.35: News summary in English. 6.50: Musical programme. 7,: News summary ,ig Italian. Z.ls_; filqse down.;