TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

Evening Star, Issue 23553, 17 April 1940, Page 1

TO-NIGHT’S RADIO

During the war all main stations will remain on the air until midnight, normal programmes ceasing at VI 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 the Motor Expert. 8: ‘The Bold, Bad Buccaneers.’ 8.15: ‘ Kavenshoe.’ 8.28: ‘Aloha Land.’ 8.42: ‘The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s,’ 8.54: Mexican Dance Orchestra, ‘La Zandunga, Mexican dance, ‘EI Manton de Manila’ (The Shawl of Manila). 9.25: ‘Westward Hoi’ 9.38: ‘ Khyber and Beyond: Defiance.' 10: 1 Black and White Jazz,’ an hour of dance music, featuring Duke Ellington and his orchestra, and Charlie Barnet and his orchestra, compered by Art Rosoman. To-morrow.—6 a.m.: News and recordings. 0.50: Weather report for aviators. 7: Chimes. Breakfast session. 10: Weather report for aviators. Recordings. 10.15: Devotional service. 10.50: ‘Bits and Pieces,’ by ‘‘lsobel.” 11: Recordings. 12: Lunch music. 1; Weather report for aviators. 1,30: Educational session. 2.30: Recordings. 3.30: Sports results, classical music. 4YO (1,140 kc), Dunedin. 5; Recordings.. 6: Close down. 7: Afterdinner music. 8: An orchestral concert: ‘ Legends in Music.’ 9.11: Highlights from grand opera. 10: Merry and bright. 10.30: Close down.

4YZ (680 kc), Invercargill. 5: Light music. 5.30: Children’s session. 5.45: Tunes of the day. 6: ‘The Birth of the British Nation: Alfred the Great.’ 0.15: Daventry news. 6.45: 'Eb and Zeb.’ 7: Rebroadcast of official news. 7.10: Afterdinner music (7.30, station announcements). 8: Gardening talk. 8.15: ‘The Masked Masqueraders.’ 8.45: Studio recital by Miss G. Hay don (contralto). 9: Daventry news. 9.30: ‘Radio Cabaret.’ 10: Close down.

3YA (720 kc), Christchurch. 5; Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 7: Nows session. 7.20: Addington Stock Market , reports. 7.35: , Winter course talk, ‘ History for Everyman: A Famous New Zealander.’* 8: Readings by O. L. Simmance, ‘The Twist,’ by J. Jefferson Farjeon. 8.22■ The Queen’s Hall Orchestra, 'Symphonic Variations, Op. 78’ (Dvorak). 8.45: Jean Macfarlane, New Zealand contralto. 9.20: Weather report and station notices 9.25: Arthur Rubenstein (pianoforte) and the London Symphony Orchestra, ‘ Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11" (Chopin). 10: Music, mirth, and melody. 2YA (570 kc), Wellington.

5: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 7: News service. 7.30: ‘ Poppy Day Appeal,’ by a representative of the Wellington Returned Soldiers’ Association. 7.40: Talk by the gardening expert. 8: Grand Symphony Orchestra. 8.8: Ena Rapley (soprano). 8.14: Orchestre Raymonde. 8.22: Ken Macaulay (baritone). 8.28: Albert Sandler and his Orchestra. 8.36: Ena Rapley (soprano). 8.42: Hans Busch Orchestra. 8.45: Ken Macaulay (baritone). 8.51: New Mayfair Orchestra. 9.15: Weather report and station notices. 9.20: ‘ The Radio That Hiller Fears.’ 9.35: ‘Exploits of the Black Moth: Lady in Danger.’ 10.1: ‘The Moonstone.’ 10,14; Dance music by Manuel

Raymond’s Dance Orchestra (relayed from the Exhibition Cabaret).

IYA (6Sokc), Auckland. 5: Children’s session. ‘5.45: Dinner music. 7: News service. 7.40: Youth Centre talk. 8: String Quartet of the State • Opera House, ' Quartet in D Major, Op. 64, No. 5 ’ (Haydn). 8.13: Annette Chapman (mezzo-soprano). 8.25: Ina Boswofth (violin) and Patrick Towsey (piano), ' Kfeut-. zer Sonata’ (Beethoven). 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: ‘Those We Love.’ 9.50: Vocal ensemble. 10: Music, mirth, and melody. SHORT WAYE 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: Talk, ‘Background to the News.’ 7: To be announced. 8: News summary. 8.15: To be announced. 9: Full news bulletin. 9.30: To be announced. 10.15: Close down. VLB (31.32 m), Melbourne. 7.30 p.m.: Young people’s session'. 8.15: Music. 9: News. 9.45: Talk. 10: Special feature. 10.30; ‘Women and Song.’ 11: Play. 11.30: News. 11.45: Chamber music. Midnight: Orchestral programme. .0.30: Department of Information service. 1: Recordings. 1.50: News and Department of Information service. 2.30: Close down. VLR3 (25.25 m), Melbourne. To-morrow. news. 9.15: ‘Alarm Clock Hour.’ 9.45: News. 10: ‘Morning Melodies.’ 11.30: Morning story. 12: Daily devotional service. 12.15: Close down. 2: Broadcast to schools. 2.20: Stock Exchange report* etc* 2.40:

‘At Home and Abroad,’ “ The Watchman." 2.55: News. 3.35: Musical programme and results of the Woodend races (news at 6.15). 7.15: Close down, 2R03 (31.15 m), 2R06 (19.16 m), Rom*. 6: Musical programme. 6.35: News summary in English. 6.50: Musical programme. 7: News summary in Italian. 7.15: Close down.