BROADCASTING

Grey River Argus, 22 February 1938, Page 8

BROADCASTING

To-day’ j Programmes

IYA Auckland —650k.c. 7.0: Breakfast session; 10.0: Devotional; 10.15: Recordings; 1.30: Educational session; 2.30: Classical; 3.15: Sports results; 3.30: Light music; 4.0: Weather; 4.30: Sports results; 5.0: Children’s session; 6.0: Dinner music; 7.0: Government and overseas news from 2YA; 8.30: Talk, “The Gardening Expert,": 8.0: Concert programme; Recordings, Don Rico and his Gipsy Girls' Orchestra; 8.5: Japanese Houseboy; 8.18: Tex Rose and his Kialua Boys; 8.24: Recordings, Hildegarde (light vocal); 8.30: “Eb and Zeb”; 8.39: Melody by the Buccaneers of the pirate ship ‘Vulture”; 8.52: Tex Rose and his Kailua; 9.0: Weather, Station notices; 9.5: Talk, G. E. Minhinnick, “Will Dyson—Cartoonist”; 9.20: Dance music; 110: Close down.

2YA Wellington—s7o k.c. 6.50: Weather: 7.0: Breakfast session; 9.30: Educational; 10.0: Weather; Devotional; 11.0: Commentary on fourth day of Plunket Shield cricket match, Wellington versus Auckland; 11.15: Recordings; 1.0: Weather; 2.0: Light music; 3.0: Sports results; 3.15: Light music; 3.30: Weather; 3.45: Light music; 5.0: Children’s hour; 6.0: Dinner music; 7.0: Government and overseas news; 7.23: Rebroadcast from League of Nations station at Geneva; 7 45: Summary Plunket Shield match; 8.0: Concert programme; Methodist Bi-Centenary Meeting at Town Hall; 9.30: Weather; Station notices; 9.35: The Hamilton Diskson Orchestra; 9.50: Olive Scoular (soprano); 10.2: Orchestra; 10.6: Talk on the British Industries Fair by the Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain; 10.5: Music, mirth and melody; 11.0: Close down.

3YA Christchurch —720k.c. 7.0: Breakfast session; 10.30: Devotional; 10.45: Recordings; 11.0: Talk “Fashions”; 4.0: Weather; Light music; 4.30: Sports results 5.0: Children’s hour; 6.0: Dinner music; 7.0: Government and overseas news; 7.35: Book review, by Mr. J. H. E. Schroder; 8.0: Recordings: The Orchestra Raymonde; 8.5: “Westward Ho!” Dramatisation of Charles Kingsley’s novel by George Edwards and Co; 8.18: Recordings; Joseph Hislop (tenor): 8.30: “Wandering With the West Wind”; 9.0: Weather; Station notices; 9.5: Talk, by Douglas Cresswell, “Old Canterbury Estates: 9.20: Recording: Flanghan Brothers (accordion and banjo, with piano); 9.23: The Wellbrock Brothers in popular songs of the day: 9.30: Japanese houseboy; 9.45: The Wellbrock Brothers; 9.52: Recording. The Variety Singers; 10.0: Dance music in correct tempo; 11.0: Close down.

4YA Dunedin —790k.c. 7.0: Breakfast session; 10.0: Recordings; 10.15: Devotional; 12.0: Lunch music; 1.0: Weather: 2.0: Recordings 3.30: Sports results; Classical music; 4.0: Weather; 4.30: Sports results 5.0: Children’s hour; 6.0: Dinner music; 7.0: Government and overseas news from 2YA; 8.0: Programme of miscellaneous recordings; Strings of 8.8. C. Scottish Orchestra; 8.5: Richard Crooks with Balladeers’ Male Quartet; 8.11: Primo Scala’s Accordion Band,; 8.14: Sandy Powell “Sandy Wins the Football Pool”; 8.20: The Belgian Mandolin Orchestra; 8.23: Cicely Courtneidge (comedienne); 8.26: Sydney Torch (organ); 8.29: Tino Rossi (tenor); 8.32: Geoffrey Shaw (solo piano), and Percussion Band from St. Hilda’s; 8.40: Recorded talk by Dr. Paul Dengler, Director of Austro-American Institute of Education at Vienna, “Peasant Life in Australia”; 9.0: Weather; 9.5: Concert by British Military and Brass Bands; Massed Brass Bands, “Le Prophete” Grand March, “Milestones of Melody’; 9.14: Iris Wakelin (contralto); 9.20: Massed Band of the Aidershot Command, “Aidershot Command Searchlight Tattoo”; 9.28: “Eb and Zeb”; 9.37: Massed Brass Bands “Abide With Me” Andante in G. 9.45: Iris Wakelin; 9.51: Band of H. Welsh Guards, “Marching Through Georgia,” “Merry Hunting Day”; “Coronation Bells” March; 10.6: Music, mirth and melody; 11.0: Close down.

Daventry, England: G.S.O. 16.68 metres; G. 5.0., 19.82 metres; G. 5.8., 31.55 metres, New Zealand standard time; 8.15 p.m.: Big Ben; “Palace of Varieties”, Variety

acts, accompanied by the BBC Variety Orchestra; 9.15: “Empire Exchange”; Points of view by travelleis from the Dominions and the Colonies; 9.30: The John Dickinson (Apsley) Band; 10.0: News and announcements; 10.25: Close down.

3LR Melbourne: 12.35: “The Watchman”; _ 12.50: Musical interlude: 1.0: Victorian news; 1.15: Luncheon music; 2.0. Afternoon musical programme; 3.0: Broadcast to Schools—“ Everyday Science and Nature Study” by Mr. P. J. Wolfe; 3.15: Musical programme; 5.0: Close; 6.30: Popular music; 6.45: Sporting news and notes; 7.0: Markets, and Weather; 7.20: Overseas news service; 7.25: Commentary on Overseas News; 7.30: Queensland and North Australian news; 7.40: News in French for listeners in New Caledonia and the New Hebrides; 8.0: Light Orchestral Programme: 8.50: Travel Letter from Denzil Batchelor; 915: Instrumental Ensemble; 9.40: Comedy Sketch, “The Dumbles”; 10.0: Harpsichord Recital by Mancel Kirby; 10.20: Dance music: 10.30: Australasian news service; 11.20: News Brevities; 11.30: Close down.