RADIO PROGRAMMES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 226, 24 August 1932, Page 3

RADIO PROGRAMMES

Radio programmes for to-night arc a* follow :

IVA AUCKLAND (332 metres, SO2 kilocycles).—s.o: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.30: W.E.A. Session, Rev. Win. Constable, AI.A.. “The Flays of John Halsworthy,” No. 5: “The Fugitive,” “The Kldcbt Son,” and “Tho Pigeons.” 8.0: Selected recordings. 8.30: Band, “l 4 reedoni irom Sin.” B.a-»: Record. 8.38: Piano Keeilal, Eva Stern, “Novelette in D -Major,” “Los Alaillotino,” “Wall/. in U Flat -Major.” 8.47: Record. 8.50: Band, “Army of the Brave.” 9.0: Weather forecast and notices. 9.2: Talk, “Alonsana,” “Nunierology.” 9.17: Record. 9.20: Piano Recital, leva Stern, “.Moment Musical,” “Tango,” “La Campanclla.” 9.28: Band, “New Zealand Warriors.” 9.32: Dance programme. 2YA WELLINGTON (416.7 metres, 720 kilocycles).—s.o: Children’s session. 6.0 : Dinner music. 7.30: Literary Competition. Second Section, “Selected Passages from Authors and Poets of 19t!i Century.” 8.0: Recorded programme. 3YA CHRISTCHURCH (306 metres, 980 kilocycles).—s.o: Children’s session. 6.U: Dinner music. 7.40: Talk, E. 'E. Wiltshire, “Books of the Month.” 8.0: Orchestra,

“Barber of Seville.” 8.8: Record. 8.15: Soprano, Gladys Brooks, “Rose Softly Blooming.” 8.18: Orchestra, “Polka,” “Pride oong,” “Mimietto.” 8.30: Tenor, 11. J. Franei'S, “I Wept Beloved,” “A Spirit Flower.” 8.36: Orchestra. “Madame Butterfly.” 8.44: Record. 8.50: Soprano, Gladys Biooki'*, “The Adra,” “The Winds in the South,” “Bird Songs at Eventide.” 8.58: Record. 9.1: Weather forecast, and notices. 9.3: Reserved. 9.18: Tenor, H. J. Francis, “To a Rose,” “Passing By.” 9.23: Orchestra, “La Source.” 9.30: Dance music. 4YA DUNEDIN (55 metres, kilocycles).—s.o: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.15: Talk, J. E. Davies, “Boys and Girl*’ Agricultural Clubs.” 8.0: Orchestra, “The Miller and His Man.” 8.12: Part Song. Cecelia Singers. “If to Thine Kars.” 8.16: Orchestra, Ballot Suite. “Orpheus and Euridicc.” 8.24: Cecelia Singers, “f Saw Lovely Phyllis.” Soprano. Pay Stubbs, “The Inner Hills,” “I Attempt from Love’*? Sickness to Ely.” 8.32: Record. 8.36: Cecelia Singers, “Sapphic Ode.” Vocal Trio, Mrs N. Hurring. Misses Anderson and Tyric, “I’ll Rock You to Refit.” 3.42: Orchestra, “Madrigal,” “Serenade Maurcisquc,” “March of the Mogul Emperor.” 8.53: Cecelia Singers, “My Dove Dwelt in a Northern Land.” Contralto, Alison Tyric, “Lie There, My Lute,” “Love Song of liar Dyal.” 9.2: Weather report and notices. 9.4: Reserved. 9.19: Orchestra, “Anguish of the Soul” from Ist Movement, String Quartet, Opus 80 (Mendelssohn). 9.25: Cecelia Singers, “An Old -Sian Came Courting Me,” “Peter Piper.” 9.30: Dance

2ZF PALMERSTON NORTH (235 metre*-, 1050 kilocycles).—6.ls: Children’s session. 7.0: Earlv musical session. 8.0: Relay of 2YA.

2FC SYDNEY (451 metres. 605 kilocvclcs). — 810 11: Concert programme. Sol 3LO.

2BL SYDNEY (351 moires, 855 kilocycles) .—8 to 11: Concert programme. 3LO MELBOURNE (375 metres, 800 kilocycles).—B.o: Musical comedy, “The Merry Widow.” 10.33: Meditation music. 11.30: Clorio down.

3AR MELBOURNE (492 metres. 610 kilocycles).—B.l: The Evolution lhcory and some applications to man. No. 8: “Jhe Evolution of Man,” Dr. O. W. r I iegs. 8.20: A Brasi? Band concert. 9.0: An international interlude, I.eague of Nations. Air 1 4 . *L Rilev, representing “Labour.” 10.30: Close. 4QG BRISBANE (395 metres, 760 kilocycles).— 8.0: Relay from AJelbournc. 10.30: Dance music. 11.0: Close. Note. —New Zealand time is one and a half hours ahead of eastern Australian time.

BITS ABOUT BROADCASTS.

(By “.Microphone.”)

The question as to whether 4\ A is to remain in the vicinity of 550 metres is being discussed by many pcoplo and in several eases the hope is expressed that the recent change will he permanent. KKI now has only SCK to contend with, whereas 4YA used to waver considerably in its frequency and cause some trouble. The Dunedin station is now noticeably weaker in the earlier hours, however. At the present time there are 56 broadcasters in the Commonwealth and one seems to take the air every other week. Selectivity must be a characteristic of receivers there. There arc about 40 stations in the Dominion so that a New Zealand listener with a powerful set has about 80-90 90 stations regularly with which to contend. Although KFI is reported to have radiated 100 k.w. for the Olympic Games broadcasts, there seemed to be little indication that its power had been doubled. Listeners on the Pacific Coast of America would find the big station an obstacle, however. An Australian contemporary reports good reception on short-waves of CTIAA Lisbon, on 31-25 metres, where PCJ (J) used to transmit. Announcements are made in several languages. It its believed that the stui tion is on the air from 8.30 to 11.30 a.m. (N.Z. ALT.) on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday mornings. The programme commences at 3.30 with a cuckoo call. A lie.v uncle was introduced to 2YAV ; microphone on Monday night. Uncle j John” has vet to he identified—hut, he 1 sounds promising. Time must be allowed in which to cultivate the microphone atmosphere.

I'IIKDIt TING FADING. It is possible to predict some time in advance those short periods of time when radio reception “fades,” according to Air Robert -At. Morris, development engineer for the National Broadcasting Company, of America. However, no device or method has been discovered to prevent those recurring =asons when listeners are unable to hear distinctly their favourite programmes. Reception in the daytime always is more certain than it is at night. Air Morris declared. A transmitter radiates signals in all directions, he explained, but only the horizontal waves ure picked up by the receiving sets, ’lhose signals which me sent vertical or at un angle into the air are absorbed or neutralised by an ionisation proems, which is caused by the action of the sun, according to the theory which is accepted generally by engineers. Absence of Uie sun's rays causes a “ceding to form through which these radio signals rarely pass This ceiling is cabled the Kenneiiy-Hea-vinkle Layer, in honour of the engineers who first advanced this theory. It is believed that radio signals which would tic absorbed in the daytime at night are reflected by this Kennelly-Hcaviside Layer, and are bent back toward the earth to interfetv with the horizontal waves, and thus cause fading. While the reflection of radio waves causes listeners to programmes from uearbv transmitters some irritation, it permits ‘the broadcast of programmes trom abroad. Since radio signals travel m a st raiclit tine, it would be impossible to pick up *iio radiations of a transmitter on [be Other side of the globe unless these waves were reflected. Experience has revealed that short waves are deflected by the coiling mere perfectly than longer waves Engineers surmise, although they cannot nxnlam tho phenomenon, that the strength .of l the oarth’s magnetic field determines the “toughness” of the ceiling. In the winter, whan the magnetic field is the moie powerful, tnc ceiling is more difficult to pierce and the reflection of radio signals ’ more pronounced. Experience in observing th« action of the earth’s magnetic field has taught engineers to forecast the strength of it. The force of this magnetic attraction can be plotted m advance, and the periods of the fading of radio reception can ho predicted. “We have fmmd that the hour of greatest interference is in the early evening, Mr Morns said. Vic have had a number of complaints froni -- tenors that stations not connected with NBL veie trying to ruin the Amos n Andy proo.T.me bv interference, since fading was more noticeable then than during any o her programme. But it happens hat that ■ c time when this reflection js tho great-

“RK. MEMBER THIS RADIATION.” Remember ‘.hat a “U” kink in your lcad:n , v ire whore it joins the lightning ■ lev will save, many programmes trom Iveinff’ spoiled by rain water shorting the arrester. Instead, it drops at the point indicated.