RADIO PROGRAMMES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 197, 21 July 1937, Page 7

RADIO PROGRAMMES

DOMINION AND OVERSEAS. The following radio programmes will be heard this evening and to-morrow morning from the Dominion National, Palmerston North, Australian, Empire, and European stations. Except for Australia all schedules are New Zealand time; for Australia add li hours to the time given. IYA AUCKLAND (461 metres; 650 kilocycles).—s.o: Children's session. 6.0: Dinner music. 8.0: Orchestra, “Concerto for Piano and Strings, No. 10 in D Minor.” 8.20: Winifred Ilill (soprano), “Divination by a Daffodil,” “Snowllakes,” “To an Me in the Water,” “0. Thank Mo Not.” 8.50: Marjorie Gully and Trevor do Clive Lowe, “Sonata for Piano and ’Cello.” 9.0: Weather. 9.5: Talk, Julius Hogben, “Business English ns She is IVrote.” 9.20: Orchestra, Three Masqtie Dances. 9.28: Edna Peace (contralto), “A Summer Night,” “Achal by the Sea.” 9.34: Orchestra, . “Fata Morgana,” “Cuban Lament.” 1 9.40: Patrick Colbert (bass), “Ole Faithful,” “My Old Dog.” 9.46: Orchestra, Dance Tunes From Bavaria. 8.49: Edna Peace (contralto), “Down Hero the Lilacs Fade,” “Glory of the Soa.” 9.55: Orchestra, “Flirtation,” “El Saludo.” 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close. IYX AUCKLAND . (340.7 metres; 880 kilocycles).—s.o: Selected musical programme. 6.0: Close. 7.0: After-dinner programme. 10.30: Close. 2YA WELLINGTON (526.0 metres; 570 kilocycles).—s.o: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 8.0: Orchestra, “Tzigane Czardas.” 8.3: Len Barnes (baritone) “Ethiopia Saluting the Colours,” “Treat Me Nice;” “Duna,” “The Windmill.” 8.15: Josef ICaartinen (saxophonist), “Minuet in G,” “Pale Moon,” “Santiago,” "Berceuse,” “Hurricane.” 8.30: Gladys Webb (soprano), “To a Fallen Poplar,” “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes,” “Tho New Moon,” “The Triple Isles.” 8.40: Talk, Dr Guy 11. Scholefield, 0.8. E., “World Affairs.” 9.0: Weather. 9.5: “Libel,” a piny. 10.20: Dance music. 11.20: Close. 2YC WELLINGTON (356.9 metres; 840 kilocycles).—s.o: Light music. 6.0: Close. 7.0: After-dinnor music. 8.0: Instrumental programme. 9.0: Classical programme. 10.30: Close. 3YA CHRISTCHURCH (416.4 metres; 720 kilocycles).—s.o : Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 8.0: Orchestra, “Algerienne.” 8.22: Dusolina Giannini (soprano), “Allorsoolen,” “Zueignung.” 8.28: Noel Newson, L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M. (pianist). “Arabeske,” “Humoreske,” “Moment, Musical,” “Etude in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12.” 8.41: Heinrich Schlusnus (baritone), “Winter Love,” “Night Walk.” 8.46: Orchestra, “Don Juan.” 9.0: Weather. 9.5: Reserved. 9.20: Joseph Szigeti (violin) and orchestra, “Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra.” 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close. 3YL CHRISTCHURCH (250 metres; 1200 kilocycles).—s.o; Selected recordings. 6.0: Close. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Alternative concert programme, 10.30: Close. 4YA DUNEDIN (379.5 metres: 790 kilocycles).—s.o: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 8.0: Band, “Evorgeen." 8.10: Pantomime Company, “Dick Whittington.” 8.22: George Swift (trumpet), “Sonia.” 8.25: F. White and Paul Reno (patter comedians), “A Humorous Interlude.” 8.34: Cicely Courtneidge (comedienne), “Things Are Looking Up.” 8.37: Band, “Welcoming Them in to the Welcome Inn.” 8.40: Talk, Rev. Cyrl Norwood, president of St. John'9 College, Oxford, and formerly Headmaster of Harrow, “The New Conception of Physical Education.” 9.0: Weather. 9.5: With the tenors, b.v “The Man in tho Street.” 8.45: Recordings. 10.0: Dance music. 11.0: Close. 4YO DUNEDIN (272 metres; 1140 kilocycles).—s.o: Selected recordings. 6.0: Close. 7.0: After-d inner music. 8.0: Alternative concert programme. 10.30: Close. 2ZF PALMERSTON NORTH (312.3 motres ; 960 kilocycles).—6.ls: Children’s session conducted by Auntie Pat, Aunt Rene, and Uncle Phil. 7.0: Light recordings. 8.0: Relay of 2YA. 10.0: Close. AUSTRALIAN STATIONS. 2FC SYDNEY (492 metres; 610 kilocycles).—7.4o : National programme, “Ely by Night,” tho final chapter. 8.0: “The Passing of the Regiments,” by The National Military Band. 8.30: “Topical Revue” from the week’s nows. 3.55: Interlude. 9.0: “Batchelor Travels.” 9.10: National Military Band. 9.30: “Tho Green Goddess.” 10.30: Interlude. 10.40: Meditation music. 11.30: Close. 2BL SYDNEY (405 metros; 740 kilocycles).—B.o : Opera singers of the ’Nineties, programme of rare recordings. . 8.45 : Paul Schramm, pianist. 9.10: Relayed from 2NC, Newcastle, programme by the Cessnock Male Voice Choir, with Ruth Gunt.he, soprano. 9.50: Interlude. 10.0: Looking Glass Music, a fantasia. 10.30: Close. VK3LR LYNDHURST, VICTORIA. 31.34 metres; 9580 kilocycles. 6.30: Chimes. Finance and commerce. 6.45; Sporting news. 7.0: C'bime3. talk, “The Search for (lie Right Water,” by Professor W. J. Dakin. 7.20: News bulletin. 8.0: National Military Band. 8.30: Topical Revue. 9.0: Travel letter by Denzil Batchelor. 9.30: “Tam 0’ Shanter.” 10.30: Newsservice. 10.50: Meditation music. 11.30: Close. THE EMPIRE TRANSMITTER.

4 p.m. —Big Ben. Talk, “World Affairs.” 4.15: Military band concert,. 4.55: Variety, ■with Ezra Pitt,. 5.25: News and announcements. 5.45: Schumann’s Chamber music. 6.15: Close. GERMAN STATION, BERLIN.

4.35: Call DJA, DJB. German folk song. 4.40: Music-making. 5.30: News in German. 5.45: Music-making. 6.20: Greetings to listeners. 6.30: News and economic review in English. 6.45: “To-day in Germany.” 7.0: Songs and poems. 7.45: Symphony concert. 9.0: Nows in Gorman. 9.15: “Press Review,” Editor-in-Chief, Tlans Fritzsche. 9.30: Piano selections. 9.45: Sign off. 2RO RADIO ROMA, Rome.

a.m. : Varied programme from Italian stations. 12.50: Mediterranean hour. 1.30: Near and Far East schedule, newß in English. musical selections. 3.50: For ItaTian Fast Africa, with relay from the Royal Opera House, Rome. Wave change at 4.50 to 31.13 metres. 5 a.m. : Arabian musical session. 5.20: News in Turkish. 610- News in German. 6.25: News in French 6.38: Programme from Italian Stations. 9.45-10.0: Nows in English. 10 30- North American session, news in English. 10-50: For Latin America, with operatic relay, news in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. 12.15: Close. RADIO COLONIALE, Paris.

Through" TPA4.-2.30 n.m. : ‘Records. T, n Nows in French. 4.0: News m English. 4.15: Record recitai. 5.15: News in G T]nough s ' 3 TPA3.°-8.30 Kecords. o 45 ! Nows in French. 9.10: News in Eng-l-'lf'qpO- News in Italian. 9.30: Close. 1 TPA2-10.30 p.m.: Concert fro/nTtgional station. 1.15: Talk in ■Russian Rumanian, Greek, Spanish, oi Russian, ri on French affairs, somo othei langi.lag 1145- Re av 11.30: New* .n %I»h. from Ratho Pans. 10. l O. News in events 12.30 • Conce ; Records> 2-0; French. 1.30- _ . vocn i concert. 3.30: Instrumental and/01 - Close. Sliare market repotk gX- U Record uH.SV' 9panish ’ a Portuguese. 10.30: Close.

BITS ABOUT BROADCASTS. SPANISH ROYALISTS’ VOICE. TRANSMISSION FROM TETUAN. (By “Microphone.”) During the year that has elapsed since the commencement of hostilities in Spain short-wave listeners have derived no little entertainment from tho numerous transmissions being made by the contending parties. One of the first objects of the rebel forces was the Government transmitter EAQ in the heart of Madrid, but it has survived a shelling, and is now operating on two waves with the calls EAQ and EAQ2. Activities, however, are by no means confined to. the Madrid front; New Zealanders are hearing in the afternoon transmissions emanating from the rebel headquarters in Spanish Morocco, in North Africa. Although the transmitters'are 10,COO miles away, volume is excellent on an efficient receiver, making for fascinating listening. On Thursday afternoon particularly fine reception was obtained of EA9AH, the situation of which is Tetuan. The transmitter operates on 21.13 metros, 14,200 kilocycles (14.2 megacycles), and tho strength is remarkable. At 2 p.m. what was apparently a news session was given in Spanish, with the repetition of the slogan “Viva Franco!”. The call was subsequently repeated several times, sounding as “Aye Ah Nueve Ah Achay.” The station later appeared to bo in contact with another transmitter affiliated with the Royalist forces. Tho address is Box 124 Tetuan, but it is unlikely that in the present stress it will verify reports. Carqful listening will disclose a large number of Spanish stations trespassing on the amateur band, and it is frequently difficult to definitely identify them unless the listener has a passable knowledge of Spanish. EABAE, in the Canary Islands group, operates - on 20 metres, while EAJ43, similarly located, is listed on 10,370 kilocycles by an American publication. There is another Tetuan trans-mitter—“Gardia-Civil” —on 6140 kilocycles. These are all rebel transmitters —to hear the Loyalist side of the story it is necessary to tune in Madrid before 2 p.m. or 2.30 p.m. The waves used are EAQ on 30.4 metres, and EAQ2 on 31.65 metres. Australian listeners report considerable interefence on the former hand, apparently directed by the rebels. SPANISH ALPHABET. Spanish is utilised by the majority of Central and South American transmitters on the amateur hand, and frequently the calls are missed through the lack of an elementary knowledge of the language. It is not difficult to master sufficient to identify a call: In place of the “CQ” general call, “Llamada general” is usually given, meaning the same thing; or if CQ is actually called it comes over the air as “Say Koo.” “Cambio! Cambio!” usually heard before the transmitter goes off the air, means in colloquial English, “Go ahead.” inviting the other station to commence its conversation. The following is a phonetic list of pronunciations: — A, ah; B, hay; C, say; D, day; E, aye; F, effay; G, hay; H, achay; 1. ee; J, liota; K, kali; L, ellay; M, emmay; N, ennay; 0, oh; P, pay; Q, koo; R, airray; S, essay; T, tay; U, oo; V, vay; AV. double oo vay; A, eckiss; Y, ee-gree ’egga; Z, tliay ’ta. Numerals: 1, uno; 2 dos; 3 tres; 4 cuatro; 5, cinco; 6, seis; 7, siete; 8, ocho; 9, nueve. Good practice will ho obtained by listening to the Spanish amateurs on the 40-metre band in the early evening. The QSL cards of many of these amateurs are really works of art. Those of OA4R Lima, Peru, and LUIQA, in Argentina (operated by an Englishman), are splendid examples of the art, with a string of coloured flags representing the countries in the “Western Union” or “Wheel of the West” (Rueda del Oeste), an organisation of amateur operators. NEW ITALIAN TRANSMITTER. There tvas a wealth of significance in the cable news last week that one of the most powerful transmitters in. the world is in course of erection, and nearly completed, near Rome, to be used for propaganda purposes. At present Rome is heard on 31.13 metres, 9630 kilocycles, and 25.4 metres, 11,810 kilocycles, hut readers may recall the intimation based on direct information from Rome, in this column earlier in the year, to the effect that a huge transmitter was under way. Translating freely from the Italian, it was then stated that in the year just ended, with the fervour which the regime had enforced, Italy had captured first place in the world so far as radio was concerned. In the coming year, however, a grand new 480,000-watt station would be completed for Rome, being one of the most powerful in the world. A huge single antenna mast 260 metres (well over 780 ft.) high is erected—that of 2YA is 710 ft.—and the great plant will act as the national feeder unit for a senes of provincial stations with powers of up to 120,000 watts. The existing stations are magnificent and constitute an elaborate network, a new one of 50,000 watts operating at Bologna. Another at Bolzano, in mountain country, is powered with 20,000 watts. An announcement may soon he expected of the new transmitter, which is sure to operate on ono of the most favourable positions on the short-wave band. In view of European developments of this nature a recent London message is of interest The growing confusion in short-wave lengths was discussed by the International Broadcasting Union at Lausanne, and it was decided to collect data for a world tele-communication conference in Cairo next spring. New Zealand will be represented at these talks, when all waves, including those for amateurs, will he rigorously examined to prevent a worsening of an already serious position. THROUGH THE MICROPHONE.

An interesting amateur station testing on' 14,000 kilocycles is CPIAA in La Paz, Bolivia. It is operated by an Englishman, and reaches good volume through interference. It is reported from Christchurch that the llabaul transmitter on 21.7 metres is again operating following the eruptions some weeks ago. It is possible for listeners on 660 kilocycles to hear the signals of the airway liners when approaching the airport in Wellington, and it is likely that such will be possible in this Ideality. Following the recent publication in this” column of the waves used by the American air companies, listeners have tried without success to pick up tho signals. Careful listenin' is required to hear these stations, which are of comparatively low power. For example, the transmitter on the ill-fated machine of Mrs Putnam was rated at only 50 watts.

GSG 17,790 k.c. GcO 19.76m., 15,180 k.c. GSD 11,750 k.c. GSB 31.55m., 9,510 k.c.

EJA 31.38m., 9,560 k.c. DJR 19,74m., 15.200 k.c. DJK 16.89rn., 17,760 k.c. DJN 31.45m., 9,540 k.c.

Till 4.50 a.m .... 25.40m., 11,810 k.c. After 5.0 a.m ... 31.13m., 9,635 k.c. On 25.4 metres.--11.13 p.m. to 12.50

19.68m., 15,243 k.c. .. 25.24m., 11.885 k.c. .... 25.60m., 11,720 k.c.