Radio

Northern Advocate, 29 March 1937, Page 8

Radio

Monday, March 29

IYA AUCKLAND (650 kc.). 5 p.m: Children’s hour. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News and reports. 8.0: Concert programme, 8.20; Recorded presentation Scotland Yard, in “The Case of the Swinging Sword.” 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Signor and Signora Marotta (basso and soprano) , accompanied by the Studio String Orchestra, in a recital of works by Quilter, Mule, Rossini and Pergolesi. 9.21: Recordings, with items by the Studio String Orchestra. 10.0 to 11.0: Music, mirth and melody. IYX AUCKLAND (880 kc.). 5.0 to 6.0 p.m: Light musical programme. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: A Schumann symphonic pi’ogramme. 9.0: Light popular programme. 9.45: Famous international choirs. 10.0 to 10.30; Light recitals. 2YA WELLINGTON (570 kc.). 5.0 p.m: Children’s hour. 6-0: Dinner music. 7.0: News and reports. 7.30: Time signals from the Dominion Observatory. Rebroadcast from League of Nations shortwave station at Geneva. 8.0: Chamber music. 8.40: Talk (recorded), Colonel John Atkinson, “Humour of Umpires and Referees.” 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Te Mauri Meihana (soprano), the Rotorua exponent of Maori music. 9.15: “The Adventure of the Dancing Princess.” A BBC recorded programme. 10.3 to 11.3: Dance programme. 2YC WELLINGTON (840 kc.). 5.0 to 6.0 p.m: Light music. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0; “Highlights from Musical Comedy.” 9.0: Programme of band recordings, with spoken interludes, featuring at 9.25, “Superstition.” 10.0: Thirty minutes of variety. 3YA CHRISTCHURCH (720 kc.). 5 p.m: Children’s hour. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News and reports. 7.30; Time signal. 8.0; Band music, with interludes by Lex Macdonald (baritone, the former boy soprano) and “Eb and Zeb,” the country storekeepers. 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Concert programme, featuring Elaine Moody’s Hawaiian Trio and Jock Lockhart (comedian).

10.0: Sports summary. 10.15 to 11.15; Music, mirth and melody. 3YL CHRISTCHURCH (1200 kc.). 5.0 to 6.0 p.m: Recordings. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Running commentaries on championship events at the inter-university swimming tournament, relayed from the Tepid Baths. 10.0 to 10.30: Light mufeic. 4YA DUNEDIN (790 kc.). 5 p.m: Children’s hour. 6.0: ' Dinner music. 7.0: News and reports. 8.0: A recital programme, featuring Madame Ross-Brodie (mezzo soprano). 8.40: Talk, Mr John Ash, “World Affairs.” 9.0; Weather' report and station notices. 9.5: The Mountebanks present “The High Road,” a comedy by Frederick Lonsdale. 10.20 to 11.20; Another programme of dance numbers in strict tempo. 4YO DUNEDIN (1140 kc.). *

5.0 to 6.0 p.m: Recordings. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Variety and vaudeville entertainment. 9.0: Musical comedy programme. 10.0 to 10.30: Comedy and light music.

Short-Wave Stations

(New Zealand Summer Times are Given.) EMPIRE STATIONS G5G,16.86m; GSO, 19.76 m; and GSB, 31.55 m. 7.0 p.m: Big Ben. Scottish dance music. The strings of the BBC Scottish Orchestra: leader, J. Mouland Begbie; conductor, Guy Warrack. 7.17: “This is England.” Talks by representative English people: (12) George Robey, comedian. 7.32: “Music by British Composers.” The BBC Empire Orchestra; leader, Daniel Melso; conducted by Clifton Helliwell. Vocalist, Astra Desmond (contralto). 8.32: “Round and About.” 8.40: The news and announcements. Greenwich time signal at 8.45: 9.0; Close down. 3LR LYNDHURST, AUSTRALIA (31.34 M.) 9.0 p.m: Melbourne Central Post Office chimes. Talk. “Will Radical Changes in Education Be Necessary?” Mr A. W. Hicks. 9.20; National news. 9.30: Victorian news. 9.35: News, markets and weather for the countryman. 10.0: Serial, “As Ye Sow,” episode 13. 10.30: Programme from the Melbourne Studios. 11. C: Programme of the National Dance Orchestra. 11.30; Variety programme from the Melbourne studios. 12.0 midnight: Programme from the Melbourne studios, 12.30; Australasian news service, including market and stock exchange reports. Sporting notes. 12.45; Meditation music, 1.30: Close down. ......