Radio

Northern Advocate, 5 January 1938, Page 8

Radio

Wednesday, January 5

IYA AUCKLAND (650 kc.). 5 p.m: Children’s hour. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0; News and reports. 7.30: Book review. 8.0: Concert programme—Lener String Quartet, Quartet, Op. 77, in C Major (“The Emperor”) (Haydn). 8,31: Alfred G. Thompson (bass-baritone). 9.43: Phyllis Blow (piano) and Isobel Langlands (violin), Sonata for Piano and Violin, Op. 30, No. 8 (Beethoven). 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Reserved. 9.20: Programme by the Studio Orchestra and Doris Bransgrove (soprano). 10.0 to 11.0 ; Music, mirth and melody.

TOMORROW. Breakfast session. 10.0: Devotional service. 10.15: Recordings. 2.30: Classical music. 3.15: sports results. 3.30: A.C.E. talk, “Eats And Drinks For Summer.” 3.45: Light music. 4.0: Weather report for farmers. 4.30: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s hour. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News and reports. 8.0; Concert programme—“The Love Story Of Richard Sheridan And Elizabeth Linley,” a continuity programme. 8.32: Light music and dark mystery at the “Cafe Continental,” episode 4. 9.0; Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Talk, Mr R. Stuart Griffiths, Rambles In The Channel Isles.” 9.20; A programme of band music, with vocal interludes by Alfred Walmsley (tenor). 10.0: Dance music. 2YA WELLINGTON (570 kc.). 5 p.m: Children’s hour. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News and X’eports. 7.30: Time signal. Talk, “For The Home Gardener.” 8.0: A light orchestral and ballad concert by the 2YA Concert Orchestra and the Cameo Three. 8.40; Talk, Dr. Guy H. Scholefield, “World Affairs.” 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: “The Weakling,” a dram'a of the mines. 9.38; A comedy sketch, “Oh, Lor! ” 9.50; Leslie Bridgewater Quintet, “Prunella.” 9.54: Cicely Courtneidge' and Jack Hulbert, “The Cure.” 10.0 to 11.0: Dance music by Tut Coltman and his Swing Stars (relayed from the Majestic.

TOMORROW. —6.SO a.m: Weather x’eport for aviators. 7.0: Breakfast session. 10.0: Weather for aviators. Devotional service. Recordings. 1.0 p.m: Weather for aviators. 2.0: Classical music. 3.0; Sports results. 3.30: Weather r-eport for farmers. 4.0; Time signal. Sports results. 5.0: Children’s hour. 6.0; Dinner music. 7.0: News. 7.30: A ramble in the news. 8.0: Popular programme—B.lo; “Trapped,” the Japanese houseboy. 8.24: Stella Diracca (soprano), 8.40: Talk, “Ambassadors, Ministers And Smaller Fry.” 9.0: Weather. 9.5: A recital programme. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 3YA CHRISTCHURCH (720 kc.). 5 p.m: Children’s hour. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News and. reports. 7.20: Addington stock market reports. 7.30: Time signal. 8.0: Sascha Berliner’s Continental Ensemble (from the studio). 8.30; Heinrich Schlusnus (baritone with orchestra), “The Drummer Boy.” 8.36: Eugene Ormandy and the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, “Moto Perpetuo” (P ; aganini). 8.40: Meda Paine (soprano recital of

modern British songs). 8.52: Eugene Ormandy and the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, “Scherzo Capriccioso,” Op. 66 (Dvorak). 9.0: Weather report 'and station notices. 9.5: Talk, Mr T. G. R. Blunt, “Wanderings Of An Ex-Professor.” 9.20: Joseph Szigeti (violin), and the Halle Orchestra, conducted by Sir Hamilton Harty, Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 77 (Brahms). 10.0 to 11.0: Music, mirth and melody.

TOMORROW.— B p.m: Concert programme—B.lo: lon Swinley, “Gray’s Elegy.” 8.19: “Ten-Minute Alibi.” 8.32: Mr and Mrs J. W. Bailey, in a Shakespearean recital. 9.0: Weather report. 9.5; Talk, “World Affairs.” 9.20: Dance music.

4YA DUNEDIN (790 kc.)

5 p.m: Children’s hour. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News and reports. 7.30: Book talk. 8.0 : Chimes. 8.0: A popular programme—The New Mayfair Orchestra, “Balalaika” Selection (Posford). 8.10; The Comedy Harmonists, “The Barber Of Seville” Overture. 8.16: Carroll Gibbons (pi'ano), “Bubbling Over”; “Moonbeam Dance.” 8.22: Sydney MacEwan (Scottish tenor), in a studio recital of Scottish songs. 8.40: A talk by Mr G. A. Wycherley, “Women’s Cricket.” 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Negro musie and negro musicians., a continuity programme. 10.0 to 11.0: Dance programme, by Dick Colvin and his Music,

TOMORROW— 8.0: A classical concert, introducing Barbara Lane ("Englist soprano) and Cuthbert Matthews (English baritone), and the London Symphony Orchestra. 10.0; Music, mirth and melody.

Shortwave Stations (New Zealand Summer Times.) Wednesday, January 5 EMPIRE STATIONS. GSG, 16.86 m: GSO, 19.76 m; GSD, 25.53 m; GSB. 31.55 m. 8.15 p.m: Big Ben. “Take Your Choice.” A weekly entertainment feature, presented by William MacLurg. Singers and orchestra under the direction of Josef Marais. Adventure serial by Franklyn Kelsey. 8.45: “A Theme And A Song.” “Sunshine” songs, with Josef Marais and his Band.

8.55; Organ recital by Guy Weltz. from the Concert Hall. Broadcasting House. 9.20: “The Old Folks At Home”—4 (second series). A programme in which we hope to bring back memories of popular melodies of yesterday. 10.0: The news and announcements. Greenwich time signal at 10,15. 10.25: Close down.

Thursday, January 6 EMPIRE STATIONS. GSG, 16.86 m; GSO, 19.76 m; GSD, 25.53 m; GSB, 31.55 m. 8.15 p.m: Big Ben. “Do We Understand English?”—l. A talk by A. Lloyd James, secretary of the BBC Advisory Committee on Spoken English. 8.30: Robb Wilton as Mr Muddlecombe, J.P., in “The Court. Of Not-So-Common, Please ” 8.45: Reginald Foort, at the BBC Theatre organ.

9.20: “World Affairs,” talk by the Rt. Hon. Sir Malcolm Robertson. 9.35: “The Chamber Music of Schubert” —5. Montague Brearley (Australian violinist) and Esther Fisher

i (New Zealand pianist); Sonata i Violin and Pianoforte in A, Op. 1 I iO.O:. The news and ' Greewich time signal at 10.15; I 10.25: Close down. . I