Today's Radio Programmes

Northern Advocate, 30 January 1940, Page 7

Today's Radio Programmes

5 p.m.: Children’s session, conducted by “Cinderella” and “Uncle Dave.” 5.45: Dinner music (subject, to interruption by rebroadcasts), 6.55: Weather report. 7.0: News service issued by the Prime Minister’s Department; British Official Wireless news. 7.10: News and reports. 7.30: Talks by the Gardening Expert: “The Vegetable Garden.” 8.0: Concert programme. Recording. 8.5: “The Rich Uncle From Fiji.” 8.17: “Piccadilly on Parade”: Ehtertainment by favourites of London’s variety stage. 8.30: “Eb and Zeb.” 8.39: “Nigger Minstrels.” 8.52: Frances Langford (light vocal). 8.55: The Village Band. 9.0: Reserved. 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: Dance music* 11.0: Close down.

2YA, WELLINGTON (570 k.c.) 5 p.m.: Children’s session, conducted. by Jill. 5.45: Dinner session (subject to interruption by rebroadcasts). 6.55: Weather report. 7.0: Official news service, issued by the Prime Minister’s Department; British Official Wireless newsj 7.10 (approx.) : News and reports. 7.28 to 7.30: Time signals. Review of the Trots at Hutt Park tomorrow, by S. V. McEwen. 7.40: Talk, by our Motoring Expert. 8.0: Concert session. From the Exhibition Studio. The NBS String Orchestra. 8.20: Recording. 8.24: Julie Werry (soprano). 8.36: BBC Chorus, conducted by Leslie Woodgate. 8.39: The NBS String Orchestra. 9.0: Reserved. 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: Classical programme. 9.37: Cecily Audibert (soprano). 9.44: Recording. 9.50: Cecily Audibert (soprano). 9.57: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vaclav Talich. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close down.

3YA, CHRISTCHURCH (720 * k.c.) 5 p.m.: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music (subject to interruption by rebroadcasts). 6.55: Weather report. 7.0: News service, issued by the Prime Minister’s Department;

British Official Wireless news. 7.10: News and reports. 7.35: Talk, by Miss Violet Roche (Sydney): “Some Personalities I Have Met.” 8.0: Recording. 8.10: “The Radio That Hitler Pears.” 8.24: “Fireside Memories,” by The Sundowners’ Quartet, with Arnold Colm.an at the Hammond Organ. 8.38: Silas Marner,” an adaptation of George Eliot’s great classic of English literature, presented by George Edwards and Company. 8.51: Recording. 9.0: Reserved. 9.20:; Weather report and station notices. 9.25: James Duffy (Irish tenor). 9.37: Recordings. 9.44: Cecil Johnson, broadcasting: (a) “Good Health”; (b) “A Running Commentary on a Film Premiere.” 9.51: Joe Green (xylophone), and Milt Herth (organ). 9.54: Billy Cotton and his Band, with vocal, “The Gay Impostor” selection. 10.0: Everybody Dance: A programme of dance music in correct tempo, featuring the bands of Victor Silvester, Josephine Bradley and Maxwell Stewart, with vocal interludes by Kate Smith. 11.0: Close down.

4YA, DUNEDIN (790 k.c.) 5 p.m.: Children’s session: “Aunt Anita” with “Mr Swim Man.” 5.45: Dinner music (subject to interruption by rebroadcasts). 6.55: Weather report. 7.0: News service issued by the Prime Minister’s Department; British Official Wireless news. 7.10 (approx.): News and reports. 8.0: Concert by the Kaikorai Band (conducted by A. W. E, Webb), with popular interludes). 8.9: Julius Fatzak (tenor), and Maria Riener (soprano), “Melodies of Immortal Vienna” (Strecker). 8.15: The Band. 8.23: “Eb and Zeb.” 8.32: The Band. 8.42: Sowande and his Music. 8.48: The Band. 9.0: Reserved. 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: “Those We Love”: A story of people like us, the Marshalls. 9.51: “Singapore Spy”: A drama of the world’s greatest fortress, produced by James Raglan and Company. 10.17: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close down.