ON THE AIR

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 31 December 1940, Page 8

ON THE AIR

TO-NIGHT (TUESDAY) IYA. AUCKLAND (650 Kilocycles).—| 4.30 Sports results. 5.0 Children's ses- j sion. 5.45 Dinner music. 6.15 News J from London. 7.0 News and reports. 7.10 The Gardening Expert. 7.30 Arthur ; Wood and his Orchestra. 7.40 "One Good Deed a Day.” 7.51 Queen’s Hall ( Orchestra. 8.0 "Centennial Review.” 1940 celebrations in retrospect. 8.57 j Weather report and station notices. 9.0 NBS newsreel. 9.15 BBC news com j mentary. 9.25 Curtis and Ames (duettists). 9.30 Dance music. 2YA, WELLINGTON (570 Kilo- | cycles).—4.o Sports results. 5.0 Chil- j dren’s session. 5.45 Dinner music. 6.15 Daventry news. 7.0 News and reports. 7.15 "Britain Speaks.” 7.30 Reserved. 7.45 New Year’s Eve variety. 8.0 “Centennial Review,” 1940 celebrations in retrospect. 8.57 Weather report and station notices. 9.0 NBS newsreel. 9.15 BBC news commentary. 9.25 Colin Rouse (pianist). 9.37 Heddle Nash (English tenor). 9.52 The London Philharmonic Orchestra. 10.0 Favourites old and new. 11.0 News from London. 11.30 Watch night service (relayed from Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church). 11.55 New Year celebrations (relayed from the Post Office Square). 3YA, CHRISTCHURCH (720 Kilocycles).—4.3o Sports results. 5.0 Children’s session. 5.45 Dinner music. 6.15 News from London. 7.0 News and reports. 7.30 The Chenil Orchestra. 7.39 “Dad and Dave from Snake Gully.” 7.51 Albert Sandler and his Orchestra. 8.0 “Centennial Review,” 1940 celebrations in retrospect. 8.57 Weather report and station notices. 9.0 NBS newsreel. 9.15 BBC news commentary. 9.25 The Star Maker. 9.51 Jack Hylton and his Orchestra. 10.0 Mitchell Ayres and his Fashions in music. 11 0 News from London. 11.30 Songs we know. 11,48 Relay of New Year celebrations from Cathedral Square. 12.0 Devotional, the Rev. A. V. Whiting. 4YA, DUNEDIN (790 Kilocycles).— 4.45 Sports results. 5.0 Children’s session. 5.45 Dinner music. 6.15 News from London. 7.0 News and reports. 7.13 Talk. 7.30 The London Palladium Orchestra. 7.40 John McKay and Company. 7.46 Raie da Costa (piano). 7.52 The Light Symphony Orchestra. 8.0 “Centennial Review”: 1940 Celebrations in retrospect. 8.57 Weather report and station nqtices. 9.0 NBS newsreel. 9.15 BBC news commentary. 9.28 “Coronets of England”: “The Life of Henry VIII.” 9.54 “Do You Know Why?” by Autolycus. 10.0 Scottish programme. 11.0 News from London. 11.30 Old-time Dance programme. TO-MORROW (WEDNESDAY) IYA, AUCKLAND (6560 Kilocycles). —4.30 Sports results. 5.0 Children’s session. 5.45 Dinner music. 6.15 Daventry news. 7.0 News and reports. 7.15 Book review. 7.30 The Reginald Paul Piano Quartet. 8.2 Hilda Reffell (soprano). 8.14 Owen Jensen (piano). 8.29 Nancy Evans (contralto), Max Gilbert (viola), and Myers Foggin (piano). 8.45 The Boyd Neel String Orchestra. 8.57 Station notices. 9.0 NBS newsreel. 9.15 BBC news commentary. 9.25 Evening prayer, Brigadier Charles Gray of the Salvation Army. 9.30 “Martin’s Corner: The Story of a Family.” 10.0 Radio despatch from the New Zealand Forces in the Middle East. 10.5 “Cinderella,” a Humphrey Bishop pantomime.

2YA, WELLINGTON (570 Kilocycles).—s.o Children’s session. 5.45 Dinner music. 6.15 Daventry news. 7.0 News and reports. 7.15 “Britain Speaks.” 7.30 Reserved. 7.45 The New Light Symphony Orchestra. 7.57 “Bundles,” a serial story of London life. 8.27 Hometown concert party. 8.57 Station notices. 9.0 NBS newsreel. 9.15 BBC news commentary. 9.25 Evening prayer, Brigadier Charles Gray of the Salvation Army. 9.30 "The First Great Churchill.” 9.5 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. 10.0 Radio despatch from New Zealand Forces in the Middle East. 10.5 Dance music. 3YA, CHRISTCHURCH (720 Kilocycles).—4.3o Sports results. 5.0 Children’s session. 5.45 Dinner music. 6.15 News from London. 7.0 News and reports. 7.30 Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. 7.38 Elisabeth Schumann. 7.46 Richard Crooks (tenor). 7.54 Lily Laskine (harp). 8.0 Readings by O. L. Simmance. 8.20 The Boston Promenade Orchestra. 8.23 Sydney Mac Ewan (tenor). 8.20 "Dark Lady of the Sonnets,” play by G. B. Shaw. 8.57 Station' notices. 9.0 NBS newsreel. 9.15 BBC news commentary. 9.25 Evening prayer, Brigadier Charles Gray of the Salvation Army. 9.30 Maurice Clare (ciolinist). 9.55 Jeannette MacDonald (soprano). 10.0 Radio despatch from the New Zealand Forces in the Middle East. 10.5 Variety programme. 4YA, DUNEDIN (790 Kilocycles).— 4.45 Sports results. 5.0 Children’s session. 5.45 Dinner music. 6.15 News from London. 7.0 News and reports. 7.14 Talk. 7.30 Dajos Bela Orchestra. 7.40 “The Bold, Bad Buccaneers,” in humour and harmony. 7.53 "The Hunchback of Ben Ali.” 8.6 Variety, Ted Steele (novachord), the Oleanders Negro Quartet and Bert Hirsch’s Novelty Orchestra. 8.31 “The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s.” 8.43 “Live Love and Laugh.” 8.57 Station notices. 9.0 NBS newsreel. 9.15 BBC news commentary. 9.25 Evening prayer, Brigadier Charges Gray of the Salvation Army. 9.33 “The Life of Cleopatra.” 10.0 Radio despatch from the New Zealand Forces in the Middle East. 10.0 Dance music. 2YN, NELSON TO-NIGHT (TUESDAY) 7.0 p.m. Chimes. Light music. The Salon Orchestra, “Where the Rainbow Ends.” 7.9 Grace Moore (soprano), "What Shall Remain,” “The End Begins.” 7.15 Georges Tzipine (violin), "In My Heart,” “Bird Songs At Eventide.” 7.21 Viennese Waltz Orchestra, "Archibald Joyce Waltz Medley.” 7.25 Oscar Natzke (bass), “For England,” "The Floral Dance.” 7.31 Raphael (concertina), “Doena,” "Two Guitars and Black Eyes.” 7.37 "The Dark Horse.” 8.0 Chimes. God Save the King. Musical comedy. Debroy Somers Band, “The Yeomen of the Guard.” 8.7 Columbia Light Opera Company, “Wild Violets.” 8.15 Jane Froman with Chorus and Orchestra, gems from “Oh Kay.” 8.19 Jesse Crawford (organ). "Serenade." 8.23 Allan Jones (tenor), “Thine Alone/’ “I’m Falling in Love With Someone.’” 8.30 Orchestral music—vocal interludes

London Philharmonic Orchestra, “Ballet Suite—Carnaval parts 1 and 3.” 8.42 Muriel Brunskill (contralto), “There Reigned a Monarch in Thule,” "Sea Wrack.” 8.49 London Philharmonic Orchestra (Goossens), “Ballet Suite— Carnaval parts 4 and 6.” 9.2 D. Clarke, F. Richardson, W. Booth (vocal), "Songs That Have Sold a Million.” 9.11 New Symphony Orchestra (Goossens), “Islamey,” oriental fantasy. 9.18 “Personal Column.” 9.30 Dance music. Glen Gray and his Orchestra, "Daddy’s Boy,” "Would You ! LiKe to Buy a Dream, ’ “Yours All Yours.” 9.40 Carl Lorch and his Orchestra, “Angry,” “Let’s Say Goodnight To the Ladies.” 9.46 The Merry Macs (vocal), “Breezin’ Along With the Breeze.” 9.50 Sid Millward and his Band, “From Monday On,” “Tears In My Heart,” “Someday Sweetheart.” 10.0 p.m. Close down. TO-MORROW (WEDNESDAY) 7.0 p.m. Chimes. “The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn.” 7.25 Max Schqmann (piano), “Pianovertures—Poet and Peasant,” “Light Cavalry.” 7.31 Comedy Harmonists, “Whistle While You Work,” “Dwarfs’ Yokel Song.” 7.37 Henry Croudson (organ), “Broadway Melody of 1938,” “Double or Nothing.” 7.44 Larry Adler .mouth organ), “Night and Day,” “Tiger Rag,” “Caravan.” 7.50 A 1 Bowlly (vocal), “What Do You Know About Love.” Sam Browne (vocal), “Is That the Way To Treat a Sweetheart.” New Mayfair Orchestra, “Rag Doll,” “Parade of the Tin Soldiers.” 8.0 Chimes. God Save the King. “The Masked Masqueraders.” 8 20 Variety. Champagne Music of Lawrence Welk, "Bubbles In the Wine.” 8.33 Tommy Handley (vocal), “Hints On Blow-Outs for Black-outs.” The Western Brothers, “Lord Haw Haw the Humbug of Hamburg.” 8.40 Lawrence Welk and his Orchestra, “Annabelle.” 8.43 Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert, “Our Greatest Successes.” 851 Harry Roy and his Band, “The Gaucho Serenade.” 8.54 Clapham and Dwyer. "Another Day’s Bi'oadcasting.” 9.0 Band programme. Coldstream Guards Band, “Here Comes the Band ” 9 8 Raymond Newell (baritone),’ “The Demon King.” 9.11 Foden’s Motor Works Band, “Kenilworth,” “Baa Baa Black Sheep.” 9.20 Raymond Newell (baritone), “The Devil of the Flora Dee.” 9.23 Grand Massed Brass Bands, “Round the Capstan.” 9.30 "Eb and Zeb.” 9.39 Jack Hylton and his Orchestra, “Where or When.” 9.42 Frankie Carle (piano), “Varsity Show,” "Mr Dodd Takes the Air.” 9.48 Frances Langford (vocal), "Harbour Lights.” “My Cabin of Dreams.” 9.54 Horace Heidt and his Musical Knights, “The Girl Behind the Venetian Blind,” “Shadows.” 10.0 p.m. Close down.