WIRELESS PROGRAMMES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19727, 29 August 1927, Page 14

WIRELESS PROGRAMMES.

THIS EVENING'S BROADCASTS

Dotails of programmes to be sent out by New Zealand and Australian broadcasting stations this evening are as follows :

Auckland, IYA.—Silent day. Wellington, 2YA (420 metres).—3 p.m., studio concert; 3.30 p.m., talk on " Fashions " by Madame Fleck; 6.30 p.m., children's session; 7 p.m., news service; 7.30 p.m., lecture on "Radio" by Mr. P. Billing; 8 p.m., selections by studio orchestra; studio concert of selections from grand opera by the pupils of Signor Cesaroni; 9.43 p.m., studio presentation of third act of the opera " La Forza Del Destino " bv Mr. E. D. McLellan. Miss E. T. Standen, and chorus. Christchurch, 3YA (306 metres). —3 p.m., studio concert; 6 p.m., children's session; 7.15 p.m., news service; 8 p.m., selections by Christchurch Municipal Band; Miss S. Angus, soprano, songs; Mrs R. Buxton, mezzo-soprano, songs; Mr. J. J. Flewellen, humorous sketch; Miss 0. Wellard-King, soprano, songs; Miss J. Rosewarne, mezzo-soprano, songs; Mr. E. A. Dowell, tenor, songs. Dunedin, 4YA.—Silent day. .Sydney, 2FC (442 metres).—7.ls p.m., talks to children by the "Hello Man"; dinner music; 8.30 p.m., news service; 9.30 p.m., concert programme, including orchestral music; selections of old-time numbers by the Sydney Harmonic Society's choir; vocal and instrumental items; dance music. Sydney 2BL (353 metres). —7.15 p.m., entertainment for children; 8.30 p.m., news service, including talk on " Tennis " by Dr. McElhone; 9.30 p.m., concert programme, including selections by Broadcasters' Topical Chorus: radio sketch entitled " Light and Shade "; vocal and instrumental 'tems; dance music Melbourne, 3LO (371 metres). —7 p.m., entertainment for children; 8 p.m., news service; 9 p.m., talk on " School Life and School Sport " by Mr. E. C. H. Taylor; 9.15 p.m.. seasonable hints on fruit growing by Mr. J. M. Ward, under auspices Department of Agriculture: 9.30 p.m., concert programme, including selections by Prahran City Band; relay musical programme arranged bv Melbourne LTniversity Conservatorium: relay second act of musical comedy "Tip Toes": vocal and instrumental items; dance music. Brisbane, 40G (385 metres). —8 p.m., stories for children by " The Sandman "; 8.30 p.m. news service; 9.30 p.m., concert programme, including rehearsal of the Brisbane Eisteddfod choir; description of a visit to an aerated water factory; 10.30 p.m.. concert programme from the studio, including selections by the Federal Band; vocal and instrumental items.

ITEMS OF INTEREST. & The Auckland and Dunedin stations will not be operating to-day. Listeners-m to the Wellington station this evening are assured of a first-class entertainment. The pupils of Signor Lucien Cesaroni, well-known "bass, will provide a studio concert of selections from grand opera. In addition to solo numbers, there will be choruses from wellknown works. The Christchurch Municipal Band will be the chief attraction at the Christchurch station this evening. Among- the numbers to be rendered is a madrigal.