WIRELESS PROGRAMMES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19748, 22 September 1927, Page 17

WIRELESS PROGRAMMES

THIS EVENING'S BROADCASTS MANY INTERESTING ITEMS. FEATURES FOR TO-MORROW. Details of the programmes to be sent out by New Zealand and Australian broadcasting station.* this evening are as follows : Auckland IYA (333 metres). —3 p.m., studio concert; 7.15 p.m., news service; 7.30 p.m., talk on the garden by Mr. E. H. Skeates; 8 p.m., selection by Aeolian Orchestra; 8.26, Miss Phyllis Gribben, song with orchestral accompaniment; 8.31, selections by orchestra; 8.46, Mr. F. baker, baritont, songs; 8.51, orchestra; 9, weather report; 9.13, Miss Gribben, songs; 9.21, orchestra; 9.41, Mr. Baker, songs; 9.48, orchestra. Wellington, 2YA (420 metres). —3 p.m., gramophone record recital; 3.30 p.m., talk on the trend of fashion by Madame Britten; 3.45 p.m., gramophone recital; 7 p.m., news service; 7.30 p.m., talk on Esp«ranto by Mr. W. King; 8 p.m., relay of chimes of Wellington Post Office clock; 8.10, selections by First Battalion Regiment Band; 8.16, Mr. W. Davies, baritone, songs; 8.20, Bandsman W. Matson, trombone solo, with band accompaniment; 8.24, Miss Ethel Wells, contralto, songs; 8.28, band; 8.40, Miss M. Castle, mezzosoprano, songs; 8.45, Mr. B. J. ShardJow, cornet solos; 8.50, band; 9,' weather report; 9.8, lecture on native birds by Mr. Johannes C. Andersen, of the Turnbull Library; 9.18, relay of orchestral music at Paramount Theatre; 9.28, Mr. Davies, songs; 9.32, Bandsman Matson, trombone solo; 9.39, Miss Ethel Wells, contralto, songs; 9.43, band; 9.56, Miss Castle, songs; 10.6, band. Christchurch, 3YA (306 metres). —3 p.m., studio concert; 3.45 p.m., talk on fashions by Mr. Wood; 7.15 p.m., news service; 8 p.m., relay of orchestral music at Crystal Palace Theatre; Miss T. Ayres, soprano, songs; Mr. H. M. R. Thomas, baritone, songs; Miss Irene Morris, violin solos; Miss N. Lowe, contralto, songs; selections by Christchurch broadcasting instrumental trio; Mr. E. Rogers, tenor, songs; 9.5 p.m., relay of further selections at Crystal Palace Theatre; vocal and instrumental items. Dunedin 4YA (463 metres). —7 p.m., request gramophone record concert; 8 p.m., selections by band of the First Battalion, Otago Regiment; Miss W. McPeak, contralto, songs; Mr. M. Robilliard, 'cello solos; Mr. T. Donaldson, cornet solos; 8.52 p.m., talk on motor-cars and motoring by "Gargoyle"; further selections by band; vocal and instrumental items. Australian Stations. Sydney, 2FC (442 metres). —7.15 p.m., talks to children by "Hello Man"; dinner music; 8.30 p.m., news service; 9 p.m., concert programme, including selections by New South Wales Tramway Band; talk by the technical editor of Wireless Weekly; talk on the economic value of reptiles by Mr. J. R. Kingh'orne; vocal and instrumental items; dance music. Sydney, 2BL (353 metres). —7.15 p.m., children's session; 8.30 p.m., news service, including hints to listeners by Mr. A. Burrows; and talk on "Euchaiistic Congress at Sydney, 1928," by Mr. R. Marknam; 9.30 p.m., concert programme, including items by Broadcasters' Topical Chorus;, selections by Marrickville Salvation Army Band ; vocal and instrumental items; dance music. Melbourne, 3LO (371 metres). —7 p.m., children's service; 8 p.m., news service; §.45 p.m., talk on golf by Mr. A. W. Jackson; 9 p.m., talk on the aborigines with reference to their past, present and future, by Rev. E. R. Gribble; 9.30 p.m., concert programme, including vocal and instrumental items: dance music. Brisbane, 4QG (385 metres). —8 p.m., talks to children by "The Sandman"; 8.30 p.m., news service; 9.15 p.m., talk on dairying by Mr. C. F. McGrath; 9.30 p.m., concert programme, including relay of recital by Yeronga District Choir; vocal , and instrumental items; dance music. ITEMS . OF INTEREST. A feature of the programme to be sent out by the Auckland station this evening will be a studio v concert by the Aeolian Orchestra. The orchestra's numbers will include marches, waltzes and classical selections. , ' From IYA at 7.30 this evening Mr. E. H. Skeates will give a talk about, the garden, with seasonable hints. The band of the First Battalion. Wellington Regiment, will provide the bulk of the programme from the Wellington station this evening. Mr. Johannes C. Andersen, librarian of the Turnbull Library, will continue his talks on native birds from the Wellington station at 9.8 this evening, his subject this time being the cuckoo. Mr. Andersen is an acknowledged authority on bird life and natural history generally. A new combination, the Christchurch Broadcasting Trio of Instrumentalists, will be heard for the first time from the Christchurch station this evening. The Christchurch Municipal Band will also contribute to the programme. Listeners-in will- have a wide choice of band music this evening, for the Dunedin station will also broadcast several items by the band of the First Battalion, Otago Regiment. TO-MORROW'S FEATURES. Features of programmes to be sent out by New Zealand and Australian broadcasting stations to-morrow are as follows: Auckland, IYA (333 metres). —7.30 i p.m., talk on motoring by Mr. Campbell; 8 p.m., relay of concert of vocal and instrnmental items from John Court, Ltd.; 9.5 p.m., organ recital bv Mr. A. E. Wilson. Wellington, 2YA (420 metres). —3.30 p.m., talk on gas cooking by Miss M. Christian: 7.34 p.m., talk on "Brief History of Aviation and a Summary of the Growth and Development of the Aeroplane," by Flight-Lieutenant S. R. Grover; 8 p.m.. concert programme, including selections by studio orchestra ; vocal and instrumental items. DEMPSEY-TUNNEY FIGHT. BROADCASTING ARRANGEMENTS. There is every prospect of listeners in New Zealand being able to pick up an account of the iWmpsey-Tunney fight, which is to take place about 10 p.m. today, standard Eastern time :n the United States. This is equivalent to approximately 2.50 p.m.. New Zealand time, tomorrow. The broadcasting station, WLW. Cincinnati. Ohio, operating on a wave-length of 52 metres, will broadcast an account of the fight. It is possible, also, that the station 2XAQ, operating on a wave-length of 22 metres, will broadcast a description of the contest.