WIRELESS PROGRAMMES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19831, 29 December 1927, Page 13

WIRELESS PROGRAMMES

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JOTDE VARIETY OF] ITEMS. FEATURES FOR TO-MORROW*' Details of programmes to be sent out by New Zealand and Australian broadcast" ing stations to-day are as follows: Auckland, IYA (333 metres). —8 a.m., news service, sports attractions; mid-day, results of trots (as run); 3 p.m., after* noon session;,5.30 p.m., children's session; 7.30, news service; 8 p.m., relay orchestral selections from the Princess Theatre; 8.11, Mr. Birrell O'Malley, tenor, songs; 8.15, Mr. Rex Yates, humorous recital; 8.21, the Premier Quartette; 8.26, Bos-worth-Hemus-Towsey Instrumental Trio; 8.36, Miss Mina Caldow, contralto, isor.gs; 8.40, Mr. Cyril ToWsey, pianoforte solo; 8.44, Mr. Barry Coney, baritone, songs; 8.49, Miss Lola Soloman, soprano, songs; 8.53, popular songs by the Snappy Three.. Wellington, 2YA (420 metres).; —3 p.m., afternoon concert; 6 p.m., talks to chil- -

dren *by "Uncle Sandy"; 7 p.m., news service; 8 p.m., studio presentation of Wallace's "Maritana," in three acts; direction, Mr. Len. Barnes; principals,Maritana, Miss Joan Lowry; Lazarillo, Miss Margaret Smith; Don Caesar, Mr. George Wilson; Don Jose, Mr. Ray E. Kemp; the King, Mr. J. H. Cooke; the Captain, Mr. J. H. Cooke; chorus, Orpheus Musical Society; pianist. Miss H. W. Rowe; organist, Mr. H. E. Brusey; conductor, Mr. Len. Barnes.

Christchurch, 3YA (506 metres). —2.50 p.m., relay description New Zealand lawn tennis championships from Wilding Park; 6. p.m., children's session; 7.15 p.m., news service; 7.30 p.m., lecture, "Variation and Hybridation of Forest Trees," by Mr. C. H. Reese; 8 p.m., relay orchestral selections from Everybody's Picture Theatre; vocal and instrumental items including numbers .by Christchurch Broadcasting Trio; 9.15, "Flora's Holiday," a cycle of old English melodies, by vocal quartette (Madame Gower-Burns, Miss Jessie King, Messrs. Harold Prescott and Bernard Bennell), Dnnedin, 4YA (463 metres). —7.30 p.m., news service; 8 p.m., relay orchestral selections from Octagon Theatre; vocal and instrumental items; address by Pastor W. D, More. Australian Stations. Sydney, 2FC (442 metres). —8.15 p.m., talks to children by "Hello Man",; dinner music;. 9.30 p.m., news service; 10.15 p.m., continuation of impressions of her tour to America with the Industrial Commission, by May Matthews; 10.30 p.m., concert programme, including orchestral music, vocal and instrumental items, and popular dance music from the Ambassadors.

Sydney, 2BL (353 metres). —8.15 p.m., children's session; 9 -p.m., special country session and news service; talks <?n the romantic live of the world's greatest composers; 10.30 p.m., concert programme, including selections bv Broadcasters' Topical Chorus; vocal and instrumental items; music by the Salonola Dance Orchestra: selections by Marrickville Salvation Army Band; dance music from the ballroom of the "Wentworth.

Melbourne, 3LO (371 metres). —8 p.m., children's session; a p.m., news service; 9.45 p.m., chat by Mr. J. Howlett Ross; 10 p.m., gardening talk by Mr. H. A. Brown; 10.15, talk from dressing-room of His Majesty's Theatre, by Miss Adele Crane, of "The Student Prince" Company; 10.30 p.m., concert programme, including vocal and instrumental items; dance music bir Joe Aronson and his Synco-Symphoii-ists.

Brisbane, 4QG {385 metreis.) —9 'p.m., children's session; 9.30 p.m., news service; 10.30 p.m., concert programme, by "The Troubadours," including vocal and instrumental items; duets, quartettes and solos.

ITEMS OF INTEREST. The results of the Trotting Club's meeting at Alexandra Park will ba broadcast from IYA to-day. The Premier Quartette, which will be on the air from th© Auckland station this evening, promises to be an exceptionally powerful combination. It-ems by Miss Mina Caldow, Miss Lola Soloman and Messrs. Birrell O'Malley and Barry Coney will be rendered individually and collectively. Music-lovers will have an opportunity of comparing the radio adaptation of the opera "Maritana," which was successfully transmitted from IYA last evening, with another interpretation to be sent out by the Wellington station this evening. A splendid cast of principals has been selected. Thirty-five minutes of old English melodies will form part of the 3YA programme this evening. Entitled "Flora's Holiday," the song cycle will ba presented by a quartette headed bv Madame GowerBurns. *

TO-MORKOW'S FEATURES. Special features of programmes to be broadcast from the Auckland and Wellington stations to-morrow are f.s follows: — Auckland, IYA (333 metres).—B p.m., concert programme, including selections from Gilbert and Sullivan operas by the St. Andrew's Quartette; humour by Mr. Dan Flood; relay orchestral selections from Majestic Theatre; humour by Mr. Alan McElwain; items by Towsey-Bosworth-Hemus Trio. Wellington, 2YA (420 metres). —3.30 p.m., lecturetta on gas cooking hy Miss Marion Christian; 3.45, relay danse music by Manuel Hyman's Exhibition Band; 9 p.m., talk on Imperial Affairs by an- „ noun'cer; instrumental items by Bymons-Ellwood-Short Trio; vocal and instrumental items.

SUMMER PROGRAMMES.

THE HOURS OF SERVICE.

The following comment on the hours of broadcasting applies equally to IYA as to 2YA*

"During the current week," states "Grid-Bias" in tho Evening Post, Wellington, "daytime broadcasting has been extended to run from noon each day. This was arranged by the Broadcasting Company to enable the. radio trade to give demonstrations to customers and others interested. The extra broadcasting was agreed upon between tho dealers and the company and no doubt tho company was enabled" to see that any benefits obtained by the trade would ,be reflected in the company's revenue. -So far, very little direct attention has been paid to representations made by listeners, organised or otherwise, and notwithstanding tho great improvements that have been made in the programmes with the increased revenue available, there are still directions in whicli tho service could be extended and improved. If it is possible to put on about 60 extra hours of broadcasting in one week, one would suppose that there would be no great difficulty in adding a little to the length of the regular even-" ing programmes, especially on Sunday. The time at which some of the Sunday concerts close 'down is a cause of general annoyance. "A suggestion which may be worth . considering .for the summer—when outdoor pastimes and occupations are attractive till well after B—in that the official studio programmes shonld be delayed half an hour, and, the time from '8 trt 8.30 occupied with good gramophone music." k