THE COMING WEEK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20690, 9 October 1930, Page 5

THE COMING WEEK.

PROGRAMMES FROM IYA. Sunday.—Relay of service from St. David's Church; relay of Auckland Municipal Band concert from Town Hall. Tuesday.—Talk on " Cancer" by Mr. W. Wallace, ' chairman of the Auckland Hospital Board; programme by the " Little Play Club" under the direction of Mrs. Zoo Bartley-Baxter; relays of conceit by the-Auckland Orphans' Club; topical talk by Mr. A. B. Chappell, M.A. Wednesday.—Programme by the Jubilee Institute for the Blind concert party; talk on the institute by Mr. Clutha Mackenzie.

Thursday.—Selections by the IYA String Octet; numbers by the Asquiths and the Celeste Trio.

Friday.—Talk on " The Zoological Park" by Mr. J. B. Paterson; presentation of three-act play " David Garrick" by tho Auckland Comedy Players under the direction of Mr. J. F. Montague. Saturday.—Vocal and pianoforte numbers by Miss Edna Langmuir; items by the Mati Trio; dance music.

Excerpts from tho musical comedy " Our Miss Gibbs" will be presented from 3YA, Christchurch, next Wednesday evening. An old-time music programme will be presented by Mr. Will Bishop and his company from 2YA, Wellington, on Saturday, October 18. " The Beloved Vagabond" will be broadcast from 2FC, Sydney, next Wednesday evening. The musical comedy " Tangerine" will ho presented from 2BL, Sydney, on Friday, October 17. BROADCASTING SERVICE. GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS. VIEWS OF MR. H. B. ARTHUR. "It seems a very good idea that the Government should have control of the technical side of broadcasting," Mr. H. B Arthur, secretary of tho Auckland Radio Society, stated yesterday. "It has the technical experts necessary for handling radio apparatus, and I expect the change will mean a generous extension of the broadcasting hours. As far as I can see, the listeners seem to be fairly satisfied with the present, programmes, and tbere have been very few complaints. Commenting on the announcement that an increase of power was proposed for station IYA, Mr. Arthur said this was an excellent suggestion and should give much greater range to the small sets. The establishment of relay stations in the smaller towns should prove a great boon. In places such as Hamilton, where it was difficult to obtain clear reception of Auckland programmes, the question of fading would be practically obviated and there would be good reception throughout the Waikato district. DOMINION BROADCASTS. INCREASED TRANSMISSION. ANALYSIS OF PROGRAMMES. Some interesting figures are contained in an analysis of the programmes broadcast by the Radio Broadcasting Company of New Zealand, Limited, during the period August 1, 1929, to July 31, 1930, which has been supplied by the company to the Herald. The analysis also includes details of the total number of hours of transmission from the four stations during the two preceding corresponding periods. The latter summary shows that for tho year ended July 31, 1930, there has been an increase of 22 per cent, in the number of broadcasting hours as compared with the previous year's, service, or an increase of 46 per cent, over the year ended July 31, 1928. This year's increase of 1671 hours of transmission over the preceding year is accounted for by the inauguration of the dinner session at the four stations and the bringing of 4YA's broadcasting schedule into line with the other stations after the opening of the new studios in October, 1929. The time allotted to the various classes of entertainment has been evenly distributed at the four stations, while the individual total hours of transmission at the stations are veiy close. Auckland, however, is shown to have been " on the air " for the greatest number of hours. The number of sports relays at station IYA is considerably in excess of that at any of the other three stations. Including the sub-divisions entertainment, afternoon sessions and dinner sessions in the same category, tho percentage of time devoted to entertainment by the service was 62.7.

The following table shows the number of hours of transmission provided by tho company during the past three years ending July 31, the number of hours for the respective sessions being also given:—

1928. 1929. 1930. Entertainment . 2,477.42 2,789.1.2 3,026.34 News, etc . ■ 537.26 673.38 948.55 Children's session 829.14 1,064.41 1,146.43 Afternoon session 1,400.44 1,678.11 1,744.09 Church services . 316.10 355.10 342.46 Sports relays .. 534.00 569.08 684.41 Dinner session . . Miscellaneous .. 131.64 293.48 808.20 Totals .. 6,277.10 7.474.49 0,145.08 In the following tables the number of sessions and tho number of hours for each class of entertainment at the different stations are given. The order for the various classes is tho same as in tho first compilation, the bottom lines of figures being the totals:— AUCKLAND. "WELLINGTON. Sessions. Hours. Sessions. Hours. 316 751.46 317 758.05 256 242.03 259 235.29 312 290.46 312 283.50 268 4:i0.'20 272 478.42 55 92.49 59 87.07 82 253.42 47 130.29 236 236.00 259 259.00 32 64.26 35 88.13 1,557 2,361.52 1,560 2,320.55 CHTUSTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. Sessions. Hours. Sessions. Hours. 321 781.58 314 734.45 313 254.21 298 217.02 314 286.34 308 285.33 266 413.49 272 421.18 59 89.26 52 73.24 55 188.05 51 112.25 244 244.00 204 204.00 43 81.41 47 <3.57 1,615 2,339.57 1,546 2,122.24 Expressed in percentages the relationship between the number of sessions and tho number of hours devoted to the sessions is as follows: — Sessions. Hours. Per cent. Per cent. Entertainment . . 20.2 33.0 News, etc . . 18.0 10.4 Children's . . . . 18.5 12.5 Afternoon . . . 17.2 19.4 Church eervices .. 3.6 3.7 Sports relays 3.7 7.4 Dinner .. 14.0 10.3 Miscellaneous .. 4.8 3.3 Totals . ». 100.0 p.o. 100.0 p.e.