THE COMING WEEK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20902, 18 June 1931, Page 15

THE COMING WEEK.

AUCKLAND PROGRAMMES.

VARIETY OF ATTRACTIONS

The following aid fan lures of the programmes from stations IVA and IZR next week:— Sunday.—lYA: Relay •of portion of afternoon organ recital from Town Hall; reinv of evening service from (Church of ; hr'ist; preacher, Pastor W. Campbell; items by the Studio Octet. lZlt: 9 a.m., children's session; 9.45, Congregational Church service; preacher, Hev. R. C. Roberts; 2.30 p.m., musical programmej 7.50, Church of England children's servieo; 8.30. Church of England service. Monday.—lYA ; Relay of wrestling from Town Hall. IZR: 7 p.m., talk to farmers by Mr. W. Alexander; 7.30 close down.

Tuesday.- -1Y A: Talk on "Dogs"; adHress on "Music Among tho Nations Tolay," by Mrs. (5. Robertson; international aropramme. 17,1!: 11.15 a.m., talk on ''Cooking"; 7.20 p.m. - , lecture on "Television" by Mr. 11. B. Arthur; programme bv tlie Auckland \Velsb Society.

Wednesday.—lYA: Relay of mid-day community singing; programme by Reg. Morgan's Orchestra, tho Salon Trio and i<oisting artists; gramophone lecturerecital. IZR ; 11.15 a.m., talk on "Eastern Tustoms" by Mrs. 11. Dyson;. 7.20 p.m., lecture on "Esperanto" by the Rev. T. R. WooloxalV; 8, closo down. Thursday.—lYA : Relay of concert, by ♦he Leys institute Orchestra. IZR; 11.15 a.m., talk on "Home Topics"; 7.20 pro., lecture on VSunspots" by Mr. F. R. Field; Mendelssohn and Mascheni evening. Fridav. —IYA : Numbers by the Octet, the Melody Boys and vocal artists. 1ZTI: 11.15 a.m., talk on "Home Topics": 7.20 ji.m., talk on Wrestling; 7.45, relay of community singing; illustrated address on ' Hongs and Ballads of the 19th Century" bv Mr. E. Parker.

' Saturday.—lY A : Relay of Rugby from Eden Park; relay of Municipal Band concert; dance session. IZR : 1 p.m., sports session; popular evening programme; dance numbers.

"Songs* front Maritana" will be pre fentcd by 2YA on Monday evening. On Thursday the Wellington Pioneer Club will supply the programme. Sir Edward Elgar's famous choral work "Caraetaeus" will be presented by the Thinedin Choral Society on Tuesday and *ill bo relayed by 4YA. A gramophone lecture-recital on "Monirchs of tho Keyboard" will be given by llr. Karl Atkinson from 3YA on Friday.

AUSTRALIAN STATIONS

HISTORIC DRAMA FROM 2BL,

The evening programmes from stations 2l'"0 and 2BL, Sydney, next week will includo the following features, the New Zealand times being given in each case:Sunday.—2BL. 10 p.m.. Victorian Musicians Professional Orchestra. Mondav. — 2FO: 5.30 p.m., community singing. 2JJL: 10.14 p.m., two one-act plays by the Garriek Players. Tuesday.—2FO: f1.50 p.m., radio dance night. 2BL: 10.30 p.m.. three-act drama "Nero)' (Stephen Phillips) by the. A. B.C. Players. Wednesday.—2FC: 9.30 p.m., musical-comedy "Irene" by the A.B.C. Musical-Comedy Company. Friday.—2FC : 9.30 p.m., concert by Musical Association of New South Wales. Saturday.—2FC: 9.30 p.m., Hurlstone Park Choral Society. 2BL: 10 p.m., relay of boxing front Sydnev Stadium.

AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTS

WEEK OF NOTABLE EVENTS

Several notable broadcasts \vere conducted by the .Australian Broadcasting Company during the week commencing May 17. Rear-Admiral E. R. G. R. Evans, who has relinquished (lie command of the Australian Squadron, gave a farewell address from 2FG on May 17. He was' accompanied to the studio by Mischa Levitzki, the. famous pianist, who recently allowed one of his recitals to be broadcast in its entirety from Melbourne and relayed to other Stales. RearAdmiral Evans and Mischa Levitzki were invited to inscribe their names on. the 2FC microphone which will remain permanently in the studio. On M3y 18 the arrival of the Dutch n'r liner Abel Tasinan. which carried the first Dutch air mail to Australia, was broadcast from Mascot by 2BL. On the samo date a schoolboy, lan Falshic. broadcast from the House of Representatives, Canberra, through 2FO, a message of goodwill to an English schoolboy in Iho British House of Commons. The address was rebroadcast to the Congress for the Prevention of War in Washington. On May 20 Wagner's opera "The Valkyrie," which was relayed by SS\V, Chelmsford, England, from 2LO. London, was rebroadcast by 21' (' and 2BL. 'lhe broadcast was of unusual clarity, tlicro being a complete, absence of fading.

GAINING VOLUME CONTROL

HINTS TO CONSTRUCTORS

A variable resistance in scries with the Beiinl /tuning coil—sometimes called a "losser" —is a useful means of obtaining volume control and at. the same time of improving quality, states an English radio journal. In a set. using a screcned-grid valve, for instance, and taking a value 'if. say, 400 ohms for the variable resistance, it is possible to control the volume r>f the local station and at the same time to deal with different incoming signal strengths from various distant .stations. Series resistances may be included in all the high-frequency circuits, including the aerial circuit, and this has the effect when only weak sgnals are being received of increasing Ihe sensitivity and selectivity of the receiver. The reason for ibis is that on fairly strong signals the effect of the resistances is to broaden the response curve, while on <I is taut stations, tint is on weak signals, the effect is to sharpen up the response curve and so give selectivity, which is essential in these particular ereuinstzmcc*. The broadening of the response curve fwithjn limits, o( course) makes tor rmalitv, while the sharpening of the curve makes' for selectivity, and although the mrnngement necessarily gives something i'i the natyre of a compromise its characteristics, as indicated above, are often very convenient..

MO/ADO A STING OF PLAYS.

In tho past (wo years the Australian Broadcasting Company has made marker! progress in tlie production of radio plays. This lias not been confined to drama alone., but popular musical comedies have also found their way on the air, and have been presented with a full chorus and cast, and with the same attention to detail that is given to a stage musical comedy. The radio play opens un entirely new technique for the artist to icquire, and n large amount of rehearsal is necessary for the adaptation of legiti mate stage productions. One of the most difficult parts of tho producer's work is the creating of atmosphere. On the .stage, this i§ done*with scenery and lighting, and in tho talking picture it is done with the camera and location, but in the radip studio tho atmosphere is confined to effects, and the actor has to create by restrained emotion and dialogue, the atmosphcre of the play.