RADIO IN THE HOME

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21291, 19 September 1932, Page 15

RADIO IN THE HOME

BROADCASTS FROM IYA 30N bradman talk relay SIR WALTER SCOTT CENTENARY There will bo two notable broadcasts Tom IYA to-day. This afternoon an attempt will be made to broadcast the rare Eastern birds; in the evening a 'alk by Don Bradman, famous Australian ;ricketer, on the English touring team, will be relayed from Wellington. It will be followed by descriptions of the wrestling bouts at the Town Hall. On Wednesday evening listeners will hear the Sir Walter Scott centenary celebration by :ho St. Andrew's Society at the Scots Hall. Tho IYA Orchestra and local artists will contribute part of the programmes on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Details are:— Regular Week-day Sessions.—lo a.m., devotional service; 10.15, recordings; 11, talk lo women; noon, lunch music; 2 p.m., recordings; 5, children's session; 6, dinner music; 7, news; 7.30, talk; 8, varied programme; 9, weather; 10, or 11, close. To-day.—ll a.m., Miss W. L. Peat, "Care of tho Feet"; 3 p.m., relay from Kemuera, description and song of imported rare birds; 7.30, P. W. Smallfield. " Hay and Ensilage" : 7.50, relay from 2YA, talk by Don Bradman on the English cricket team; 8, wrestling from Town Hall. To-morrow: 11 a.m., health talk; 7.20 p.m., talk, Mrs. G. A. Hurd-Wood, "Economic Value of the Hard-af-liearing League"; 7.35. talk on short-wave radio; 8. recordings; 9.3, Professor R. M. Algie, "Czecho-Slovakia"; 9.18, recordings; 10, dance music. Wednesday: 11 a.m., J. Redfern, "Decorative Colour Scheming"; 7.30 p.m., Owen Jensen, "British Music"; 8, recordings; 8.30, Sir Walter Scott centenary celebration relay; 9.30. dance music. Thursday: 11 a.m.. Miss E. Davis, "Cooking"; 12.30 p.m., Bervice from St. Matthew's; 3.15, home science talk; 7.30, Dr. H. Belshaw, "Economic Crisis"; 8, IYA Orchestra; 8.14, recording; 8.20, contralto. Mrs. L. E. Lambert; 8.23, recording; 8.29, Orchestra; 8.35, baritone, F. Sutherland; 8.38, recording;.B.4l, flute and clarinet, W. Henderson and P. W. Eastoe; 8.48, soprano, Ruth Scott; 8.51, Orshestra; 9.2, reserved; 9.16, Orchestra; 9.20, fc\ Sutherland; 9.24, Orcnestra; 9.31, recording; 9.37, Mrs. L. E. Lambert; 9.41, recording; 9.45 Ruth Scott; 9.49, recording; 9.53, Orchestra. Friday: 11 a.m., home industries talk; 7.30 p.m., sports talk; 8, recordings; 8.11, baritone, J. S. Pritchard; 8.17, recording; 8.21, IYA Orchestra; 8.33, mezzosoprano, Madame Mary Towsey; recording; 8.45. organ recital, A. E. Wilson; 9.7, A. B. Chappell; 9.22, Orchestra; 9.30, Madame Mary Towsey; 9.43, recording; 9.4f>, T. S. Pritchard; 9.51, Orchestra. Saturday: 2.45 p.m., Rugby football from Eden Park; S, recordings; 8.10, bass-baritone A. G. Taylor; 8.16, recordings; 8.22, IYA Orchestra; 5.30, humour, Elton Black; 8.35. recording; 3.38, Orchestra; 8.44, soprano, Cecilia Pringle; 8.50. recording; 8.54, Dudley's Hawaiian Quartet; 9.2, reserved; 9.17, recording; 9.22, Orchestra; 0.33, Elton Black; 9.38, recording; 9.42, Cecilia Pringle; 9.48, Hawaiian Quartet; 9.55, A. G. Taylor; 10, sports summary; 10.10, dance music. Sunday: 2 p.m., recordings; 6, children's service; 7, service from Pitt Street Methodist Church (Rov. W. Walker); 8.30, Municipal Band. IYA BIRD BROADCAST Broadcast of the song of imjiorted Eastern birds from IYA to day is a novelty which will bo welcomed by listeners who grow somewhat tired of the quotidian routine of studio items. The birds, which recently arrived from India for members of the Avicultural Society of New Zealand, are at the Remuera aviary of Mr. G. Roland Hutchinson, who will describe the birds. They include a number of shamas, regarded as the finest Indian singing birds, which rival tho New Zealand tui in their flute-like notes and are excellent mimics. - _ Such broadcasts, though unusual in New Zealand, are quite common overseas. Zoo broadcasts are popular for the children's hour in England, the animals being "introduced" by an authority. The song of the nightingale in English woods has been .successfully broadcast on many occasions. BOY SOPRANO " DISCOVERY " An Auckland boy soprano is to broadcast from IYA in a few weeks' time. He is Jack Gunman, aged 12. He is regarded by Mr. R. Morgan, the.programme organiser, as a distinct radio find. "Personally, I regard him as equal to Lex Mac Donald, the Dunedin lad, Mr. Morgan savs. Master Gunman has broadcast from * IYA once before, at a children's session. The definite announcement that Lex Mac Donald is to appear in Auckland early next month brings considerably nearer tho possibility of his voice being heard from IYA. His visit presents an admirable opportunity to overcome at least of the seeming prejudice against Dominion artists. 8.8.C. RELENTS Mi-. Winston Churchill, whose recent tiff with the British Broadcasting Corporation was mentioned in this column recently, was, after all, given an opportunity of broadcasting, but not in the circumstances he desired. The 8.8.C. are still determined not to permit him to broadcast his views on the world crisis. They agreed, however, to relay a speech he made at the Hotel Victoria during a dinner given on July 12 by the Pilgrims of Great Britain in connection with tho George Washington Bi-Centen-nial Commemoration. This is what the 8.8.C. said about Mr. Churchill on the night of tho broadcast: " Mr. Churchill is one of the few speakers of our time who rank with Chatham, Burke, Fox and Gladstone in the great line of English orators." Mr. Churchill recently got very cross with the 8.8.C. becauso it refused to let him broadcast his views on the world s financial position —eve.n if he paid the 8.8.C. Then the hatchet was buried. The 8.8.C. governors gave instructions that nothing further should be done or said to offend Mr. Churchill. Hence those honeyed words about the ex-Cabinet Minister. There were several glowing passages in Mr. Churchill's speech. In his peroration, Mr. Churchill referred to the present troubles of Britain and the United States. ON ALL WAVE-LENGTHS Tho Spanish broadcasting authorities havo introduced a regulation which stipulates that no one may act or sing or speak before tho microphone unless he can show that ho 'has paid his wireless listening fee and has owned a receiver for more than three months. Even Mr. Culford Bell, lYA's serene announcer, could bo excused for stumbling (temporarily) over such a passage as this: "Mr. Adolphus Barry, wearing his black beret, returned yesterday from his annual expedition to Buryj where he has been hunting beroo. The symptoms oi beri-beri which Mr. Barry had when he sot out have entirely disappeared." The first Hebrew broadcasting statior has been inaugurated at Tal-Aviv, Pales tine. The station transmits in Hebrew and English, and it is intended in the near future to include some programme* for the benefit of the Arab population The Wireless World understands that i short-wavo transmitter will soon be erectec on the same site in order that Zionistf all over the world may be kept in touct with the Holy Land.