RADIO IN THE HOME

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21328, 1 November 1932, Page 15

RADIO IN THE HOME

BROADCASTS FROM IYA SONGS BY MADAME CHAPMAN RESULTS OF RACE MEETING Items by Madame Annette Chapman, the noted New Zealand mezzo-soprano, and Miss Eva Stern, pianist, to-morrow evening, appear to bo the most promising broadcasts from IYA this week. Madame Chapman will sing also on Thursday evening. Tho first day events of tho Auckland Racing Club's meeting ou Saturday will be described. Details are:— To-day.—7,;55 p.m., Mr. Hammond, "Regional Planning"; 8. records; 9.2, Captain It. H. Neil, Talk on Arabs; 9.22, records. To-morrow: 7.;i0 p.m., C'r. B. Bell, "Astronomy of Ancients"; 8, records: 8.30, mezzo-soprano. Madame Annette Chapman; 8.41, piano, Eva Stern; 8.53, records; 9.2, Captain R. it. B. Falcon, "North-West Frontier"; 9.17, Madame Annette Chapman; 9.24, Eva Stern; 9.32, dance music. Thursday: 7.30 p.m., L. K. Munro. "Imperial Conferences of 1926 and 1930": 8. record; 8.9, baritone, Barry Coney; 8.13. record; 8.17, IYA Orchestra; 8.25, record; 8.31. mezzo-soprano, Madame Annette Chapman; 8.42, record; 8.4G, elocution, X M. Clark: 8.52, record; 9.2, reserved; 9.17, Orchestra; 9.2-1, Barry Coney; 9.31. record: 9.35. Madame Annette Chapman; 9.41, record; 9.44, .T. M. Clark; 9.50. record; 9.53. Orchestra. Friday: 7.30 p.m., sports talk; 8. rocord; 8.7, baritone, James Hutton; 8.14, record; 8.17, Alf Healy's Orchestra; 8.26. contralto, Mrs. K. A. Price; 8.32, Orchestra; 8.36, record; 8.10, organ, A. E. Wilson: 9.2. A. R. Chappell, "By-ways of New Zealand Story"; 9.17, Orchestra; 9.26, James Hutton: 9.30. record; 9.36, Orchestra; 9.45, record; 9.51, Mrs. K. A. Price; 9.57. record. Saturday: 11.30 a.m., Auckland Racing Club's meeting; 7.30 p.m., N. J. R. Cutler. "Roses"; 8, record: 8.9, Orpelius Quartet; baritone, E. M. Newling; 8.16. IYA Orchestra; 8.26, record; 8.09, Bohemian Duo: 8.36, Orchestra; 8.44, humour; 8.50, contralto. Cathleen Mulqueen; 8.57. record; 9.2. reserved; 9.17, Orchestra; 9.24, duet. Freda Evans and Sid PofTley: 9.31, record: 9.37. Bohemian Duo; 9.41. record; 9.44, Orpheus Quartet; 9.45. record: 9.51, Orchestra: 10. sports summary; dance music. Sunday: 2 p.m., records; 6. children's service; 7. service from St.. Matthew's (Canon C. H. Grant Cowen); 5.30. Municipal Br\nd relay. Regular Week-day Sossions—lo a.m.. devotional service; 30.15, records; 11. talk to women; 11.15. records; noon, lunch music; 2 p.m., records; 5. children's session; 6, dinner music; 7, news; 7.30, talk; 8, varied programme: 9, weather; 10, or 11, close. Details of regular session? are published only in tho first week of each month, when the other items also are given more.fully.

ANOTHER 3000 LICENCES

There were 82,566 licensed receiving sets in the Dominion at the beginning of last month, now licences for September having totalled 2948. The increases for the past five months are:—May, 6983; June, 4199; July, 3089; August, 3552; September, 2948. A progressive fallingoff is to bo expected, as the end of tho financial year approaches, since tho earlier months' figures include a proportion of renewals. The grand total of licences connected with radio in the Dominion on October 1 was 84,662, over 3000 more than tho previous month, and nearly 10,000 more than six months before. Besides tho 82.566 licences for receiving sets there are 1224 dealers' licences, 601 for transmitting, five experimental, four special, and 255 free. Dealers' licences show an increase of 34 on tho total at tho end of August. Of the 82,566 receivers'.licences 23,728 are in the Auckland district, the other totals being:—Wellington, 34,701; Canterbury, 15,510; Otago, 10,627.

JAZZ FOR ROYALTY

When tho King and Queen entered the gallery of tho vaudovillo studio in the lower basement of the new British Broadcasting Corporation building in London during a visit recently they were greeted with one of tho latest jazz numbers, "I Love a Farade." Henry Hall's band, the Wireless Singers and a handful of artists who were rehearsing bowed to them. Iho King askerl to hear another number, and Henry Hall responded with " Sing, Brothers." This incident was only one of many which occurred during the Royal tour. Frociscly at 3 p.m., just as the loudspeakers "on the roof relayed the boom of Big Ben, a brand-new Royal Standard was broken at tho flagstaff head, and Broadcasting House became for two hours a Royal domain. The Royal party, conducted by tho director, Sir John Rcith, and Sir Charles Carpendale, went first to the concert hall oil tho lower ground floor. Tho small st ago was occupied by a section of the 8.8.C. Orchestra, in rehearsal formation, and tho body of tho hall with the whole of tho headquarters administrative staff, who sang tho National Anthem. On tho eighth floor the Royal visitors saw Walter O'Donnell, an ex-serviceman, and the Wireless Military Band at work rehearsing for their next broadcast, and in tho dramatic control panel room a number of specially prepared items. From the glass-enclosed gallery above the effects studio tho King and Queen saw and heard how various "noises" are made, and afterwards they took tea in the council chamber.

PROGRAMME COSTS UP

Wireless programmes of tho British Broadasfing Corporation cost £77,632 more last year than in 1930, according to tho 8.8.C. annual report. "The year," the report states, "was one of steady and continuous progress." The total cxpondituro on programmes, including the payment of artists, royalties, and tho salaries and expenses of tho programme staff, rose from £580.503 to £657,935. This sum is nearly half of the 8.8.C.'s total revenue for the year, £1,425.349, which was £200,000 more than in 1930. The report reveals an increase of 918,825 in the number of licences issued, bringing tho total of listeners at December 31, 1931, lo 4,330.735. Referring to the sliding scale by which tho Treasury and Post Office retain a larger proportion of the licence fees as their number increases, tho report stales: "For 1952 it is estimated that tho corporation will reccivo rather less than 5s out of everj 10s, tho cost of each licence issued." Capital expenditure in 1931 amounted to £907,370, of which £817.855 was concerned with freehold and leasehold premises, "the larger part of this sum representing the purchase and equipment of Broadcasting House. To finance this purchase borrowing was necessary, and the corporation availed itself of its borrowing powers under its charter." A sum of £500,000 was raised, repayable by annual instalments of at least £IOO,OOO, beginning this year. Broadcast appeals for charitable causes last year brought, in £65.674. The most successful was that made by Viscount Snowden on behalf of the Wireless for the Blind Fund, which realised £5600. The 8.8.C. balance on the year was £229,567.

ON ALL WAVE-LENGTHS She: "You think more of that old wireless set than you do of me." He: "Well, 1 get less interference from it." A London wireless enthusiast claims that while listening-in on a small crystal set with an indoor aerial, he received a long message from New Zealand by tho afternoon post.