RADIO IN THE HOME

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22260, 7 November 1935, Page 6

RADIO IN THE HOME

THE WEEK'S PROGRAMMES 8.8.C. FEATURE FROM IYA OVERSEAS BROADCASTS Br ALL-WAVJS To-night IYA will broadcast " Scrapbook for 1914," a 8.8.C. recorded programme and a medley of memories of those troublous times. On Saturday the first hour of the evening programme will be devoted to an abridged recorded presentation of Puccini's opera " La Tosea." The after-church programme from IYA on Sunday will include Haydn's Military Symphony, played by the Studio Orchestra, and items by Mr. Wilson Ewart, Australian baritone. On Monday night Dr. George do Clivo Lowe and players Will present the radio play, " Lost Horizon." This is a most ambitious sketch and requires an hour for presentation. Wednesday's chamber music programme is chiefly notable for the presentation by the strings of the Studio Orchestra of Glouck's " Suite for Strings " and Tschaikowsky's " Serenade."

On Sunday night, commencing at 9 o'clock, the Christchurch station 3YA will present a most attractive concort. programme. Miss Dorothy Glark (contralto) will sing " From tho Tomb of An Unknown Woman," " Adrift, " Yang Yang," " A Feast of Lanterns, " The Lament of Isis " and " Morning Hymn." Mr. Barend Harris will present a recital of descriptive Russian music, including " Dark Eyes," " The Midnight Review," " The Song of the Viking Guest " and " Nichavo." Mr. Harris will make his own annotations and comments on his offerings. An alternative programme, a complete musical presentation of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera " Princess Ida," will lie provided by IYX, 2YA, 3YL and 4YA.

Another opportunity to hear the Christchurch Male Voice Choir will occur next Tuesday, when 3YA will relay the concert to be given at the Radiant Hall, Christchurch. Tho choir will be assisted by the Christchurch Cathedral choristers, under the conductorship of Dr. J. C. Bradshaw. Madame Winnie Eraser (soprano) 'will provide incidental solos. Next \\ ednesday, at 9.5 p.m., 2YA, Wellington, will put on the air the 8.8.C. recorded programme, " Old Words to Now Music." This programme purports to show in humorous vein what would happen in these days of commercialism if William Shakespeare were replaced on earth, poor and unknown and faced with tho problem of selling " Hamlet."

The advent of a self-coupling valve is claimed to usher in a new pnase of simplicity in set design. The new type valve really comprises a valve with an in-built choke which permits selfcoupling between two of these valves and eliminates the interaction hitherto set up by older methods of component assembly. A portable receiver using these new valves is a very simple affair, the whole outfit, including frame aerial, speaker and batteries, being accommodated in a box about lOin. by Bin. bv 4in., the total weight of which is 121b.

On Sunday, at 8.50 p.m., GSB-D will put on the air a record of the speeches at the annual Guildhall Banquet in London, which follows tho Lord Mayor's Show. The speeches will be preceded by a descriptive commentary by Mr. Edward Halliday on the preliminaries to the reception, so that listeners will be able to form a mental picture of the background in which the speeches are delivered. The Lord Mayor's Banquet is probably the greatest social function, outside of Royal ceremonies, in Great Britain. On Monday, at 8 p.m., the same stations will broadcast an "Eve of Armistice Commemoration" relayed from tho National War Memorial, Edinburgh,, and on Tuesday, at 8 p.m., "The Festival of Empire and Remembrance," by the British Legion, on relay from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Advice has been received that pending the erection of a new regional station, 3WV, at Dooen, Australia, it has been decided to alter the wavelengths of 3AII and 7NT so as to provide greater frequency separation, particularly between 3AR and SCK. This temporary change will hold good until 3WV is ready for testing, when that station will replace 3AR on 580 kc. In view of the difficulty in separating 7NT and 3LO, the former station has been changed from 750 kc. to 710 kc., thus providing ample differentiation for any receiver at all selective. When the Dooen station comes on the air 3AII will revert to 630 kc. and the new plant will be adjusted to 580 kc.

The 8.8.C. has received many inquiries from listeners overseas as to whether there is any likelihood of an Empire television service. Such inquiries probably originate from the inherent necessity of broadcasting television on short waves similar but shorter to those used for Empire broadcasting. Tho 8.8.C. has announced that it has no intention of inaugurating an Empire television service and that the transmissions shortly to be undertaken on a wavelength of about seven metres will be purely experimental, and,'moreover, will have a service radius of about 25 miles from the plant. Apart from other technical considerations the 8.8.C. points out ' that television broadcasts cover a wide band of wavelengths and it would be impossible to operate a television transmitter on any of the already crowded shortwave bands.

FROM IYA To-day: 8 p.m., "Scrapbook for 1914." a 8.8.C. recorded programme; 9.5, talk by Captain G. A. Humphrev-Davies, "Chinese Beauty": 9.20, recorded bund music; 9.32, Wilson Ewart (baritone), "Sea Fever" and "Five and Twenty Suilormen," and at 9.49, "Cargoes" and "Nightfall at Sea"; 10 to 11, dance music. To-morrow: 8 p.m., "Der Frcischutz"; 8.15, Chopin's Concerto in E minor, op. 11; 8.50, Schubert's songs, "Wild Rose." "Spring Song" and "Tlipu Art At Rest"; 9.5, recorded talk, "Causes of War"; 9.2:1. Schumann'* Orchestral Symphony No. 4 in D minor; 9.53, " Ruy Bias" overturo; 10 to 11, "Musio and Melody." Saturday: 8 p.m., recorded presentation of Puccini's "■La Tosca" .-.(abridged) i 9.5, Studio Orchestra, "Carnival" overture; 9.15, "Fifteen Minutes of Humour" by George Edwards nnd Nell Stirling; 9.;)9, orchestra, "To-night's the Night": 9.49, monologue, Norman Long, "Marrers"; 9.52, orchestra, "Two Irish Sketches"; 10.10 to 11,15, modern dance music. Sunday: 11 a.m., relay from Epsom Methodist Church; 7 p.m., relay from St. David's Presbyterian Church; 8.30, Studio Orchestra. Haydn's Military Symphony; 8.53. Wilson F.wart (baritone), "None But the Lonely Heart"; 9.5. orchestra, "La Navaraissc," and at 9.25, "F.tionne Marcel": 9.40. Wilson Ewart, "The Two Grenadiers" and "Silent Worship"; 9.50. orchestra, "Lyric Suite." Monday: 8 p.m., radio play. "Lost Horizon," produced by Dr. George de Clive Lowe; 9.5. wrestling relay; 10, talk by Professor C. G. Cooper, "War Memorials": 10.15 to 11, "Music and Melody." Tuesday: 8 p.m.. Studio Orchestra. "Keltic" overture; 8.10. "Eb and Zeb"; 8.20, "The Kingpmen"; 8.35, "Japanese Flouseboy" episode; 8.50, orchestra. "Jerome Kern"; 9.5, talk by Mr. Arpnd Szigetvnry, "Romance of Negro Republics"; 9.20 to 11, dance. music. Wednesday: 8 p.m.. Studio Orchestra, "Suite for Strings" (Cluck 1 and Tschaikowsky's "Serenade"; 8.20, Wilson Ewart "When the King Went Forth to War." "Tho Asra" and "F.douard"; 9.5. talk ny Mr. d'Arcy Cresswell, "Milton nnd the Modern Age"; 9.20, New Mayfair Orchestra. "Round the Roundabout" and "The Snow Man"; 9.27, Western Brothers (humorists), "We Are Frightfully 8.8.C." nnd "Keeping Up the Old Troditions," followed by sundry recordings until 11.