RADIO IN THE HOME

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22412, 7 May 1936, Page 5

RADIO IN THE HOME

THE WEEK'S PROGRAMMES FEATURES FROM IYA EMPIRE TRANSMISSIONS BY ALL-WAVE To-night at 9.5 the Auckland station is to relay a concert by the New Zealand Institute for the liliiul Band, the soloists including Mr. Allan Morton, New Zealand champion cornetist; 11. H. Gheradi, xylophonist; and J. Papesch, piano accordion. Mr. Papesch will contribute also a number of baritone solos. On Friday and on Sunday at 8.40 p.m. IYA will relay talks on the League of Nations. The discussions will be given by Mr. H. Duncan Hall, member of the Information Secretariat of the League. Monday evening's programme will commence with a radio drama, " The Gesture," which is to be produced by Mr. A. McSkimming, while on Tuesday Miss Lily Krug is scheduled at 9.5 p.m. to give a talk on " The Historic Khineland." Dorothy Heimlich, mezzo-soprano, and ail international radio artist, will provide a J5 minutes' recital of German songs at 8.15 p.m. on Wednesday. The Australian Broadcasting Commission, in an endeavour to make the most of its dance bands, has imported Howard Jacobs, leader of a famous London dance band and an expert saxophonist, to take over the conductorship of its dance orchestra. Listeners to the Australian network at 9.30 p.m. to-morrow will hear the new combination in a 45-minute programme. On the same programme at 10.40 p.m. an adaptation of Ibsen's " A Doll's House," is to be put on the air. The Saturday evening programme of tho chain will commence with a recital by the A.B.C. (Sydney) Concert Orchestra, assisted by Leonoro Gotsch, soprano, and Lionel Lawson, violinist. The promised enlargement of the scope of the broadcast talks to include controversial subjects seems on the way to realisation, although it would appear that, at the outset, such subjects are to be discussed in debates, of which quite a few have been broadcast in the South. Next Monday evening IYA will devote 30 minutes to a discussion, " Should tbo Lxchange Hate be Lowered," in which sides are to be taken by Mr. Gainor Jackson and Mr. H. B. Bodwcll. There is. of course, a good deal to be said for this mode of treatment of such subjects, but one feels that the board might well follow the model of the 8.8.C. and nrrange for selected speakers to deal with varying viewpoints, and suitably space the talks. With the Friendly Road station off the air for a complete reconditioning, listeners will appreciate the return of IZJ, which is to broadcast on a fre- l quency of 1310 k.c. (that is slightly I above the harmonic of IYA). The present schedule contemplates transmissions between noon and 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and an evening transmission between 7.30 and 9.30 p.m. on Wednesdays. As in the past, the station will meantime restrict its offerings to recordings, but plans are in train foi an extension of its programme features. Some while back the Empire stations promised to employ fewer recorded programmes in their short-wave broadcasts, and the programmes have evidenced increasing resort to "personal" appearances, even although many of the transmissions, notably that to the New Zealand zone, take place at extremely inconvenient times at London. Thus tomorrow at 5.30 p.m. short-wave listeners are to be treated to a 40minute recital provided by Linda Parker, Australian soprano, Hubert Elinor, Australian baritone, and Helen Irving, New Zealand pianist-e. The same trend is noted in other of this week's programmes. A broadcast of unusual interest is scheduled from Tuesday next, when at 4 p.m. an hour is to be devoted to a special programme, "Transatlantic Ferry," a romantic story of the pioneers of ocean travel from the days of Ericson and Columbus to the construction of the Queen Mary.

The Director of Empire Broadcasting has recently stressed the fact that the only 8.8.C. transmission intended for reception in New Zealand is the No. I, which is receivable hero in the early evening hours. He adds that reports have indicated that others of the six transmissions are more or less consistently audible in the Dominion, but that, duo to directional aerials and wave-length effects, the signal strengths do not approach the special New Zealand transmission. Ho assesses Transmission 5, heard hero between 10.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m., as next in reliability, and then Transmission 4, from 5.45 a.m. until 11.15 a.m. In point of fact, local experience has been that Transmission 2. which commences shortly before midnight, also provides good signal strength, particularly during our summer. Substantially improved results are confidently expected from the two new Empire transmitters, which are now announced as "to have at least 40 kilowatts aerial power." FROM IYA To-day: S p.m., studio string orchestra, "Punch and Judy" and "Rebel Maid" selections, and at 8.20, excerpts from "Hullo. America"; 8.35, Myra Hess, piano, "Rosumunde" selection; 8.40, string orchestra, "My Lady Dragon Fly," and at 8.5;!, "Suite of Dances" (Ansell); 9.5, concert by the New Zealand Institute for the Blind; 10 to 11, dance music. To-morrow: 8 p.m., recording Dohnanyi's Suite, Op. 19; 8.25. recording, "Winter Love" and "Night Walk"; 8.40, rebroadcast from 2YA of talk by H. D. Hall, "The League of Nations and the World Crisis": 9.5. Beethoven's Choral Symphony No. 9 in D. Minor; 10.5 to 11. music and melody. Saturday: S p.m., J. Bree, baritone, with string orchestra, "Invictus," "The Gentle Maiden," "Nelson's Gone-a-Sniling," and "Passing By"; 8.:i0, Doris Jenkins, soprano. "Rovivere," 'The Three Petals," "Oh, I Could But Express" and "Still as the Night"; 8.46, Vladimir Horowitz, piano recordings; 9.5, string orchestra, "Firefly" selections; 9.17. Ftan Lawson, humour; 9.25, string orchestra, "Flirtations"; 9.150. Darby and Joan, humour; 9.45, string orchestra, "Burma Maid": 10.10 to 11.15. dance music. Sunday; 11 a.m., relay from All Saints' Anglican Church; 7 p.m.. relay from St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church; B.HO, recording "Night on the Bare Mountain"; 8.40, talk, 11. D. Hull, "The League of Nations and the British Commonwealth": 9.5 to iO p.m., Mozart programme, featuring "Flute and Harp" and vocal numbers bv Elisabeth Schumann and Kathleen Long. Monday: 8 p.m., "The Gesture," a radio play by E. M. Delafield, produced hy A. McSkimming; B.MO, debate, "Should tho Exchange Rate be Lowered," by Gninor Jackson and 11. 1?. Rodwell; 9.5, ringside commentary on wrestling; 10 to 11, music itud melody. Tuesday: 8 p.m.. studio string orchestra. "Katinkn" selection; 8.10, Eb and Zeb; 8.20, "The Easy Chair," a programme of old-time songs; 8.35, Japanese Housebo.v episode; 8.50, string orchestra. "Mystic Beauty" gavotte. "Elsaludo" tango, "Love's Dream": 9.5, talk. Lily Krug, "The Historic Rhineland''; 9.20 to 11, dance session. Wednesday: 8 p.m.. Isobel Langlnnds and Owen Jensen Tnrtini's Sonata for violin and piano in G Minor; 8.15, Dorothy Helmrich. mezzo-soprano, "Immer Leiscr Wird." "Nachtigall," "Auf Dem SchitTe," "O Wusst Ich Dech" and "Vergehliches Standchen"; 8.30. recording, Mozart's piano quartet ; 9.5. talk, Rev. David Lnnar. of Canada: 9.20, 8.8.C. recorded programme. "Scottish Variety"; 10.35 to 11, music and melody.