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TO-DAY'S PROGRAMMES. 4YA, Dunedin. session. 9: Close down. 10: Recordings. 10.15 : Devotional service. 10.30 : Recordings. 12 noon: Lunch music. 2 p.m. ■ Recordings. 3.30: Sports results. Classical music. 4: Weather report. Recordings. 4.30: Light musical programme. 4.45: Sports results. 5 : Children's hour 6 : Dinner music. 7 r News and reports. 7.30: Gardening talk. 8: Chimes. A. classical and symphonic concert. 4YA Concert Orchestra (conductor, Mr Gil Dech) presents Symphony No. 5 (from "The New World"), by Dvorak. 8.42: A recorded talk by Mr W. W. Bird (late Superintendent of Native Education) " Songs of the Maori." 9 : Weather report and station notices. 9.5 : Recorded feature—a Russian programme, conducted by Albert Coatcs. In addition to the orchestral numbers, the programme includes two soprano solos and three violin solos. (Albert Coates was born in St. Petersburg of English parents, and was educated in England At the age of 20 he took up the 'cello under Klengel and the piano under Robert Teichmuller at the Leipzig Conservatorium. In 1906 he was appointed conductor of the Elberfield Opera House, and later conducted at Dresden and Mannheim. He then returned to St. Petersburg as principal conductor, and afterwards did a great deal in building up the Soviet orchestras in Moscow and Leningrad.) 10: "Music, Mirth, and Melody " (recordings). 11: Close down
4YO, Dunedin, will broadcast an alternative programme from 5 p.m. 3YA, Christchurch.—7 a.m.: Breakfast session. 9 : Close down. 10 : Devotional service. 10.15 : Running commentary on first race for Sanders Cup. Recordings. 11: Time signal. Talk under the auspices of the Christchurch branch of the National Council of Women by Miss M. G. Havelaar, "The International Conference of Women in Session at Belgrade." 11.17: Recordings. 12 noon: Lunch music. 2 p.m.: Recordings. 3 : Classical music. 4: Time signal. Frost and special weather forecast. Light musical programme. 4.30: Sports results. 5: Children's hour. 6 : Dinner music. 7 : News and reports. 7.20: Resume on the Sanders Cup contest. 7.30: Time signal. Review of the Journal of Agriculture. 8: Chimes. The Austral Players present "The Mummy's Foot," a fantasy from the story by Theophile Gautier; adapted for broadcasting by Mr Leslie Bailey. 8:30: Programme of miscellaneous recordings. 9 : Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Talk by Mr Leicester Webb, " World Affairs." 9.20: Dance music. 11: Close down.
2YA, Wellington.—7 a.m.: Breakfast session. 9: Close down. 10: Recordings. 10.30: Devotional service. 10.45 : Recordings. (Time signal at 11.) 12 noon : Lunch music. 12.30 p.m.: Running commentaries on events of the first day of the Wellington Trotting Club's meeting (relayed from the Hutt Park, the announcer being Mr Karl Scott), interspersed with varied recordings from the studio. 5: Children's hour. 6: Dinner music. 7: News and reports. (Time signal at 7.30.) 8: Chimes. Popular programme. "Potted Revue" (No. 3)—half an hour of vaudeville, etc. (recordings). 8.32 : A further incident in the lives of the Japanese houseboy and his employer, " Mr Scudder Changes His Tune " (recordings). 8.46: Talk by Professor F. L. W. Wood, " World Affairs." 9.1: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: A pianoforte recital by Junior Farrell (six numbers). 9.21: Recorded feature—abridged presentation of " The Merry Wives of Windsor," a comic, fantastic opera (soloists, chorus, and orchestra) by Otto Nicolai. 10.3: "Music, Mirth, and Melody" (recordings). 11.3: Close down. IYA, Auckland.—7 a.m.: Breakfast session. 9: Close down. 10: Devo-
tional service. 10.15: Recordings. 12 noon: Lunch music. 12.30 p.m. Relay of mid-week service from St. Matthew's Church. 12.50: Continuation of lunch music. 2: Recordings. 2.30: Classical music. 3.15: Sports results. 3.45: Light musical programme. 4: Special weather report for farmers. Recordings. 4.30: Sports results. 5: Children's session. 6: Dinner music. 7: News and reports. 8 : Continuity programme—" Romeo and Juliet" (recordings). Among the best known of all great love stories is that of Romeo and Juliet, and in this programme the story is told with appropriate musical accompaniment. 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5 . Talk by the Rev. W. M. Ryburn, " Jawahar Lai Nehru, the Congress Leader." 9.20: March and descriptive sketch by the Auckland Artillery Band (conductor. Captain George Buckley). 9.28 : Miss Myra Booth, soprano (three numbers). 9.28: Auckland Artillery Band presents selection from " Parsifal " (Wagner). 9.50: Record, tenor. 9.54: Hymn and march medley, Auckland Artillery Band. 10: An hour with Eddy Duchin and his orchestra (recordings) 11: Close down. Empire Transmission No. 1, Daventry (for New Zealand and Australia).— 8 p.m. (summer time): Big Ben. A pianoforte recital by Miss Irene Kohler. 8.20: Programme by the 8.8. C. Military Band (conductor, Mr B. Walton O'Donnell). 8.55: "Food for Thought," comprising three short talks on matters of topical interest. 9.15: Musical interlude. 9.20: "In the Making." 9.40: News and announcements. (Greenwich time signal at 9.45.) 10: Close down.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23106, 4 February 1937, Page 2
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