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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23688, 21 December 1938, Page 5

WIRELESS BROADCASTING

TO-DAY’S PROGRAMMES 4YA, Dunedin. Breakfast session. 9: Close down. 10: Recordings. 10.15: Devotional service. 10.30: Recordings. 10.50: Talk to women by “ Margaret.” Recordings. 12 noon: Lunch music. (Weather report at 1 p.m.) 2 p.m.: Recordirtgs. 3.30: Sports results. Classical programme. (Weather and frost forecast at 4.) 4.45: Sports results. 5' Children’s hour. 6: Dinner music. 7: Rebroadcast from 2YA of Government and overseas news. 7.10 (approx.): News and reports. 7.30: Book talk. 8: Chimes. Recorded feature—- “ Mittens,” presented by George Edwards and company. 8.15: Recorded feature—“ The Bold, Bad Buccaneers” (humour and harmony). 8.28: Recorded serial—“ The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s.” 8.42; Recorded talk by Mrs Mary Scott, “ Leaves from a Backblocks Diary: No. 3, The Simple Life.” 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5; Special recordings—Carson Robison and his Buckaroos. 9.18: Recorded serial “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” 9.31: Recorded feature — “Ports of Call: A Visit to Haiti.” 10; “Swingtime,” an hour of dance music by some leading swing bands, with interludes by the Milt Herth Trio. 11; Close dowp.

4YO, Dunedin.—s p.m.: Recordings. 6: Close down. 7: After-dinner music. 8: Symphonic programme, featuring at 8 Concerto in B flat major (Brahms), played by Artur Schnabel (piano) and the 8.8. C. Symphony Orchestra. 9.20 : “ Highlights from the Operas," featuring at 9.36 selections from “ The Servant Turned Master” (PetgolesePaul Berel). 10: Comedy and light music. 10.30; Close down (The above programme consists wholly of recordings.) 3YA, Christchurch.—7 a.m.: Breakfast session. 9: Close down. 10: Recordings. 10.30: Devotional service. 10.45: Recordings. 11: Talk to women by “Margaret.” 11.10: Women’s session, conducted by Mrs L.- E. Rowlatt. 11.30: Recordings. 12 noon ? Lunch music. 2 p.m.: Recordings. 3: Classical music. 4; Frost and weather forecast. Light music. 4.30: Sports • results. 5: Children’s hour, with at 5.45 “ The Story of Robin Hood " : Chapter 9, “A Dowry for Maid Marion.” 6; Dinner music. 7: Rebroadcast from 2YA of Government and overseas news. 7.10: News and reports. 7,20 : Addington Stock Market reports. 7.35: Talks, “ Holiday Motoring.” 8; Chimes. Readings by Mr O. Simmance, with music. Extracts from “ Pickwick Papers,” and Christmas selections from the Spectator, Charles Lamb, Richard Hill, and W. M. Thackeray. 8.35 • Special recordings—Concerto No. 1 in E flat major (Liszt), played by Mischa Levitski, pianist, and the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Landon Ronald. 8.53 : Recording— Robert Couzinou, baritone, with chorus and orchestra. 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: 3YA Orchestra (conductor. Mr Will Hutchens) plays “Hebrides ’ Overture (Mendelssohn). 9.12: Special recordings Sigrid Onegin, contralto, with orchestra and choir, in “Alto Rhapsody” (Brahms). 9.26: 3YA Orchestra plays Sonata in F major (Handel). 9-40: RecordingWaiter Widdop, tenor, with orchestra. 9.48; 3YA, Orchestra in “Two Arabesques" (Nos. 1 and 2, by Debussy) and “Marche Turque” (Mozart). 10: “ Music, Mirth, and Melody,” including at 10.30 Carson Robison and his Buckaroos (recordings). 11: Close down.

2YA, Wellington.—6.so a.m.: Weather report for aviators (repeated at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.), also forecast for Motueka orchardists. Breakfast session. 9: Close down. 10.10: Devotional service. 10.25; Recordings. (Time signal at 10.28.) 10.45: Talk to women by “Margaret.” Recordings. 12 noon; Lunch music. 2 p.m.: Classical hour. 3< Sports results. 3.28: Time signal. Weather report for farmers and frost forecast for Canterbury and Otago. Recordings. 4; Sports results. Recordings. 5: Children’s session. 6: Dinner music. 7: Government and overseas news.- 7.10 (approx.): News and reports. 7.28: Time signal. Talk by gardening expert, “Hints for the Home Gardener.” 8: Chimes. Special recordings—Members of the State Opera House Orchestra, Berlin, present “Happy Journey” Medley (Kunneke). 8.10: A ballad recital by Miss Eileen Courtenay, mezzo-soprano—“ The Ships of Arcady" (Michael Head), “Listen, Mary” (Brahe), and “A Mood” (Travers). 8.20: Recording, orchestra. 8.26; Recorded feature—“ The Blue Danube” (songs and stories). 8.40: Talk by Dr Guy H. Scholefield, “World Affairs.” 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5; A serial romance of the Middle Ages—“lnto the Light”: Chapter 11, “ The Rogue Magnificent.” Produced by the National Broadcasting Service. 9.32: Recorded serial—Chapter 11 of “ Soldier of Fortune,” presented .by James Raglan and company. 10: Relay from the Majestic Cabaret of dance music by Mr Sammy Lee and his Americanadians. (Time signal at 10.28.) 11: Close down.

11 A, Auckland.—7 a.m.: Breakfast session. 9: Close down. 10: Devotional service, conducted by Rev. H. A. Sharp. 10.15: Recordings. 11: Talk to women by "Margaret.” 11.10: Recordings. 12 noon: Lunch music. 2 p,m.: Recordings. 2.30: Classical music. 3.15: Sports results. 3.30: Light music. (Weather report for farmers at 4.) 4.30: Sports results. 5: Children’s session 6: Dinner music 7: Rebroadcast from 2YA of Government and overseas news 7.10 (approx.): News and reports. 7.30: Book review. 8: Special recordings—Suite for Flute, Violin, Viola, 'Cello, and Harp (dTndy), played by the Quintet Instrumental de Paris. 8.16; Miss Julie Werry. New Zealand soprano, sings “Ein Traum” (The Dream) (Grieg), “ Die Junge Nonne" (The Young Nun) (Schubert), “ Die Forelle” (The Trout) (Schubert), “Mit Einer Primula Veris” (The Primrose) (Grieg), and “Das Wandern" (A-Roaming) (Schubert). 8.31: Special recordings— Adagio from Quartet in G minor (Debussy), played by the Lener String Quartet. 8.41: Mr Clement Q. Williams, Australian baritone, presents traditional songs of France, freely arranged by Arnold Bax—“ La Targo,” “Langueo d’Amour, Ma Doulce,” and “Me Soui Mesocu Danse.” Recording— Michael Zadora, pianist, plays Prelude in C major (Prokofleff) Mr Clement Q. Williams sings “Prayer," ‘Rosies.’’ and “The Last Post” (Garratt). 9 Weather report and station notices 9.5 ; Recorded serial —“ Coronets of England; The Life of Mary Queen of Scots.” 9.33: Recordings—Vocal gems : “ The King Steps Out ” (Kreis ler). 9.39 : Recorded feature—" Scenes from the Sporting Past • Old Matches Revived: The Fourth Cricket Test Match at Manchester, Australia v. England. July 1902” —a vivid broadcast commentary as it would have been heard had radio facilities existed in those days. 10.10 : ‘ Music. Mirth, and Melody,” featuring Carson Robison and his Buckaroos (recordings). 11: Close down,

SHORT-WAVE STATIONS Empire Transmission No. 1, Daventry (for New Zealand and Australia).— 8 p.m (N.Z. summer time); Big Ben Talk, “ Canada Speaks.” 8.15 : Chamber music of Brahms—programme by the Canadian Trio and Keith Cummings (Australian violinist). 9: Frank Biffo’s Brass Quintet, 9.20 ; ” Money Isn’t Everything.” a musical play by George Arthurs. 9.50: The news and announcements. 10.15; Close down.