WIRELESS BROADCASTING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23693, 28 December 1938, Page 2

WIRELESS BROADCASTING

TO-DAY’S PROGRAMMES 4YA, Dunedin, — 7 a.m.: Chimes. 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.; Recordings. 3.30; Sports results. Classical music. (Weather and frost forecast at 4.) 4.30 : Light music. 5: Children’s session. 6: Dinner music. 7 ; Rebroadcast from 2YA of Government and overseas news. 7.10: News and reports. 8: Chimes. Recorded feature—“ Mittens,” an epic of the Turf, presented by George Edwards and company. 8.15: Special recordings—The Bold, Bad Buccaneers (humour and harmony)., 8.28: Recorded serial —“The Fourth Form at St. Percy's.” 8.40: Recorded talk by Mrs Mary Scott, “ Leaves from a Backblocks Diary: Isolation." 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 Egypt.” 10: Dance music. 11; Close down.

4YO, Dunedin.—s p.m.: Recordings 0; Close down. 7: After-dinner music 8: Music by modern Spanish composers, featuring works by Manuel de Falla, Isaac Albeniz, and Enrique y Granados. 9.30: Highlights from the operas. 10: Comedy and light music. 10.30; Close down. (The above programme consists wholly of recordings.)

3YA, Christchurch.— V a.m Break last session. 9 : Close down 10 : Recordings. 10.30: Devotional service. 10.45 : Recordings. 11: Talk to women by “Margaret.’ 11.10: Recordings. (At intervals, commencing about 11.30 a.m., progx-ess reports on play in the Plunket Shield cricket match Auckland v. Canterbury will be broadcast.) 12 noon: Lunch music. 2 p.m.: Recordings. (Progress reports of Canterbury tennis championships from Wilding Park.) 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 11, “The Sheriff’s Reward.” 6: Dinner music. 7: Rebroadcast from 2YA of Government and overseas news.- 7.10: News and reports. 7.20: Review of the day’s play in the Plunket Shield match. 8: Chimes. Readings by Mr O. L. Simmance, with music. Readings from — “Pickwick Papers," by Dickens; “The Christmas Tree and the Wedding," by Dostoievsky. Recorded music—Andantino from Symphony No. 4 in F minor (T&chaikowsky). 8.35: Special recordings—popular melodies by the Regal Singers. 8.50: Recorded feature—- “ Winkle and Wisdom ” in the humorous sketch “ Proposal by Pretence.” 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5 : Special recordings—Fritz Kreisler, violinist, in four numbers. 9.16: Mr Rex Harrison, baritone, sings “Hills” (La Forge), “Slow Horses, Slow” (Mallinson), “How’s My Boy” (Homer), and “Song of the Horn” (Flegier). 9.28: Special recordings—Lew White, organist, in four numbers. 9.42: Special recordings—Richard Tauber, tenor, in four numbers. 9.54: Recording, orchestra. 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: De* votlonal service. 10.25: Recordings. (Time signal at 10.28.) 10.45: Talk to women by “Margaret." Recordings. (At intervals, commencing about 11 a.m., progress reports on play in the Plunket Shield cricket match Wellington v. Otago will be broadcast on relay from the Basin Reserve.) 12 noon: Lunch music. 2 p.m.: Recordings. 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. 7.30: Talk by gardening expert, “Hints for the Home Gardener.” 8: Chimes. Recording, Felix Mendelssohn and his Orchestra. 8.6: Mr Dan Foley, Irish tenor, presents “A Glimpse of Erin.” 8.22: Recording, piarto duet with drums. 8.25: Recording, popular melodies on the mouth-organ. 8.31: Recording. Andrews Sisters (vocal trio). 8.34: Recording, Quentin M. Maclean at the organ. 8.40: Talk by Dr Guy H. Scholefleld, “World Affairs.” 9 : Weather report and station notices. 9.5 : “Into the Light”: Chapter 12, “Mona Lisa”—a serial romance of the Middle Ages: produced by the National Broadcasting Service. 9.32 : Recorded serial—Chapter 12 of “Soldier of Fortune,” presented bv 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. IYA, Auckland.—7 a.m,: Breakfast session 9: Close down. 10: Devotional service, conducted by Rev. R. J. Liddle. 10.15 : Recordings. 11: Talk to women by “Margaret.” 11.10: Recordings. 12 noon • Lunch music. (At intervals, commencing about midday, running commentareis on events at the Auckland Racing Club’s meeting will be broadcats on relay from Ellerslie Racecourse.) 2 p.m.: Recordings. 3.15: Sports results. (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. 8Special recordings massed cavalry bands play “Crown and Commonwealth” (Adams) and “Golden Spurs” (Rhodes); 8.8. C. Wireless Military Band plays “ Slavonic Rhapsody ” (Friedemann). 8.16: Programme of miscellaneous recordings. 9 ; Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Recorded serial—“ Coronets of England : The Life of Mary Queen of Scots.” 9,35: Special recordings “Music Graphs ” by the Ferde Grofe Orchestra. 9.48: “ Music; Mirth, and Melody,” featuring Carson Robison and his Buckaroos (recordings). 11: Close down. SHORT-WAVE STATIONS

Empire Transmission No. 1. Davctjtry (for New Zealand and Australia).— 8 p.m (N Z summer time): Big Ben “ Canada Speaks ” —first-hand account of life and work in Canada by a lumberman from Quebec. 8.15: “Monologues in Melody,” with Florence Oldham at the piano. 8.?5 : “ Macabre programme of uncanny stories overheard at the fireside: “Mansions.” by C. V. Phillips: “The Open Window.” by Said; “Thursday Evening.” by E. F. Benson; programme devised by Felix Felton. 9.10: “Yuletide in Fuggleston St. Joseph"—a visit to the country seat of Sir Murgatroyd Barrington Bitters; arranged by D. F. Aitken and produced by Pascoe Thornton. 9.50: News and announcements. 10.15: Close down.