WIRELESS BROADCASTING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23939, 14 October 1939, Page 3

WIRELESS BROADCASTING

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMMES Transmission Hours.—ln the meantime the four National Stations, IYA, 2YA, 3YA, and 4YA, will observe continuous hours of transmission from 6 a.m. till 12 midnight, Sundays and week days. The extra transmission periods will either be occupied with Daventry news broadcasts or miscellaneous musical programmes. 4YA, Dunedln (790 k.c.).—6.50 a.m.: Weather report for aviators (repeated at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.). 7: Session for physical exercises. 7.10: Breakfast session. 9: Close down. 10.5: Recordings. 10.50: Talk to women by "Margaret." Recordings. 12 noon: Lunch music. (Weather forecast at 1 p.m.) 2 p.m.: Recordings. 3.30: Sports results, recordings, etc. 5: Children's session. 6: Dinner music. 7: Rebroadcast from 2YA of news service issued by the Prime Minister's Department, also British official wireless news. 7.10 (approx.): News and reports. 8: Light orchestral and ballad concert. 4YA Concert Orchestra plays "Plymouth Hoe" Overture (Ansell). 8.8: Mrs Trevor Stedman, mezzo-soprano, sings "Lesbia <Jath a Beaming Eye" (Moore) and "Avourneen"(Fitzpatrick). 8.14: 4YA Concert Orchestra plays "Springtime Suite (Eric Coates). 8.25: Mr Leslie J. Dunbar, baritone, sings " Young Dietrich (Henschel), "There is a Ladye" (Bury), and "The Vagabond" (Vaughan Williams). 8.34: 4YA Concert Orchestra in selection from "The King Steps Out" (Kreisler). 8.43: Mrs Trevor Stedman, mezzo-soprano, sings " The Snowy Breasted Pearl" (de Vere) and "The Gap In the Hedge' (Barnard). 8.50: 4YA Concert Orchestra plays " Virginia " (a southern rhapsody by Haydn Wood) and " Montemarte March (Wood). 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Dance programme. 10: Spores summary. 10.10: Dance programme (continued). 11.15: Daventry news broadcasts or miscellaneous recordings. 12 midnight: Close down.

4YO, Dunedln (1140 k.c.).—5 p.m.: Recordings. 6: Close down. 7: After-dinner music. 8: " Lorna Doone." 8.15: Variety. 8.30: 'His Lordship's Memoirs: The Sultan's Plans." 9: "Leaves from the Diary of a Film Fan." «.30: Fall in and follow the band. 10: Music and merriment. 10.30: Close down. (The above programme consists wholly of recordings.) 3YA, Christchurch (720 k.c.).—7 a.m.: Session for physical exercises. 7.10: Breakfast session. 9: Close down. 10: Recordings. 10.30: Devotional service. 10.45: Recordings. 11: Talk to women by "Margaret." 11.10: Recordings. 12 noon: Lunch music. (Week-end weather forecast at 1 p.m.) 2 p.m.: Recordings. 3.30: Sports results, recordings, etc. 5: Children's hour. 6: Dinner music. 7: Rebroadcast from 2YA of Government and overseas news. 7.10 (approx.): News and reports. 8: Special recordings—New Mayfair Orchestra entertains with Gilbert and Sullivan selection. 8.10: RecordingKeith Falkner, baritone. 8.15: Recorded feature—" One Good Deed a Day,' a comedy serial by George Edwards and company. 8.27: Recording—Debroy Somers Band. 8.35: Recorded serial—" Coronets of England: The Life of Charles 11, the Merry Monarch." 9: Weather forecast and station notices. 9.5: Programme of miscellaneous recordings, featuring at 9.18 "The Vicar's Concert Party." 10: Sports summary. 10.15: Modern dance programme to music by Mr Tut Coltmans Australian Swing Band. 11.15: Daventry news broadcasts or miscellaneous recordings 12 midnight: Close down.

2YA, Wellington (570 k.c.).—6.50 a.m.: Weather report for aviators. 7: Session for physical exercises. 7.10: Breakfast session. 9: Close down. 10: Weather report for aviators. Devotional service. 10.25: Recordings. (Time signal at 10.28.) 10.45: "Kathleen" chats to business girls. Recordings. 12 noon: Lunch music. (Weather report for aviators, week-end weather forecast, and frost forecast for Canterbury and Otago broadcast at 1 p.m.) 2 p.m.: Light musical programme. 3: Sports results. 3.28: Time signal. Recordings. 4: Sports results. Recordings. 5: Children's session. 6: Dinner session. 7: Official Government and overseas news. 7.10 (approx.): News and reports. (Time signal at 7.28.) 8: Popular programme. Recording —Geraldo and his orchestra. 8.8: "The Crew of the Maude Woodlock," a radio comedy written by W. GraemeHolder and produced by the National Broadcasting Service: '' Cross Channel Handicap." 8.42: Recording—Bunds Piano Rhythm. 8.48: Recording The Merry Macs (vocal trio). 8.54: Recording—Harry Robbins in vibraphone and xylophone melodies. 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Relay from the Town Hall of ringside description of the wrestling match. 10 (approx.): Sports summary. 10.10: Old-time dance programme by the 2YA Dance Orchestra (conductor, Mr Frank Crowther; compere, Mr Fred Barker). Vocalist, Mr Les Stapp. .11.30: Daventry news broadcasts or miscellaneous recordings. 12 midnight: Close down. IYA, Auckland (650 k.c.).— 7 a.m.: Session for physical exercises. 7.10: Breakfast session. 9: Close down. 10: Devotional service, conducted by Pastor J. Gordon Smith. 10.15: Recordings. 11: Talk to women by "Margaret. 11.10: Recordings. 12 noon: Lunch music. (At Intervals, commencing about mid-day, running commentaries on events at the Auckland Racing Club's meeting will be broadcast on relay from Ellerslie Racecourse, and the district week-end weather forecast will be announced at 1 p.m.) 2 p.m.: Recordings. 3.15: Sports results, recordings, etc. 5: Children's session. 6: Dinner music. 7: Rebroadcast from 2YA of Government and overseas newß. 7.10 (approx.): News and reports. 8: Concert programme. The Studio Orchestra (conductor, Mr Harold Baxter) plays " Ship Ahoy!" (Lohr). 8.9. Miss Elsie BellBooth, soprano, and Mr Robert Simmers, baritone, In duets and solos —Duet, "I Would that My Love" (Mendelssohn); soprano solo, " When Love Is Kind " (arr. A. L.); baritone solo, "A Sailor's Prayer" (Keel); duet, "Love is Meant to Make Us Glad" (German). 8.21: The Studio Orchestra In two Irish tone sketches by O'Donnell. 8.29: Recording—Essie Ackland, contralto. 8.32: Studio Orchestra in "Keltic" Suite (Foulds). 8.42: Mr Francis McKnight, tenor, in a group of Hebridean songs by Margaret Kennedy-Fraser—- " Kishmul's Galley," " Road to the Isles," " Island Sheiling Song," " Eriskay Love Lilt," " Eriskay Lullaby.' 8.54: Studio Orchestra plays " Spoon River " (Grainger), 9: Weather report and station notices. 9.5. Recording—Light Opera Company. 9.9: Recording—Eugen Wolff and his orchestra. 9.15: The Bohemian Duo presents " The World is Waiting for the Sunrise" (Seitz) and "A Little Cosy Corner" (Tate). 9.21: Recording—Bert Lutter and his orchestra. 9.24: Recording—Carroll Gibbons and Columbia artists 9.30: Recording—Napoli Mandolin Orchestra. 9.35: Bohemian Duo presents "Love Walked In " (Gershwin) and "Ain't Love Grand?" (Sarony). 9.41: Recording—Bert Lutter and his orchestra. 9.44: Recording—Scottish Troubadours. 9.50: Recording—Napoli Mandolin Orchestra. 9.53: Recording—Light Opera Company. 10: Sports summary. 10.10: Relay from the Peter Pan Cabaret of dance music by Mr Johnny Madden and his Swing Kings. 11.15: Daventry news broadcasts or miscellaneous recordings. 12 midnight: Close down. SHORT-WAVE STATION Daventry programmes are still subject to alteration without notice other than by announcements preceding transmission. It is therefore impossible to publish them in advance The usual hours for Transmission No. 1 are 5.57 p.m. to 10.15 p.m., New Zealand summer time. SUNDAY' PROGRAMMES 4YA, Dunedin (790 k.c.). —9 a.m.: Recordings. (Weather report for aviators at 10.) 11. Relay of service from Trinity Methodist Church (preacher. Rev. Basil Metson). 12.15 p.m. (approx.): Recordings 1 p.m.: Weather report for aviators. Dinner music. 2: Recordings. 2.30: Special recordings—A " London " Symphony, by Vaughan Williams, played by the Queen's Hall Orchestra, conducted by Sir Henry J. Wood. 3.10: Recordings. 4.30' Close down. 5.30: Children's song service, conducted by "Big Brother Bill." 6.15: Recordings. 6.30: Relay of service from St John's Anglican Church (preacher, Rev C. E. P. Webb). 7.45 (approx.): Recordings 8.30: " The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse "—an /Esop's fable told in a new way, and containing satire, comedy, and clever characterisation. This is a 8.8. C. recorded programme, with words and music by Henry Reed. 9: Reserved 9.20 - Weather report and station notices. 9.25: Special recorded feature—" Music from the Theatre: ' Orpheus and Euridice,'" by Gluck. This opera, considered the great-great-grandfather of all operas, was revived in 1894 for the late Dame Clara Butt. The action takes place in Greece, in the nether regions and the time Is far back in antiquity 10.45: Reserved. 10.50: Musical miscellany. 11 Daventry news broadcasts or miscellaneous recordings, 12 midnight: Close down 4YO, Dunedin (1140 k.c.).—6 p.m.. Recordings. 8.30: " Wandering with the West Wind." 9' " Three, Four, and Five of a Kind "—an hour with some popular vocal and instrumental combinations. 10: Close down. (The above programme consists wholly of recordings.)

3YA, Chrlstchurch (720 k.c.).—9 a.m.: Recordings. 11: Relay of service from Oxford Terrace Baptist Church (preacher Rev. L. J. Boulton-Smith). 12.15 p.m (approx.) Recordings 1 p.m. Dinner music. 2. Recordings 3: Special recordings—Beethoven's Symphony No 5 in C minor, played by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. 3.35: Varied recordings 4.30- Close down 5.30' Children's song service. Subject, The King's Triumph." 6.15: Recordings. 7. Relay of service from Christchurch Roman Catholic Cathedral (preacher. Rev Father Timoney) 8.15: Recordings. 8.30: The Avon Players present " Eden End," a radio version of the famous stage play by J. B. Priestley, first produced in 1934. 10.10 (approx.): Daventry news broadcasts or miscellaneous recordings. 12 midnight: Close down.

2YA, Wellington (570 k.c.).—9 a.m.: Recordings. (Weather report for aviators at 10 a.m. and time signal at 10.28.) 11: Relay of service from St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (preacher, Rev. Brian Kilroy). 12.15 p.m. (approx.): Recordings 1 p.m.: Weather report for aviators. Dinner session. 2: Special recordings—- " The Brandenburg Concertos of Johann Sebastian Bach": No. 4 in G major, played by Bouillon (violin), Cortet (flute), Morseau (flute), and the Ecole Normale Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Alfred Cortet. 2.15: Varied recordings. 3: Recorded feature—" Voices of Celebritied, Past and Present." 3.20: Varied recordings. (Time signal at 3.28.) 4.30: Close down. 5.30: Children's song service, conducted by " Uncle William," assisted by 2YA Children's Song Service Choir. 7: Relay of service from the Terrace Congregational Church (preacher, Rev. H. W. Newall). 8.15 (approx.): Recordings. 8.30: Miscellaneous operatic programme (recordings). 9: Reserved. 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: Recording—London Philharmonic Orchestra plays "La Gazza Ladra" Overture (Rossini). 9.34: Elisabeth Rethberg (soprano), Beniamino Gigli (tenor), and Ezio Pinza (bass) in two Verdi numbers. 9.42 : RecordingBoston Promenade Orchestra plays " Thais Meditation" (Massenet) (violin soloist, Robert Gunderson). 9.46: RecordingLawrence Tibbett, baritone, sings " Largo Al Factotum " (Rossini) and " Eri Tu Che Macchiari Quell Anima " (Verdi). 9.54: Recording—Belgrave Symphony Orchestra plays selection from " Rigoletto " (Verdi). 10: Daventry news broadcasts or miscellaneous recordings. 12 midnight: Close down. IYA, Auckland (650 k.cO.— 9 a.m.: Recordings. 11: Relay of service from All Saints' Church (preacher, Canon W. W. Averill). 12.15 p.m. (approx.): Recordings. 1 p.m.: Dinner music. 2: Recordings. 3.30: Special recordings—Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto, played by Artur Schnabel, with the London Symphony Orchestra. 4.12: Varied recordings. 4.30: Close down. C: Children's song service. 7: Relay of service from St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral. 8.15 (approx.): Recordings. 8.30- Concert programme. Recording Light Symphony Orchestra plays "May Day" Overture (Wood). 8.38: The Carina Trio (female voices) in a group of folk songs—" Come You Here, Laddie " (Slovak folk song, arr. Virginia French). " The Lovely Rose" (Finnish folk song, arr. Virginia French), " From These Dear Mountains " (Swiss folk song, arr. Granville Bantock). 8.45: Special recordings—Light Symphony Orchestra in compositions by Eric Coates: •'Springtime" Suite—" Fresh Morning," "Noonday Song," " Dance in the Twilight." 9: Reserved. 9.20- Weather report and station notices. 9.25 Recording—Sydney Kyte and his Piccadilly Hotel Orchestra. 9.28: Mr Hugh Warbrick. Maori baritone, sings " Tahi Nei Taru Kino" (McKinlay), " Haere Atu Ra " (Piripata), "Ako Ako O Te Rangi " (Kaihau), and "Haere Mai Te Arawa (McKinlay). 9.37: Recording—West End Celebrity Orchestra. 9.43: The Carina Trio in further folk songs—" The Three Doves" (Italian folk song, arr. Virginia French), "Come Lasses and Lads" (English folk song, arr. Victor Harris). 9.48: Special recordings—Albert Ketelbey's Concert Orchestra plays " Three Fanciful Etchings " Suite—"A Passing Storm-cloud on a Summer Day." " The Ploughman Homeward Plods His Weary Way," " Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles." 10: Daventry news broadcasts or miscellaneous recordings. 12 midnight - Close down. SHORT-WAVE STATION Daventry programmes are still subject to alteration without notice other than by announcements preceding transmission.

It is therefore impossible to publish them in advance. The usual hours for Transmission No. 1 are 5.57 p.m. to 10.15 p.m., New Zealand summer time.