WIRELESS BROADCASTING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23941, 17 October 1939, Page 2

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, Ounedin (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. 10.15: Devotional service. 10.30: Recordings. 10.50: Talk to women by " Margaret." Recordings. 12 noon: Lunch music. (Weather forecast at 1 p.m.) 1 p.m.: Recordings 3.30: Sports results. Classical music. (Weather and frost forecast at 4.) 4.30: Light musical programme. 4.45: Sports results. 5: Children's session. 5.45: Dinner music (subject to interruption by rebroadcasts). 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. 7.30: Talk by Dr Basil Howard, " The Distinction Between Wit and Humour." 8: St. Kilda Band (conductor, Mr L. Francis) plays " Le Roi" March (Douglas) and "The Two Imps" (cornet duet by Bandsmen D. Christensen and R. Francis) (Alford). 8.10: Recording—Harry Gordon, comedian in " The Railway Fireman " (Gordon). 8.16 St. Kilda Band plays "Coriolanus" Tone Poem (Jenkins) and "St. Clements" Hymn (Scholefleld, arr. Francis). 8.28: Eb and Zeb" (recordings). 8.37: St. Kilda Band plays "La Gazza Ladra" (Rossini). 8.47: Special recordings—Quarter of an hour of harmony by May Singhl Breen and Peter de Rose, composers, instrumentalists, singers, and favourites of the American ether. 9: Reserved. 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: Recorded feature—- " Those We Love," a story of people like us—the Marshalls. 9.49: Recording—Charlie Kunz at the piano. 9.52: Recorded feature—" Singapore Spy," a drama of the world's greatest fortress; presented by James Raglan and company. 10.15: "Music, Mirth, and Melody" (recordings). 10.45: Reserved. 10.50: Continuation of recordings. 11' Daventry news broadcasts or miscellaneous recordings. 12 midnight: Close down. 4YO, Dunedin (1140 k.c.).—5 p.m.: Recordings. 6: Close down. .7: After-dinner music. 8. Celebrity concert by some wellknown concert artists. 9: " England and the Chamber Music World "—a chamber music programme by some eminent English composers. 10: In order of appearance—Lucienne Boyer (soprano). Porschmann Instrumental Trio, Paul Robeson (Negro bass). 10.30' Close down. (The above programme consists wholly of recordings.) 3YA, Chrlstchurch (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. 11.15: Talk by Mrs E. Early, " Fashions.' 11.30: Recordings 12 noon: Lunch music. 2 p.m.: Recordings. 3: Classical music. 4: Frost and weather forecast. Light musical programme. 4.30: Sports results. 5: Children's session. 5.45: Dinner music. 7: Rebroadcast from 2YA of Government and overseas news. 7.10 (approx.): News and re.oorts. 7.35: Book review by Mr

E. J. Bell. 8: "The Cloister and the Hearth" : Episode 2, " Hard Driven"; adapted from Charles Reade's great tale of the Middle Ages by the National Broadcasting Service, and produced and recorded in the Wellington studios. 8.24: Recording—London Palladium Orchestra. 8.30: Recorded feature —"Here's a Queer Thing." 8.42: Recording—Van Dam and his Gaumont State Orchestra. 8.48: Recorded feature—" Silas Marner," an adaptation of George Eliot's great classic of English literature; presented by George Edwards and company. 9: Reserved. 9.20: Weather forecast and station notices 9.25: Talk by Dr A. L. M. Perry, " Under the Shadow of Big Ben." 9.40: Recording—Al Bollington at the organ. 9.46: Recording—Dick Powell sings " The Girl in the Bonnet of Blue" (Parker). 9.49: Special recordings radio's royal quartet. 10: Programme of modern dance music by the bands of Henry Busse, Van Alexander and Hal Kemp, with vocal interludes by Vera Lynn (recordings). 10.45: Reserved. 10.50: Continuation of dance music. 11. Daventry news broadcasts or miscellaneous recordings 12 midnight: Close down 2YA, Wellington (570 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. 9.15: Educational session for pupils of the Education Department's Correspondence Schools. 10.10: Devotional service. 10.25: Recordings. (Time signal at 10.28.) 10.45: A housekeeper talks to women (5). Recordings. 11.30: Talk by a representative of the Wellington Red Cross Society. 12 noon: Lunch music. 2 p.m.: Classical hour. 3: Recordings. Sports results. 3.15: Talk by " Takaro," "Recreation at Home and Abroad." 3.28: Time signal. Weather report for farmers and frost forecast for Canterbury and Otago. Recordings. 4: Sports results Recordings. 5: Children's session. 5.45: Dinner music (subject to interruption by rebroadcasts). 7: Government and overseas news. 710 (approx.): News and reports. (Time signal at 7.28.) 7.40: Young Farmers' Club talk—a message to the clubs by the Dominion president, Mr E. W. Barnett. 8: Classical programme. Recording—B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra plays " The Magic Flute" Overture (Mozart). 8.8: Recording—Peter Dawson, bass-baritone, in a Haydn number. 8.12: Special recordings—Symphony No. 92 in G major ("The Oxford") (Haydn), played by the Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire. 8.34: RecordingPeter Dawson, bass-baritone, in two numbers by Handel. 8.38: RecordingLondon Symphony Orchestra presents " Passacaglia (Handel, trans. Hamilton Harty). 8.42: Recorded talk by Dr Elizabeth Bryson, "What Shall We Eat?— Facing the Facts." 9: Reserved. 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: Recorded feature—" Dancing Down the Ages" : Episode 5, " The Development of the Dance," dealing with the Court dances of Louis XIII, through the Strauss waltzes to the Polish polka. 10.5: "Music, Mirth, and Melody" (recordings) 10.45: Reserved. 10.50: Continuation of recordings. 11. 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 Rev. W. R. Milne. 10.15: Recordings. 11: Talk to women by "Margaret.' 11.10; Recordings. 12 noon- Lunch music. 1.30 p.m.: I Educational session—" How the Animal Lives," talk by Mr C. L. Gillies; " Music " (22), Mr R. Howie; " Ships Through the Ages," Mr R. A. Scobie. 2.30: Classical music. 3.15: Sports results. 3.30: Light

musical programme. (Weather report for farmers at 4.) 4.30: Sports results. 5: Children's session. 5.45: Dinner music (subject to interruptions by rebroadcasts). 7: Rebroadcast from 2YA of Government and overseas news. 7.10 (approx.): News and reports. 7.30: Talk by gardening expert. 8: Concert programme. Recording—London Piano-accordion Band. 8.5: Recorded serial—" The Rich Uncle from Fiji." 8.17: Recordings—" The Homestead on the Rise." 8.30: Recordings—" Eb and Zeb " 8.39: Recordings—" The Kingsmen," radio's royal' quartet. 8.52: Recording May Questal sings In Our Little Wooden Shoes" (Mitchell) and " 1 Want You for Christmas" (Washington). 8.57. Recording—London Piano-accordion Band plays "If Ever a Heart Was in the Right Place" (Woods). 9: Reserved. 9.20. Weather report and station notices. 9.25. Recorded dance music. 10: Relay from the Metropole Cabaret ot dance music by Mr Sammy Lee and his Americanadians. 10.45: Reserved. 10.50: Continuation of dance music from the Metropole Cabaret. 11: 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.