WIRELESS BROADCASTING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24348, 12 July 1940, Page 2

WIRELESS BROADCASTING

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMMES AH YA Stations. Daventry news: ij a.m., 7, 8.20, 9.15, 12.30 p.m.. J. 15, 5.45, 9, and 11. Weather reports: 6.50 a.m., 10, 1 p.m., 4, 6.55, and 9.10. Official Hews: 7 p.m. Devotional exercises in the morning, breakfast, lunch, and dinner music, and children's sessions in the evening are regular daily features. Stations open at 6 a.m. and close down at midnight. 4YA, Dunedin (790 k.c.).—10.50 a.m.: " Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax," talk by Nelle Scanlan. 12 noon: Community sing. 3.15 p.m.: A.C.E. talk. 3.30: Classical music. 4.30: Light music. 7.30: Talk by Professor Arnold Wall, " The Meaning of Words." 7.50: "Do You Know Why?" 8: "Dad and Dave." 8.15: "The Kingsmen." 8.28: "The Circle of Shiva." 8.41: H. Robinson Cleaver (organ), Patricia Rossborough (piano), Walter Preston, Evelyn MacGregor, and Lew Stone and his band. 9.14: Columbia Light Opera Company. 9.22: Berlin Symphony Orchestra. 9.30: Readings by Professor T. D. Adams, with musical interludes. 10: Dance music by Dick Colvin and his music, 4YO, Dunedin (1140 k.c.).—5 to 6 p.m.: Light music. 7: After-dinner music. 8: Classics for the connoisseur. 9: "Piccadilly on Parade." 9.14: Time to dance. 10: Melody and humour. 4YZ, Invercargill (680 k.c.).—5.15 p.m.: Merry moments. 6.15: "Carson Robison and his Buckaroos." 6.45: "Marie Antoinette." 7.10: After-dinner music. 8: "More About the Women's Institutes." 8.15: Symphony No. 1 in C minor. Op. 68 (Brahms). 9.15: "With the Troops in Training." 9.30: "Thrills." 9.43: Rhythm time. 3YA, Christchurch (720 k.c.).—11 a.m.: " Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax," talk by Nelle Scanlan. 11.15: "Help for the Home Cook." 3: Classical music. 8: Studio performance by the Christchurch Liedertafel. 9.15: Programme by the New Light Symphony Orchestra, with interludes. 9.24: Studio recital by Beryl Gough, soprano. 9.43: John McCormack, tenor. 10: "Music, Mirth, and Melody." 2YA, Wellington (570 k.c.).—10.45 a.m.: " Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax," talk by Nelle Scanlan. 2 p.m.: Classical hour. 3: A.C.E. talk. 7.30: "Who's Who and What's What?" 7.40: Review of the races at Trentham. td-morrow. 8: "Every Friday Night at Eight." 8.32: Light music,. 9.15: Music by famous English bands, with interludes. 9.26: Studio recital by Mrs Fred Potter, mezzo-soprano; also further numbers at 9.32. 10: " Rhythm on Record." IYA, Auckland (650 k.c.).—11 a.m.: " Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax," tajk by Nelle Scanlan. 2.30 p.m.: Classical hour. 330: Light music. 7.30: Sports talk by Gordon Hutter. 8: British Symphony Orchestra. 8.10: "The Shadow of the Swastika." 9.15: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. 9.23: Conchita Supervia, mezzosoprano, and Inez Ferraris, soprano. 9.32; Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. 9.38: Oscar Natzke. bass. 9.46: Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. 9.52: The 8.8. C. Chorus. 10: " Music, Mirth, and Melody." ' Daventry.—War news will be broadcast from Daventry at the following New Zealand times:—s.3o a.m., 6 a.m., 7 a.m.. 8.20 a.m. (summary), 9.15 a.m., 12 noon, IS, n 0 p.m., 1.15 p.m. (summary), 2.15 p.m. (summary), 3.30 p.m., u. 45 p.m., 7.30 p.m. (summary), 9 p.m. (summary), 11 p.m Overseas Short-wave Stations The following is a list of overseas shortwave stations which broadcast news bulletins in English and may be picked up locally at fair to good strength, the New Zealand times at which they may best be received and the wavelengths in metres and megacycles also being given:— VLR, Melbourne, 8.30 p.m., 31,32 m. (9.58 m.c). WPIT, Pittsburg, 4.15 p.m.. 25.27 m. (11.87m.c). WGEA, Schenectady, 2.30 p.m., 31.41 m. (9.55m.c). WRCA, New York, 2.30 p.m., 31.02 m (9.66m.c). WBOS. New York, 5.30—6 p.m.. 31.36 m. (9.57m.c). KGEI, San Francisco, 5.30 p.m., 11.55 p.m., 31.48 m. (9.53m.c). RADIO SAIGON, 10.15 p.m., 25.46 m. (U.79m.c.).