WIRELESS BROADCASTING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24448, 6 November 1940, Page 2

WIRELESS BROADCASTING

TO-DAY’S PROGRAMMES :*■* All SA Stations. —News broadcasts will be heard from the National Broadcasting Service stations at the following times:— 6 a.m., news and neV?s commentary (direct rebroadcast); 7 am., broadcast of recording taken at 6 a.m.; 8.45 a.m., news rebroadcaijt rccormng r dfVDfews Tei;eiwd irtm D ayentryf at i 3 t>jnr.;'6;iS 1 'p:m:; , (direct reproadcastiiSfLß ■pjnft. t ;New Zealand .newsreel (compiled ;from ;jaU sources—a) revlew .-Of the ‘jpit&s news)}’’.,!! nejVs ’(direct). r AUv.'TAiStatlons.—Weather repdrts:' 6.50 v a.m.-,10,'1:p.rm;v4.6.55,aiid8.57. Loc;il. news': 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 11.30 p.m. ■

4YA, Dunedin (790 k.c.).—10.50 a.m.: Talk to women by “Margaret.” 11: A “talk by Miss D. McStay: “ Cooking by Electricity.” 2 p.m.: Rambling In rhythm. 3.15: A.C.E. talk: “How to Plan the Family’s Diet.” 3.30: Sports results. Classical music. 7.10: Burnside Stock Market report. 7.15; Book talk. 7.30; Recording, orchestra. 7.40: " The Bold Bad Buccaneers ” in humour arid harmony. 7.53: “ The Hunchback of Ben Ali.” 8.6; Recording, organ. 8.12: Recording, vocal quartet. 9.19: Lukewela s Royal Hawaiians. 8.22: The Two Leslies. 8.28: Recording, orchestra. 8.31; “The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s.” 8.43: “Live, Love, and Laugh.” 9.25: Evening prayer. Rev; L. J. Boulton Smith. 9.30: Recording, orchestra. 9.33: "Soldier of Fortune.” 10: Frankie Masters and his orchestra. -

4Y0,. Dlhedln (1140 k.c.).—B p.m,: Oi\ chestral masterpieces. 9.10: Recital programme. 10: Records at random. 4YZ, Invercargill (680 k.c.).—5.15 p.m.: Light opera and musical comedy. 5.45; Tunes of the day. S: “ Personal Column. ’ 6.45: “Birth of the British Nation.” 7.30: Talk: “ Some of Nature’s‘Traps,” by Rev. C. J. Tocker. 7.45: These were' hits. 8; “Out of the Silence.” 8.26; Studio recital by tire Tansley Brothers (vocal and instrumental). 8.45: "Here’s a Queer Thing.” 9.25: Evening prayer. Rev. L. J. Boulton Smith. 9.30: Swing session, compered by Frank Beadle.

3YA, Christchurch (720 k.c.). —11 a.m.: Talk to women by “ Margaret." 11.10: Women's session, conducted by Mrs L. E. Rowlatt. 3 p.m.: Classical programme. 4.30: Sports results. 7.10: Talk; "Personalities and Places in the News,” by George Bagley. 7.20: Addington Stock Market report. 7.30; Recording, orchestra. 7.35: Winter course series: “The Story of Canterbury; Exploration of North Canterbury and the Settlement of the Back Country,” by C. R. Straubel. 8; Concert by the Christchurch Harmonic Society (conductor, Victor Peters). 8.30: Organ recital by Dr J. C. Bradshaw. 9.25; Evening prayer, Rev. L. J, Boulton 'Smith. 9.30; The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. 10; "Music, Mirth, and Melody.”

2YA, Wellington (570 k.c.).—10.45 a.m.: Talk to women by ” Margaret." 4 p.m.: Sports results. 7.15: “Britain Speaks. 7.30: Talk by our Gardening Expert. 7.45: " Hometown Variety,” featuring from the studio entertainment by New Zealand artists. 8.15: Recordings, orchestra. 8.21; "Paderewski, Musician and Statesman”: An eightieth birthday tribute. An interview with Ignaz Friedmann. 8.28; Recording, tenor. 8.32: The Victor Salon •Orchestra. 8.35: Studio recital by the Bijou Quartet. 8.48: Recordings, baritone. 9.25; Evening prayer, Rev. L. J. Boulton Smith. 9.30: “ The First Great Churchill.” 9.55: Reginald King and his orchestra. 9.58; “ The Woman in Black.”

rVA, Auckland (650 k.c.).—11 a.m.: Talk to women by "Margaret.” 2.30 p.m.; Classical music. 3.30: Sports results. 7.15: Book review. 7.30: Virtuoso String Quartet, with J. Cockerill (harp), R. Murchy (flute), and C. Draper (clarinet). 7.44: Studio recital by Phyllis Raudon (mezzocontralto). 7.56: Recordings, string quartet. 8.28: Recordings, baritone. 8.34: Studio recital by Winifred Hayes (violin) and John Tait (Piano). 8.54; Recording, soprano. 9.25: Evening prayer. Rev. L. J. Boulton Smith. 9.30: Martin's Comer: The Story> of a Family.” 10: “Music, Mirth, and Melody.”

Daventry.—War news will be broadcast from Daventry at the following New Zealand times:—6 a.m., 8.45 a.m., 10.45 a.m., 4.30 p.m. (summary), 6.15 p.m., 8.30 p.m., and 11 p.m. 2 p.m.: Feature. “Bombers Over Berlin.” 2.45: G. D. Cunningham, organ. 3; “Within the Fortress,” talk by Clemence Dane. 4: "Music of Britain,” Irish programme. 4.15: “Britain Speaks, talk by J. B. Priestley. 6.45: Musical comedy. 7.30: “Calling New Zealand. 7 45: Feature, " Fighter Pilot.” 8.15: Mario de Peitro. banjo ard mandolin. 8.30: News commentary by George Slocombe. 8.45: Irish music. 9: " Here Lies the Nazi, talk by Colonel M. G. Christie. 9.15; 8.8. C. Scottish Orchestra. 10.45: Kinema organ. 11.30: “Carry On,” variety presented by Carroll Levis. 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, 9 p.m., 31.32 m. (9.53 m.c.). WPIT. Pittsburg. 4.45 p.m., 25.27 m. (11.87m.c.). WGEA, Schnectady, 3 p.m.. 31.41 m. 9.55m.c.). WRCA. New , York. B p.m., 31.02 m. (9.66m.c.). WBOS, New York. 6—6.30 p.m., 31.35 m. : ‘ ■ 9.57m.c.). KGEI, San Francisco, 6 p.m„ 0.25 a.m., 31.48 m. (9.53m.c.). RADIO SAIGON, 10.45 p.m.. 20.45 m. (11.79m.c.).