WIRELESS BROADCASTING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24596, 2 May 1941, Page 7

WIRELESS BROADCASTING

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMMES All YA Stations. —News broadcasts will be heard from the National Broadcasting Service stations at the following times:— 6,7, 8.45 a.m., and 12.15, 1.15, 6.15. 9 p.m. (New Zealand newsreel, compiled from all sources—a review of the day's news), 11 p.m. ( Local news at 7 p.m Devotional exercises in the morning, breakfast, lunch, and dinner music,. and children's sessions in the evenings are daily features. , Stations open at 6 a.m. and close down at 11.30 p.m. 4YA, Dunedin (790 k.c.). —10.40 a.m.: Talk by Nelle Scanlan. 11: " For My Lady "—Carroll Gibbons and his Boy Friends. 11.20: Talk by Miss Ainge. " Cooking by Gas." 11.35: "In My Garden." 1.15 p.m.: Headline news and views. 2: Variety. 3.15: A.C.E. talk, "Care of Footwear." 3.35: Classical 'music. 7.13: Talk by Mary Scott, " Breadmaking." 7.30: Debroy .Somers Band. 7.40: "Dad and Dave." 7.53: Rhumba rhythm and tango tunes. 8.8: "The Dark Horse." 8.21: 8.8. C. Chorus. 8.29: "Bundles." 9: N.B.S. newsreel. 9.15: 8.8. C. commentary. 9.25: 8.8. C. Symphony Orchestra. 9.30: Readings by Professor T. D. Adams—" Feathertop," by Nathaniel Hawthorne. 10: Dance music by Dick Colvin and his players. 4YO, Dunedin (1140 k.c.). —8 p.m.: Musical mosaic. 9: Heart songs. 9.15: For the dance-lover. 10: Variety parade.

4YZ, Invercargill (680 k.c.).—1.15 p.m.: Headline news and views. 5.15: Merry moments. 5.45: Bobbie Breen, boy soprano. 6: Talk by "Sportsman." 6.45: "Thrills." 7: After-dinner music. 7.30: Gardening talk. 7.45: Symphonic programme, introducing Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 in B flat major. 8.30: New recordings. 9.25: "The Sentimental Bloke." 9.50: P. C. Spouse, champion mouth-organist. 9.56: Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra.

3YA, Christchurch (720 k.c.). —lO a.m.. " For My Lady "—Choir of his Majesty's Chapels Royal. 10.45: Light music. 11: Talk by Nelle Scanlan. 11.15: Talk by Miss Shaw,» ' Help for the Home Cook." 11.30: Popular tunes. 1.15 p.m.: Headline news and views. 1.30: Organ recital by C. F. Browne. 2: Music on strings. 2.30: Rhythm parade. 3: Classical music. 4: Variety. 7.15: Talk bv Thelma R. Kent, "Hints on Photography." 7.30: 3YA Orchestra (conductor, Will Hutchens). 7.37: Russian Cathedral Choir. 7.50: Arthur Rubinstein, pianist. 8.5: Studio recital by Madeleine Willcox, contralto (four songs by Brahms). 8.18: 3YA Orchestra. 8.30: Studio recital by Rex Harrison, baritone, of Hungarian songs. 8.43: 3YA Orchestra. 9.25: Programme by the Rosario Bourdon Symphony Orchestra and the Dreamers. 30: "Music, Mirth, and Melody."

2YA. Wellington (570 k.c.). —10.40 a.m.: " For My Lady "-De Pachmann, Russian pianist. 11: Talk by Nelle Scanlan. 11.15: versatile artists. 1.15 p.m.: Headline news and views. 2: Classical hour. 3: A.C.E. talk. 3.15: Ballroom successes of the past. 3.32: Popular tunes. 4.15: Afternoon vaudeville. 7.15: "Britain Speaks." 7.30: Reserved. 7.45: Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra 7.49: Herbert Ernst Groh, tenor. 7.52: Choir of St. Mary's School, Bridgnorth. 7.55: Emll Telmanvl, violinist. 7.59: Poetry session. 8.14: Studio presentation by Henri Penn, English pianist. 8.34: " I know what I like "—session with the world's workers. 9.25: Grenadier Guards' Band. 9.40: John Charles Thomas. 9.43: Bands play some classics. 10.1: Tills week's new releases, compered by " Turntable."

-IYA, Auckland (650 k.c.). —10.20 a.m.: " For My Lady "—" Your Cavalier." 10.45: Talk by Nelle Scanlan. 11: To lighten the task. 1.15 p.m.: Headline news and views. 2: "From Our Library." 2.30: Classical music. 4: Light music. 7.15: Sports talk by Gordon Hutter. 7.30: Sir Henry Wood and the Queen's Hall Orchestra. 7.40: Poetry session—readings by John Gielgud and others. , 7.55": Sir Thomas Beecham and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 8.19: Studio recital by Dawn Harding, mezzo-soprano. 8.31: Sir Adrian Boult and the 8.8. C. Symphony Orchestra. 9.25: George Gershwin and the Symphony Orchestra. 9.41: Lawrence Tibbett, baritone. 9.46: Serge Koussevltzky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. 10: 'Music, Mirth, and Melody." Daventry.—l.4s p.m.: "For the FrenchCanadian Forces." 2: "Democracy Marches," talk by Gerald Barry. 2.30: Leslie Hutchinson in songs at the piano. 2.45: "H.M.S. Pinafore" (Part 2). 3.15: "In My Opinion." 4.15: "Britain Speaks, talk by Alexander Keith. 5: Feature. " Great Parliamentarians: Palmerston. ~War news is announced daily I at the following times:—l, 4, 6, 8.45. and 10.45 a.m.; 1, 1.45. 3.30, 6.15, 9.45, and 11 p-m. 1 5.45: Foden's Motor Works Band. 6: Talk. 6.45: "Feats of Endurance," talk by an officer in the Middle East (recorded from Cairo by the Egyptian State Broadcasting Service). 7.30: New Zealand newsletter. Overseas Short-wave Stations The following is a list of overseas shortwave stations which broadcast news bulletins in English and may be picked up locallv 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 (9.58 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. 6 p.m.. 31.02 m. (9.66m.c.). WBOS, New York, 6-6.30 p.m., 31.36 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.. 25.46 m. (i1.79m.c). ,„„„,., . ATHENS, 7.45 a.m., 31.96 m. (9935k.c).