WIRELESS BROADCASTING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24608, 16 May 1941, Page 2

WIRELESS BROADCASTING

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMMES All ¥A 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 D.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 D.m 4YA, Dunedin (790 k.c.). —10.40 a.m.: Talk by Nelle Scanlan. 11: "For My Lady "—Sandy McPherson, organist. 11.20: Talk bv Miss Ainge, " Cooking by Gas. 11.35: "In My Garden." 12.00 noon: Relay of community sing from Town Hall. 12.15: News from London. 1.15: Headline news and views. 2: Variety. 3.15: A.C.E. talk. "Walking by Day and by Night." 3.35: Classical music. 7.15: Talk by Professor Arnold Wall and W. W. Bird (one-time inspector of Native schools), " When the European Speaks Maori." 7.30: New Mayfair Orchestra. 7.40: "Dad and Dave." 7.53: Rhumba rhythms and tango tunes. 8.8: "The Dark Horse." 8.21: " Vesta Victoria " old-time medley. 8.29: "Bundles." 9: N.B.S. newsreel. 9.15: 8.8. C. commentary. 9.25: Philadelphia Orchestra. 9.30: Readings on American life by Professor T. D. Adams. 10: Dance music by Dick Colvin and his players. 4YO, Dunedin (1140 k.c.).—B p.m.: Classics for the connoisseur. 9: Heart songs. 9.15: Supper dance. 10: Favourites on parade. 4YZ, InvercargiU (680 k.c.).—1.15 p.m.: Headline news and views. 5.15: Variety 6: Talk by "Sportsman." 6.45: "Thrills." 7: After-dinner music. 7.30: Gardening talk. 7.45: Symphonic programme, introducing Weber's " Concertino," played by Reginald Kell (clarinet) and the Symphony Orchestra. 8.30: New recordings. 9.25: "The Sentimental Bloke." 9.52: Jack Jackson's Dorchester Hotel Orchestra. 3YA, Christchurcli (720 k.c.).—10 a.m.: "For Mv Ladv " Alexander Kipnis, Russian bass. 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 hour. 4: Variety. 7 15- Talk by Thelma R. Kent, "Hiking with the Camera." 7.30: 3YA Orchestra (conductor, Will Hutchens). 7.36: Wilhelm Backhaus, pianist. 8: Studio recital of folk songs by Alice Chapman, soprano. 8 13: 3YA Orchestra. 8.34: Studio recital by R. O. Clark, baritone. 8.47: 3YA Orchestra. 9.25: Recent releases. 10: " Music, Mirth, and Melody." 2YA. Wellington (570 k.c.). —10.40 a.m.: " For My Lady "—Sir Edward Elgar. 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. 315: Ballroom successes of the past. 3.32: Variety. 7.15: "Britain Speaks." 7 30: Reserved. 7.45: Rosario Bourdon Symphony Orchestra. 7.48: Studio presentation by Henri Penn, pianist, and Winifred Carter, harpist. 8.5: "Lives of the Poets": Thomas Moore. 8.26: Yehudi Menuhin, violinist. 8.30: "I Know What I Like "—session with the world's workers. 9.25: Songs for the bandsmen. 9.42: Stefiani and his Silver Songsters. 9.48: Band boomerang with Australia—programme by the Cairns' Citizens Band and the Woolston Band. 10: "Rhythm on Record "—new releases, compered by " Turntable." IYA. Auckland (650 k.c.). —10.20 a.m.: " For Mv Ladv "—" Your Cavalier." 10.45: Talk bv'Nelle'Scanlan. 11: To lighten the task ils 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. 8.5: Studio recital by Leo Foster, baritone. 8.17: Queen's Hall Orchestra. 8.37: Dora Labbette, soprano. 8.45: Queen's Hall Orchestra. 9.25: Gerhard Husch, baritone. 9.29: Joseph Szigeti, violinist, and Orchestra of the Paris Conservatoire. 10: "Music, Mirth, and Melody."

Daventry.—2 p.m.: Talk by Gerald Barry, " Democracy Marches." 2.30 Charlie Kunz Ensemble. 2.45: Feature, "The Voice of London." 3.15: "News from the Christian World," talk by Rev. A. M. Chirgwin. 4.15: "Britain Speaks," talk by Alexander Keith. 5: John Maarten play, " The Village on the Hill" (story of modern Germany). 5.45: Bothy ballads, sung by Scottish farmworkers.

6: "From the Old Country," talk by Sir Philip Gibbs. 6.45: "Feats of Endurance." talk by an officer of the Middle East Command (recorded from Cairo). 6.55: Interlude. 7.30: New Zealand newsletter. 11.30: Feature, "Foreign Legion." Overseas Short-wave Stations The following is a list oi 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 (9.8* m.c). WPIT, Pittsburg, 4.45 p.m.. 25.27 m. (11.87m.c). WGEA, Schnectady, t p.m., 31.41 m. (9 55m.c). WRCA, New York, « pjn.. 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, 10.48 p.m.. 25.46 m. (11.79m.c). ATHENS, 7.45 a.m., 31.96 m. (9935k.c).