BROADCASTING

Southland Times, Issue 23733, 3 February 1939, Page 5

BROADCASTING

TODAY’S PROGRAMMES

4YZ INVERCARGILL (680 Kilocycles) 7.0: Breakfast session —rebroadcasf from 4YA. 9.0: Close down. . . 11.0: Programme of recordings—rebroaacast from 4YA. 12.0: Chimes. Luncheon session. 2.0: Close down. 5.0: Chimes. Report of Invercargill wool sale. 5.10: Light music. 5.30: Children’s session—Captain Marryats yarn: "Masterman Ready.” 5.45: Laugh and Sing. 6.15: "Westward Ho!” (episode No. 53). 6 30: California Ramblers’ Dance Orchestra and Gertrude Lawrence (vocal). 6.45: "Lorna Doone” (episode No. 24). 7.0: Chimes. After-dinner music. 8.0: Sporting talk, Mr J. C. Kirkland: "Swimming.” „ . , 8.15: Festivo (Sibelius), Mark Raphael (baritone) and Concerto No. 1 in E Minor I Chopin). . ~ 9.0: Talk on Astronomy: "Neighbouring Worlds,” by Mr M. Geddes. 9.15: Jack Feeney (Irish tenor) and Quentin M. Maclean (organ). 9.30: Supper dance. 10.0: Close down.

IYA AUCKLAND (650 Kilocycles)

7.0: Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Devotional service. 10.15: Recordings. 11.0: A talk to women by Margaret. I 1 ; 1 ® 5 Running commentary on Plunket Shield cricket match—Auckland v. Wellingtonrelayed from Eden Park (and at interludes throughout the day). 2.0: Recordings. 3.15: Sports results. 4.0. Special weather report for farmers. 4.30: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s session. 5.40: "David and Dawn in Fairyland—The Story of the Pied Piper.” 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: Government and overseas news (from 2YA). 7.10: News and reports. 7.30: Sports talk— Gordon Hutter. 8.0: Miss Florence Robinson presents readings from the works of Charles Lamb, Eliot Warburton and John Keats, with musical selections from the works of Beethoven, Brahms and Greig. 8.32: Constance Piper (soprano). 8.44: The Boston Promenade Orchestra. 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Talk by Mrs Mary Scott—- " Leaves From A Backblocks Diary—The Best of It.” 9.20: Alfred Cortot (piano). 9.28: Heinrich Schlusnus (baritone). 9-34: London Symphony Orchestra. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody, featuring "Carson Robison and his Buckaroos. 11.0: Close down.

Alternative Station IYX (880 kilocycles)— 5.0: Light musical programme. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Organ reveries. 8.15: Musical comedy and light opera gems. 8.30: The Lang-Worth Military Band. 8.43: Humour and Harmony. 90: Revue in rhyme. 9.34: Sailors and sea shanties. 10.0: Light recitals, vocal and instrumental. 10.20: Close down.

! Alternative Station IZM (1250 kilocycles)— ! 5.0: Light orchestral selections. 5.20: Light ; vocal selections. 5.40: Light popular selections. 6.0: Miscellaneous. 6.45: Birthdays, news, announcements. 7.0: Orchestral selections. 7.30: Concert session. 8.30: Opera and operetta. 9.0: Hints to women, Miss Ray Goodson. 9.20: Instrumental. 9.35: Pamela’s weekly chat. 10.0: Close down. 2YA WELLINGTON ' (570 Kilocycles) 7.0: Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Weather report for aviators. 10.10: Devotional service. 10.25: Recordings. 10.45: A talk to women by Margaret. 12.0: Lunch music. 1.0: Weather report for aviators. 2.0: Classical hour. 3.0: Sports results. 3.30: Weather report for farmers and frost forecast for Canterbury and Otago. 4.0: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: Government and overseas news. 7.10: News and reports. 8.0: New Mayfair Orchestra. 8.4: Raymond Beatty (Australian bass-baritone). 8.14: Patricia Rossborough (piano). 8.17: Raymond Beatty (Australian bass-baritone) and Heather Kinnaird (Australian contralto). 8.25: Grosso Orchestra. 8.28: Heather Kinnaird. (Australian Contralto). 8.37: Mantovani and his Tipica Orchestra. 8.40: Recorded talk: Dr Olive Newell, "A Woman Doctor in India: Her Hindu Patients.” 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: "Eb and Zeb.” 9.15: Band of H. M. Coldstream Guards. 9.23: Olive Groves (soprano). 9.26: W. Richards (trombone). 9.32: Pat O'Malley (light vocal). 9.35: Grand Brass Band. 9.41: Gracie Fields (light vocal). 9.44: W. Richards (trombone). 9.51: The Street Singer (light vocal). 9.54: Grand Massed Brass Bands at the Leicester Brass Band festival, 1936. 10.0: Dance programme of new recordings, with special swing session, compered by "Turntable.” 11.0: Close down. Alternative Station 2YC (840 kilocycles)— 5.0: Light musical programme. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: "Around the Shows,” by Kay Bee. 9.0: Two Sonatas by Mozart. 10.0: Bright and breezy. 10.30: Close down. 3YA CHRISTCHURCH (720 Kilocycles) 7.0: Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Recordings. 10.30: Devotional service. 10.45: Recordings in the toyshop of Old Olaf Margaret. 11.10: Recordings. 11.15: Talk: "Help for the Home Cook.” 11.30: Recordings. 12.0: Lunch music. 2.0: Recordings. 3.0: Classical music. 4.0: Frost and special weather forecast and light musical programme. 4.30: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s hour. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: Government and overseas news (from 2YA). 7.10: News and reports. 8.0: Berlin State Opera House Orchestra. 8.9: Franz Volker (tenor recital). 8.19: Lew White (organ). 8.33: Mrs Tristram Willcox (contralto recital). -8.45: Mischa Elman (violinist). 8.56: Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. 9.0: Weather forecast and station notices. 9.5: Talk: Professor F. L. W. Wood (Professor of History at Victoria College): "A New Zealand Observer in Europe—Unchanging England.” 9.20: Paul Godwin’s Orchestra. 9.28: Claude O’Hagan (baritone recital). 9.39: Frederick Hippermann and his Orchestra. 10.0: Music, mirth and. melody, including at 10.30, Carson Robison and his Buckaroos. 11.0; Close down. Alternative Station 3YL (1200 kilocycles)— 5.0: Selected recordings. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: “Khyber: Domes of Mystery” Chapter 4. 8.34: The Bands that matter. 9.41: “Love Me Forever,” Memories. 8.49: Butterflies in the rain. 8.52: Stanley Lupino, London comedian, sings two of his own songs. 8.58: The rippling brook. 9.0: "Every Walk of Life: The Doctor” (Part 2). 9.13: Presenting all stars. 9.22: The Kerry Dance. 9.26: The bird and the saxophone. 9.30: "Sagas of the Seven Seas: Lifeboats Away! Gold Salvage” (Part 1). 9.40: Light recitals. 10.30: Close down. 4YA DUNEDIN (790 Kilocycles) 6.50: Weather report for aviators. 7.0: Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Weather report for aviators. Recordings. 10.15: Devotional service. 10.50: A talk to women by Margaret. 11.0: Talk: Miss I. Finlay: "Cooking and Recipes.” 11.15: And at intervals, commentary on Plunket Shield match: Otago v. Canterbury. 12.0: Lunch music. 1.0: Weather report for aviators. 2.0: Recordings. 3.30: Sports results. 4.0: Weather forecast and frost forecast. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: Government and overseas news (from 2YA). 7.10: News and reports. 8.0: “Dad and Dave from Snake Gully." 8.15: "Pinto Pete in Arizona.” 8.29: "Frank’s Personal Servant” (Japanese Houseboy). 8.41: A talk by Mr W. D. Borrie: “The British Commonwealth of Nations.” 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Recorded chamber music concert. 9.21: Miliza Korjus (soprano). 9.37: The Adolf Busch Chamber Players, with Marcel Moyse (flute). 10.0: Dance music by the Savoy Dance Band (relayed from the Savoy Restaurant). 11.0: Close down.

Alternative Station 4YO (1140 kilocycles)— 5.0: Recordings. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: Afterdinner music. 8.0: Miscellaneous classical programme. 9.0: "Darby and Joan: Uncle Billy’s Visit.” 9.15: Vaudeville and variety. 10.0: Melody and humour. 10.30: Close down.

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G.M.T.— 8.0 p.m.: Big Ben. Songs from “Chu Chin Chow,” with 8.8. C. Theatre Orchestra. 8.55: "Number 17” (part 5). Serial play. 9.15: Chamber music of Brahms —8. 9.40: Next week’s programmes. 9.50: The news and announcements. 10.15 p.m.: Close down.

Miss M. Perrin, of Invercargill, and Mrs R. W. McCreath, of Gore, who attended the Dominion croquet tournament at Palmerston North, are visiting Dannevirke and will take part in the croquet tournament in that centre. At the annual dinner and dance of the Colleges of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering, held at Grosvenor House, London, recently, the Olley Challenge Trophy, presented each year to the senior aeronautical student in practical engineering, was awarded for 1938 to Mr A. Craig Williams, formerly of Napier. Among the many distinguished guests was Lady Campbell, who made the presentation. Mrs Craig Williams, who, before her marriage, was Miss Vera Alder, of Napier, wore a crinoline of fuchsia taffeta, made in true old world style. Miss Maida S. Clark (Wellington), one of the exchange teachers under the auspices of the League of the Empire, is to be on the staff of the County School for Girls at Beckenham, Kent. Her sister, Miss E. L. M. Clark, matron of lona College, Havelock North, is also in London on a year’s leave. The latter'hopes to study the organization of some of the school and other hostels in England. The Misses Clark hope to spend a month on the Continent, and during the summer they intend to make a tour of England, Scotland, Wales and perhaps Ireland. Since she left Sydney two years ago to study mannequin work and make-* up in. London, Miss Kathleen Allen has held several interesting jobs, including the position of script secretary to Charles Laughton and his wife, Elsa Lanchester, and also to Rudy Vallee. Miss Allen has recently returned to Sydney. Another interesting post Miss Allen obtained was the training of mannequins for film work. She specially studied panchromatic make-up, a modified street make-up, containing a large proportion of blue and grey, which is used by actors working before technicolour cameras. SUCCESSFUL DANCE ISLA BANK TENNIS CLUB ENTERTAINS The Isla Bank Tennis Club held another of its fortnightly dances on a recent evening. Extras were played by Miss J. Allison (Drummond) and Mr L. Parlier was master of ceremonies. Among those present were: Mr and Mrs W. Maxwell (Otautau).

Misses N. Town, N. Parker, B. Teviotdale, T. Calder, E. Clark,. J. Teviotdale, N. McLeod, D. Forde, M. Nicholson, M. Teviotdale, B. Parker (Dunedin), N. McLeod, I. Stalker (Ermedale), M. Wilson, J. Allison (Drummond), M. Young, M. Edie, M. Cull, G. Edie, M. Cook (Fairfax), N. Carmichael (Thornbury). Messrs L. Parker, D. Teviotdale, S. Paterson, M. Forde, M. Nicholson, R. Lindsay, J. McNeill, W. Turnbull, D. Carmichael (Thornbui’y), Maxwell, A. Smellie, O. Clark, T. Smellie (Otautau), B. Kennedy, J. Lindsay, R. Whyte, D. Lindsay, D. Stewart (Drummond), D. Cowan (Oreti), J. Young, A. Day, J. Linklater (Mataura), W- Thomson, N. Prentice, R. Johnstone (Fairfax), S. Cook (Waianiwa), Douglas (3), G. Stalker (Ermedale), W. Matchett, N. Evans, J. (Matchett (Waimatuku), I. Turner (Fairfax), McQueen (Kennington), N. McLeod, R. Hope, A. Black, P. Forde, F. Robertson (Drummond).

OBITUARY MRS M. M. SEATON The death occurred at Tier residence, Westport, of Mrs Mary M. Seaton, a very old and highly esteemed resident of the town. She was born at River- j ton in 1865, and with her parents, Mr and Mrs W. Mclntyre, came to Westport when four years of age. She leaves a husband, Mr Joseph Seaton, five sons, Messrs Walter, George, Murdoch, and Angus Seaton (Westport district), and Donald Seaton (North Island), and a daughter, Miss Rose Seaton (North Island).