BROADCASTING
TODAY’S PROGRAMMES 4YZ INVERCARGILL (680 Kilocycles) 7.0 a.m.: Breakfast session, rebroadcast from 4YA. 9.0 a.m.: Close down. 11.0: Programme of recordings, rebroaacast from 4YA. 12.0 noon: Chimes. Luncheon session. 2.0 p.m.: Close down. 5.0: Chimes. Light music. 5.30: Children's session—David and Dawn and the Sea Fairies, "The Weeping Whale. 5.45: Dance music. . 6.15: "Westward Ho!” —episode No. 54. 6.30: Flotsam and Jetsam with instrumental interludes. 7.0: Chimes. After-dinner music. 8.0: Selections from Mozart’s Operas, The Magic Flute.” and “Don Giovanni.” 8.30: Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra, Norman Blair (baritone), and Eileen Joyce (piano). 9.0: “The Honour of Kwo Feng —recorded play. 9.30: Soft Lights and Sweet Music. 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. 11.10 • Running commentary on Plunket Shieia cricket match, Auckland v. Wellington (and at intervals throughout the day). 2.0: Recordings. 3.15: Sports results. 4.0. Weather report for farmers. 4.30: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: Government and overseas news (from 2YA). 7.10: News and reports. 7.28: Time signals. 7.30: Talk arranged for farmers by the Department of Agriculture, ‘ Subterranean Clover.” 7.40: Talk by a representative of the Young Farmers’ Club. 8.0: Orchestra Bal Musette. 8.5: Rich Uncle from Fiji” (Episodes 3 and 4). 8.18: "A Pleasant Quarter-Hour in the Homestead’ on the Rise.’" 8.31: “Eb and Zeb. 8.40: Melodies by the Buccaneers of the Pirate Ship Vulture. 8.52: Primo Scalas Accordion Band. 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: “World Affairs,” talk by Mr L. K. Munro. 9.20: Dance music. H-O: Close down.
Alternative Station IYX (880 kilocycles)— 5.0: Light musical programme. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Boston Symphony Orchestra. 8.12: Alexander Kipnis (bass) and Coenraad V. Bos. (pianoforte). 8.24: London Symphony Orchestra. 8.56: Maggie Teyte (soprano) and Alfred Co “Ot (pianoforte). 9.8: Orchestra de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire. 9.20: Vladimir Rosing (tenor) and Miles Foggin (piano). 9.34: Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra. 10.0: Variety. 10.30: Close down.
Alternative Station IZM (1250 kilocycles)— 5.0: Light orchestral selections. 5.20: Light vocal selections. 5.40: Light popular selections. 6.45: News; announcements. 7.0: Orchestral selections. 7.30: Organ selections. 7.45: Musical comedy gems. 8.0: Concert session. 9.0: Youth and beauty (Mr Lou Taylor). 9.30: Miscellaneous. 10.0: Close down.
2YA WELLINGTON (570 Kilocycles)
6.50: Weather report for aviators. 7.0: Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Weather report for aviators. 10.10: Devotional service. 10.25: Recordings. 10.28: Time signals. 10.45: A talk to women by Margaret. 11.30: Talk by representative of the Well.ington Red Cross Society, “Health Hints.’ 12.0: Lunch music. 1.0: Weather report for aviators. 2.0: Classical hour. 3.0: Sports results. 3.28: Time signals. 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 (approx.): News and reports. 7.28: Time signals. 7.40: Talk by representative of Young Farmers’ Club, "Subterranean Clover.” 8.0: Chimes. The Royal Opera Orchestra. 8.12: Enrico Caruso (tenor). 8.16: Maurice Clare (famous English violinist) with Noel Newson at the piano. 8.40: Talk by Sir Thomas Wllford. 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: “Memories of the Ballet’* (No 2). 9.32: Richard Tauber (tenor). 9.35: Jacques Dupont (piano) and the Orchestre Symphonique of Paris. 9.50: Emmy Bettendorf (soprano). 9.54: Grand Symphony Orchestra. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 10.28: Time signals. 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: “Variety and Revue”—two hours of light entertainment. 10.0: In order of appearance: Larry Adler (mouth-organ virtuoso). National Cavaliers (male quartet), and Don Rico and his Gipsy Girls’ Orchestra.
3YA CHRISTCHURCH (720 Kilocycles)
7.0: Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Recordings. 10.30: Devotional service. 10.45: Recordings. .11.0: A talk-to women by Margaret. 11.10: Recordings. 11.15: Talk. Mrs E. Early, "Fashions.” 12.0: Lunch music. 2.0: Recordings. 3.0: Classical music. 4.0: Frost and weather forecast. Light musical programme. 4.30: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s hour. 6.0: Diner music. 7.0: Government and overseas news (from 2YA). 7.10: News and reports. 7.35: Book review, Miss C. Ennis (chief assistant, Canterbury Public Library). 8.0: Chimes. “Soldiers of Fortune.” 8.28: The Bohemians (light orchestra). 8.34: “Here’s a Queer Thing.” 8.49: A recital by Walter Preston (lyric baritone). 9.0: Weather forecast and station notices. 9.5: Interview with Mr Neil Edwards, winner of the men’s singles title at the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Championship, 1938-39. 9.20: “Music at Your Fireside.” 9.34: “The Nigger Minstrels.” 10.0: An hour of dance music by the bands of Joe Loss. Harry Roy and Lew Stone, with interludes by the Milt Herth Trio. 11.0: Close down.
Alternative Station 3YL (1200 kilocycles)— 5.0: Recordings. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: Afterdinner music. 8.0: Chamber music. 10.0: Mirthful moments. 10.30: Close down.
4YA DUNEDIN (790 Kilocycles)
6.50: Weather report for aviators. 7.0: Chimes. Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Weather report for aviators. 10.15: Devotional service. 10.50: A talk to women by Margaret. 11.10, and at intervals: Commentaries on play in the Plunket Shield match, Otago v. Canterbury. 12.0: Lunch music. 1.0: Weather report for aviators. Weather forecast.
2.0: Recordings. 3.30: Sports results. 4.0: Weather and frost forecast. 4.30: Light musical programme. 5.0: Children's session. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: Government and overseas news (from 2YA). 7.10 (approx.): News and reports. 8.0: Chimes. Louis Levy and his Orchestra. 8.8: Grade Fields (comedienne). 8.11: Eddie Peabody and his Dizzy Strings. 8.14: The Norsemen (male quartet). 8.17: The London Piano-Accordion Band. 8410: Carson Robison and his Buckaroos. 8.33: Reichs Symphony Orchestra. 8.41: Reserved. 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: A recorded concert by the 8.8. C. and Westminster Military Bands. 9.16: The Comedy Harmonists. 9.22: The Band. 9.30: “Eb and Zeb.” 9.39: The Band. 9.48: Jay Wilbur (piano). 9.54: The Westminster Military Band. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close down.
Alternative Station 4YO (1140 kilocycles)— 5.0: Recordings. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: Afterdinner music. 8.0: Sonata hour. 9.0: Chamber music hour. 10.0: In order of appearance: De Groot and the Picadlliy Orchestra. John McCormack (tenor). Primo Scala’s Accordion Band. 10.30: Close down.
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Southland Times, Issue 23736, 7 February 1939, Page 5
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