RADIO PROGRAMMES
New Zealand And Empire Stations
SATURDAY 4YZ INVERCARGILL (680 Kilocycles) 7.0: Breakfast session—rebroadcast from 4YA. 9.0: Close down. 11.0: Programme of recordings—rebroadcast from 4YA. 12.0: Chimes. Luncheon session. 2.0: Close down. 5.0: Chimes. Light music. 5.30: Children’s session. 5.45: April Fooling. 6.15: Saturday Special of New Recordings. 6.45: "The Adventures of a Japanese Houseboy and his Employer: Auntie Takes a Hand.” 7.0: Chimes. After-dinner music. 8.0: Local results. 8.5: Shall We Dance?—new releases. 8.45: A further episode in "The Life of Cleopatra.” 9.0: For the Music Lover. 10.0: Close down. IYA AUCKLAND (650 Kilocycles) 7.0: Session of physical exercises. 7.10: Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Devotional service. 10.15: Recordings. 11.0. Talk to women by Margaret. 11.10: Recordings. 12.0: Lunch music. 1.0: District week-end weather forecast. 2.0: Recordings. 3.15 and 4.30: Sports results. 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: A performance by tne Pitt Street Methodist Church Choir of the Cantata. 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: A programme of old-time dance music by the "Pirate Shippe” Dance Band (from the “Pirate Shippe," Milford). 10.0: Sports summary. 10.10: Continuation of old-time dance music. 11.30: Close down. Alternative Station IYX (880 kilocycles) 5.0: Light musical programme. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Selections from “Monckton’s Musical Comedies. 8.15: Half-an-hour with Noel Coward. 8.45: "Oliver Twist.” 9.0: An hour of melody and mirth on "Pleasure Island.” 10.0: Variety entertainment. 10.30: Close down. Alternative Station IZM (1250 kilocycles’) 1.0: Band music. 1.20: Vocal gems. 1.40: Light orchestral selections. 2.0: Light popular selections. 2.20: Miscellaneous selections. 2.40: Piano selections. 3.0: Piano accordion selections. 3.20: Hawaiian selections. 3.40: Light orchestral selections. 4.0: Popular medleys. 4.20: Organ selections. 4.40: Ballads we love. 5.0: Light orchestral selections. 5.20: Light popular selections. 5.40: Piano medleys. 6.0: Miscellaneous. 6.45: News; announcements. 7.0: Sports results and comments (Bill Hendry). 7.30: Orchestral selections. 8.0: Dance session. 12.0: Close down. 2YA WELLINGTON (570 Kilocycles) 6.45: Weather report for aviators. 7.0: Session of physical exercises. 7.10: 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: Talk to women by Margaret. 12.0: Lunch music. 1.0: Weather report for aviators. Week-end weather forecast, and frost forecast for Canterbury and Otago. 2.0: Recordings. 3.0: Sports • results. 3.281 Time signals. 4.0: Sports results. s.oChildren’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: Government and overseas news. 7.10 (approx.): News and reports. 7.28: Time signals. 8.0: Chimes. "Coronets of England: The Life of Queen Elizabeth.” 8.32: “Ports of Call: A Visit to England.” 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Dance programme. 10.0: Sports results. 10.10: Continuation of dance programme. 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: Choral concert. 9.0: Revue and rhythm—an hour of popular entertainment. 10.0: Merry and bright. 10.30: Close down. 3YA CHRISTCHURCH (720 Kilocycles) 7.0: Session of physical exercises. 7.10: Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Recordings. 10.30: Devotional service. 10.45: Recordings. 11.0: Talk to women by Margaret. 11.10: Recordings. 12.0: Lunch music. 12.8: Relay from Addington of Ashburton Trotting Club's meeting. 1.0: Week-end weather forecast. 2.0: Recordings. 3.30 and 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: Chimes. “A pleasant quarter-hour in the homestead on the rise.” 8.15: "Fourth Form at St. Percy’s." 8.28: Len Fillis and his novelty orchestra. 8.35: "Coronets of England: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots.” 9.0: Weather forecast and station notices. 9.5: 8.8. C. recorded programme: “Who’s Hooper?” 10.0: Sports summary. 10.15: Dance music. 11.15: Close down. lAlternative Station 3YL (1200 kilocycles)— 5.0: Recordings. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: Afterdinner music. 8.0: Symphonic programme. 10.0: Favourite entertainers. 10.30: Close down. 4YA DUNEDIN (790 Kilocycles) 6.50: Weather report for aviators. 7.0: Chimes. Session of physical exercises. Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Weather report for aviators. 10.15: Devotional service 10.50: Talk to women by Margaret. 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. 4.45: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: Government and overseas news (from 2YA.) 7.10: News and reports. 8.0: Chimes. Anton and the Paramount Theatre Orchestra. 8.8: Walter Glynne (tenor). 8.14: Ilja Livschakoff Orchestra. 8.23: Josef Kaartinen (Finnish saxophonist). 8.38: The New Light Symphony Orchestra. Light Symphony Orchestra. 9.0: Weather re--8.46: Peter Dawson (bass-baritone). 8.52: port and station notices. 9.5: Dance programme. 10.0: Sports summary. 10.10: Dance music. 11.15: Close down. Alternative Station 4YO (1140 kilocycles)— 5.0: Recordings. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: Afterdinner music. 8.0: "Lorna Doone.” 8.15: "Alexander’s Ragtime Band." 8.20: Inspector Scott of Scotland Yard in “The Case of the Locked Door." 9.0: "Leaves from the diary of a Film Fan.” 9.30: Band programme with vocal interludes ,by Brian Lawrence (baritone). 10.0: Melody and humour. 10.30: Close down. BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION N.Z. Summer Time—--6.30 p.m.: Big Ben. “Cards on the Table.” 6.50: “Floor Show.” Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans. 7.30: Men’s foil championships: commentary from Bertrand’s Academy, London. 7.50: Organ recital. 8.10: “London Log.” 8.20: The news and announcements. 8.45: Close down.
SUNDAY 4YZ INVERCARGILL (680 Kilocycles) 11.0: Programme of selected recordings. 1.0: Close down. 2.0: Grand massed bands and Malcolm McEachern (bass). 2.30: Harold Williams and the 8.8. C. Male Chorus with Instrumental interludes. 3.0: “Don Juan,” symphonic poem, by Richard Strauss, played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 3.16: A bracket of sopranos. 3.30: Medley Time. 4.0: Close down. 6.30: Relay of evening service from St. John’s Anglican Church. Preacher: Ven. Archdeacon J. A. Lush. Organist and choirmaster: Rev. G. E. Lomas. 7.45: Selected recordings. 8.15: The story of “John Halifax—Gentleman”—dramatized for radio. , 8.30: Recital by Ania Dorfmann (piano), assisted by Nan Maryska (soprano). 8.45: Alexander Dumas’s famous novel: “The Queen’s Necklace.” 9.0: “Now that April's There.” 9.30: Palm’Sunday Meditation. 9.45: Slumber Session. 10.0: Close down. IYA AUCKLAND (650 Kilocycles) 9.0: Recordings. 11.0: Presbyterian service from St. David’s Church. 12.15: Recordings. 1.0: Dinner music. 2.0: Recordings. 3.30: Wilhelm Backhaus (pianist). 3.42: Recordings. 4.30: Close down. 6.0: Children’s song service. 7.0: Salvation Army service from Newton Citadel. 8.15: Recordings. 8.30: Boston Orchestra. 8.38: John McCormack (tenor). 8.44: Symphony Orchestra. 8.52: Light Opera Company. 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: “Ultimatum," a satiric comedy of women and war, by Cedric Wallis and Florence Willat. Produced by the N. 8.5.. 10.0: Close down. Alternative Station IYX (880 kilocycles)— 6.0: Recordings. 8.30: “The Twelve Labours of Hercules." 9.5: The 8.8. C. Symphony Orchestra. 9.13: Derek. Oldham (tenor). 9.20: The Queen’s Hall Orchestra. 10.0: Close down. Alternative Station IZM (1250 kilocycles)— 10.0: Sacred selection. 10.30: Orchestral selection. 11.0: Concert session. 12.0: Luncheon music. 2.0: Selections from the shows and musical comedy. 3.0: Miscellaneous. 3.30: Light Orchestral. 4.0: Popular medleys. 4.30: Band music. 4.45: Miscellaneous. 5.30: Announcement. 5,40: Light Orchestra. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: Orchestral selections. 8.0: Cavalcade. 10.0: Close down. 2YA WELLINGTON (570 Kilocycles) 9.0: Recordings. 9.15: Relay from the Salvation Army Citadel, of a recital by the Wellington City Salvation Army Band. 9.45: Recordings. 10.0: Weather report for aviators. 10.28: Time signals. 11.0: Methodist Church service from Trinity Methodist Church, Wellington South. 12.15 (approx.): Recordings. 1.0: Weather report for aviators. Dinner session. 2.0: “The Symphonies of Mozart.” 2.16: Recordings. 3.0: “In Friendship’s Name,” a programme of music, verse and prose, inspired by friendship. 3.28: Time signals. 3.40: Recordings. 4.30: Close down. 6.0: Children’s song service. 7.0: Presbyterian Church service, from St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. 8.15 (approx.): Recordings. 8.30: Sir Thomas Beecham conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 8.42: Maria Muller (soprano). 8.46: The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Sir Thomas Beecham conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 9.29: Ria Ginster (soprano), with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. 9.37: Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. 9.41: Robert Radford (bass). 9.45: The Charles Brill Orchestra. 10.0: Close down. Alternative Station 2YC (840 kilocycles)— 6 to 8.30: Recordings. 8.30: Vocal combinations—a programme of concerted vocal items with instrumental, interludes. 10.0: Close down. 3YA CHRISTCHURCH (720 Kilocycles) 9.0: Recordings. 11.0: Methodist service from Rugby Street Church. 12.15: Recordings. 1.0: Dinner music. 2.0: Recordings. 3.0: Sonata in E Minor for violin and pianoforte. 3.26: Recordings. 4.30: Close down. 5.30: Children’s song service. 6.15: Recordings. 7.0: Baptist Service from Colombo Street Church. 8.15: Recordings. 8.30: Music from the theatre, Act 111 of Wagner’s great opera “Pasifal.” conducted by Dr Carl Muck, greatest living authority on Wagner. 10.0: Close down. Alternative Station 3YL (1200 kilocycles)— 6.0: Recordings. 8.30: “The Leek” selection. 8.39: "His Lordship’s Memories —A Chinese Concession.” 9.6: A medley of Strauss. 9.10: "Carnival of Venice.” 9.17: Three piano solos. 9.25: Richard Tauber sings two Indian love lyrics. 9.31: Four characteristic waltzes. 9.43: "At Mother's Knee.” 9.51: "The British Empire”—an orchestral fantasia. ' 4YA DUNEDIN, (790 Kilocycles) 9.o:’Recordings. 10.0: Weather report for aviators. 11.0: Church of Christ service from St. Andrew Street Church of Christ. 12.15 (approx.): Recordings. 1.0: Dinner music. 2.30: “Don Juan,” tone poem by Richard Strauss, played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 2.47: Recordings. / 4.30: Close down. 5.30: Children’s song service. 6.15: Recordings. 6.30: Methodist service from tile Central Mission. 7.45: Recordings. 8.30: Symphony Orchestra. 8.38: Parry Jones (tenor). 8.44: The London Symphony Orchestra. 8.52: Nancy Evans (contralto). 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Mme. Jacqueline Blancquard and the Paris Philharmonic Orchestra. 9.21: Fantasy: “There are also Celestial Bodies," a continuity programme by Kay Bee. Alternative Station 4YO (1140 kilocycles)— 6.0: Recordings. 8.30: “Wandering With the West Wind.” 9.0: Radio play: “At the Foot of the Mountain.” 9.27: “Three, Four or Five”—some popular trios, quartets and quintets—vocal and instrumental. 10.0: Close down. BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION N.Z. Summer Time—--6.30 p.m.: Big Ben. "Edna’s Fruit Hat.” Fantasy by John Pudney. 7.0: Sports talk. 7.10: Religious service (Presbyterian), from St. Andrews’s Church, Eastbourne. 8.0: Sunday news, weekly newsletter. 8.20: North Country Folk-Tunes. 8.45: Close down.
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Southland Times, Issue 23782, 1 April 1939, Page 20
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1,653RADIO PROGRAMMES Southland Times, Issue 23782, 1 April 1939, Page 20
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