BROADCASTING
TODAY’S PROGRAMMES
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. 1.30: Educational session—rebroadcast from 4YA. 2.30: Close down. 5.0: Chimes. Dance music.
5.30: Children’s session—’’David and Dawn and the Sea Fairies: Queen Mop’s Mother." 5.45: Light music. 6.15 "Eb and Zeb," the country store keepers in another humorous episode. 6.30: Black Interlude.
6.45 :“Tne Woman in White”—Wilkie Collins's famous thriller dramatized for radio. 7.0: Chimes. After-dinner music. 8.0: Book talk, hr Mr H. B. Farnall, city librarian. 8.15: New dance releases. 8.45: “William the Conqueror.” 9.0: Talk by Mr F. W. G. Miller: "The Caharacter of Gold.” 9.15: Purple Patches. 9.29: The Joy of Living. 10.0: Close down.
IYA AUCKLAND (650 Kilocycles)
7.0: Physical exercises session. 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. 12.30: Mid-week service, from St. Matthew’s Anglican Church. 12.50: Lunch music. 2.0: Recordings. 2.30: Classical hour. 3.15: Sports results. 3.30: Talk, prepared by the A.C.E., "Who's Who in the Nutritional World—At Home and Abroad.” 3.45: Light musical programme. 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 (approx): News and reports.' 7.30: Winter course talk, "English Trade from Mediaeval Times to the Present Day: The Great Trading Companies and Their Part in the Growth of Empire.” Mr J. R. Morris. 8.0: “Westward Ho”—a dramatization of Charles Kingsley's immortal novel by George Edwards and Company. 8.15: “Wandering with the West Wind.” 8.45: “The Fourth Form at St. Percy's." 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Talk. Professor Arnold Wall, “The Meaning of Words.” 9.20: The 8.8. C. Military Band. 9.26: James Chalmers (trombone). 9-30: “Dad and Dave from Snake Gully.” 9.43: The Amington Band. 9.49: Turner Layton (tenor). 9.52: James Chalmers (trombone). 9.55: Regimental Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards. 10.0: An hour of dance music by the bands of Larry Clinton, Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman, with interludes by Dan Donovan and Brian Lawrence. 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: Cortot, Thibaud and Casals. 8.8: Theodor Chaliapin (bass). 8.16: Beatrice Harrison (’cello), Gerald Moore (piano). 8.40: Elisabeth Schumann (soprano). 8.48: String Quartet of the Berlin State Opera House. 9.0: Classical recitals. 10.0: Variety. 10.30: Close down. Alternative Station IZM (1250 kilocycles)— 5.0: Light orchestral selections. 5.30: Light popular selections. 6.0: Miscellaneous. 6.45: News; announcements. 7.0: Sports session. 7.45: Drama in Cameo: “Sir Roderick’s Widow.” 8.0: Songs and music from “The Three Musketeers.” 8.30: Humour and burlesque. 9.0: Old-time dance. 10.0: Close down.
2YA WELLINGTON (570 Kilocycles)
6.50: 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: Recording. 10.28: Time signals. 10.45: Talk to women by Margaret. 12.0: Lunch music. 1.0: Weather report for aviators. 1.30: Educational session, “The Changing World," by a School Reporter. 1.42: "The Merry Go Round” (episode 4). 1.55: "Homes, Life and Work in Eastern Asia" (4), by Mr R. J. Waghom. 2.13: “Adventure in Five Continents" (1), by Mr L. B. Quartermain. 2.30: Classical programme. 3.0: Sports results. 3.28: Time signals. 3.30: Weather report for farmers anr frost forecast for Canterbury and Otago. 4.0: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s session for Tiny Tots. ...0: Dinner music. 7.0: Government and overseas news. 7.10 (approx): News and reports. 7.28: Time signals. 7.30: “Who’s Who and What’s What?"—a ramble in the news by "Coranto." 8.0: Chimes. Taylor’s Novelty Band. 8.12: "The Rich Uncle From Fiji” (episodes 35 and 36). 8.24: Charlie Kunz (piano). 8.27: Dick Todd (baritone). 8.33: Taylor’s Novelty Band. 8.40: “Just a Job of- Work,” by a clown. 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Dorothy Downing (pianist). 9.22: Recital by Elsie Suddaby (soprano). 9.34: The Leslie Bridgewater Quintet (instrumental). 9.49: The 8.8. C. Wireless Singers. 10.1: Music, mirth and melody. 10.28: Time signals. 11.1: Close down. Alternative Station 2YC (840 kilocycles)— 5.0: Light musical programme. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Modern English and French chamber music. 9.0; “Show of Shows”—an hour of bright recordings. 10.0: Light recital by Patricia Rossborough (pianist), Clem Williams (baritone), and Barnabas von Geczy and his Orchestra. 10.30: Close down.
3YA CHRISTCHURCH (720 Kilocycles)
7.0: Physical exercises session. 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: Relay from Addington of New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s Easter meeting. Lunch music. 2.0: Recordings. 2.30 (approx): Talk, prepared by the A.C.E., “Who’s Who in the Nutritional World—At Home and Abroad." 3.0: Classical music. 4.0: Frost and weather forecast. 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. 7.35: Talk, under the aqspices of Canterbury Agricultural College, “Nutrition of f—m Animals.” 7.50: Sheep survey. 8.0: Chimes. "The Woman in White”—a dramatization of Wilkie Collins’s thriller, by George Edwards and Company. 8.13: The Victor Olof Sextet. 8.16: “Night Nurse”— drama in a great hospital. A James Raglan production. 8.39: Victor Olof Sextet. 8.32: "Thrills” (episode 2). 8.45: The Victor Olof Sextet. 8.48: “Personal Column.” 9.0: Weather forecast and station notices. 9.5: Talk, Mr Leicester Webb, “World Affairs.” 9.0: Dance music. 1.0: Close down. Alternative Station 3YL (1200 kilocycles)— 5.0: Recordings. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: Afterdinner music. 8.0: A session with the bands. 8.32: "Shipmate o’ Mine.” 8.41: Lew White (organist). 8.54: Two songs in English by the Comedy Harmonists. 9.0: Musical comedy moments. 9.30: "Streets of AU Nations." 10.0: Levity. 10.30: Close down.
4YA DUNEDIN (790 Kilocycles)
6.50: Weather for aviators. 7.0: Chimes. Session of physical exercises. 7.10 (approx.): Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Weather for aviators. Recordings. 10.15: Devotional service. 10.50: Talk to women by Margaret. 11.0: Talk by Mrs Gladys Strum, a visitor from Canada: “Life on the Canadian Prairie (3): The Women’s Institute." 12.0: Lunch music. 1.0: Weather for aviators. Weather forecast. 1.30: Educational session (rebroadcast from 2YA). 2.30: Recordings. 3.30: Sports results. Classical music. 4.0: Weather and frost forecast. 4.30: Light musical programme. 5.45: 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. 7.25: Talk by Mr C. W. Postgate: "Health and Strength.” 7.35: Gardening talk. 8.0: Chimes. The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. 8.14: Tiana Lemnitz (soprano). 8.26: The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. 8.36: "Man Through the Ages: Mohammed,” an historical panoramic serial written by James J. Donnelly and produced by the N.B.S. 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Alfred Lorence, famous broadcasting bass-baritone from Vienna. 9.20: Sir Thomas Beecham, conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 9.24: Richard Odnoposoff (violin), Stefan Auber (cello), Angelica Morales (piano) and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. 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: "Radio Melody Cruise" (humour and songs). 8.53: “Hot Pipes." 8.59: George Van Dusen yodelling. 9.5: “Dick Whittington”—a potted pantomime. 9.17: Interlude by Brian Lawrence and his Orchestra. 9.20: The Mills Brothers—four boys and a guitar. 9.30: A pleasant quarter-hour
at the “Homestead on the Rise.” 9.44: Paul Robeson medley. 9.52: “The ’Ole in the Road.” 10.0: Miscellaneous. 10.30: Close down.
BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION N.Z. Summer Time—--6.27 p.m.: Opening announcements. 6.30: Big Ben. “Cross Channel.” The bonds between the people of north France and south Britain, Illustrated by special actuality recordings. 7.5: 8.8. C. Empire Orchestra. 8.0: The news. 8.15: Talk: “World Affairs.” 8.30: Pianoforte improvisations. 8.45: Sports news and market notes. C]pse down.
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Southland Times, Issue 23791, 13 April 1939, Page 7
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1,275BROADCASTING Southland Times, Issue 23791, 13 April 1939, Page 7
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