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. 2.0: Close down. 5.0: Chimes. Tea Dance. 5.30: Children’s session—"Tanglewood Tales,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
5.45: Light music. 6.15: "Rhythm all the Time”—rhythm, melody and humour, by the Three Rhythm Boys. 6.30: Melodies on the Organ. 6.45: “The Woman in White”—Wilkie Collins’s famous thriller, dramatized for radio.
7.0: Chimes. After-dinner music. 8.0: Recorded talk, by Alan C. Browne, F.R.G.S., A.R.C.A.: "Climbing New Zealand’s Finest Ice Peak: An ascent of the Tasman.” 8.15: Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 96, No. 10 (Beethoven) and String Quartet Theme Varie, Op. 16, No. 3 (Paderewski). 8.45:. A further episode in "The Life of Cleopatra." 9.0: Band programme, with studio recital by Mr J. Stevenson (baritone). 9.30: Rhythm Time. 10.0: Close down.
IYA AUCKLAND (650 Kilocycles)
8.0: "Exploits of the Black Moth: Mr Wang” (episode 24). 8.32: "The Old Time The-Ayter: Stranded” or "In tire Nick of Time” (episode 22). 8.45: "John Halifax— Gentleman” (episode 22) —a dramatization of the famous novel by Mrs Craik. 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Professor Jagan Nath, "The Indian Caste System.” 9.20: The Studio Orchestra. 9.30: Reg. McGregor (tenor). 9.36: The Studio Orchestra. 9.44: Reg. McGregor. 9.50: The Studio Orchestra. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close down.
Alternative Station IZM (1250 kilocycles)— 5.0: Light musical programme. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Light orchestral music and ballads. 9.9: "Richelieu —Cardinal or King?” A story of adventure at the Court of Louis XIII. 9.20: Musical comedy and light opera. 9.46: The music of Arthur Honegger. 9.54: "Buried Alive” —Dramatic sketch by the Regal Dramatic Players. 10.0: Light recitals, including numbers by Billy Mayerl (piano). 10.30: Close down.
Alternative Station IYX (880 kilocycles)— 5.0: Light orchestral selections. 5.30: Light popular selections. 6.0: Miscellaneous selections. 6.45: News, announcements. 7.0: Orchestral. 7.20: Horticultural Society’s home garden talk. 7.45: "Loma Doone.” 8.0: Selections from operetta. 8.30: Melodies that never die. 9.0: Dance music by Victor Silvester’s ballroom orchestra, with interludes by Gerry Moore. 10-0: Close down.
2YA WELLINGTON (570 Kilocycles)
12.0: Lunch music. 1.0: Weather report for aviators. 2.0: Light musical programme. 3.0: Sports results. 3.28: A.C.E. talk. “Steps in Planning the Family Budget." 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. 8.0: Chimes. The Cherniavsky Trio (violin, ’cello and piano). 8.5; Alexandre Triantl (soprano). 8.8: Lener String Quartet and Mrs Olga Loeser-Lebert (piano). 8.40: Talk by the Editor of The New Zealand Law Journal, "Round the Law Courts During the Past Month.” 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: "Grand Hotel” (episode 13)—a dramatization of Vicki Baum’s famous novel. 9.32: “Melodies that Made Fortunes” (No. 3). 9.52: "Trilby,” the Little Artist’s Model and Svengaii, Master Hypnotist (episode 13). 10.0: Dance programme. 11.0: Close down.
Alternative Station 2YC (310 kilocycles)— 5.0: Light musical programme. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Fall in and follow the band—a programme of band music with humorous interludes. 9.0: The New Light Symphony Orchestra. 10,0: In lighter vein. 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: Talk. Mrs Mary Scott. “A Backblocks Woman Remembers: The Bride in the Bush.” 11.26: Recordings. 12.0: Lunch music. 2.0: Recordings. 2.30: Talk, prepared by the A.C.E., "Steps in Planning the Family Budget.” 3.0: Classical music. 4.0: Frost and weather forecast. 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 by Garden Expert. "Letters from listeners.” 8.0: Chimes. The Woolston Brass Band. 8.16: Brian Lawrence (baritone). 8.24: Cornet solo with band accompaniment. 8.35: "Eb and Zeb” (the country store keepers). 8.44: The Band. 9.0: Weather forecast and station notices. 9.5: Talk, Mr L. R. R. Denny, M.A., F.R.H.S., "Symbolism: Its Place in our Thinking.” 9.20: Gladys Vincent (violin), Francis Bate (’cello) and Ernest Jenner (piano). 9.45: Elena Gerhardt (mezzosoprano). 9.51: Stradlvarius String quartet. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close down.
Alternative Station 3YL (1200 kilocycles)— 5.0: Recordings. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: Afterdinner music. 8.0: “An American in Paris.” 8.18: “Our Village Pantomime—’Dick Whittington.’ ” 8.28: "Cross for Criss." 8.30: "Rosalie and her Romances.” 9.0: Bell solos. 9.6: Malcolm MacEachern (basso). 9.12: At the piano—Tony Lowry. 9.18: “The Swallows." 9.24: A medley of Stephen Foster melodies. 9.30: “The Crimson Trail”—a tale of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. 9.44: Variety. 10.0: Light recitals. 10.30: Close down. 4YA DUNEDIN (790 Kilocycles) 6.50: Weather report for aviators. 7.0: Chimes. Session of physical exercises. 7.10 (approx): ’Breakfast session. 90: 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. Classical music. 4.0: Weather and frost forecast. 4.30: Light musical programme. 4.45: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s hour. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: Government and overseas news (from 2YA). 7.10 (approx.): News and reports. 7.30: Talk by an officer of the Department of Agriculture: “The Dairy Industry Act and its Application to the Farmer.” 7.40: Talk to Young Farmers’
Clubs, arranged by the Department of Agriculture. 8.0: Chimes. The Russian Cathedral Choir. 8.14: 'Walter Rehberg (piano). 8.25: Alfred Lorence. famous broadcasting bass-baritone from Vienna. 8.40: Talk by Mr J. T. Paul: "World Affairs.” 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: "Love Thy Neighbour” —the story of a family feud, by Henry McNeish. 10.0: Dance programme. 11.0: Close down.
Alternative Station 4YO (1140 kilocycles)— 50 • Recordings. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: Afterdinner music. 8.0: Melodies of the moment. 8.15: "Further Adventures of the Three Musketeers.” 8.35: Six hits of the day by Primo Scala’s Accordion Band. 8.41: Ten minutes with Norman Long. 8.50: Stanelli and his Hornchestra. 8.56: Harmony by the Merry Macs. 9.0: Melodies from musical comedy and light opera. 10.0: Melody and humour. 10.30: Close down. BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION N.Z. Summer Time—--6.30 p.m.: Big Ben. Talk: “The City of London—B: The Corporation.” 6.45: 8.8. C. Empire Orchestra. 7.45: “American Commentary.” Talk by Raymond Gram Swing (from America). 8.0: The news. 8.15: “In Town Tonight.” 8.45: Sports news and market notes. Close down.
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Southland Times, Issue 23794, 17 April 1939, Page 5
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