BROADCASTING
TODAY’S PROGRAMMES 4VZ 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: The Coral Fairies." 5.45: Light music. 6.15: “Eb and Zeb,” the country store keepers, in another humorous episode. 6.30: New Recordings. 6.45: "The Woman in White”—Wilkie Collins’s famous thriller dramatized for radio. 7.0: Chimes. After-dinner muSlc. 8.0: Book talk by Mr H. B. Famall, city librarian. 8.15: New releases. 8.45: "The Hunchback of Notre Dame”— Victor Hugo’s novel dramatized for radio. 9.0: Orchestral Interlude. 9.10: Relay of community singing from Civic Theatre. 10.0: Close down.
IYA AUCKLAND (650 Kilocycles)
10.15: Recordings. 12.30: Mid-week service, relayed from St. Matthew's Anglican Church.
2:0: Recordings. 2.30: Classical hour. 3.15: Sports results. 3.30: Home Science Talk. "When Food Prices Go Up.” 3.45: Light musical programme. 4.0: Special weather report for farmers. 4.30: Sports results. 7.30: Winter course talk. 8.0: "Mr Chalmers, K. C.: Bank Clerk Mystery" (chapter 3). 8.15: “Wandering with the West Wind” j (episode 73). 8.45: “Tlie Fourth Form at St. Percy’s.” 9.5: Talk, Mr Llewellyn Etherington, “How London is Governed.” 9.20: The 8.8. C. Military Band. 9.26: Hildegarde (light vocal). 9.30: "Dad and Dave from Snake Gully.” 9.43: Bands of H.M. Coldstream and Welsh Guards. 9.51: Hildegarde (light vocal). 9.54: The 8.8. C. Military Band. 10.0: An hour of modem dance music by Ambrose and his Orchestra, Lew Stone and his Band, and Harry Roy and his Orchestra. 11.0: Close down.
Alternative Station IYX (880 kilocycles)— 5.0 to 6.0: Light musical programme. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Chamber music hour. 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: Bill Hendry. 7.45: Drama in Cameo: “The Royal Prisoner.” 8.0: Concert session. '.9.0: Old time dance. 10.0: Close down.
21’A WELLINGTON (570 (Uocycles)
(If parliament is being broadcast, this programme will be transmitted by 2YC. Usual hours ‘of Parliament: 2.30 to 5.30 and 7.30 to 10.30 p.m.) 10.25: Recordings. 1.30: Educational sesslon. 2.30: Classical music. 3.0: Sports 'results. 3.30: Weather forecast for fanners. 4.0: Sports results. 7.30: "Who’s Who and Whats What?” A ramble in the news by "Coranto.” 7.40: Talk. "Books, Grave and Gay." 8.0: The Shaftesbury Theatre Orchestra, London. 8.10: “The Rich Uncle from Fiji.” 8.22: Herbert Jage (piano) 8.28: The Swingtime Harmonists. 8.40: "Just a Job of Work’ a talk by a photographer. 9.5: A concert by the Wellington Harmonic Society. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close down.
Alternative Station 2YC (840 kilocycles)— 5.0 to 6.0: Light musical programme. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: "Here’s A Queer Combination.” 9.0: Music and mirth. 10.0: Light recitals. 10.30: Close down. «
3YA CHRISTCHURCH (720 Kilocycles)
10.0: Recordings. 11.10: Recordings. 11.15: Talk under the auspices of the Christchurch branch of the National Council of Women. 11.30: Recordings. 2.0: Recordings. 2.30: Home Science Talk: “When Food Prices Go Up." 3.0: Classical music. 4.0: Frost and special weather forecast, and light musical programme. 4.30: Sports results. 7.20: "Made in New Zealand”: An Industrial Discussion Among New Zealanders (4). 7.35: Talk by Mrs A. M. Spence-Clark: “The Story of the Bulldog, Dalmatian and Dachshund ’’ 7.50: Sheep Survey. 8.0: "The Woman in White.” 8.14: Serge Krlsh Instrumental Septet. 8.17: “Night Nurse.” 8.29: Serge Krlsh Instrumental Septet. 8.32: Dramatic feature: "Thrills." 8.45: Serge Krlsh Instrumental Septet. 8.48: “Personal Column." 9.5: Talk by Professor L. G. Pocock: “A Latin Novelist” (Apuleuis). 9.20: Dance music. 11.0: Close down.
Alternative Station 3YL >l2OO kilocycles)— 5.0 to 6.0: Recordings. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Industrial Bands perform, 8.32: Down the Vale—a dramatic sketch. 8.39: The Blue Danube waltz. 8.46: “1066 and All That.” 8.54: Two orchestral marches. 9.0: Selections from German Operetta. 9.30: David Copperfield. 9.44: Celebrity session. 10.0: Merry moments. 10.30: Close down.
4YA DUNEDIN (790 Kilocycles)
10.0: Recordings. 11.0: A recorded talk by Miss Elsie K. Morton, well-known Auckland journalist: “A talk with Arthur Mee." 1.30: Educational session (see 2YA). 2.30: Recordings. 3.30: Sports results. Classical music. 4.30: Light musical programme. 4.45: Sports results. 7.30 Gardening talk. 8.0: An orchestral concert. 8.13 Theodore Scheidl (baritone). 8.27: The Orchestra. 8.35: "Man through the Ages: Constantinople.” 9.5: The Orchestra. 8.17: Lore Fischer (contralto). 9.23: The Orchestra. 9.29: “Music from the Theatre”—“Memories of the Ballet.” 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close down.
Alternative Station 4YO <1143 kilocycles)— 5.0 to 6.0: Recordings. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: A cruise on “Pleasure Island” —Song and merriment. 9.0: “Homestead on the Rise.” 9.45: Musical Miscellany. 10.0; The Mexican Dance Orchestra, Richard Tauber (tenor) and Will Kallnka (vibraphone). 10.30: Close down.
BRITISH BROADCASTING • CORPORATION N.Z. Standard Time—--4.30 p.m.: Big Ben. “My Godfather, the Emperor." Play adapted from the French. 5.5: 8.8. C. Empire Orchestra. 6.0: The news. 6.15: Talk: “World Affairs." 6.30: Variety: “The Old Timer." 6.45: Sports news and market notes. Close down.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19390629.2.84
Bibliographic details
Southland Times, Issue 23856, 29 June 1939, Page 13
Word Count
832BROADCASTING Southland Times, Issue 23856, 29 June 1939, Page 13
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Southland Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.