BROADCASTING

Southland Times, Issue 23931, 25 September 1939, Page 12

BROADCASTING

TODAY’S PROGRAMMES

4YZ INVERCARGILL (680 Kilocycles)

7.0: Breakfast session. 9.0: Morning programme. 9.45: Rebroadcast of Daventry news. J 0.0: Close down. 11.0: Programme of recordings. 12.0: Chimes. Luncheon session. 2.0: Close down. 5.0: Chimes. Tea dance. 5.90: Children’s session: “Toyshop Tales; Tlie Admiral.” 5.45: Light music. 6.0: “Eb and Zeb.” the ’ country store keepers in another humorous episode. 6.15: Rebroadcast of Daventry news. 6.45: “The Moonstone” —Wilkie Collins's thriller.

7.0: Chimes. Rebroadcast of official news from Station 2YA. 7.10: After-dinner music. 8.0: Sports talk: “Tennis,” Mr A. J. Deaker.

8.15: “Trie in D Major,” Op. 70. No. 1 (Beethoven) and Lotte Leonard (soprano). 8.45: “Mr Chalmers, K.C.: The Case of Norman Osborne.” 9.0: Rebroadcast of Daventry news. 9.20: Rhythm Time. 10.0: Close down.

IYA AUCKLAND (650 Kilocycles)

2.0: Selected recordings. 2.30: Classical hour. 3.15: Sports results. 3.30: Talk, prepared by the Association for Country Education, Home Science Tutorial Section of the University of Otago: “Further Pointers on Running Business Meetings.” 3.45: Light musical programme. 4.0: Special weather report for farmers. 4.30: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News service issued by the Prime Minister’s Department. British Official Wireless News. 7.10 (approx): News and reports. 7.40: “The Young Farmers’ Club Movement in Australia," by H. Woodyear-Smith. 8.0: Concert programme. Tales of the Silver Greyhound: "Mercury Smith” (chapter 20). 8.30: Dramatic presentation: "Thrills.” 8.45: “John Halifax. Gentleman.” 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Ringside commentary on professional wrestling match relayed from the Auckland Town Hall. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close down.

Alternative Station IYX (880 kilocycles)— 5.0-6.0: Light music. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Light orchestral music and ballads. 9.0: "Scott of Scotland Yard”; “The Case of the Golden Mask.” 9.40: Musical comedy corner. 10.0: Light recitals. 10.30: Close down.

Alternative Station IZM (1250 kilocycles)— 5.0: Light orchestral and popular selections. 6.45: Announcements. 7.0: Orchestral numbers. 7.20: Horticultural Society’s home garden talk. 7.45: “Lorna Doone.” 8.0: Music lovers’ session: “A London Symphony." 8.30: Concert session. 9.30: Latest hits. 10.0: Close down.

2YA WELLINGTON (570 Kilocycles)

6.50: Weather report for aviators. 7.0'. 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 to 10.30: Time signals from the Dominion Observatory. 10.45: Talk to women by “Margaret." 11.0: Fashion talk by "Lorraine”: "Frills and Fashions" (10). 11.10: Recordings. 12.0: Lunch music. 1.0: Weather report for aviators. 2.0: Classical hour. 3.0: Talk, prepared by the A.C.E., "Further Pointers on Running Business Meetings.” 3.15: Sports results. Selected recordings. 3.28 to 3.30: Time signals. Weather report for farmers and frost forecast for Canterbury and Otago. 4.0: Sports results. 5.0: Children's session. 6.0: Dinner session. 7.0: Official News Service issued by the Prime Minister’s Department. British Official Wireless News. 7.10 (approx): News and reports. 7.28 to 7.30: Time signals. 7.30: Winter course talk: “What’s the Weather Going to Be?" (3) Mr Everyman interviews an official forecaster.

8.0: A programme featuring Olga Coelho, brilliant Brazilian soprano and guitarist, with miscellaneous interludes. 8.41: Recorded talk by O. E. White: “The Sea Hath its Pearls" (2) “Values and Excitements." 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Ringside description of the Wrestling match (relayed from the Town Hall). 10.0 (approx): Dance music by Mavis Edmonds and her Rhythm. 10.30 (approx): Recorded dance programme. 11.0 (approx): Close down. Alternative Station 2YC (840 kilocycles)— 5.0: Light musical programme. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: With trumpet and drum. 9.0: Gems from the stage. 10.0: Thirty minutes of variety. 10.30: Close down. 3YA CHRISTCHURCH (720 Kilocycles) 7.0: Physical exercises. 7.10: Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Selected recordings. 10.30: Devotional service. 10.45: Selected recordings. 11.0: Talk to women by "Margaret.” 11.10: Selected recordings. 12.0: Lunch music. 2.0: Selected recordings. 2.30: Talk, prepared by the A.C.E., "Further Points on Running Business Meetings." 3.0: Classical music. 4.0: Frost and special forecast and light musical programme. 4.30: Sporting results. 5.0: Children’s hour. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: Official news service issued by the Prime Minister’s Department. British Official Wireless News. 7.10: News and reports. 7.35: Talk, by the garden expert: "Doubts and Difficulties." 8.0: Recordings: Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards. 8.12: Peter Dawson (bass-baritone). 8.19: Recordings: 8.8. C. Wireless Military Band. 8.28: Eb and Zeb. 8.37: Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards. 8.46: Peter Dawson. 8.52: Band of H.M. Royal Air Force. 9.0: Weather forecast and station notices. 9.5: Reserved. 9.20: Isolde Menges and Harold Samuel (violin and piano). 9.40: Elsa Alsen (soprano). 9.43: Griller String Quartet. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close down. Alternative Station 3YL (1200 kilocycles)— 5.0-6.0: Recordings. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Saxo-rhapsody. 8.9: John McCormack (tenor). 8.15: Beatrice Harison (’cellist). 8.21: Three Shades of Blue. 8.30- “Crazy Couplets." 9.0: Fred and Ginger medley. 9.7: Larry Adler playing and singing. 9.13: “Running an Office.” 9.22: The Radio Rogues in "A Radio Party." 9.30: "The Crimson Trail.” 9.44: Variety. 10.0: Light music. 10.30: Close down. 4YA DUNEDIN (790 Kilocycles) 6.50: Weather report for aviators. 7.0: Physical exercises. 7.10: Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Weather report for aviators. Selected recordings. 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• Selected recordings. 3.30: Sports results. Classical music. 4.0: Weather report and special frost forecast. 4.30: Light musical programme. 4.45: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinne’- music. 7.0: News service Issued by the Prime Minister’s Department. British Official Wireless News. 7.10 (approx): News and reports. 7.30: Recorded talk by an officer of the Fields Division of the Department of Agriculture: “Selection and Preparation of Areas for Cropping in Dairy Farming." 7.40: Talk under the auspices of the Territorial Association.

8.0: Masterpieces of Music with thematic illustrations and comments by Prof. V. E. Galway. Mus.D. 8.40: Reserve. 9.0: Weather report and station notices 9.5: A variety programme. 9.11: Vienna Boys’ Choir. 9.14: Lew White (organ). 9.18: The Three Musketeers. 9.25: Primo Scala’s Accordion Band. 9.31: Harry Gordon and Jack Holden (sketch). 9.37: George Freundorfer (zither with orchestra. 9.40: The Merry Macs. 9.44: Dick Mclntyre and his Harmony Hawaiians. 9.47: The Mastersingers. 9.54: Ivor Moreton and Dave Kaye (piano). 9.57: Editii Lorand and her Viennese Orchestra. 10.0: Dance music. 11.0: Close down.

Alternative Station 4YO (1140 kilocycles)— 5.0-6.0: Recordings. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Melodies of the moment. 8.15: Recorded play: "The Element of Suspense.” 8.42: The brightest and best of recent recordings. 9.0: "Songs from the Shows." 10.0: Melody and humour. 10.30: Close down.