BROADCASTING

Southland Times, Issue 24055, 20 February 1940, Page 10

BROADCASTING

TODAY’S PROGRAMMES 4YZ INVERCARGILL (680 Kilocycles) 7.0: Daventry news. 7.10: Breakfast session. 9.0 to 9.15 (approx.): Daventry news. 11.0: Recordings. 12.0 to 2.0: Luncheon session. 12.30: Daventry news. 5.0: Light music. 5.30: Children’s session: "David and Dawn in Fairyland.” 5.45: Dance music. 6.0: “The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.” 6.15: Daventry news. 6.45: “Homestead on the Rise.” 7.0: Rebroadcast of official news. 7.10 (approx.): After-dinner music. 7.30: Station announcements. 8.0: Talk for the man on the land; “Autumn Topdressing,” by W. R. Harris. 8.15: Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orchestra. 8.25: "The Legend of the Moonlight.” Radio play produced in the Invercargill studios of the National Broadcasting Service. 9.0: Daventry news. 9.30: Ports of Cali: “A Visit to Guiana.” 10.0: Close down. IYA AUCKLAND (650 Kilocycles) 2.0: Selected recordings. 2.30: Classical hour. 3.15: Sports results. 3.30: Light musical programme. 4.0: Daventry news, followed by special weather report for farmers. 4.30: Sports results. 5.0: Children's session. 5.45: Dinner music. (Subject to interruption for Daventry news at 6.15.) 6.55: Weather report. 7.0: News service, issued by the Prime Minister’s Department. British Official Wireless news. 7.10: News and reports. 7.30: Talk by the Gardening Expert: “Our Second Hundred Years." 8.0: Concert programme. “One Good Deed a Day.” (Episode 2.) 8.14: Grade Adams East, American trumpet Virtuoso, in a short recital. 8.27: “Piccadilly on Parade.” 8.40: “Eb and Zeb.” 8.49: “Nigger Minstrels.” 9.0: Daventry news. 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: Dance music. 11.0: Close of normal programme. During the war the station will be on the air until 12 midnight. (Daventry news, 11.30). Alternative Station IYX (880 kilocycles)— 5.0 to 6.0: Light music. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Symphonic programme. 8.16: Hedwig V. Debitzka (soprano). 8.24: Bruno Walter (piano) and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. 8.56: The Leeds Festival Choir and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 9.11: Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. 9.27: Keith Falkner (baritone), Bernard Richards (’cello), John Ticehurst (harpsichord). 9.35: London Symphony. 10.0: Variety. 10.30: Close down. , Alternative Station IZM (1250 kilocycles)— 5.0: Light orchestral and popular selections. 7.0: Orchestral and instrumental recordings. 7.45: "Birth of the British Nation.” 8.0: Concert session. 9.0: Youth and Beauty: Lou Taylor. 9.30: Miscellaneous items. 10.0: Close down. 2YA WELLINGTON (570 Kilocycles) 6.0: Station on the air for Daventry news. 6.50: Weather report for aviators. 7.0: Daventry news. 7.10: Breakfast session. 9.0: Daventry news. 9.15: Correspondence School Educational session. 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: "Ships and Shoes and Sealing Wax,” by Nelle Scanlan. 11.0: Recordings. 11.30: Talk | by a representative of the Wellington Red Cross Society. 12.0: Lunch music. 1.0: Wea- | ther report for aviators. 2.0: Classical hour. 3.0: Sports results. Selected recordings. 3.28 to 3.30: Time signals. Weather report for farmers. 4.0: Daventry news. Sports results. 5.0: Children's hour. 5.45: Dinner music. (Subject to interruption for Daventry news at 6.15.) 6.55: Weather report. 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. Talk by Miss Dorothy Neal: “Your Children Also Read.” 7.40: Talk by a representative of the Young Farmers’ Clubs: “Lime and Manures in the East Coast.”

8.0: Concert programme. From the Exhibition Studio. The N.B.S. String Orchestra. 8.10: Walter Rehberg (piano). 8.13: Myra Sawyer (soprano). 8.22: William Murdoch (piano). 8.25: Nancy Estall (’cello). 8.40: Union Chorale de Lausanne. 8.43: William Boardman (bass). 8.49: G. D. Cunningham (organ). 8.52: The N.B.S. String Orchestra. 9.0: Daventry news. 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: “Musical Celebrities of Poland No. 1: Paderewski—the Artist and the Man.” 9.43: London Philharmonic Orchestra. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. I 11.0: Close of normal programme. During I the war the station will be on the air until 12 midnight. (Daventry news: 11.30). Alternative Station 2YC (840 kilocycles)— 5.0 to 6.0: Light music. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Variety on the Air. 10.0: From their repertoire. 10.30: Close down. 3YA CHRISTCHURCH (720 Kilocycles) 6.0: Station on the air for Daventry news. 7.6: Daventry news. 7.10: Breakfast session. 9.0: Daventry news. 10.0: Selected recordings. 10.30: Devotional service. 10.45: Selected recordings. 11.0: A housekeeper talks to women. 11.10: Selected recordings. 11.15: Talk by Mrs E. Early: “Fashions." 11.30: Selected recordings. 12.0: Lunch music. 12.30: Daventry news. 2.0: Selected recordings. 3.0: Classical music. 4.0: Daventry news, followed by special weather report for farmers. 4.30: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. (Subject to interruption for Daventry news at 6.15.) 6.55: Weather report. 7.0: News service, issued by the Prime Minister’s Department. British Official Wireless News. 7.10: News and reports. 7.35: Book review, by H. Winston Rhodes. 8.0: Savoy Orpheans. 8.10: “The Radio That Hitler Fears.” 8.24: “Fireside Memories.” 8.38: “Silas Marner.” 8.52: Herman Finck and his Orchestra. 9.0: Daventry news. 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: Radio Rhythm Boys. 9.34: Nelson Keys and Ivy St. Helier (imitations). 9.41: Richard Tauber (tenor). 9.45: Radio Rhythm Boys. 9.54: Comedy Harmonists. 10.0: An hour of modern dance music. 11.0: Close of normal programme. During the war, the station will be on the air until 12 midnight. (Daventry news: 11.30). Alternative Station 3YL (1200 kilocycles)— 5.0 to 6.0: Selected recordings. 7.0: Afterdinner music. 8.0: Chamber music. 9.0: Classical hour. 10.0: Merry and bright. 10.30: Close down. 4YA DUNEDIN (790 Kilocycles) 6.0: Station on the air for Daventry news. 6.50: Weather report for aviators. 7.0: Daventry news. 7.10: Breakfast session. 9.0: Daventry news. 9.10: Recordings. 10.0: Weather report for aviators. Selected recordings. 10.15: Devotional service. 10.50: A housekeeper talks to women (7). 12.0: Lunch music. 12.30: Daventry news. 1.0: Weather report for aviators. Weather forecast. 2.0: Selected recordings. 3.30: Sports results. Classical music. 4.0: Daventry news followed by weather report. 4.30: Light musical programme. 4.45: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 6.55: Weather report. 7.0: News Service issued by the Prime Minister's Department. British Official Wireless News. 7.10: News and reports. 8.0: Band programme with popular Interludes. The Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards. 8.10: The Gay ’Nineties Singers. 8.16: St. Hilda Band. 8.28: "Eb and Zeb.” 8.37: The Band of the Republican Guard of France. 8.45: Lawrence Doolan (baritone). 8.51: The Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards. 9.0: Daventry News. 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 925: ’Those We Love.” A story of people like us, the Marshalls. 9.50: “Singapore Spy.” 10.16: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close of normal programme. (During the war. the station will be on the air until 12 midnight. Daventry news: 11.30 p.m.). Alternative Station 4YO (1140 kilocycles)— 5.0 to 6.0: Recordings. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Sonata hour. 9.0: Chamber music. 10.0: In order of appearance, featuring Napoli Mandolin Orchestra, Luclenne Boyer (soprano), Carroll Gibbons (piano). 10.30: Close down.