BROADCASTING

Southland Times, Issue 24057, 22 February 1940, Page 12

BROADCASTING

TODAY’S PROGRAMMES 4YZ INVERCARGILL (680 Kilocycles) 7,0 a.m.: Daventry news. 7.10: Breakfast session. 9.0-9.15 (approx.): Daventry news. 11.0: Recordings. 12.0: Luncheon session. 12.30: Daventry news. 1.30-2.30: Educational broadcast from 2YA. 5.0: Dance music. 5.30: Children’s session: “David and Dawn in Fairyland.” 5.45: Light music. 6.0: "Personal Column.” 6.15: Daventry news. 6.45: “The Moonstone.” 7.0: Re-broadcast of official news. 7.10 (approx.): After dinner music. 7.30: Station announcements. 8.0: “The Tui”: Talk by the Bird Man. 8.15: "Khyber: Diamond Cut Diamond.” 8.40: New dance releases. 9.0: Daventry news. 9.30: "In the Sports Club with Neil Edwards, 1939 N.Z. tennis champion." 9.45: Fun and frolic. 10.0: Close down. IYA AUCKLAND (650 Kilocycles) 5.45: Dinner music (subject to Interruption for Daventry news at 6.15 p.m.). 6.55: Weather report. 7.0: News Service issued by the Prime Minister’s Dept. British Official Wireless News. 7.10: News and reports. 7.40: Recorded talk: “What Shall We Eat?” (7): "Facing the Facts.” By Dr. Elizabeth Bryson. 8.0: Concert programme. Mr Chalmers. K.C.: "The Verona Case” (Chapter 1). 8.15: "Wandering with the West Wind.” 8.45: "Fourth Form at St. Percy’s.” 9.0: Daventry news. 920: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: Grand Massed Bands. 9.31: “Dad and Dave.” (Episode 93). 9.44: Grace Adams East, American trumpet virtuoso. 10.0: Billy Cotton and his Band, with InI terludes by Paul Whiteman's Bouncing Brass. 11.0: Close of normal programme. (During the war this station will be on the air until 12 midnight. Daventry news: 11.30 p.m.) Alternative Station IYX (880 kilocycles)— 5.0 to 6.0: Light music. 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 p.m.: Light orchestral and popular recordings. 7.0: Sports session: "Bill” Hendry. 7.45: "The Life of Cleopratra.” 8.0: Orchestral numbers. 8.30: Musical comedy gems. 9.0: Music from the Ballets. 9.30: At the Theatre with Gracie Fields. 10.0: Close down. 2YA WELLINGTON (750 Killocycles) 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. 10.0: Weather report for aviators. 10.10: Devotional service. 10.25: Recordings'. 10.28: Time signals. 10.45: “Bits and Pieces": A talk by "Isohel.” 12.0: Lunch music. 12.30: Daventry news. 1.0: Weather report for aviators. 1.30: Educational session. 2.30: Classical music. 3.0: Sports results. Selected recordings. 3.28: Time signals. Weather report for farmers. 4.0: Daventry news. Sports results. 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 6.55: Weather report. 7.0: Official News Service issued by the Prime Minister’s Department. British Official Wireless News. 7.10: News and reports. 7.28: Time signals. 7.30: "Who’s Who and What’s What?”: A ramble in the news by “Coranto.” 7.40: Talk by the Book Reviewer: “Books Grave and Gay.” 8.0: Concert programme. Philip Green and his Orchestra. 8.5: Maori programme by members of visiting tribes and the Ngati Poneke Young Maori Club. 8.25: Primo Scala’s Accordion Band. 8.31: Charlie Kunz (piano). 8.37: Vera Martin (contralto). 8.47: Roy Smeck and his Hawaiian Serenaders. 8.50: The Merry Macs (vocal trio). 8.56: Harry Horlick and his Orchestra. 9.0: Daventry news. 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: Recital by Dorothy Davis (pianiste). 9.40: Julie Werry (soprano). 9.51: Light Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. 10.0: 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.) Alternative Station 2YC (840 kilocycles)— 5.0 to 6.0: Light music. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Chamber music hour. 9.0: Stars Calling. 10.0: As They Come. 10.30: Close down.

3YA CHRISTCHURCH (720 Kilocycles)

6.0: Station on the air for Daventry news. 7.0: Daventry news. 7.10: Breakfast session. 9.0: Daventry news. 10.0: Selected recordings. 10.30: Devotional service. 10.45: Selected recordings. 11.0: “Bits and Pieces” by "Isobel.” 1110: Selected recordings. 11.15: Talk, under the auspices of the Christchurch branch of the National Council of Women. 11.30: Selected recordings. 12.0: Lunch music. 12.30: Daventry news. 2.0: Selected recordings. 2.30: Talk, prepared by the Association for Country Education,. Home Science Tutorial Section. "How to Preserve Fruits and Vegetables for Drying.” 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. 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: Talk, by P. H. Jones, "Mystery Makers in Literature.” 8.0: "The Woman in White." 8.15: "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.” 8.29: “Coronets of England”: The Life of Henry VIII. 9.0: Daventry news. 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: "Night Club”: A cabaret on relay, featuring Ted Fio Rito and his Orchestra. 10.0: 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 p.m.) Alternative Station 3YL (1200 kilocycles)— 5.0 to 6.0: Selected recordings. 7.0: Afterdinner music. 8.0: Band programme, with vocal interludes by Peter Dawson (baritone). 9.0: Musical comedy. 9.30: David Copperfield (episode 44). 10.0: Fun for all. 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. 10.0: Weather report for aviators. Selected recordings. 10.15: Devotional service. 10.50: “Bits and Pieces” by “Isohel.” 12.0: Lunch music. 12.30: Daventry news’” Throughout the day: Running commentaries on the racing at the Dunedin Jockey Club’s meeting (relay from Wingatui). 1.0: Weather report for aviators (rebroadcast from 2YA). Weather forecast. 1.30: Educational Session (rebroadcast from 2YA). 2.30: Selected recordings. 3 30: Sports results. 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. 7.30: Gardening talk. 8.0: Concert by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The Orchestra. 8.14: Richard, Tauber (tenor). 8.26: The Orchestra. 8.30: Eileen Joyce (piano). 8.38: The Orchestra. 9O’ Daventry news. 9-20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: The Orchestra. 9.28: Feodor Chaliapin Uass) with cjl°rus--9.36: Music from the Theatre. 10.0: 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)— 50 to 6.0: Recordings. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Rosalie and Her Romances. 8.30: Dance session. 9.0: The Old-Time The-Ayter: “The Gamekeeper’s Daughter,” or "Virtue Triumphant.” 9.13: Records at random. 9.30: “Homestead on the Rise." 10.0: Three recitals. 10.30: Close down.