BROADCASTING

Southland Times, Issue 24114, 1 May 1940, Page 12

BROADCASTING

TODAY’S PROGRAMMES

4YZ INVERCARGILL (680 Kilocycles) 7.0: Daventry news. 7.15: Breakfast session. 9.15 to 9.30 (approx.): Daventry news. 11.0: Recordings. 12.0: Daventry news. 12.15 (approx.) to 2.0: Luncheon session. 5.0: Light music. 5.30: Children’s session: "Coral Cave.” 5.45: Daventry news. 6.15: “The Birth of the British Nation: Athelstan. Son of Alfred.” 6.30: Tunes of the day. 6.45: “Eb and Zeb.” 7.0: Rebroadcast of Official News. 7.10 (approx.): -msic. 7.30: Station announcements. 8.0: Gardening talk. 8 15’ “The Masked Masqueraders.” 845: Studio recital by R. H. Anderson (tenor). 9.0: Daventry news. 9.30: Swing session, compered by Frank Beadle. 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: Special weather report for farmers. 4.30: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Daventry news, followed by 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. 7.40: Youth Centre talk, by N. G. Gribble, secretary Government Youth Centre. 8.0: Concert programme. Budapest String Quartet. 8.26: Elena Gerhardt (mezzo-so-prano). 8.35: Nancy Reed (piano), from the Studio. 9.0: Daventry news. 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: "Those We Love.” 9.50: The Mastersingers Vocal Ensemble. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 110: Daventry news. (During the war, the station will remain on the air until 12 midnight). Alternative Station IYX (880 kilocycles)— 5.0 to 6.0: Light music. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Band music. 9.0: Variety show. 9.34: “Personal Column.” 9.48: Harry Roy’s new stage show. 10.0: Light recitals. 10.30: Close down. Alternative Station IZM (1250 kilocycles)— 5.0: Light orchestral and popular selections. 7.0: Orchestral items. 7.45: “Search for a Playwright.” 8.0: Peep into Filmland with “Billie”. 9.0: Humorous selections. 9.20: Hawaiian and popular melodies. 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. 7.30: District weather report. 9.0: Recordings. 9.15: Daventry news. 9.25: Recordings. 10.0: Weather report for aviators. 10.10: Devotional service. 10.25: Recordings. 10.28: Time signals. 10.45: Talk to women by Margaret. 11.0: Recordings. 12.0: Daventry news. 12.20: Lunch music. 1.0: Weather rcport for aviators. 2.0: Classical hour. 3.0: Sports results. Selected recordings. 3.28: Time signals. Weather report for farmers and frost forecast for Canterbury and Otago. 4.0: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Daventry news. 6.0: 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. Talk by the Gardening Expert: “For the Home Gardener.” 8.0: Celebrity concert. Under the auspices of the National Patriotic Fund Board. 9.0: Daventry news. 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: “Exploits of the Black Moth.” 9.51: “The Moonstone.” 10.4: Dance music by Manuel Raymond’s Dance Orchestra (relayed from the Exhibition Cabaret). 11.0: Daventry news. (During the war, the station will remain on the air until 12 midnight). Alternative Station 2YC (840 kilocycles)— 5.0 to 6.0: Light music. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: From the Exhibition Studio. 9.0: Celebrity concert, (under the auspices of the National Patriotic Fund Board). 10.0: In lighter vein. 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: Selected recordings. 9.15: Daventry news. 9.30: Selected recordings. 10.30: Devotional service. 10.45: Selected recordings. 11.0: Talk to women by Margaret. 11.10! Women’s session, conducted by Mrs L.. E. Rowlatt. 11.30: Selected recordings. 12.0: Daventry news. 12.30: Lunch music. 1.30: Educational session. 2.40: Selected recordings. 3.0: Classical music. 4.0: Frost and special weather forecast and light musical programme. 4.30: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Daventry news. 6.0: Dinner music. 6.55: Weather report. 7.0: News Service issued by the Prime Minister’s Department. Britisli Official Wireless News. 7.10: News and reports. 7.20: Addington Stock Market report. 7.35: Winter Course Talk, introducing “The Microphone Roundtable,’’ “Europe Overflows”: “Into the Americas.” 8.0: Chimes. Readings by O. L. Simmance: “The Invisible Companion,” by J. Jefferson Farjeon. 8.22: Andre D'Arkor (tenor). 8.27: 3YA Orchestra. 8.39: Germaine Martinelli. 8.48: 3YA Orchestra. 9.0: Daventry news. 920: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: Artur Schnabel (pianoforte), and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Dr Malcolm Sargent. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Daventry news. (During the war the station will remain on the air until 12 midnight). Alternative Station 3YL (1200 kilocycles)— 5.0 to 6.0: Selected recordings. 7.0: Afterdinner music. 8.0: "Leaves from the Diary of a Film Fan.” 8.32: "Poet and Peasant.” Overture. 8.44: Gertrude Lawrence and Douglas Fairbanks, jun., in a scene from "Moonlight is Silver.” 9.0: Dance time. 10.0: Light recitals. 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. 90: Selected recordings. 9.15: Daventry news. 10.0: Weather report for aviators. Selected recordings. 10.15: Devotional service. 10.50: Talk to women by Margaret. 12.0: Daventry news. South Dunedin community sing, relayed from the Mayfair Theatre. 1.0: Weather report for aviators. Weather forecast. Community singing. 1.30: Lunch music. 2.0: Selected recordings. 3.15: Talk by the A.C.E., Home Science Tutorial Section: "In Reply to Your Inquiry. ’ 4.0: Daventry news, followed by special weather forecast for farmers and special frost forecast. 4.30; Light musical programme. 4.45: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Daventry news. 6.0: 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: Talk by the Motor Expert: “Helpful Hints to Motorists.” 8.0: “The Bold Bad Buccaneers,” in humour and harmony. 8.15: “Ravenshoe.” 8.28: "Aloha Land.” 8.42: “The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s.” 8.54: Charlie Kunz (piano). 9.0: Daventry news. 9.20: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: The Theatre Box. 9.38: "Khyber and Beyond.” 10.4: Jan Savitt and his Tophatters, with vocal interludes by the Merry Macs. 11.0: Daventry news. (During the war, the station will remain on the air until 12 midnight). Alternative Station 4YO (1140 kilocycles)— 12.0: Community singing (during Daventry news from 4YA). 1.0: Community singing (during weather report from 4YA). 5.0 to 6.0: Recordings. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Programme of orchestral works. 90: Highlights from grand opera. 10.0: Merry and bright. 10.30: Close down.