RADIO

Taranaki Daily News, 31 January 1930, Page 12

RADIO

BROADCASTS FROM 2YB. CHANGES IN PROGRAMMES. At a meeting of the executive commit- ‘ tee of the North Taranaki Radio Society on Tuesday it was decided that the Saturday evening sessions shall in future be from 8 till 9 p.m., and be made ’ up of musical numbers interspersed with items of sports news and general .information. , Another matter discussed at the meeting was that of obtaining the evening ; weather forecasts. It was reported that - every endeavour had been made to obtain this important service in the past, ■ but unfortunately up till the present the Department of Scientific and Indus- : trial Research had not been able to see 1 Its way •to extend • the service to the ■ Taranaki station. Members did not con- ■ sider this the final word of the department, and thought there was still a possibility of obtaining the reports. , ! The question of recommencing the sessions came up for discussion. Members stated that their experience was that the children do not .listen .to these sessions during the fine weather and long .daylight, hours, and that a great deal of painstaking effort is wasted for that reason. • It was therefore decided not to recommence the children’s sessions at present,- but to wait until the days are shorter and children generally indoors for the evening at the hour pf the session. It was reported that a light ripple

yas noticeable when listening to 2YB, and the technical staff stated that the {remedying of this was in hand. ON SPEAKERS. In his recent lecture before the Wei- . lington Radio Society, Mr. C. Liddell . stated that it vfas quite impossible for the common horn-type of loud-speaker ,to reproduce the lowest bass notes. . Sounds were certainly heard which passed for the lower notes, but they were really only harmonics of those notes. Mr. ■ Liddell paid a tribute to the “exponential” type of loud-speaker, which, owing to its scientific measurements, was able . to reproduce the very lowest musical note. The moving coil loudspeaker was also capable of the same performance. KILOCYCLES NOW USED. Now that the broadcast stations are designated by kilocycles instead of

metres, the following table will be useful to listeners. Many of the modern sets now have kilocycles marked on the dials, and to listeners who own such sets the table will be of special interest:—

TALKIES SOON TO BE BROADCAST. 1 OPINION IN AMERICA. That in five years- talking pictures will be broadcast, is the opinion of Emil E. Shauer, of Paramount Pictures. His company, in anticipation of a closer alliance between picture production and broadcasting, has purchased a half interest in the Columbia Broadcasting Corporation of America. This corporation has 53 stations throughout the United States, having a weekly audience of 120,000,000. Paramount stars are regularly in the programmes sent out from the Hollywood station attached to the Paramount studios, and minor players, whose reputations are being made, are being employed on broadcasting exclusively for four or six months until their names and voices are familiar throughout the United States. In England, so far, there is no organised association between talking pictures and broadcasting. Unless it is immediately possible for British producers, through the Federation of British industries, ttf arrange for regular broadcasting on lines similar to that already being undertaken in America, the production of talking pictures there ’will be hopelessly handicapped, says the Daily Mail. As talking pictures are now, Mr. Shauer thinks that the only language other than English in which they will be made will be Spanish. Spanish-speak-ing countries represent 18 per cent, of Paramount’s foreign market. Frenchspeaking countries, which represent 7 per cent., and German-speaking countries, which represent 2 per cent., cannot be considered. i WIRELESS PROGRAMMES . NEW ZEALAND STATIONS. IYA Auckland.—3.o, afternoon session, studio items; 5.0, children’s session; 6.0, dinner session,’ His Master’d Voice hour; intermezzo, New Light Symphony Orchestra; waltz, Marek Weber’s Orchestra; Wurlitzer organ, Reginald Foort; 6.30, New Light Symphony Orchestra; Victor Salon Orchestra; Victor Salon Orchestra; novelty, Balalaika Orchestra;- De Groot’s Orchestra; Wurlitzer organ, Reginald Foort; 7.0, news and market reports; 8.0, chimes; relay of concert from Lewis Eady Hall; 8.30, organ, Herbert Dawson; vocal duet, Madame Cora Melvin and Mr. Norman Day; instrumental, Studio Trio; baritone, Mr. Norman Day; selection, International Soncert Orchestra; soprano, Madame Cora Melvin; 9.0, weather report; pianoforte, Mr, Eric Waters; choral, Russian State Choir; contralto, Miss Hinemoa Rosieur; instrumental, Studio Trio; baritone, Mr, Norman Day; 9.30, selection, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; soprano, Madame Cora Melvin; instrumental, Studio Trio; vocal duet, Madame Cora Melvin and Mr. Norman Day; raise, Arthur Meale; contralto, Miss H. Rosieur; dances, Berlin State Orchestra; 10.6, God Save the King. 2YA Wellington.—2.o, chimes; relay from Miramar tennis courts of description of New Zealand tennis championships; 3.30 and 4.30, sports summary; 5.0, children’s session; 6.0, dinner session, Columbia hour; Plaza Theatre Orchestra; J. H. Squire Celeste Octet; 6.30, Regimental Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards; Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra; Regimental Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards; Herman Finck’s Orchestra; 7.0, news session, market reports and sports results; 8.0, chimes; overture, 2YA Orchestrion, under the conductorship of Signor A. P. Truda; soprano, Miss Lynda Haswell; violin and piano, Miss D. Hughes-Johnson and Mr. Horatio Nelson; baritone, Mr. Ernest Short; 8.30, instrumental. 2YA Orchestrina; contralto, Miss Rosa. Gardiner; violin with piano accompaniment, Miss D. Hughes-Johnson and Mr. Horatio Nelson: sketch, Madame Eugenie Dennis and partner; tenor, Mr. Will Hancock; 9.3, weather report; selection, 2YA Orchestrina; soprano, Miss Lynda Haswell; baritone, Mr. Ernest Short; pianoforte, Mr. Horatio Nelson; 9.32, contralto, Miss Rosa Gardiner; sketch, Madame Eugenie Dennis and partner; instrumental, 2YA Orchestrina; tenor, Mr. Will Hancock; concert waltz, 2YA Orchestrina; 10.1, God Save the King.

3YA Christchurch.—3,o. afternoon session. selected gramophone items; 4.25, sports results; 5.0, children’s session; 6.0, dinner session, His Master’s Voice hour; New Light Symphony Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra; •violin. Fritz Kreisler; ,6,30, Philadelphia

Symphony Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra; 7.0, news session; 8.0, chimes; overture, Berlin State Opera Orchestra; vocal quartet, Valencia Quartet; soprano, Miss Lucy Fullwood; dance music, Bailey-Mar&ton Dance Orchestra; tenor, Mr. T. G. Rogers; contralto, Miss Mary Taylor; 8.31, violin, Max Rosen; bass, Mr. E. J. Johnson; dance music, Bailey-Marston Dance Orchestra; humour (to piano accompaniment), Mr. L. T. J. Ryan; soprano and contralto duet, Valetta Duo; steel guitars, Queenie and David Kaili; 9.0, weather report; vocal quartet, Valencia Quartet; soprano, Mis<s Lucy Full wood; dance music, Bailey-Marston Dance Or-

chestra; tenor, Mr. T. G. Rogers; violin, Max Rosen; contralto, Miss Mary Taylor; humorous recital, Mr. L. T. J. Ryan; 9.33, dance music, Bailey-Marston Dance Orchestra; bass, Mr. E. J. Johnson; organ, Eddie Dunstedter; vocal quartet, Valencia'Quartet; dance music, Bailey-Marston Dance Orchestra; 11.0, God Save the. King. 4YA Dunedin.—3.o, chimes, selected gramophone items; talk on , T , ashions” *by Miss Buccleuch, of the D.S.A., Ltd.; 4.25, sports results to hand; 5.0, children’s session;. 6.0, dinner session, His Master’s Voice hour; . National Symphony Orchestra ; 6.30, Royal Opera Orchestra; Royal Opera Orchestra; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra; 7.0, news scission; 8.0, chimes; suite, Instrumental Quintette; soprano, Mies Aileen Young; bass with chorus, Stuart Robertson; clarinet, Mr. S. George; 8.31, recital, Mr. Lester Moller; selection, Instrumental Quintette; baritone, Mr. Arthur Lungley; ’cello, Mr. Frank Drake; bans with chorus, Stuart Robertson; overture, Instrumental Quintette; 9.5, weather report; soprano, Miss Aileen Young; overture, Instrumental Quintette; choral, Russian State Choir; pianoforte, Miss Sybil Baker; baritone, Mr. Arthur Lungley; selection, Instrumental Quintette; recital, Mr. Lester Moller; selection, Instrumental Quintette; 10.3, God Save the King.

Call. Station. Frequency. (kcs.) 7ZL Hobart 575 2ZK Wanganui 600 3 AR Melbourne 620 4YA Dunedin 650 2 EC Sydney (ISO 2YA Wellington 720 5CL Adelaide 740 4QG Brisbane /. ,7 05 ' >

KGO California 780 3LO Melbourne 870 2BL Sydney 850 KHJ Loa Angeles 000 1YA Auckland 900 2GB Sydney 950 3YA Christchurch 980 2UE Sydney 1,020 2ZF Palmerston N 1,050 2KY - Sydney 1,065 4ZC 1 Dunedin 1,080 4ZM Dunedin 1,080 4ZO Dunedin. 1,080 1ZB Auckland 1,090 2UW Sydney 1,140 *2ZM Gisborne 1,150 2ZQ Masterton 1,180 3ZC Christchurch 1,200 4ZZ Dunedin > 1,220 2YB New Plymouth 1,230