Wireless For All And Sundry.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18097, 5 March 1927, Page 25

Wireless For All And Sundry.

NOTES ON PROGRAMMES BOTH NEAR AND FAR.

(BY “AERIAL.”) Following are details of week-end programmes received from broadcasting stations usually heard on sensitive receivers in Canterbury. in the cases' of the Australian stations, New Zealand time is given. NEW ZEALAND STATIONS. For To-day. IYA, Auckland, 420 metres—3 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., afternoon concert; 7.15 p.m. to 7.45 p.m., news and reports, etc., r-'orting results; S p.m. to 11 p.m., chimes; relay of orchestral selections from Rialto Theatre Orchestra; pianoforte solos, “Waltz Db Major” ( Chopin) and “Waltz” (Brahms), Miss Beryl Armstrong; mezzo-soprano solos, “Ave Maria” (Mascherianij and "Sympathy,” Mrs Noel Chisholm; baritone solos, “Tangi” and “Glorious Devon,” Mr Warbrick; elocutional, humorous selection, Mr Ray Vickery; baritone solo, Mr Warbrick; relay of dance programme from St Benedicts Hall under direction of Miss Eva Ellis."

3YA, Christchurch, 400 metres—6.3o pm. to p.m., children’s session, Uncle Jack; 7.15 p.m. to 7.45 p.m., news and reports, etc.; sporting results; 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., chimes; relay of orchestral selections from Grand Theatre Orchestra; contralto solo, Miss Dorothy Spiller; violin solo, Mr R. Clarke; tenor solo, Mr W. J. Hudson; ’cello solo. Miss N. Ellwood; vocal duet, Miss D. Spiller and Mr W. J. Hudson; violin solo, Mr R. Clarke; solo with ’cello obligato, Miss D. Spiller and Miss N. Ellwood; ’cello solo. Miss N. Ellwood ; tenor solo, Mr W. J. Hudson; relay of dance programme, opening night. Dreamland Dance Hall, St Asaph Street, Jackson’s Band, Christchurch Dance Assembly.

4YA, Dunedin—Silent day. 2YK. Wellington—Silent day. For Sunday. IYA, Auckland— 6.ss p.m., relay of evening service from St Mary’s Cathedral. Parnell; preacher, Canon James; organist, Edgar Randall; 8.16 p.m., studio concert.

3YA, Christchurch—6.3o p.m. to 9 p.m.. relay of evening service from Trinity Congregational Church. Special Harvest Festival. Preacher, Rev Gardner Miller; choir master. Mr F. C. Penfold: organist, Mr R. C. Pullar. 4YA, Dunedin, 380 metres—6.3o p.m., relay of evening service from the Hanover Street Baptist Church. Preacher. Rev E. S. IMckwell, 8.A.; organist. Mr Upton Harvey; choir master, Mr H. Prowse; 8 p.m. to 9.15 p.m., relay from St Kilda Band Rotunda (weather permitting) of concert by the St Kilda Band. 2YK, Wellington, 295 metres—6.ss p.m., relay of evening service from St Andrew’s Church. Preacher, Rev R. Ilowie; organist and choral director, Mr Frank Thomas; 8.15- p.m., studio concert.

' . RADIO CONCERT, fet. i A Radio Concert is given EVERY FRIDAY EVENING ARCHBOLD’S FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, Manchester Street North. Charabanc 7 p.m., 7.25, 7.50, 5.15, 8.40 from Clock Tower.

AUSTRALIAN STATIONS. 2BL, To-day. 2BL, Sydney, 353 metres —5.15 to 6.35 p.m., Radio Exhibition concert, racing resume, news, etc.; 7.15 to 9.10 p.m., Uncle George, music, sporting results, news, etc.; 9.30 p.m. to 130 a.m., concert session. Programme; G.P.O. clock and chimes. Broadcasters topical chorus, Mr John Morris (tenor), Miss Joy Vane (comedienne), from the Radio Exhibition (Town Hall), Sid and Molly Owen and Jack Nethersole, Miss Marjorie Skill (soprano), Mr Bruce Clarke (comedian), Miss Amy Ostinga (contralto), Mr Peter Sutherland (basso), Miss Eily Dalgleish (soubrette), Mr Bruce Clarke, from the studio: Mr Clem Williams (baritone), Miss Marjorie Skill, Mr John Morris, duet; Miss Amy Ostinga and Mr Peter Sutherland, Miss Joy Vane, Mr Peter Sutherland, resume of following day’s programme, weather report and forecast, G.P.O. clock and chimes, Mr Clem Williams, Miss Eily Dalgleish, Miss Amy Ostinga, the Ambassadors’ Dance Band broadcast from the ball room of the Ambassadors. During the intervals between dances news reports by courtesy of the “Sun.” 2 BL on Sunday. The services from this station will commence with a concert from the studio at 5 p.m. followed by an organ recital, Bible class conducted by Mr W. “Cairo” Bradley and will close down at 7 p.m. Children’s service conducted by Uncle George at 7.15. 8.30, service broadcast from Petersham Baptist' Church. 10 p.m., from the studio; Mr Stanley R. Catlett (tenor), broadcasters trio, Miss Grace Saville (contralto), resume of following day’s programme, weather report and forecast, Miss Dorrie Ward (soprano), Miss May Nancarow (elocutionist), Mr W. E. Lewis (baritone), broadcasters trio. duet: Miss Dorrie Ward and Mr W. E. Lewis, Mr Stanley R. Catlett, Miss Grace Saville, Miss Dorrie Ward, Miss May Nancarrow, Mr W. E. Lewis, broadcasters trio. Close down at 11.47 p.m. 2FC, Sydney, To-day.

2FC, Sydney, 442 metres.—7.ls to 9.10 p.m., the “Hello Man,” children’s hour, dinner music, sporting and other news, etc.; evening concert from 9.10 p.m. to 1.30 a.m. Programme: 9.15, some details of the forthcoming Royal tour to Sydney. (Note; During the evening results will be transmitted direct from the Speedway Royal). 9.30, “Big Ben.” From the deck of the Cunard liner s.s.

“Franconia,” now on her world tour and at present berthed at Woolloomooloo Wharf: Items from the Ship’s Orchestra of 30 players, interspersed with vocal numbers from 2FC artists: A few words from the director of the tour; the s.s. “Franconia” Orchestra; Mr Alfred Cunningham (baritone), “The Devout Lover” (White), and “Down Yauxh'all Way” (Oliver); ship's orchestra; Miss Leslie Elliott (entertainer), “More Like Babies Every Day” (Darowski) and “I Might Learn to Love Him” (WestonLee) ; s.s “Franconia” orchestra; Madame Emily Marks (soprano), “Daphne” (Clarke) and “The Morning is Calling” (Ferry) ; Mr Van der Klei, (’cello solo), “Andante” (Tartini) and “Gavotte” (Pepper) ; Mr Jack Lumsdaine (songs at the piano), “Baby Face” (Davis)

and Piano Novelty (Lumsdaine) ; Mr Alfred Cunningham (baritone) “Reuben Ranzo” (Coates) and “Cockles and Mussels” (Old Irish); s.s. “Franconia” orchestra: Miss Leslie Elliott (entertainer), “In the Cool of the Evening” (Elliott) and “Oh! Cecil, I Shall Have to Call the Guard” (Elliott) ; s.s. Franconia orchestra; Madame Emily Marks (soprano), “When Eyes are Sad” (L’Estrange) and “The Singer” (Maxwell) ; Mr Van der Klei (’cello solo), “Variations Symphoniques” (Boellmann) ; Mr Jack Lumsdaine (entertainer), “Dinah” (Akst) and “Say it Again” (Silver) ; s.s. “Franconia” orchestra. 11.48, from the studio: Miss Marjorie Cole (soprano), “The Cyckoo” (Lehmann) and “A Song of Sleep” (Somerset) ; 11.56, results from the Speedway Royal; Mr Harry Randle (trombone solo) ; 2FC studio dance band, with the popular baritone, Mr Len Maurice; Miss Marjorie Cole (soprano) ; Mr Harry Randle (trombone solo) ; announcements; 12.30 a.m., late sporting results; from 12.35 a.m. until 1.30 a.m,, the 2FC studio dance band will play dance music, with popular choruses by Mr Len Maurice, with band accompaniment. 2FC on Sunday. Listeners should tune in 2FC at 4.30 p.m. for a pleasant Sunday afternoon concert arranged by the Central Methodist Mission. Chairman, Rev. F. H. Raward. The programme will be more than usually interesting by virtue of the fact that most of the musical items will be given by resident Chinese musicians. The address will be delivered by Dr Woo, a noted Chinese visitor. The evening session will commence at 7.30. with “Big Ben” and programme announcements; 7.35, Miss Lorna Kerrison (soprano) ; 7.43, Mrs Consuelo R. Viuda de Aldag—a Mexican visitor at present in Sydney—will give a musical lecturette dealing with the quain.t customs of Mexico. The story will be illustrated with songs sung in the Mexican language and will include numbers not previously heard. The speaker will deal with (a) “The Mexico of PreCortesian Days,” (b) “Quaint Customs of the Colonial Period” and (c) “The Revolution of Modern Mexico.” Musical items are as follows: (a) “Las Mananitas” (“The Early Morn”) sung in Spanish by Miss Annie Payne, mezzo; (b) “Ojos de Juventud” Walz Tolentino Orchestra (“Eyes of Youth”), a Mexican record; (c) “Cielito Lindo” (“My Darling”), folk song, Miss Annie Payne, mezzo; (d) “Asomate a la Ventana (“Look Out from Your Window”) Trio—soprano, tenor and basso, a Mexican record; (e) “En el Fondo del Mar” (“At the Bottom of the Sea”), Miss Annie Payne, mezzo; (f) “Princesita” (“Little Princess”), sung by the famous tenor, Tito Schipa, a Mexican record: 8.20, items by James Hickey, junior (violin virtuoso) ; 8.30, Miss Lorna Kerrison (soprano) ; 5.38, items by James Hickey, junior; 8.45, from St. James’s Cathedral, Sydney, the evening service conducted by the Rev . P. A. Micklem, M.A.; 10 p.m., from the band rotunda, Manly Beach, a programme by the Manly Municipal Band; 11 p.m., from the studio, the first appearance of Miss Eileen Pascoe Webbe (contralto), of the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company. “Dream Tryst” (Cadman) ; followed by Mr Lionel Lawson (violinist), Mr Lobban Hodgins (baritone), “Cape Horn Gospel” (Keel); Miss Eileen Pas-

coe Webbe (contralto), “If Thou Wert Blind” (Johnson): Mr Lionel Lawson (violinist) ; Mr Lobban Hodgins (baritone), “A Wanderer’s Song” (Keel) ; Miss Eileen Pascoe Webbe (contralto), “Four by the Clock” (Mallinson) and “Trees” (Rasbach); Mr Lionel Lawson (violinist) ; Mr Lobban Hodgins (baritone), "Far and High the Cranes Give Cry” (Korbay) and “Song of the Volga Boatmen” (Koeneman). # 31.0 To-day. 3LO, Melbourne, 371 metres—7 to 8.05 p.m., sporting news, children’s hour, news, etc.; 9.30 p.m. to 1.10 a.m., concert session. Programme: Opening of Wireless Exhibition by his Excellency the Governor-General, Lord Stonehaven. Items by Brunswick City Band, Norman Bradshaw (tenor), Ngaire and Tointon, Gertrude Armstrong, Osborne and Perrver, Moana Lua Duo, Jones and Raine, Joe Aronson and his Synco-Symphonists, and Victoria Wilson (soprano). 31*0 on Sunday. Tune in for afternoon church service from Wesley Church at 4.30. Children’s hour from 7.10 p.m.: hymns by “The Pied Pipers,” etc. Evening service at 8.30 o'clock from the Independent Church, followed, from 10 p.m., by St. Augustine’s Orphanage Band, Victoria Wilson (soprano), St. Augustine’s Orphanage Band, Mr William James (pianoforte recital), Norman Bradshaw (tenor), St. Augustine’s Orphanage. Band, Victoria Wilson (soprano), Norman Bradshaw (tenor), news, “Our Great Thought,” and closing down at 11.30 p.m. B ROADCASTING STATIONS. The following is tfhe 1. test available information regarding wave lengths of broadcasting stations heard regularly or occasionally, on good receivers, in Canterbury:—Station. Locality and Power. Metres. A Auckland, 5 440 2YK Wellington, 21 2!>5 3YA Christchurch, 5 400 4Y A Dunedin, 5 380 IZB Auckland, 1 375 IZQ Auckland, i 330 2ZF Palm. North, J 230 2YM Gisborne, 1 260 2RE Sydney, 1 ?,16 2GB Sydney 320 2KY Sydney 280 2BL Sydney, 15 353 2FC Sydney, 10 442 3AR Melbourne, 16 484 3DB Melbourne, 5 255 3DO Melbourne, 50 371 31JZ Melbourne 31!) 4QG Brisbane, 50 385 SCU Adelaide, 50 393 7ZL Hobart, 30 45 8 JOAK Japan, 10 375 JOBK Japan, 5 385 JOCK Japan, 10 360 KFI Los Angeles, 40 46S KF.TF Oklahoma, 5 261 KFKX Hastings, Neb., 50 ... . 288 KFON Long Beach, Cal., 5 . , 233 KFPR Los Angeles, Cal., 5 .. 230 KFSD San Diego, Cal., 5.... 246 KFSG Los Angeles, Cal., 5 . . 275 KFWB Hollywood. Cal., 5 ... 252 K.FWI San Francisco, 5 .... 226 KGO Oakland, Cal., 40 .->6l KGU Honolulu, 5 270 KGW Portland, Ore., 10 .... 401 KHJ Los Angeles, Cal., 5 .. 405 KMTR Los Angeles, Cal., 5 .. 23S KNX Los Angeles. Cal., 10 . . 336 KOB State Col., N.M., 10 ... 34S KPO San Francisco, 10 .... 42s KPSN Pasadena, Cal., 10 .... 315 KTAB Oakland. Cal.. 10 .... 240 KTBI Los Angeles, Cal., 7£ .. 203 • The figures after the locality give the power in hundreds of watts. ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES, " Aerial ” will be glad to answer any question pertaining to wireless, or give advice on the subject. Correspondents 1 should give their names and addresses not necessarily for publication. '